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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 16. Correspondence, 1955, Aug.-1956, Jan. [Microfilm Reel MS00024]Item Charles Beans, Sullivan Storage to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Aug. 2 [frame 24.7]

Regarding Crazy Horse plates.

Item Walter Frese, Hastings House to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Aug. 5 [frame 24.15]

Regarding Crazy Horse plates; dust jackets and maps.

Item Oliver La Farge to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Aug. 5 [frame 24.16]

Regarding news from Association on American Indian Affairs.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Aug. 7 [frame 24.19]

Regarding news from Wisconsin; Sandoz speaks up about a writer-in-residence program.

Item Mari Sandoz to Bert L. Hall, 1955, Aug. 7 [frame 24.21]

Regarding Round-Up Years; Kinkaiders.

Item Mari Sandoz to Walter Frese, Hastings House, 1955, Aug. 8 [frame 24.26-27]

Regarding Crazy Horse plates; Miss Morissa; maps for Crazy Horse.

Item Harry L. Shaw, E.P. Dutton to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Aug. 10 [frame 24.43]

Regarding Shaw suggests Sandoz write a biography of General George Crook.

Item Mari Sandoz to Paul Fulcher, 1955, Aug. 16 [frame 24.53]

Regarding Fulcher's book, Guests of Summer; Caroline Sauer; Sandoz doesn't want to return to Writer's Institute at Wisconsin.

Item Walter Frese, Hastings House to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Aug. 19 [frame 24.59]

Regarding Crazy Horse with new jacket to go to press.

Item Mari Sandoz to Jack Leermakers, 1955, Aug. 25 [frame 24.65]

Regarding Fort Phil Kearny; the "Wagonbox" fight; Fetterman fight; Portugee Phillips "ride;" terrain of the Fetterman fight.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mary Squire Abbot, 1955, Aug. 27 [frame 24.66]

Regarding Sandoz's upcoming writing projects; Miss Morissa; Alsberg to leave Hastings House.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. Roy M. Green, 1955, Aug. 27 [frame 24.68]

Regarding the Indian "problem;" the Association of American Indian Affairs; Rapid City, South Dakota; Pine Ridge birth rates; Sandoz says she's "given up hope."

Item Mari Sandoz to Jay N. Homan, 1955, Aug. 27 [frame 24.74]

Regarding "skirmish", a game, said to be inspired by Crazy Horse.

Item Mari Sandoz to Alexander Lesser, 1955, Aug. 27 [frame 24.77]

Regarding Mrs. Roy M. Green; Association on American Indian Affairs membership.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. W.I. Lyons, Lyons Book Shop, 1955, Aug. 27 [frame 24.78]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item University of Nebraska Press to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Aug. 27 [frame 24.80-81]

"The Prairie Schooner Story", pamphlet.

Item Mari Sandoz to Rosemary Van Vleet, 1955, Aug. 27 [frame 24.87]

Regarding news from Sandoz about the "novels" class; Crazy Horse to be reissued.

Item Mari Sandoz to Ray Vickers, 1955, Aug. 27 [frame 24.88]

Regarding Vicker's writing; Paul Fulcher of Wisconsin; Vicker's former classmates at Wisconsin.

Item Association on American Indian Affairs to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Aug. 29 [frame 24.94]

Regarding Alexander Lesser resignation.

Item Mari Sandoz to Harry Shaw, 1955, Aug. 30 [frame 24.99]

Regarding Wesley Towner; a book about New York City.

Item Pat Teater to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Aug. 31 [frame 24.101]

Regarding news of Archie's painting and art.

Item "Vigie" Vigilante to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Aug. 31 [frame 24.106-108]

Regarding pamphlet about the Sandhills of Nebraska.

Item Mary Squire Abbot to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Sept. 1 [frame 24.110]

Regarding Henry Alsberg and Hastings House situation; Miss Morissa.

Item Perry Branch, University of Nebraska Foundation to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Sept. 3 [frame 24.113]

Regarding Prairie Schooner; donation to "fund."

Item Mari Sandoz to Pat Teater, 1955, Sept. 3 [frame 24.114]

Regarding fictitious relatives of Sandoz; Estelle Sandoz, Percy Sandoz.

