urn:taro:utexas.cah.01147 A Guide to the Elizabeth Keefer Boatright Papers, 1924-1967 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. October 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Boatright, Elizabeth Keefer, 1899-1989. Elizabeth Keefer Boatright Papers 1924-1967 Materials are written in English. 74-006 1 ft., 11 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The Elizabeth Keefer Boatright Papers, 1924-1967, contain research material on pioneer life, including recipes, notes on types of food, and bibliographies. Biographical Note

Etcher and watercolorist Elizabeth Estella Keefer (1899-1989) married Mody C. Boatright in 1931. She was the first white woman granted permission to sketch on reservations in northern New Mexico, becoming known as the Etcher of Indians. After moving to Austin in 1932, she continued to paint and taught classes in town. After her husband's death, Elizabeth moved to Corpus Christi, where she resided and painted until her death.

Resources: Speck, Ernest B. Boatright, Elizabeth Keefer (1899-1989). Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fboga.html (accessed Oct. 16, 2008).

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The Elizabeth Keefer Boatright Papers, 1924-1967, contain research material on pioneer life, including recipes, notes on types of food, and bibliographies.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Boatright, Elizabeth Keefer, 1899-1989 -- Archives. Subjects Women artists -- Texas -- History -- Sources. Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas. Recipes. Places Texas. Preferred Citation

Elizabeth Keefer Boatright Papers, 1924-1967, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Related Material

See also Mody Coggin Boatright Papers, 1907-1978.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3N62 Research material: Preliminary card file and sources: General organization cards Introduction, tea, coffee, and such A-V 3N63 W-Z Intermediate card file: Notes regarding: Russell Pots Mills Food on frontier Other frontiers Diets on ships Prices Corn Wheat Mexican food Game Weeds Vegetables Pork Beef Chicken Ranching Nuts Pudding Cake Pie Honey Pickled Dried Tea wines Ice Miscellaneous notes and clippings Final card file and notes: A-C 3N64 D-Z Notes on baking powder and uses Bibliographic sources, note cards and notes Bibliography draft Bibliography notebook Book request cards Books: Pease Porridge Hot American Cookery Cake recipes Corn notes Footnotes for quotations Letters: October 27, 1967 November 7, 1967 Map, samplings of Texas fare by Olmsted, Taylor, Mrs. Houston, Smithwick Miscellaneous: Notes Recipes 3N65 Note cards on the novel and travel Notebooks Outline of pioneer food Pamphlets, 1924, 1936, 1956, 1967, undated Sketches of Life on the Frontier of Texas, by Mrs. W. H. Brunson, Source notebook Miscellaneous files: Biographical sketch Quilted pillow cover, 1932 Quilted pillow cover patterns and fabric pieces, 1932 3Y71 Beowulf [and Grendel], by Betty Keefer Boatright, 1933: negative photostat of framed drawing [?, engraving?] 4M644 Pioneer food notebook