Marian Storm Papers, 1857-1972
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Marian Storm Papers
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Time of Creation of Marian Storm Papers
Storm, Marian, 1892-1975
Biographical History for: Marian Storm Papers
Biographical Note Marian Isabel Storm was born in Stormville, New York on January 30, 1892. She graduated from Smith College in 1913 and attended the Miller Business School for one year. She spent several years working in secretarial positions, including secretary to the Argentine Ambassador in Washington, D.C. from 1917 to 1918. She was also assistant editor for The Countryside Magazine from 1915 to 1917 and worked as a reporter and freelance writer for the New York Evening Post, 1918 to 1924, and later for the New York Tribune. In the mid 1930s, she moved to Mexico where she spent the rest of her life, writing about Mexican plant life, animal life, and the human poverty she saw around her. She was the author of several books and articles, both fiction and non-fiction including Prologue to Mexico, The Life of Saint Rose, Hoofways into Hot Country, True Stories from Tarascan (1941), and Rights of Animals (1951). A conservationist, she single-handedly saved a Mexican flowering shrub, the Ayuque, from extinction and was made an honorary member of the Sociedad de Mexico in recognition of her efforts. She died in Guadalajara, Mexico on August 20, 1975.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Marian Storm Papers include biographical information, correspondence, writings (in English and Spanish), drafts and research notes; photographs; memorabilia; correspondence and journals about her writings; and fifteen scrapbooks of clippings, essays and other writings. Storm's published and unpublished works include magazine and newspaper articles, poems, songs, short stories and a novel. Her prolific writings (in English and Spanish) cover such topics as Mexican society, culture, history, and natural history; animal welfare; nature and plant conservation; and travels in Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Europe. The collection includes original artwork by Mexican artist Silviano Rodriguez and a small amount of writings and correspondence of archeologist and historian of Ancient Mexico, Zelia Nuttall. Other correspondents include Lazaro Cardenas, former Mexican president.
Animal welfare--Mexico--History--Sources
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Humane education-Mexico--History--Sources
Nature conservation--Mexico--History--Sources
Women artists--Biography--Sources
Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933--Biography--Sources
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Rodriguez, Silviano
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Smith College--Students--History--Sources
South America--Description and travel--Sources
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SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Contents
Marian Storm
Passport, clippings, correspondence, and death report, 1940-75
Photographs and negatives, 1897-1966, n.d.
Diary excerpts, 1925
Smith College
Verse, 1910-11
Papers, 1910-13
Zelia Nuttall
Correspondence, 1923-29
"The Cult of the Sun": clippings, 1930-33
Photographs, notes, and articles, 1922-33
Publication list and pamphlets, 1894-1926
SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE
Family (includes clippings and pamphlet), 1903, 1955-69
Miscellaneous, 1934-69, n.d.
Personal
J. Raymond Bresson, Robert C. Thomas, and Delfina Ayala, 1935-72
Odell D. Tompkins and Lazaro Cardenas, 1939-42
Marion Halsey (Smith class of 1913), 1937-73
Marcia Williams Bradley, 1966-68
Re: Humane Treatment of Animals, 1944-71
Re: "Tony" Trott, 1961-63
Re: Marian Storm's poetry, 1959-61
Addresses, n.d.
SERIES III. WRITINGS
Pamphlets and notes, n.d.
Short stories (unpublished), n.d.
Typed articles and clippings, 1924
Bibliographies, 1968
Editorials on plants and animals, 1933-41
Foods: clippings and pamphlets, 1923-33
Poems: clippings, pamphlets, and correspondence, 1923-34
"Humane Treatment of Animals," n.d.
Poems (by others) and book, circa 1920s
Miscellaneous writings and sheet music, 1913
Clippings and notes, n.d.
Unused chapter in Prologue to Mexico by Marian Storm, and correspondence, 1931-69
Poems, 1922-23
Prologue to Mexico, 1931
Stories from magazines (published), 1925-28
Notes for unfinished novel, n.d.
The Devil's Advocate: manuscript, 1939
St. Rose of Lima: notes, n.d.
The Lady of the House books 1 and 2, n.d.
Publications
"Ayuque Flowers: Michoacan," 1946
"Ditty for a Rebel": sheet music, 1955
"For the Animals of Mexico," 1913-1955
"The Gallant Come Late," 1928
Hoofways into Hot Country, n.d.
"Hymn for the Winter Solstice": sheet music, 1954
"Invitation": sheet music, 1955
The Life of St. Rose, 1937-55
Minstrel Weather, n.d.