Item Mrs. Roy M. Green to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Sept. 7 [frame 24.118]

Regarding "Indians in the church;" Ben Reifel's appointment; Prairie Book store.

Item Jack Leermakers to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Sept. 7 [frame 24.119-120]

Regarding Red Cloud's war; firearms and weapons among the Sioux and Cheyenne; story of Portguee Phillips; truth in historical writing; terrain of the Wagon Box Fight; the Fetterman story.

Item Mari Sandoz to Robert H. Ruby, 1955, Sept. 10 [frame 24.127]

Regarding Oglala Lakotas; Crazy Horse about to be reissued.

Item Mari Sandoz to A.H. Greenly, 1955, Sept. 11 [frame 24.131]

Regarding the Hayden massacre.

Item Mari Sandoz to Richard L. Field, 1955, Sept. 13 [frame 24.131]

Regarding Nebraska article for Holiday magazine.

Item Walter Frese, Hastings House to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Sept. 14 [frame 24.139]

Regarding Crazy Horse jacket; The Buffalo Hunters selling well.

Item Thisbe Morgan to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Sept. 19 [frame 24.141]

Regarding experiences at Pine Ridge; 1890-1895; memoirs.

Item Herbert O. Brayer to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Sept. 21 [frame 24.146-147]

Regarding the Westerners; now an international organization; Sandoz has four books on the "Best 100" books on the West; National Service Award of 1955.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mary Squire Abbot, 1955, Sept. 24 [frame 24.153]

Regarding Henry Alsburg to remain in charge of the American Procession Series for Hastings House.

Item Mari Sandoz to Herbert O. Brayer, 1955, Sept. 24 [frame 24.155]

Regarding National Service Award; Sandoz to go to Chicago to accept.

Item Mari Sandoz to Vardis Fisher, 1955, Sept. 24 [frame 24.156]

Regarding Testament of Man series; Hudson's Bay; fur trade.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mr. L.G. Flannery, 1955, Sept. 24 [frame 24.157]

Regarding "Excerpts from John Hunton's Diary;" relatives of Big Bat Pourier; relatives of Little Bat Garnier; "Lollee" Lallee?.

Item Mari Sandoz to Jay N. Homan, 1955, Sept. 24 [frame 24.159]

Regarding the game "skirmish;" Sandoz recalls games she played as a child in the Sandhills.

Item Mari Sandoz to Jack Leermakers, 1955, Sept. 24 [frame 24.160-161]

Regarding "Portugee" or "Portugese" Phillips; arms on the frontier in 1866; Fort Phil Kearn; Wagon Box fight, Indians in the Fetterman fight, Big Bat Pourier, Little Bat Garnier, sources for writing of the frontier.

Item Mari Sandoz to Sonia Levinthal, McGraw-Hill, 1955, Sept. 24 [frame 24.162]

Regarding Westerner's National Service Award; award dinner to be held in Chicago.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mamie Meredith, 1955, Sept. 24 [frame 24.164]

Regarding writing letters on the behalf of Indians; recent presidential administrations and Indian affairs; Norma Kidd Green; "No Indians Allowed" signs.

Item Mari Sandoz to Thisbe Morgan, 1955, Sept. 24 [frame 24.165]

Regarding writing of Pine Ridge; getting material published.

Item Perry W. Branch, University of Nebraska Foundation to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Sept. 28 [frame 24.178-179]

Regarding Sandoz's donation; Prairie Schooner.

Item Marianne Hansen, Lincoln Evening Journal, Nebraska State Journal to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Sept. 29 [frame 24.182-184]

Regarding feature article about Sandoz; query Mari Sandoz.

Item Vardis Fisher to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Sept. [frame 24.189]

Regarding Testament of Man series, Alan Swallow's Press.

Item L.G. Flannery to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 2 [frame 24.193]

Regarding Big Bat Pourier, Little Bat Garnier; Lallee, Little Bat's relative; Hunton's diaries; children of Lallee and Hunton.

