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Mari Sandoz Collection

Title: Mari Sandoz Collection

Creator: Sandoz, Mari, 1896-1966

Dates: 1864-1976 (bulk 1931-1966)

Quantity: 199 boxes (186 linear feet)

Collection Number: MS 0080

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Other Finding Aids: For a complete list of Sandoz materials available via microfilm, please see the Mari Sandoz Collection, which provides access to the microfilm indexing.Container List: Box 15. Correspondence, 1955, Jan.-July [Microfilm Reel MS00023]Item Mari Sandoz to Harry S. Drago, 1955, Jan. 2 [frame 23.6]

Regarding Robertson's A Ram in the Thicket; suggestions for republication.

Item Mari Sandoz to "Vigie" Vigilante, 1955, Jan. 2 [frame 23.9]

Regarding Seth Bullock; references to Bullock in Old Deadwood Days; McGillicudy, Agent, and other books.

Item Virginia Cloud to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 5 [frame 23.15]

Regarding John Cloud Jacobs; "western horses as polo mounts."

Item Mari Sandoz to Elizabeth Otis, 1955, Jan. 5 [frame 23.18]

Regarding Autumn Ryan.

Item Mari Sandoz to Autumn Ryan, 1955, Jan. 5 [frame 23.19]

Regarding creative writing; Ryan's articles.

Item Mary S. Abbott, McIntosh & Otis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 6 [frame 23.20]

Regarding Foal of Heaven; "cattle book for Hastings House"; and "the juvenile" for Westminister.

Item Holiday Magazine to Elizabeth Otis, McIntosh & Otis, 1955, Jan. 7 [frame 23.28]

Regarding Sandoz to do an article for Holiday about Nebraska.

Item Mari Sandoz to Marvin E. Cruse, 1955, Jan. 8 [frame 23.34]

Regarding Nelson Buck story; The Buffalo Hunters; writing.

Item Mari Sandoz to Peter Decker, 1955, Jan. 8 [frame 23.35]

Regarding Condit's article on Dull Knife; Last Bull; sentimentality in writing.

Item Mari Sandoz to LaVerne Madigan, Association on American Indian Affairs, 1955, Jan. 8 [frame 23.37]

Regarding Sandoz upcoming writing projects; her article on Crazy Horse burial stories for Westerners Brand Book.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mamie Meredith, 1955, Jan. 8 [frame 23.39]

Regarding Marvin Cruse; Nelson Buck; greetings.

Item Mari Sandoz to Photographic Department, Nebraska State Historical Society, 1955, Jan. 8 [frame 23.41]

Regarding Hastings House to reprint Old Jules.

Item Mari Sandoz to Winifred Reutter, 1955, Jan. 8 [frame 23.42]

Regarding photos of Gateway to Wounded Knee Memorial; Nicholas Fast Horse.

Item John H. Faulk to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 9 [frame 23.43]

Regarding The Buffalo Hunters; J. Frank Dobie; Old Jules.

Item Helena Chase Johnson to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 10 [frame 23.45-47]

Regarding greetings; writing; Chase County, Nebraska; Christmas poem by Johnson.

Item Archie and Pat Teater to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 10 [frame 23.49]

Regarding The Buffalo Hunters; students of Frank Lloyd Wright; the Teaters' home/studio.

Item Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 12 [frame 23.54]

Regarding Miss Morissa needs revision; suggestions for "cutting to improve tempo."

Item Emily Schossberger to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 12 [frame 23.67]

Regarding Hasting House to re-print Old Jules and Crazy Horse; future plans for University of Nebraska Press.

Item Mari Sandoz to Johnny Faulk, 1955, Jan. 13 [frame 23.75]

Regarding Old Jules; The Buffalo Hunters; Cheyenne Autumn; Eastern publishers; "de-Texanization"; Tom Madigan, a cowboy from Texas.

Item Mari Sandoz to Vardis Fisher, 1955, Jan. 15 [frame 23.82]

Regarding Fisher's review of The Buffalo Hunters; Dark Bridwell.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. Lester Gipson (Ada), 1955, Jan. 15 [frame 23.83]

Regarding writing about Northwestern Nebraska; Judge W.W. Byington of Dawes County, Old Jules.

Item Mari Sandoz to Flora Sandoz Kicken, 1955, Jan. 15 [frame 23.85]

Regarding a photograph of Old Jules; Old Jules to be reprinted.

Item Mari Sandoz to Louis Wolfe, Board of Education, 1955, Jan. 15 [frame 23.86-87]

Regarding Adventures on Horseback; Portugee Phillips story; Dan Dillon and the Fetterman fight; carrying of military dispatches; source material on Portugee Phillips; Riptoe; North-South conflicts in the West.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Jan. 16 [frame 23.89-90]

Regarding beginning to write; Sandoz gives hints of how to begin.

