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Dorothy Tefft:An Inventory of Her Papers, 2002, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Biographical SketchDorothy 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. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThe collection contains several unpublished short stories and poems and several scanned photographs. Topics include her biography, early life history, and her family. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsOpen for research Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationDorothy Tefft Papers, 2002, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Collection accession #(s):
Gift, 2002 Processed byAbel Ramirez, October 2002 Return to the Table of Contents Collection Inventory
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