"A Spray of Eglantine": sheet music and correspondence, 1954
Rights of Animals: clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, flyers, and books, 1951-68
"Sun and Snow": correspondence, 1959
"The Tranquilizing Influence of Other Whales," 1957
Enjoying Uruapan: correspondence, clippings, cover painting, and copy of book, 1945-55
Caminois de Herradura a Tierra Caliente [Hoofways Into Hot Country] (translated by Carlos Garcia Trejo), 2010 and DVD of receiption and introduction 1945-55
Typescripts
"Almost Persuaded," n.d.
"The Ambassador's Apparel," n.d.
"Company on Laurel," n.d.
"Discovery," n.d.
"Dismissal," n.d.
"Don Genovevo's Dogs," n.d.
"Eden," n.d.
"The Extravagant Murder," n.d.
"The Fantasie," n.d.
"Father Putters Around," n.d.
"The Fixed Light," n.d.
"From the Mother of the Groom," n.d.
"Fruit," n.d.
"The Gifted Henry Quakenbush," n.d.
"Hosea and Jose," n.d.
"I Lived in Bronx Park," n.d.
"The Learned Man of Lorja," n.d.
"Mrs. Macklin's Charlie," n.d.
"A Master of the Guild," n.d.
"A Mountain Voice," n.d.
"Mute Fate,' n.d.
"No Visitor in Twelve Years," n.d.
"The Old Place," n.d.
"Pastoral Call," n.d.
"The Patient Clock," n.d.
"A Question of Discipline," n.d.
"Tonight God Dies," n.d.
"Rose Calverly," n.d.
"The Second Flood," n.d.
"Seek No Further," n.d.
"The Token," n.d.
"The Trout in the Wall," n.d.
"The Unexpected," n.d.
"When Cactus Meets Pedestrian," n.d.
"Why Santa and the Cid Made Good," n.d.
Untitled, n.d.
Writings by C. Goring and Jerry Bogardus, n.d.
SERIES IV. MEXICO
Edited editorials, 1939-41
Photographs and pamphlets, 1939-61
Watering trough at Mazatlan: photographs and correspondence, 1945-47
Articles, 1923-32
Tlahuicole (film in days of Montezuma): photographs, pamphlets, correspondence, and reports, 1923
Herbs and medicinal plants: photographs, pamphlets, notes, and correspondence, 1911-40
Laquers, notes, articles, and correspondence, 1934-36
Songs, 1934
Musical instruments (Chrimias-shawn): notes, correspondence, pamphlets, and photographs, 1934-38
Natural history: photographs, pamphlets, correspondence, paintings, and notes, 1935-43
Ayugue (Balmea Stormae): pamphlets, articles, correspondence, and certificate, 1941-72
Wild dahlias: photographs, notes, correspondence (with Marshall A. Howe), and pamphlet, 1932-36
Natural history, euphorbia: notes, correspondence, and pamphlet, 1937-38
Orchids: photos, notes, and correspondence, 1940
Pottery: notes, correspondence, and certificate of receipt, 1936
Religion (churches): notes, 1939
Fiestas and Saints day: photographs and notes, 1934-36
"El Rollo": photographs, notes, and paintings, 1939
Uruapan: photographs, notes, prints, bank book, and clippings, 1933-37
Miscellaneous: correspondence and notes, 1936-38
Volcanic eruption and ruins: photographs and notes, 1944
Writings by Marshall H. Saville: pamphlets, 1899-1909
SERIES V. TRAVEL
Protection of animals: clippings, 1955-68
Maps: clippings, pamphlets, and maps, 1927
Miscellaneous: notes, clippings, and pamphlets, 1924-34
Art: postcards, n.d.
Protection of animals: pamphlets and flyers, 1947-72
Silviano Rodriguez: biographical information, pamphlet, correspondence, and paintings, 1913-43
Storm King Mountain: clippings, correspondence, and pamphlets, 1966-67
Articles
Bolivia: clippings and pamphlet, 1932
Caribbean Islands and Mexico, 1927
Peru: clippings and photographs, n.d.
Spain: pamphlets, n.d.
Virgin Islands: photographs, clippings, and pamphlets, 1918-29
Campana Nacional Protection de Animales : dies (carved ink blocks)
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
Scrapbooks (15): writings, correspondence, memorabilia, and clippings, 1916-60
Flat File
Mexico: Los Animales, paintings, circa 1930s
Memos, press releases, flyers, posters, and diploma, 1942-60
Watercolor paintings by S. Rodriguez, 1934-43
Colored pencil sketch by Lillian R. Field, n.d.
Watercolor painting by Mina Winelow, n.d.
BOOKS ON SHELF
Old Dirk's Book, by Raymond Storm, 1949