Dorothy Tefft:
An Inventory of Her Papers, 2002, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Descriptive Summary |
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| Creator | Tefft, Dorothy | |
| Title: | Dorothy Tefft Papers, | |
| Dates: | 2002 | |
| Abstract: | These are the papers of writer, Dorothy Tefft. | |
| Collection # | S1611.1 | |
| Quantity: | 1 wallet (0.1 linear feet) | |
| Language | English. | |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University | |
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The collection contains several unpublished short stories and poems and several scanned photographs.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 |
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| The collection is organized by the short story titles. | ||
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Index Terms |
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| 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 | ||
Related Material
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Dorothy Tefft Papers, 2002, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Collection accession #(s):
2002-0109-B
Gift, 2002
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, October 2002
Collection Inventory
Scrapbook Material |
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| box | folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Images of Family and Friends, 1945-2002 | |||||||||||