Item Winifred Reutter to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 17 [frame 23.92-94]

Regarding burial place of Crazy Horse; My People the Sioux, by Standing Bear; Wounded Knee Monument; story of "Lost Bird of Wounded Knee;" "vanishing Americans."

Item Mari Sandoz to Archie and Pat Teater, 1955, Jan. 17 [frame 23.96]

Regarding the Teaters' home and building woes; Vardis Fisher; The Buffalo Hunters.

Item Vardis Fisher to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 19 [frame 23.99]

Regarding greetings; publishing.

Item Phil Cooke to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 20 [frame 23.101]

Regarding Doc Middleton story; query of a man called Smith.

Item Erl H. Ellis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 20 [frame 23.102]

Regarding Denver Westerners Brand Book; request that Sandoz submit an article.

Item Caroline Sauer, McIntosh & Otis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 20 [frame 23.104]

Regarding contracts for Old Jules reprint.

Item Will G. Robinson, South Dakota Historical Society to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 21 [frame 23.105-106]

Regarding The Buffalo Hunters; Buffalo populations in South Dakota; the last hunt of Buffalo; Sitting Bull's whereabouts 1882; Sandoz's writing and her critics; Robinson's problems with the text; Wild Bill's vision problems; Charley Utter.

Item Wendell L. Hoffman to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 22 [frame 23.107]

Regarding photographic murals for University of Nebraska; Sandoz to write commentary about these.

Item Mari Sandoz to Caroline Sauer, McIntosh & Otis, 1955, Jan. 22 [frame 23.112]

Regarding Old Jules contacts.

Item Herndon Davis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 24 [frame 23.117-118]

Regarding painting of Mari Sandoz.

Item Mari Sandoz to Will G. Robinson, 1955, Jan. 26 [frame 23.129-133]

Regarding Sandoz answers Robinson's questions about her source for The Buffalo Hunters; the Sitting Bull query; the last hunt; Sandoz gives lengthy recitation of secondary source materials; also mentions Ricker Collection; the killing of Whistler; Wild Bill Hickok; Hickok's eyesight.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Jan. 27 [frame 23.137]

Regarding Sandoz to give a talk; writing for Readers Digest; Westerner's Brand Book; Sitting Bull; sources for President Arthur's kidnapping plot.

Item Henry Alsberg, Hastings House to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 28 [frame 23.139]

Regarding "Plains book" suggestion; Buffalo Bill Cody.

Item Caroline Sauer, McIntosh & Otis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. 29 [frame 23.141]

Regarding reprinting Old Jules and Crazy Horse.

Item Mari Sandoz to Russell Neale, 1955, Jan. 31 [frame 23.143]

Regarding photographs for reprint of Old Jules; maps.

Item Mari Sandoz to Russell Neale, 1955, Jan. 31 [frame 23.144]

Regarding a small error in Old Jules about feathers.

Item Mari Sandoz to Annie Laurie Williams, 1955, Jan. 31 [frame 23.146]

Regarding movie about Northern Cheyennes from Howard Fast's book; Sandoz's objections to historical inaccuracies.

Item James M. Noe to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Jan. [frame 23.147-148]

Regarding writing a play about the Northern Cheyennes for the stage; request that Sandoz comment on the project.

Item Program notes, 1955, Jan. [frame 23.149]

Regarding Winter Thunder.

Item James C. Olson to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 1 [frame 23.153]

Regarding Olson's writing; Red Cloud; Sandoz letters on file at Nebraska State Historical Society.

Item Mari Sandoz to Harry Drago, 1955, Feb. 1 [frame 23.155]

Regarding Nebraska land policy.

Item "Lone Eagle" to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 2 [frame 23.157]

Regarding Kit Carson III; Yellowstone Kelly; "Tex" Cooper; 101 wild West Shows; Henry Standing Bear; Frank Goings; Clarence Three Stars; Chauncey Yellow Robe; various other acquaintances; Crazy Horse burial.

Item Holiday Magazine to Elizabeth Otis, 1955, Feb. 3 [frame 23.162]

Regarding Nebraska article by Sandoz.

Item Ada Gipson to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 3 [frame 23.163-166]

Regarding life in Chadron during 1880's; W.W. Byington.

Item Mari Sandoz to Russell Neale, Hastings House, 1955, Feb. 3 [frame 23.167]

Regarding reprinting of Old Jules; The Buffalo Hunters; Old Jules materials, photos.

Item Russell Neale, Hastings House to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 4 [frame 23.168]

Regarding Old Jules materials.

Item Mari Sandoz to Raymond Crist, 1955, Feb. 5 [frame 23.169]

Regarding Sandoz's "six book study on modern man on the Great Plains;" cattle.

