urn:taro:ttu.sw.00198 Dorothy Tefft: An Inventory of Her Papers, 2002, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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October 4, 2002 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided Abel Ramirez, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 28, 2004. Finding aid written in English. Inventory for the Dorothy Tefft Papers, 2002 Abel Ramirez Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 2004 Descriptive Summary Tefft, Dorothy Dorothy Tefft Papers, 2002 These are the papers of writer, Dorothy Tefft. S1611.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 wallet (0.1 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

Dorothy Tefft was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1925. Her father, a military aviator and medical doctor, moved his family to Wellsville, New York, where she finished public schools. After attending Alfred University she enrolled in UNAM's Spanish Language School in Mexico City in 1945. There she met and married Enrique Gaona, son of Rodolfo Gaona, Mexico's most renowned bullfighter. Her unique insights into Mexican culture, in particular family life in aristocratic Mexican society, have been recorded in a number of short stories, two of which are published in "Gringos In Mexico". After teaching creative writing for a decade at the Universidad de las Americas in Cholula, she has retired and currently resides near the campus.

 Scope and Contents

The collection contains several unpublished short stories and poems and several scanned photographs. Topics include her biography, early life history, and her family.

 Organization

The collection is organized by the short story titles.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Tefft, Dorothy Tefft, Dorothy- --Archives Tefft, Dorothy- --Manuscripts Gaona, Rodolfo Subjects (Places) Mexico--Fiction Mexico--Non-Fiction Mexico City, Mexico--Non-Fiction Subjects Mexican literature--20th century Mexican culture--20th century Mexican writer--20th century

Collection accession #(s): 2002-0109-B

Gift, 2002

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, October 2002

 Preferred Citation

Dorothy Tefft Papers, 2002, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

Arnoldo DeLeon Papers, 1973-1975 Collection Inventory Literary Production 1 1 About the Author, Dorothy Tefft, 2002 1 2 About the Family, 2002 1 3 Poems, 2002 1 4 The Father, 2002 1 5 The Unfortunate Marriage, 2002 1 6 The Party, 2002 1 7 The Ring, 2002 1 8 Late, 2002 1 9 Serenade, 2002 1 10 Jose Antonio, 2002 1 11 Dominoes, 2002 1 12 At the Airport, 2002 1 13 Las Estacas, 2002 1 14 North of the Border, 2002 1 15 Atzcapotzalco, 2002 1 16 The Dig, 2002 1 17 Neighbors, 2002 1 18 El Raton Perez, 2002 Scrapbook Material 1 19 Images of Family and Friends, 1945-2002