Garrett, Elizabeth, 1885?-1947
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Buckner Collection of Elizabeth Garrett Materials,
Collection
Identifier: 1992-025
Scope and Content
Collection consists of materials relating to the career of Elizabeth Garrrett, a blind singer and daughter of Sheriff Pat Garrett. Elizabeth Garrett served on the faculty of the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped and wrote "O Fair New Mexico," which was adopted as the official state song in 1917. In addition to various typed manuscript drafts of Buckner's unpublished biography of Garrett, the collection also contains articles and newspaper clippings about Garrett; letters about...
Dates:
1893-1992 (bulk,
1965-1966)
Elizabeth Garrett Sheet Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0011
Abstract
Collection of sheet music written by Elizabeth Garrett (1885-1947), the composer of the New Mexico state song “O Fair New Mexico.” Compositions in the collection span 1915-1933, many of which the music and the words are written by Garrett.
Dates:
1915-1933