Item Mari Sandoz to Wendell Hoffman, 1955, Feb. 5 [frame 23.172]

Regarding photos of Nebraska.

Item Mari Sandoz to "Lone Eagle", 1955, Feb. 5 [frame 23.173]

Regarding White Calf family of Pine Ridge; Henry Standing Bear; Crazy Horse monument; Clarence Three Stars; Chauncey Yellow Robe's daughters; Elaine Eastman; Crazy Horse burial ground.

Item Mari Sandoz to Elizabeth Otis, McIntosh & Otis, 1955, Feb. 5 [frame 23.174]

Regarding Wesley Towner.

Item E.A. Brininstool to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 7 [frame 23.179]

Regarding Crazy Horse movie.

Item Pat Teater to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 7 [frame 23.184-185]

Regarding The Buffalo Hunters; Archie Teater's painting; Dr. Christlieb.

Item Arnold Cayser to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 8 [frame 23.189-190]

Regarding conditions in Montana; weather; Cayser's research and writing.

Item Alexander Lesser, Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc. to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 8 [frame 23.191]

Regarding "the changing situation of our Indian fellow citizens;" The Phoenix Gazette article.

Item Mari Sandoz to Caroline Sauer, McIntosh & Otis, 1955, Feb. 8 [frame 23.192]

Regarding Crazy Horse; The Buffalo Hunters; Sandoz's current projects.

Item Caroline Sauer, McIntosh & Otis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 9 [frame 23.196]

Regarding The Buffalo Hunters.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Feb. 11 [frame 23.201-202]

Regarding Western weather; Cayser's writing; Montana; old songs; The Tom Walker; The Buffalo Hunters.

Item Fred Ballard to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 12 [frame 23.205]

Regarding news from Lincoln, Nebraska; stamps.

Item Mari Sandoz to E.A. Brininstool, 1955, Feb. 12 [frame 23.206]

Regarding Crazy Horse movie; Sandoz's opinion of Hollywood; treatment of historical matter.

Item Mari Sandoz to Pat Teater, 1955, Feb. 12 [frame 23.207]

Regarding Archie Teater's paintings; Joslyn Museum in Omaha; The Buffalo Hunters to be published overseas; Sandoz's article for Holiday.

Item Mari Sandoz to Annie Laurie Williams, 1955, Feb. 12 [frame 23.208]

Regarding Crazy Horse movie; Sandoz's Crazy Horse.

Item Orin Stepanek to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 12 [frame 23.209]

Regarding Stepanek's reaction to The Buffalo Hunters; news of Stepanek's family.

Item Mari Sandoz to Henry Alsberg, 1955, Feb. 13 [frame 23.211]

Regarding a book on Buffalo Bill; Buntline's novels; Cody's letters; some of the typing overlapped here. [K.L.]

Item Mari Sandoz to John Drainie, 1955, Feb. 16 [frame 23.218]

Regarding a film on Custer battle; Archie Teater's Custer painting.

Item Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 17 [frame 23.220]

Regarding revisions for Miss Morissa.

Item Wendell Hoffman to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 17 [frame 23.222]

Regarding photographs of Nebraska.

Item Father Peter J. Powell to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 17 [frame 23.224-227]

Regarding Cheyenne Autumn as "spiritual reading"; inspiration Powell finds in Cheyenne Autumn and Crazy Horse; All Tribes Indian Center in Chicago.

Item Arnold Cayser to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 18 [frame 23.231]

Regarding Cayser's research; writing; Montana weather.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Feb. 18 [frame 23.233-234]

Regarding artifacts found on Yellowstone River; trapping period on upper Yellowstone; sources for dating the artifact; French trader families of St. Louis.

Item J.W. Vaughn to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 18 [frame 23.236]

Regarding Crazy Horse photograph; Battle of the Rosebud.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Feb. 19 [frame 23.237]

Notes about Karl Bodmer, painter.

Item John Drainie to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 19 [frame 23.238]

Regarding Custer paintings; Archie Teater.

Item Helen Hayes to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 20 [frame 23.240-243]

Regarding news from Lincoln, Nebraska; common friends and acquaintances.

Item Mari Sandoz to Chamber of Commerce in Alliance, Beatrice, Broken Bow, Burwell, Chadron, Falls City, Fremont, Grand Island, Hastings, Kearney. McCook, Nebraska City, Niebrara, Ogallala, O'Neill, Plattsmouth, Scottsbluff, Sidney, Valentine, Wahoo, 1955, Feb. 20 [frame 23.244]

Regarding information on these cities.

Item Mari Sandoz to Reverend Father Peter J. Powell, 1955, Feb. 20 [frame 23.249]

Regarding Cheyenne Autumn; Cheyenne sacred items; Powell's work in Chicago.

Item Mari Sandoz to Homer Spaulding, 1955, Feb. 20 [frame 23.250]

Regarding Felix Sandoz, Andy Brown; cowboy song books; Indian books; Old Jules; Ami Wuthier.

Item Walter Frese to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 21 [frame 23.253]

Regarding Will G. Robinson letter; Crazy Horse reprint plan.

Item Mari Sandoz to Ed Aswell, 1955, Feb. 21 [frame 23.254]

Regarding Miss Morissa revisions; Westerners Brand Book poll.

Item Donald Beckman to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 22 [frame 23.255-257]

Regarding Crazy Horse movie; E.S. Sutton of Benkelman, Nebraska; History of Texas; Beckman's writing.

Item Oscar Mueller to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 22 [frame 23.258]

Regarding The Buffalo Hunters; a buffalo herd in Montana, 1894.

Item Pat and Archie Teater to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 22 [frame 23.259]

Regarding Vardis Fisher and The Buffalo Hunters; Dr. Christlieb; Archie Teater's painting.

Item Arnold Cayser to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 23 [frame 23.261-264]

Regarding Montana weather; artifact ring setting found on the Yellowstone river. News of Yellowstone National Park.

Item Ogallala Chamber of Commerce to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 23 [frame 23.266]

Regarding Ogallala history.

Item Falls City Chamber of Commerce to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 23 [frame 23.267]

Regarding Falls City history.

Item Scottsbluff Chamber of Commerce to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 23 [frame 23.268]

Regarding Scottsbluff history.

Item McCook Chamber of Commerce to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 23 [frame 23.269]

Regarding McCook history.

Item Beatrice Chamber of Commerce to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 23 [frame 23.270]

Regarding Beatrice history.

Item Mari Sandoz to John Drainie, 1955, Feb. 23 [frame 23.273-274]

Regarding paintings and drawings of the Custer battle.

Item Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 24 [frame 23.287]

Regarding Broken Bow history.

Item Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 24 [frame 23.289]

Regarding Miss Morissa revisions.

Item Richard H. White to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 24 [frame 23.291-297]

Regarding charter cruises.

Item O'Niel Chanmer of Commerce to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 25 [frame 23.298]

Replies to Sandoz's letter of February 20, 1955 from: O'Neill Chamber of Commerce and Valentine Chamber of Commerce.

Item Valentine Chanmer of Commerce to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 25 [frame 23.299]

Replies to Sandoz's letter of February 20, 1955 from: O'Neill Chamber of Commerce and Valentine Chamber of Commerce.

Item Mari Sandoz to Helen Hayes, 1955, Feb. 25 [frame 23.302]

Regarding Sandoz's plans to visit Lincoln; Sandoz's social calendar in New York City.

Item "Lone Eagle", Floyd S. Maine to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 26 [frame 23.304]

Regarding Charles Russell story; Joe DeYong; The Buffalo Hunters; book to be published; Lone Eagle the White Sioux.

Item Eleanor Pifer to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. 26 [frame 23.308]

Regarding Pifer's college experiences; Sandoz family news.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Feb. 26 [frame 23.312]

Regarding Sandoz's visit to Sam Barlow's; Chamber music; Cayser's article.

Item Mari Sandoz to J.W. Vaughn, 1955, Feb. 26 [frame 23.315]

Regarding Crazy Horse photograph; several Indians by the name Crazy Horse; the Rosebud Battle.

Item Mari Sandoz to Rosebud Yellow Robe, 1955, Feb. 26 [frame 23.317]

Regarding Yellow Robe's "talk" at the Westerner's meeting; Sandoz's concerns with the Crazy Horse movie.

Item Mari Sandoz to Marguerite Young, 1955, Feb. 26 [frame 23.318]

Regarding news of New York City and the movie "East of Eden."

Item Mari Sandoz to Richard L. Field, Holiday, 1955, Feb. 27 [frame 23.322]

Regarding Nebraska article.

Item Mari Sandoz to Flora Sandoz Kicken, 1955, Feb. 28 [frame 23.327]

Regarding ranch life in the Sandhills; Sandoz's plans for spring and summer; Wendell Hoffman, photographer; Sandoz to visit Nebraska in April.

Item Mari Sandoz to Pat Teater, 1955, Feb. 28 [frame 23.328]

Regarding John Drainie.

Item Roslyn Freeborn to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Feb. [frame 23.335-336]

Regarding The Buffalo Hunters; Wright and Rath; Adobe Walls, sources; new book about Bill Cody by Julia Cody.

Item Arnold Cayser to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 2 [frame 23.341]

Regarding Hailey, Idaho; presidents Arthur and Roosevelt; flash of an atomic explosion; Montana weather.

Item Jeny Solomon to Mr. Paul Friggans, 1955, Mar. 2 [frame 23.346-349]

Regarding information about the city of Alliance, Nebraska.

