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Collection Overview

Creator:
Atteberry, Julia Burt, 1915-1986
Title:
Julia Burt Atteberry Papers
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8623hx74p
Dates:
1829-1979 (mostly 1911-1973)
Size:
5 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Storage Note:
ReCAP (scarcpxm): Boxes 1-4; 2A
Language:
English

Abstract

Julia Burt Atteberry was the daughter of Maxwell Struthers Burt (Princeton Class of 1904) and Katharine Newlin Burt, who were both writers and established one of the first "dude" ranches in the West. This collection consists of correspondence between various members of the Burt family and some of their manuscripts, miscellaneous correspondence, documents, and journals.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The collection consists of correspondence between various members of the Burt family--writers and ranchers in Wyoming--and some of their manuscripts, miscellaneous correspondence, documents, and journals. Included are letters by Atteberry to her parents, Struthers (Princeton Class of 1904) and Katharine Newlin Burt (1925-1952), and to her brother, Nathaniel Burt (Class of 1936), Nathaniel Burt to his parents (1922-1973), and Struthers Burt to Katharine Newlin Burt (1911-1918), as well as general correspondence of Katharine Newlin Burt concerning family, financial, and literary matters.

Arrangement

By author: Julia Burt Atteberry, Katharine Newlin Burt, Nathaniel Burt, Struthers Burt, Burt-Newlin Family.

Collection Creator Biography:

Atteberry, Julia Burt, 1915-1986

Julia Burt Atteberry (1915-1986) was the daughter of Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882-1954, Princeton Class of 1904) and Katharine Newlin Burt (1882-1977), and the sister of Nathaniel Burt (1913-2003, Class of 1936), who were both writers and ranchers. The Burt family hailed from the Northeast but moved out West during the early 1900s. They settled in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where they set up Bar BC Ranch, one of the first "dude" ranches. Maxwell and Katharine were also talented authors, and their novels often incorporated vivid descriptions of the East and West and how these worlds collided. Maxwell died in 1954 and Katharine died in 1977.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Mostly a gift of author. Scrapbook of Burt Attebury purchased in 1988.

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

Biography written by Jessica Marati, '08.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

Julia Burt Atteberry Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8623hx74p
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
ReCAP (scarcpxm): Boxes 1-4; 2A