Item LaVeme Madigan, Association on American Indian Affairs to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 4 [frame 24.203]

Regarding the Association wants to use Sandoz's name to solicit donations.

Item Arthur Parsons, Omaha Public Library to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 5 [frame 24.208]

Regarding Sandoz to speak to Friends of the Library.

Item Mari Sandoz to Marianne Hansen, 1955, Oct. 8 [frame 24.214-215]

Regarding answers to Hansen's query about Sandoz's life; information about Sandoz's current status as a writer.

Item Mari Sandoz to Jack Leermakers, 1955, Oct. 8 [frame 24.216]

Regarding Chivington; Captain Charles King.

Item Mari Sandoz to LaVerne Madigan, 1955, Oct. 8 [frame 24.217]

Regarding Sandoz declines the request to use her name for fundraising.

Item Mari Sandoz to Marcia Thomas, 1955, Oct. 8 [frame 24.219]

Regarding Custer and Monaseetah; Indian marriage.

Item Mamie Meredith to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 9 [frame 24.221-225]

Regarding news from Lincoln, Nebraska; Sandoz's donation to the Prairie Schooner to be used as "prize money;" changes in the English department at University of Nebraska; other news of the University.

Item Mari Sandoz to Henry Holt & Company, 1955, Oct. 11 [frame 24.230]

Regarding Brown and Felton's The Frontier Years.

Item Gopal Das to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 12 [frame 24.235]

Regarding Das is an exchange student from India who lived with Fritz and Blanche Sandoz.

Item Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 13 [frame 24.238-239]

Regarding John Henry Faulk; Miss Morissa.

Item Mari Sandoz to Alma Dettinger, 1955, Oct. 16 [frame 24.256]

Regarding Howard Fast plagiarism lawsuit; sources.

Item Mari Sandoz to Paul Fulcher, 1955, Oct. 16 [frame 24.258]

Regarding Sandoz's students from Wisconsin's Writer's Institute who have been published.

Item Brummett Echohawk to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 19 [frame 24.265]

Regarding All American Indian Days; illustrating.

Item Leonard J. Durr, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 21 [frame 24.272]

Regarding Miss Morissa manuscript.

Item Edward Boutelle to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 22 [frame 24.276-279]

Regarding query about American Indian "practices;" maps of the frontier forts; scalping.

Item Mari Sandoz to Betty Cass, 1955, Oct. 22 [frame 24.281]

Regarding Miss Morissa; medical practice on the frontier.

Item Mari Sandoz to A.H. Greenly, 1955, Oct. 22 [frame 24.284]

Regarding Thisbe Morgan's account of her years at the Oglala boarding school at Pine Ridge.

Item Mari Sandoz to Thisbe Morgan, 1955, Oct. 22 [frame 24.286-287]

Regarding Morgan's account of her life at Pine Ridge; Sandoz's suggestions for expanding the account; getting a section published in The Westerners Brand Book.

Item Mari Sandoz to Alice Palmer, McGraw-Hill, 1955, Oct. 22 [frame 24.289]

Regarding Miss Morissa jacket; Dwight Kirsch; Joslyn Art Gallery.

Item Henry S. Smith to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 23 [frame 24.292]

Regarding Lincoln's Indian policy; Indians' current situation.

Item Mary Squire, Abbot, McIntosh & Otis to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 24 [frame 24.293]

Regarding Crazy Horse is reprinted; future plans for Sandoz.

Item Carl Carmer to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 24 [frame 24.294]

Regarding Bureau of Indian Affairs; termination; loss of Indian lands.

Item Walter Frese, Hastings House to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 24 [frame 24.295]

Regarding Westerners meeting; American Rights for Women movement.

Item Mari Sandoz to Sonia Levinthal, 1955, Oct. 24 [frame 24.297]

Regarding Sandoz upcoming itinerary; Miss Morissa.

Item C.E. Holen to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 25 [frame 24.300-301]

Regarding life in California, 1955; renews an old friendship.

Item Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 26 [frame 24.305]

Regarding Miss Morissa "debut."

Item A.H. Greenly to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 26 [frame 24.306-307]

Regarding "Mrs. Morgan's manuscript;" the spelling of "Cruzat" Cruzate.

