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Margaret W. Magill Artwork and Papers

 Digital Record
Identifier: ms516.pdf
Margaret W. Magill Artwork and Papers

Dates

  • 1883-1884

Creator

Access

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Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry National Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Autry Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry National Center as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Biographical Note

Margaret Magill was the sister-in-law of Frank Hamilton Cushing, an early ethnographer of Zuni Pueblo.

Language of Materials

English

Acquisition

Purchased from Mrs. Gene Hodge, 1961.

Related Materials

Frank Hamilton Cushing Papers, 1879- 1900, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.6; Hemenway Archaeological Expedition (HAE) series; 68 wash illustrations of pottery, implements, etc. from Heshota Uthla, New Mexico winter 1888, Manuscript 3427, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

related collection

The slides for the water colors are in SG.SWM.COLL.1.(note: not in MIMSY)

Scope and Contents

Collection consists primarily of 15 watercolor paintings of Saludo and Cibola pottery and 15 paintings of Zuni. These papers include correspondence. These sketches of Zuni Katchinas were done during the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition.

Abstract

Margaret Magill was the sister-in-law of Frank Hamilton Cushing, an early ethnographer of Zuni Pueblo. Collection consists primarily of 15 watercolor paintings of Saludo and Cibola pottery and 15 paintings of Zuni. These papers include correspondence. These sketches of Zuni Katchinas were done during the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition.

Processing history

Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 September 27, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Braun Research Library Collection Repository

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