Mary Jackson collection

The Mary Jackson collection includes an autobiography, correspondence, literary works by Frederick Eckman and a small number of photographs.

The correspondence is from Frederick Eckman to his son Thomas and to Eckman's first wife Mary and covers the period from 1962 to 1965, primarily during the time Mary and Thomas spent in Spain. The sixty-six letters reveal the complex nature of their relationship following their divorce and can be used in conjunction with the letters from Mary to Fred found in Eckman's papers (MS 775) to give the researcher some understanding of their personal lives. There is no correspondence after 1965, and it appears that they no longer were in contact with each other.

The poetry included in the collection (some in typescript form) was all written by Frederick Eckman, and is often dedicated to or addressed to Mary, highly personal poetry, which in the context of this collection reveals again the sources for many of Eckman's later works.

The photographs include three original photographs and four copies depicting Mary, Fred, and Thomas Eckman at various times from 1955-1966.