Item Walter Frese, Hastings House to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 27 [frame 24.310]

Regarding Crazy Horse reprint selling fast.

Item John E. Parsons to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 27 [frame 24.311]

Regarding Buffalo hunters "Cimmaron Beach" and "Hurricane Bill."

Item Mari Sandoz to Malcolm Dollar, 1955, Oct. 28 [frame 24.313]

Regarding Sandoz recalls her days as a junior proofreader; Slogum House; Sandoz's books coming out as reprints; Crazy Horse and Old Jules .

Item Mari Sandoz to John Parsons, 1955, Oct. 28 [frame 24.314]

Regarding Buffalo hunters; "Hurricane Bill" and "Cimmaron Beach;" cattlemen; Kansas.

Item Paul Fulcher to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 29 [frame 24.316]

Regarding plea that Sandoz return to Wisconsin for summer of 1956 as instructor for the Writer's Institute.

Item Louise Pound to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 29 [frame 24.318]

Regarding Miss Morissa; Old Jules; Cheyenne Autumn.

Item H.D. Wimer to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 30 [frame 24.327-328]

Regarding Miss Morissa; Wimer's junkets to Western historical sites; "the cattle book."

Item John Parsons to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Oct. 31 [frame 24.331]

Regarding "Cimmaron Beach" was Sumner Beach; wild horse hunting article; "creasing."

Item James Miller, University of Nebraska, English Department to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 1 [frame 24.342]

Regarding Wimberly to retire; suggestions for replacement candidate.

Item Austin Phelps, Nebraska Writer's Guild to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 1 [frame 24.343]

Regarding report from Nebraska Writer's Guild.

Item E.S. Sutton to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 1 [frame 24.344-345]

Regarding news from Benkelman, Nebraska; Sutton's plans for visiting western historical sites; Miss Morissa; plans for an Eastern junket.

Item Frank White Buffalo to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 1 [frame 24.346-347]

Regarding greetings; Battle of the Rosebud; Eugene Price of Findlay, Ohio.

Item Mari Sandoz to Ed Aswell, 1955, Nov. 3 [frame 24.355]

Regarding sales of Miss Morissa; The Buffalo Hunters; Crazy Horse.

Item Mari Sandoz to Edward Boutelle, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.360]

Regarding Westerner's; maps in books; scalp taking; "Indian torture" unknown among the Sioux and Cheyenne.

Item Mari Sandoz to Pete Decker, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.362]

Regarding H.D. Wimer, Mr. Beougher, and their Little Fingernail project.

Item Mari Sandoz to Paul Engle, University of Iowa, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.363]

Regarding Wimberly's retirement; Prairie Schooner; possible candidate for Wimberly's position.

Item Mari Sandoz to C.E. Holen, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.366]

Regarding greetings; writing.

Item Mari Sandoz to Anne Malone, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.368]

Regarding Malone's story of her early days around the Spade ranch; Esther Dundas from Hay Springs.

Item Mari Sandoz to Henry S. Smith, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.372]

Regarding Bob Burleigh; Lincoln's attitude toward American Indians; Minnesota "massacres;" Santee Sioux how to "help the Indian."

Item Mari Sandoz to Wallace Stegner, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.373]

Regarding Prairie Schooner and Wimberly's retirement.

Item Mari Sandoz to Genny Torrey, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.374]

Regarding Indian art.

Item Mari Sandoz to Helen C. White, University of Wisconsin, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.375]

Regarding Sandoz to return to Writer's Institute in Summer of '56.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. Korczak Ziolkowski, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.377]

Regarding Crazy Horse story of "Cha-la-lung" is fiction; intermarriage of Sioux and Cheyennes; many by the name Crazy Horse.

Item E.S. Sutton to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 5 [frame 24.378]

Regarding copy of letter about "Cassidy's" jewelry, Butch Cassidy ?.

Item Herbert O. Brayer, Chicago Westerners to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 7 [frame 24.379-380]

Regarding Sandoz to receive National Achievement Award; Sand Creek Affair.

