Alice Bartlett Woolf Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2022-03-06
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a variety of material related to Alice Bartlett Woolf (1916-1997), artist, head of curriculum for Los Alamos Public Schools and co-founder (with her sister Elaine Bartlett Charvoz) of the Circla-A Ranch girls summer camp in Cuba, New Mexico in 1954. The collection includes but is not limited to correspondence, notes, photographs, art sketches, slides of artwork, lino and copper cuts, childhood ephemera, clippings and drafts of creative writing.
The collection is currently unprocessed; please consult CSWR reference staff with questions and for access.
The collection is currently unprocessed; please consult CSWR reference staff with questions and for access.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1950 - 1997
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Alice Bartlett Woolf was born June 18, 1916 in Roosevelt, Utah, into a Mormon ranching family. She attended the University of Utah during the depression and graduated at age 19 with two teaching degrees, elementary and secondary. She, her husband and their small children were active in theater circles in Salt Lake City just before World War II and Alice had a kindergarten TV program in the early days of live television. She earned a Masters of Arts from the University of Utah just after World War II while supporting four small children by writing, painting and teaching. Alice taught at the Manzano Day School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the 1950s and 1960s, receiving a lifetime service award. She received an Emeritus Award from the University of Utah. As an artist, Alice painted portraits and landscapes, as well as illustrated children's stories that she wrote. She was also a pianist and composer of children's songs for school. She volunteered as a church pianist and organist at numerous denominations during her lifetime. In 1954, Alice and her sister Elaine Bartlett Charvoz founded the Circle A Ranch summer girls camp in Cuba, New Mexico, which they operated into the 1970s. In the 1980's, she ran a hostel and guest facility at the ranch with help from family members. She was a horsewoman and raised American Saddlebreds with her father, Ross Bartlett. She also broke and trained horses for the camp as well as cooked, told stories, and directed the art, drama and music programs. She taught in the Cuba, New Mexico School District for 17 years and was a member of the New Mexico Art Educators Association. She was a member of the Nacimiento Women's Club in Cuba, and volunteered as a story teller at the Cuba Library and New Mexico Forestry Camp. Alice Bartlett Woolf died June 3, 1997, in Cuba, New Mexico.
Extent
2 boxes
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Finding Aid of the
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu