While we were living in Santa Fe from 1948 to 1950, Tedi worked at several venues, starting with a collaboration with Agnes James (a friend of Tedi's old friend from LA, Louella Ballerino)at the Pins and Needles shop, which was part of a larger retail establishment called Town and Country. Due to disagreements, Tedi soon split with her and opened her own shop in Manderfield Plaza at 428 College Street -- variously called Southwest Derivatives, Tedi Barri, and Tedi Barri Custom Wear. She finally moved her operation to the second floor of our home at 503 Calle Abeyta due to the expense of the rent at Manderfield Plaza. The following series of letters chronicles the ups and downs of her operations during that two-year period. The end of the letters corresponds closely with the transition of the Craig family from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Lubbock, Texas in the late fall of 1950.