Finding aid to the Pikuni Blackfoot Coloring Book Sketches and Manuscript MS.1310

Anna Liza Posas
Library and Archives at the Autry
2013 February 22
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Pikuni Blackfoot coloring book sketches and manuscript
source: Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Creator: McClintock, Walter
Creator: McCord, Jack
Identifier/Call Number: MS.1310
Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 portfolio folder)
Date: 2002
Language of Material: English .
  • Manuscript
  • Pencil sketches
  • Correspondence and business files
  • Ink drawings

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a manuscript, original ink drawings, and pencil sketches for a coloring book titled Pikuni Blackfoot: good things stay the same, illustrated by Jack McCord. It was developed in conjunction with a Southwest Museum exhibit of the same name that ran from 2002 February 23 through 2003 January 12. The illustrations are drawings of historic photographs taken by Walter McClintock. The coloring book was funded by the Southwest Museum, however it was never published. The collection also includes correspondence and cost estimates for publishing.

Biographical Note

Coloring book artist, Jack McCord, was a Southwest Museum docent and a graphic artist trained at the Chicago Art Institute. He was hired by the Southwest Museum to create sketches for the coloring book in the early 2000s.

Biographical Note

Walter McClintock (1870 April 25 - 1949 March 24) was an ethnologist and a specialist on Blackfoot Indians. He lectured on the Blackfoot in the United States, England, Scotland, Denmark, and Germany. McClintock was a research fellow in ethnology at the Southwest Museum for 22 years as well as a curator and lecturer at Yale University. He was a photographer, lecturer, and the author of several publications and books that were translated to many languages.
In 1896, McClintock was introduced to and became friends with a Blackfoot Indian scout, William Jackson or Siksikakoan. Jackson introduced McClintock to the Blackfoot community of northwestern Montana. Over the next twenty years, McClintock studied the Blackfoot and their homelands, customs, beliefs, legends, songs, and ceremonies. In this period, McClintock made several thousand photographs of the Blackfoot and also made sound recordings of their legends in song.
McClintock's unique and intimate relationship with the Blackfoot tribe earned him the honor of not only being accepted into the tribe after participating in a two-day ceremony, but also being adopted as a son by its venerable chief, Mad Wolf.
In 1927, McClintock was appointed a Fellow in Ethnology at the Southwest Museum. While there, he created the McClintock Library of Ethnology and the McClintock Ethnological Collection; formed a collection of oil paintings of Blackfoot chiefs; and established the McClintock Gallery of Indian Pictures, a collection of 150 photographs which were photographed by McClintock and hand colored by artist, Charlotte Pinkerton Blazer, which used a coded color system recorded in McClintock's field notes that were designed for accuracy and consistency.
McClintock was appointed Curator in charge of the Walter McClintock Indian Collection by Yale University in 1933.
McClintock died at the age of 79 after a brief illness.
References: Hodge, F. W. (1949). "Walter McClintock", published in the The Masterkey, 23(3). 68-70.

Conditions Governing Access

Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives  and fill out the Researcher Application Form.

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.

Acquisition

Deposited to the library by Southwest Museum staff, after 2003.

Preferred Citation

Pikuni Blackfoot coloring book sketches and manuscript, 2002, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.1310.

Processing History

Finding aid created by Anna Liza Posas, 2013 February 22. Final processing of collection and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Siksika Indians
Correspondence
Coloring books
Blackfoot Indians
Pencil sketches
Piegan Indians
Ink drawings
Manuscripts
Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)