Item Fred Gipson to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 7 [frame 24.381]

Regarding Hound Dog Man; True West magazine; request for Sandoz to contribute.

Item Anne Malone to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 7 [frame 24.382-383]

Regarding Malone's early days in northwest Nebraska; Spade Ranch; C-bar Ranch; Malone to send Sandoz part of a manuscript.

Item Mari Sandoz to A.H. Greenly, 1955, Nov. 7 [frame 24.387]

Regarding Cruzate of El Paso.

Item "Boss" Van Vleet to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 10 [frame 24.402]

Regarding Van Vleet's recuperation from gall bladder surgery; Carl Raswan.

Item Caroline Bancroft to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 11 [frame 24.404-405]

Regarding questions about Miss Morissa; greetings.

Item Mamie Meredith to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 12 [frame 24.408-410]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item Melvin Van Den Bark to Mamie Meredith, 1955, Nov. 12 [frame 24.416-417]

Regarding news from Norman, Oklahoma where Van Den Bark teaches English.

Item Mari Sandoz to Caroline Bancroft, 1955, Nov. 15 [frame 24.419]

Regarding Sandoz replies to Bancroft's confusion over Miss Morissa.

Item Thisbe Morgan to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 15 [frame 24.422]

Regarding Morgan's manuscript about Pine Ridge.

Item Carmody, Nebraska State Historical Society to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 16 [frame 24.425]

Regarding several items about Nebraska historical occurrences; Carver Cabin; David Ballantine; other notes on characters of frontier Nebraska.

Item James D. King, Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 17 [frame 24.427]

Regarding tribe in need of winter clothing.

Item Caroline Bancroft to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 18 [frame 24.432]

Regarding Miss Morissa confusion cleared up.

Item Mari Sandoz to Thisbe Morgan, 1955, Nov. 19 [frame 24.444]

Regarding Morgan's manuscript; death of Dewey Beard.

Item Mari Sandoz to Frank White Buffalo Man, 1955, Nov. 19 [frame 24.445]

Regarding greetings; death of Lame Deer; Battle of the Rosebud; Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa.

Item Mari Sandoz to Herbert O. Brayer, 1955, Nov. 20 [frame 24.447]

Regarding Sandoz's upcoming trip to Chicago; Chivington movie.

Item Rex Stout, Authors League of America to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 22 [frame 24.448-454]

Regarding authors and tax laws; three divisions of letter; Author's Guild candidates.

Item Mari Sandoz to Peter Decker, 1955, Nov. 23 [frame 24.455]

Regarding Madstones.

Item Wallis Huidekoper to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 24 [frame 24.458]

Regarding Huffman photographs; new, second volume to be published.

Item Perry W. Branch, University of Nebraska Foundation to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 25 [frame 24.459]

Regarding Prairie Schooner Awards for Fiction.

Item Mary Averett Seelye to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Nov. 25 [frame 24.462]

Regarding request to meet with Sandoz about developing a guide to book reviews for A.A.U.W.

Item Mari Sandoz to Caroline Bancroft, 1955, Nov. 26 [frame 24.465]

Regarding copyright issues; Garst's Crazy Horse.

Item Mari Sandoz to James King, Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council, 1955, Nov. 26 [frame 24.467]

Regarding winter clothes for the Cheyenne children; The Frontier Years, a book about the Huffman photographs.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mamie Meredith, 1955, Nov. 26 [frame 24.469]

Regarding Dorothy Thomas; doctors and medicine.

Item Mari Sandoz to Harold McGraw, Jr; Ed Aswell, 1955, Nov. 29 [frame 24.487]

Regarding shortage of Miss Morissa; Sandoz is disturbed.

Item J.M. Christlieb to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 1 [frame 24.494]

Regarding Sandoz's writing; Christlieb's interest in Western Americana; the Westerners.

Item Jack Leermakers to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 1 [frame 24.497]

Regarding Fort Laramie Letterbook; Fort Kearny; Carrington Captain Charles King; Miss Morissa.

Item Nell Wightman to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 2 [frame 24.502]

Regarding Miss Morissa; Inez Richards (Mrs. Barlett Richards).

