Finding Aid to the Malcom F. Farmer Collection MS.782
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 December 6
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Malcom F. Farmer Collection
Creator:
Farmer, Malcolm F.
Identifier/Call Number: MS.782
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1937-circa 1939
Abstract: This collection consists of three manuscripts written by Malcolm F. Farmer, frequent contributor to
The Masterkey. The manuscripts are titled "Notes on the Place of the Malaga Cove Site in Southern California Archaeology," June 1937; "An
Indian Camp-Site in Tuna Canon," undated; an untitled manuscript describing the cashew nut, where it is found, some of its
uses, and a pencil drawing of the cashew nut, June 1937.
Language of Material:
English
.
This collection consists of three manuscripts written by Malcolm F. Farmer, frequent contributor to
The Masterkey. The first, "Notes on the Place of the Malaga Cove Site in Southern California Archaeology," discusses the people that have
lived there, including the Chumash, Shoshoneans, Luiseno, and Juianeno Indians. It also discusses artifacts found in that
area through the numerous archaeology excavations. The manuscript includes a bibliography and a map, and is dated June 1937.
The second article, "An Indian Camp-Site in Tuna Canon," describes a camp site in Tuna Canon ten miles northwest of Santa
Monica. It describes six bedrock mortars found, arrowheads found, scrapers, and other artifacts. There are two copies of
this article, one of which is a preliminary draft with many hand-written editing marks and comments, some of which belong
to Southwest Museum director Frederick Webb Hodge. The third manuscript is a short note describing the cashew nut, where it
is found and some of its uses. This sheet includes a pencil drawing of the cashew nut and is dated June 1937.
Malcom F. Farmer Collection, 1937-1939, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.782.
Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December
6, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Donations by Frederick Webb Hodge, 1939 January 28; and Malcolm F. Farmer, 1946.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)
Serrano Indians
Chumash Indians
An Indian Camp-Site in Tuna Canon
Gabrielino Indians
Indians of North America -- California
Juianeno Indians
Luiseño Indians
Notes on the Place of the Malaga Cove Site in Southern California Archaeology
Shoshoni Indians
Cashew nut
La Tuna Canyon (Calif.)
Maps
Excavations (Archaeology) -- California
Archaeology
Indians of North America -- Implements
Pencil sketches
Lithics