Finding Aid to the Margaret W. Magill Artwork and Papers MS.516

Holly Rose Larson; Cheryl Miller
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 September 27
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Margaret W. Magill Artwork and Papers
Creator: Magill, Margaret W.
Identifier/Call Number: MS.516
Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1883-1884
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.
Language of Material: English .

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).

Biographical Note

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

Related Materials

Frank Hamilton Cushing Papers, 1879- 1900, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, 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

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.

Preferred Citation

Margaret W. Magill Artwork and Papers, 1883-1884, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.516; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West 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.

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Acquisition

Purchased from Mrs. Gene Hodge, 1961.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Kachinas -- Pictorial works
Kachina dolls -- Pictorial works
Cibola County (N.M.)
Zuni Indians
Zuni Indians -- Portraits
Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (1886-1894)
Cibola pottery
Watercolors
Zuni pottery
Saludo pottery
Paintings