Item Wallace Stegner to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 3 [frame 24.505]

Regarding finding a replacement for Lowry Wimberly; Prairie Schooner; Howard Key; Allan Wendt; Robert Williams; Ed Loomis.

Item Ed Aswell, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 5 [frame 24.509]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mary Abbot, 1955, Dec. 6 [frame 24.518]

Regarding The Horsecatcher.

Item Mari Sandoz to Jim Horan, 1955, Dec. 7 [frame 24.526]

Regarding Asa T. Soule of Ingalls County war in Kansas; notes and sources.

Item Harold McGraw, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 8 [frame 24.535-536]

Regarding Miss Morissa.

Item Barbara Adams, McGraw-Hill to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 9 [frame 24.537]

Regarding Miss Morissa in "condensed" form.

Item Herbert P. Brayer to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 10 [frame 24.538]

Regarding Westerners Award ceremony for Sandoz.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Dec. 10 [frame 24.540]

Regarding Sandoz's plans for her Western trip; The Horsecatcher.

Item Mari Sandoz to Perry Branch, University of Nebraska Foundation, 1955, Dec. 11 [frame 24.546]

Regarding Prairie Schooner Fiction Award.

Item Arnold Gates, Civil War Roundtable to Mari Sandoz, 1954, Dec. 12 [frame 24.548]

This letter out of place should be with 1954 not 1955. Regarding meeting; Carl Sandburg to receive award.

Item Frank M. Johnson to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 13 [frame 24.554]

Regarding Cozad, Nebraska; "The Early History of Cozad and Surrounding Community;" Robert and John Cozad.

Item Oliver LaFarge to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 14 [frame 24.556]

Regarding The American Indian Fund; donations; Eisenhower; termination; economic aid.

Item Mari Sandoz to Johnny Faulk, 1955, Dec. 14 [frame 24.559]

Regarding origins of the word "tacky."

Item Mari Sandoz to James E. Miller, University of Nebraska, Department of English, 1955, Dec. 14 [frame 24.560]

Regarding possible candidates for position in English Department and Prairie Schooner editorship; Robert Bowen; Howard Key; Brom Weber.

Item Mari Sandoz to Lance A. Wise, 1955, Dec. 14 [frame 24.562]

Regarding Huffman photograph collection.

Item Mari Sandoz to Arnold Cayser, 1955, Dec. 15 [frame 24.569]

Regarding Sandoz's invitation to visit the Sandhills; Cayser seems to be looking for a wife.

Item Mari Sandoz to Wallace Stegner, 1955, Dec. 15 [frame 24.571]

Regarding potential candidates for Prairie Schooner.

Item J.H. Weatherby to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 15 [frame 24.573]

Regarding Lonesome Charlie [Charley ?] Reynolds, a scout with Custer.

Item Mari Sandoz to J.W. Vaughn, 1955, Dec. 17 [frame 24.586]

Regarding Crazy Horse; Crazy Horse photographs.

Item Arnold Cayser to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 19 [frame 24.597]

Regarding Cayser's response to Sandoz's invitation to visit Sandhills.

Item Charles D. O'Kieffe to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 19 [frame 24.598]

Regarding Old Jules; O'Kieffe aquainted with several characters in Old Jules; O'Kieffe lived in northwestern Nebraska from 1879-1897.

Item Frank White Buffalo Man to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 21 [frame 24.608-609]

Regarding Sioux histories and who is working on them; White Buffalo Man wants to "adopt" Sandoz as a "foster" sister.

Item Evelyn Dowlin to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 22 [frame 24.610-613]

Regarding Custer photographs; other photographs taken by Dowlin's father; personal memories.

Item Estelle Laughlin to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 23 [frame 24.616-618]

Regarding Miss Morissa; Laughlin feels her "song was stolen," as she was working on a biography of pioneer woman doctor Georgia Arbuckle Fix.

Item Ione Hansome to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 24 [frame 24.620-621]

Regarding Miss Morissa; An Appointment with Fortune; attachment of an article about An Appointment with Fortune.

Item Mamie Meredith to Mari Sandoz, 1955, Dec. 24 [frame 24.622-625]

Regarding Sandoz in Lincoln; problems with choosing a replacement for Dr. Wimberly.

Item Arnold Cayser to Mari Sandoz, 1955 [frame 24.673-683]

Regarding several postcards and letters about Cayser's life on his Montana ranch.

Item Marguerite Young to Mari Sandoz, 1955 [frame 24.751]

Regarding writing and publishing.

Item Mari Sandoz to McIntosh & Otis, 1956, Jan. 2 [frame 24.755]

Regarding Sandoz's apartment catches fire.

Item Mari Sandoz to Jack Flores, 1956, Jan. 4 [frame 24.761]

Regarding Sandoz honored in Gordon; Crazy Horse.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. J.H. Weatherby, 1956, Jan. 4 [frame 24.762]

Regarding "Lonesome" Charley Reynolds; source material about Charley Reynolds.

Item Mari Sandoz to John F. Werderitsch, 1956, Jan. 4 [frame 24.763]

Regarding Wolf Robe family (Northern Cheyenne); leads to source material about Wolf Robe.

Item Mamie Meredith to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 5 [frame 24.771-772]

Regarding Shapiro hired to replace Wimberly as Prairie Schooner editor.

Item Mari Sandoz to Sonia Levinthal, 1956, Jan. 5 [frame 24.774]

Regarding Sandoz's radio interview on WBBM; Slogum House; Mari's recent trip to the Sandhills.

Item Mari Sandoz to Fedelia Van Antwerp, 1956, Jan. 6 [frame 24.781]

Regarding Sandoz's judged results of short stories in the National Pen Woman's contest.

Item Mari Sandoz to Estelle Laughlin, 1956, Jan. 8 [frame 24.795-797]

Regarding Laughlin's writing; Miss Morissa; Dr. Georgia Arbuckle Fix; Calamity Jane

Item John S. Gray to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 10 [frame 24.801]

Regarding "Lonesome" Charley Reynolds; Gray's research about Charley Reynolds.

Item Mari Sandoz to Pete Decker, 1956, Jan. 10 [frame 24.802]

Regarding Father Dalaria [Deloria - K.L.] to speak in New York City.

Item Mari Sandoz to Paul Hoffman, Westminister, 1956, Jan. 10 [frame 24.803]

Regarding The Horsecatcher; Miss Morissa; The Buffalo Hunters.

Item Mari Sandoz to Clayton Kilpatrick, 1956, Jan. 11 [frame 24.814]

Regarding Sandoz's suggestions for a magazine editor who might speak at the Omaha Writer's Club meeting.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. Bernard Strohm, 1956, Jan. 11 [frame 24.815]

Regarding Sandoz to begin research for a "book on cattle."

Item Samuel C. Waugh to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 11 [frame 24.816]

Regarding Miss Morissa; Waugh's position as an economic officer in the Department of State.

Item Mari Sandoz to Frank M. Johnson, 1956, Jan. 13 [frame 24.820]

Regarding Early History of Cozad; the Cozad sons; Sandoz's research into the Cozad family.

Item Mari Sandoz to Charles O'Kieffe, 1956, Jan. 13 [frame 24.821-822]

Regarding characters from Old Jules; Spade ranch; other people from the Sandhills region.

Item Patty Schank, 5th grader to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 14 [frame 24.824]

Regarding Winter Thunder.

Item LaVonne Strohm, Mrs. Bernard to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 16 [frame 24.831-832]

Regarding Sandoz to speak at Theta Sigma Phi in Columbus, Ohio.

Item Sara H. Robin, Braille Institute of America to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 17 [frame 24.834]

Regarding Miss Morissa to be available in braille.

Item E.S. Sutton to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 18 [frame 24.843-844]

Regarding Sutton's California trip; historical inaccuracies in writing; Cody-Yellowhand affair; C.W. Beardsley.

Item Reva, The Gordon Journal to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 20 [frame 24.850]

Regarding Sandoz's recent visit and talk given in Gordon.

Item Frank M. Johnson to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 20 [frame 24.852-853]

Regarding Cozad family; Robert Henri.