Item Mrs. Rodolphe Petter to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 3 [frame 23.350]

Regarding Yellow Swallow; legend of Custer's mixed blood son; Me-o-tzi; Monasetah, a young Cheyenne woman; Cheyenne language; publishing a Cheyenne grammar.

Item Mari Sandoz to Don Ward, 1955, Mar. 7 [frame 23.357]

Regarding Ossie and the Sea Monster.

Item Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 8 [frame 23.358]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item Richard Field to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 8 [frame 23.359]

Regarding Sandoz's article for Holiday magazine.

Item Maxine McKeown to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 8 [frame 23.361-364]

Regarding McKeown wants to interview "American Indians."

Item Mari Sandoz to Mary Abbott, 1955, Mar. 8 [frame 23.365]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item Mari Sandoz to Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill, 1955, Mar. 8 [frame 23.366]

Regarding Miss Morissa; revisions.

Item G. Legman to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 9 [frame 23.370]

Regarding American ballads and folk poems; request for assistance.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Mar. 9 [frame 23.372-373]

Regarding good writing; "words poor rags to clothe imaginative ideas"; the Westerners; other authors; Hailey Idaho.

Item Mari Sandoz to Don Beckman, 1955, Mar. 12 [frame 23.379]

Regarding Crazy Horse movie does not have Sandoz's approval; Little Wolf clipping; Battle of Little Big Horn; Union Pacific publicity; Cheyenne sites.

Item Mari Sandoz to Norma Carpenter, 1955, Mar. 12 [frame 23.381]

Regarding Hastings House to reprint Old Jules; Sandoz plans a Lincoln visit.

Item Mari Sandoz to Pete Decker, 1955, Mar. 12 [frame 23.384]

Regarding "Lone Eagle" is Floyd S. Maine; Joe DeYong; Donald Beckman.

Item Mari Sandoz to Maurice Frink, 1955, Mar. 12 [frame 23.386]

Regarding "Songs of the Sioux."

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. Gordon, Maxine McKeown, 1955, Mar. 12 [frame 23.391]

Regarding talking to Indians; interviewing "American Indians."

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. Rodolphe Petter, 1955, Mar. 12 [frame 23.394]

Regarding Yellow Swallow; a mixed blood some claim was the son of Custer.

Item Mari Sandoz to Winifred Reutter, 1955, Mar. 12 [frame 23.395]

Regarding Wounded Knee; children who survived the Wounded Knee massacre.

Item Mari Sandoz to Dick Wright, 1955, Mar. 12 [frame 23.398-399]

Regarding Old Jules; Crazy Horse.

Item John Parsons to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 14 [frame 23.403]

Regarding "Colonel" William C. McCarty of Galveston, Texas; Southern buffalo hunt.

Item Morris Abbott to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 15 [frame 23.407-413]

Regarding Westerners bylaws and regulations.

Item Mari Sandoz to John Leermakers, 1955, Mar. 15 [frame 23.419-420]

Regarding the Rosebud Battle; sources on the Rosebud Battle.

Item Caroline Sauer, McIntosh & Otis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 15 [frame 23.421]

Regarding Hastings House contracts for Crazy Horse reprint.

Item Mari Sandoz to Paul Beath, 1955, Mar. 17 [frame 23.433]

Regarding Crazy Horse; Ziolkowski; reincarnation.

Item Mari Sandoz to Russell Neale, 1955, Mar. 17 [frame 23.434]

Regarding Crazy Horse.

Item Frank Todd to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 19 [frame 23.441-445]

Regarding a trip to "Custer Battlefield" and Yellowstone National Park in 1900; Cheyenne Autumn; Old Jules.

Item Mari Sandoz to John Parsons, 1955, Mar. 21 [frame 23.447]

Regarding Colonel William C. McCarty's southern buffalo hunt; British "sportsmen" hunters.

Item Orin Stepanek to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 22 [frame 23.448-449]

Regarding Rip Peyroux, a relative of Sandoz's.

Item Mary Twiss to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 22 [frame 23.450]

Regarding Crazy Horse; Twiss family of Pine Ridge.

Item Fred Ballard to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 23 [frame 23.451]

Regarding Crazy Horse movie starring Victor Mature.

Item Adele Bennett to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 23 [frame 23.452-453]

Regarding Old Jules; Bennett's mother.

Item Connie Stungo to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 23 [frame 23.455-460]

Regarding publicity material for The Buffalo Hunters from Outdoor Life.

Item Steven Frazee, Western Writers of America to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 26 [frame 23.465]

Regarding requests Sandoz join the Western Writers Organization.

Item Mari Sandoz to Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill, 1955, Mar. 28 [frame 23.467]

Regarding Miss Morissa revisions.

Item Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 30 [frame 23.468]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item Mari Sandoz to Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill, 1955, Mar. 31 [frame 23.470]

Regarding Miss Morissa map.

Item Mari Sandoz to Alexander Lesser, Association on American Indian Affairs, 1955, Mar. 31 [frame 23.472]

Regarding Sandoz to attend Mississippi Valley Historical Association.

Item T.T. Varney, Broken Bow State Bank to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Mar. 31 [frame 23.474]

Regarding 75th Diamond Jubilee in Broken Bow, Nebraska.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mary Abbott, McIntosh & Otis, 1955, Apr. 2 [frame 23.483]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item Mari Sandoz to Fred Ballard, 1955, Apr. 2 [frame 23.485]

Regarding Crazy Horse movie.

Item Mari Sandoz to Adele Bennett, 1955, Apr. 2 [frame 23.486]

Regarding Old Jules; Sandoz's early life; Bennett's mother's book; Crazy Horse movie.

Item Mari Sandoz to Dorothy Park Griffen, 1955, Apr. 2 [frame 23.492]

Regarding a "Distinguished Service" plaque for Sandoz; Crazy Horse movie.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mary-Averett Seelye, 1955, Apr. 2 [frame 23.494-504]

Regarding results from Sandoz's judging of the annual Association on American Indian Affairs short story contest; comments on each of the entries.

Item Mari Sandoz to F.H. Sinclair, Neckyoke Jones, 1955, Apr. 2 [frame 23.505]

Regarding All American Indian days; neglected correspondence.

Item Mari Sandoz to Orin Stepanek, 1955, Apr. 2 [frame 23.507]

Regarding children; Rip Peyroux, a relative; Sandozes of Lousiana.

Item Mari Sandoz to Frank Todd, 1955, Apr. 2 [frame 23.508]

Regarding response to Todd's letter of March 19, 1955; Cheyenne Autumn; Crazy Horse.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. Herbert, Mary Twiss, 1955, Apr. 2 [frame 23.510]

Regarding Crazy Horse; Major Thomas S. Twiss; Twiss family of Pine Ridge.

Item Ed Aswell to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Apr. 4 [frame 23.512-513]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item Mary Abbot, McIntosh & Otis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Apr. 6 [frame 23.518]

Regarding Miss Morissa; The Buffalo Hunters.

Item Mark H. Brown to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Apr. 6 [frame 23.521]

Regarding book of the H.L. Huffman photographs; Frontier photography.

Item Donald Beckman to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Apr. 7 [frame 23.532]

Regarding Crazy Horse movie; Beckman's writing.

Item F.H. Sinclair, Neckyoke Jones to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Apr. 7 [frame 23.534]

Regarding All American Indian Days in Sheridan, Wyoming; Mrs. Mygatt; Twiss family.

Item Mari Sandoz to Donna Johnson and Marion Bowman, 1955, Apr. 9 [frame 23.541]

Regarding Winter Thunder.

Item Mari Sandoz to Elizabeth Otis, McIntosh & Otis, 1955, Apr. 9 [frame 23.543]

Regarding an article for Reader's Digest.

Item Mari Sandoz to Leland Stowe, 1955, Apr. 9 [frame 23.544]

Regarding "Most Unforgettable Character" for Reader's Digest.

Item H.D. Wimer to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Apr. 9 [frame 23.545-546]

Regarding Sandoz's upcoming Nebraska visit.

Item Adele Bennett to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Apr. 10 [frame 23.547-549]

Regarding Bennett's ties to the Sandhills; Bennett's mother's book about pioneering in Nebraska.

Item Alexander Lesser, Association on American Indian Affairs to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Apr. 11 [frame 23.552-553]

Regarding a letter from Angie Debo about "writers in the Indian field"; misinformation in circulation about Indian Affairs; Mississippi Valley Historical Association meeting.

Item Mari Sandoz to Dewitt Wallace, Reader's Digest, 1955, Apr. 14 [frame 23.561]

Regarding Sandoz's rejected article for "The Most Unforgettable Character."

Item Guy Poyer to Nebraska State Historical Society, 1955, Apr. 15 [frame 23.562]

Regarding Poyer's accomplishments; Old Jules.

Item Mari Sandoz to Morris Abbott, 1955, Apr. 16 [frame 23.566]

Regarding Sandoz's upcoming plans for attending Mississippi Valley Historical Association meeting.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Apr. 16 [frame 23.568-569]

Regarding Swiss heritage; a book entitled Romandie.

Item Mari Sandoz to John R. Frame, 1955, Apr. 16 [frame 23.574]

Regarding writing about Custer; researching techniques.

Item Mari Sandoz to J.T. Stewart, 1955, Apr. 16 [frame 23.586]

Regarding The Buffalo Hunters; Logan Musser; hunting in the Sandhills.

Item Mari Sandoz to "Boss" Van Vleet, 1955, Apr. 16 [frame 23.587]

Regarding Foal of Heaven; greetings.

