Letters

Also present are two photographs, apparently of Beresford, undated, and three picture postcards with illustrations of Warner Hot Springs. Letters and story installments are accompanied by seventeen envelopes.

Twelve ALS, most dated at Warner Springs or Santa Ysabel, San Diego County, California, to his niece, "Mrs. Joseph H. A. Symonds," New York City; and twelve installments of a story written by Beresford, about cowboys, Indians, and mysticism, titled "The Green Crystal, or, The Witch Stone," holograph, also sent to his niece. Six of the letters, 1921-1923, accompany or are appended to sections of the story; these mostly concern his experiences in writing, his life in Santa Ysabel, and family news. Six earlier letters, 1908-1919, describe his experiences in the West, including discussion of a prospecting trip in the Colorado Desert, a cattle drive in Arizona, ranch life, and relations between Americans and Mexicans. Two letters enclose poems by Beresford, titled "Prospecting," holograph, and "The Herd's Mad Race," typescript with holograph corrections. "Prospecting" and installments of "The Green Crystal" are signed by Beresford, using the pseudonym, "Tychualla."