Item Edward N. Wentworth to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 20 [frame 24.854-855]

Regarding Sandoz's article on "Captain" Charles King in Westerners Brand Book; Sandoz's Chicago Westerners meeting; cattle book; books Wentworth has written; Wentworth's family heritage.

Item Will Rogers, Jr. and Yeffe Kimball to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.857]

Regarding invitation to Carnegie Hall to see "Hopitu", an original opera based on Hopi legends.

Item Mari Sandoz to Herbert (Bert) Brian, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.861-862]

Regarding birthday greetings; explanation of why Bert is the most popular citizen of Columbus, Nebraska.

Item Mari Sandoz to Senator Art Carmody, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.863]

Regarding Miss Morissa; the Clifford's trading post; La Boue's post. [Le Beau? K.L.]

Item Mari Sandoz to Evelyn Dowlin, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.865]

Regarding Charley Reynolds; saving historical materials.

Item Mari Sandoz to Fred Gipson, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.866]

Regarding Hound Dog Man; True West; writing and research.

Item Mari Sandoz to Ione Hansome, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.867]

Regarding Sandoz's response to Hansome's letter of 24 December, 1955; Dr. Hansome's writing.

Item Mari Sandoz to Wallis Huidekoper, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.868]

Regarding The Frontier Years; Huffman photographs.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mamie Meredith, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.873]

Regarding Shapiro as editor of the Prairie Schooner.

Item Mari Sandoz Mrs. Blaine Pletcher, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.875]

Circa 1957 on note; this letter possibly out of order. Regarding Crazy Horse; Oglalas of Pine Ridge.

Item Mari Sandoz to Patricia Schank, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.877]

Regarding Winter Thunder.

Item Mari Sandoz to E.S. Sutton, 1956, Jan. 21 [frame 24.880-882]

Regarding submitting an excerpt from a letter from E.S. Sutton regarding Buffalo Bill Cody and C.W. Beardsley to The Westerners.

Item Mari Sandoz to A.H. Greenley, 1956, Jan. 22 [frame 24.887]

Regarding H.S. Mauck's article, "Disarming the Indians;" Northern Cheyennes in 1878; Little Chief's band.

Item Mari Sandoz to Dr. James Olson, 1956, Jan. 22 [frame 24.888]

Regarding General Sherman and family.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. Bernard Strohm, 1956, Jan. 22 [frame 24.890]

Regarding Sandoz's upcoming trip to Columbus, Ohio; contract for Sandoz's appearance at Theta Sigma Phi.

Item Mari Sandoz to Sonia Levinthal, 1956, Jan. 23 [frame 24.895]

Regarding Sandoz's trip to Columbus, Ohio.

Item Melvin Van den Bank to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 25 [frame 24.903-904]

Regarding invitation to Sandoz for a visit to Oklahoma; television; books of interest to Van den Bark.

Item Melvin Van den Bark to Mamie Meredith, 1956, Jan. 25 [frame 24.905-906]

Regarding Sandoz's visit to Oklahoma; other news from Norman, Oklahoma.

Item Mari Sandoz to John S. Gray, 1956, Jan. 26 [frame 24.909-9 10]

Regarding Crazy Horse; Charley Reynolds source material.

Item Mari Sandoz to Mrs. S.S. Morgan, 1956, Jan. 26 [frame 24.911]

Regarding Newton Moreland in The Buffalo Hunters; Luther North, scout; Whistler's death.

Item John E. Parsons to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 27 [frame 24.914]

Regarding Western correspondents of Smith & Wesson.

Item Mari Sandoz to Harry Drago, 1956, Jan. 27 [frame 24.916]

Regarding Omaha Medical College; medical associations.

Item Mari Sandoz to Walter Frese, 1956, Jan. 27 [frame 24.917]

Regarding Alida Malkus; Eve Curro.

Item Mamie Meredith to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 29 [frame 24.921-922]

Regarding Sandoz to speak at Theta Sigma Phi.

Item Mary Abbot, McIntosh & Otis to Mari Sandoz, 1956, Jan. 30 [frame 24.923]

Regarding Sandoz's future projects; Literary History of Nebraska; Son of a Gamblin' Man.




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