Item Mari Sandoz to Flora Sandoz Kicken, 1955, Apr. 20 [frame 23.609]

Regarding Flora's hospital stay; death of Einstein; Sandoz won't make it "home" on her upcoming trip to Nebraska.

Item Mari Sandoz to Adele Bennett, 1955, Apr. 23 [frame 23.617]

Regarding Bennett's mother's book; where to find Sandoz's out of print books.

Item Mari Sandoz to Robert B. Murray, 1955, Apr. 23 [frame 23.620]

Regarding Murray's novel; Mussolini; Climax and the state of Colorado; Colonel Barney Oldfield.

Item Mari Sandoz to Bruce Nicholl, University of Nebraska, 1955, Apr. 23 [frame 23.622]

Regarding Lowry Wimberly and the Prairie Schooner; Nebraska writing; finding someone to carry on Wimberly's work; the arts in America.

Item Mari Sandoz to Guy Poyer, 1955, Apr. 23 [frame 23.624]

Regarding Poyer's letter sent to Nebraska State Historical Society.

Item Thomas Thompson to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Apr. 26 [frame 23.638]

Regarding Sandoz to join Western Writers of America, a professional writers organization.

Item Frank Todd to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Apr. 27 [frame 23.644-659]

Regarding Ponca, Nebraska; family stories of the "old days" in Ponce, Nebraska; Winnebagos of Nebraska; Wiseman murders; collecting relics; European historical information; Cheyenne Autumn; Wild Bill Hickok; Todd's sons; Carson City, Nevada; Piute and Washoe Indians; basketry.

Item Mari Sandoz to Alexander Lesser, American Association of Indian Affairs, 1955, Apr. 30 [frame 23.665]

Regarding the Mississippi Valley Historical Association meeting; no one "doing anything" on Indians of the present; Sandoz's suggestions for future conferences.

Item Alice Palmer, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 2 [frame 23.669]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item North Callahan, Civil War Round Table to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 3 [frame 23.670]

Regarding meeting of Civil War Round Table in New York City.

Item Ruth Gordon Henderson to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 5 [frame 23.674]

Regarding poetry of the Middle West.

Item "Lincoln news in brief", 1955, May 5 [frame 23.675]

Regarding atomic explosion in Nevada; other headlines of the day.

Item "Boss" Van Vleet to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 5 [frame 23.677]

Regarding news of Van Vleet family; Winter Thunder.

Item Alice Palmer, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 11 [frame 23.688]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. John Brooks, 1955, May 14 [frame 23.693]

Regarding Peter D. Vroom; sources where Brooks can find military records; Vroom's role in Cheyenne outbreak 1878.

Item Mari Sandoz to Sara Clyne, 1955, May 14 [frame 23.694]

Regarding writer, Raymond Vickers.

Item Mari Sandoz to Robert Pennington, 1955, May 14 [frame 23.698]

Regarding Dorions of South Dakota; Sioux.

Item Mari Sandoz to Eleanor Pifer, 1955, May 14 [frame 23.699]

Regarding Sandoz's recent Lincoln visit.

Item Mari Sandoz to Frank Todd, 1955, May 14 [frame 23.702]

Regarding Ponca, Nebraska; Wiseman massacre; the word "keening;" encouragement to Todd to write down memories.

Item Mari Sandoz to "Boss" Van Vleet, 1955, May 14 [frame 23.703]

Regarding Sandoz's recent trip west; Sandoz's apartment building sold.

Item Mari Sandoz to Ned Edmund Collier, 1955, May 18 [frame 23.708]

Regarding Rosebud battle; scouts for Crook; spellings of Pourier and Richards.

Item Everret S. Sutton to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 18 [frame 23.713-714]

Regarding Robidioux Pass; De La Mater's map ?; Dewey-Berry feud; treks to historical sites; Butch Cassidy; Custer stories.

Item Perry W. Branch to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 19 [frame 23.715]

Regarding Prairie Schooner.

Item Mari Sandoz to Russell Neale, 1955, May 21 [frame 23.724]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item Eleanor Pifer to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 23 [frame 23.730-753]

Regarding news about the Sandhills; Eleanor's studies at University of Nebraska.

Item Mari Sandoz to Jack Leermakers, 1955, May 23 [frame 23.735-736]

Regarding battle of the Rosebud; General Crook; sources in National Achives; ammunition problems for Crook; "situation bad at the posts;" notes for Crazy Horse; Sandoz's own work with war documents.

Item Mark Farber, Realty Corporations to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 25 [frame 23.742]

Regarding Sandoz to pay $88.00 a month rent for her apartment.

Item Merrit Hughes, University of Wisconsin to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 26 [frame 23.746]

Regarding Sandoz to teach Summer Writer's Institute at Wisconsin; Professor Paul Fulcher is ill.

Item Helen Lawrenson to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 26 [frame 23.747-749]

Enclosed letter from William Kelleher to Helen Lawrenson dated May 24, 1955, regarding First edition copy of Crazy Horse selling for $35.00 in 1955.

Item Frank Todd to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 27 [frame 23.754-759]

Regarding Todd's writing; birds of the West; Jim Bridger; Todd's "Indian collection."

Item Mari Sandoz to Mark Farber, Sanfar Realty, 1955, May 28 [frame 23.760]

Regarding Sandoz's rent; Sandoz's materials in the apartment.

Item Mamie Meredith to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May 30 [frame 23.765-767]

Regarding many Indian families moving to Lincoln.

Item Jack Leermakers to Mari Sandoz, 1955, May [frame 23.770]

Regarding researching for materials about Battle of the Rosebud; sources in Washington; faulty ammunition in Custer battle.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Kayser, 1955, June 5 [frame 23.782-783]

Regarding Yellowstone River; moccasins rumored to be Dull Knife's; photographs; East of Eden.

Item Fred Ballard to Mari Sandoz, 1955, June 6 [frame 23.786-791]

Regarding death of Orin Stepanek. Newspaper items about Orin Stepanek.

Item Senator D.J. Cole to Mari Sandoz, 1955, June 14 [frame 23.808]

Regarding Sandoz's article; photographs.

Item Mari Sandoz to Elizabeth Otis, McIntosh & Otis, 1955, June 14 [frame 23.809]

Regarding Nebraska article for Holiday magazine.

Item Emmie Mygatt to Mari Sandoz, 1955, June 18 [frame 23.813-816]

Regarding news from Wyoming; All American Indian Days in Sheridan; Cheyennes, Crows, Lakotas.

Item Mari Sandoz to Ola Stepanek and Daughters, 1955, June 18 [frame 23.818]

Regarding death of Orin Stepanek.

Item Mari Sandoz to Walter Frese, Hastings House, 1955, June 23 [frame 23.829-830]

Regarding reprinting of Crazy Horse; Crazy Horse (Thoroughbred) wins at the race track; a Paris night club named Crazy Horse. Attached to Walter Frese letter, newspaper article from New York Tribune, "Congress and the Cheyennes."

Item Caroline Sauer, McIntosh & Otis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, June 24 [frame 23.836]

Regarding British contract for Old Jules.

Item Richard Field, Holiday to Mari Sandoz, 1955, June 29 [frame 23.839]

Regarding Sandoz's Nebraska article; revision suggestions.

Item Olive B. Moore to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 1 [frame 23.843]

Regarding Nebraska State Historical Society building and exhibits; Winter Thunder.

Item Jay N. Homan to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 4 [frame 23.848]

Regarding "Skirmish;" a game inspired by Sandoz's Crazy Horse.

Item Claire to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 7 [frame 23.852]

Regarding Winter Thunder.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, July 10 [frame 23.854]

Regarding Sandoz in Wisconsin for Writer's Institute.

Item Arnold Cayser to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 11 [frame 23.855-856]

Regarding news from Montana; East of Eden; Cayser's writing.

Item Bruce Nicholl to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 15 [frame 23.868-869]

Regarding developments with the Prairie Schooner; Wimberly retires.

Item Mari Sandoz to Richard Field, Holiday magazine, 1955, July 15 [frame 23.873]

Regarding Sandoz's Nebraska article; Old Jules; response to revision suggestions.

Item Don Ward, Western to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 21 [frame 23.878]

Regarding request that Sandoz serve on committee to award prizes to be Western novel published by Dell Books.

Item Mari Sandoz to Sullivan Storage Company, 1955, July 22 [frame 23.881]

Regarding shipment of Crazy Horse plates.

Item Ray Vickers to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 22 [frame 23.882-883]

Regarding Vickers will not attend Writer's Institute; writing from the viewpoint of a blind person; Vicker's writing.

Item Mari Sandoz to Richard Huff, 1955, July 24 [frame 23.886-888]

Sandoz's written comments about an unnamed novel by Richard Huff, a student.

Item Charles Beans, Sullivan's Transfer and Storage to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 25 [frame 23.894]

Regarding Crazy Horse plates.

Item Barbara Adams, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 27 [frame 23.902]

Regarding Miss Morissa to be February 1956 Selection for Sears Readers Club.

Item Erl Ellis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 27 [frame 23.907]

Regarding Westerner's Brand Book.

Item Mari Sandoz to Don Ward, 1955, July 30 [frame 23.923]

Regarding Western novel contest for Dell publishers; Sandoz cannot be a judge.

Item Bert Hall to Mari Sandoz, 1955, July 31 [frame 23.924-927]

Regarding autographs; Hall's book The Roundup Years.




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