Background
Schevill, Margot Blum was born on August 15, 1931 in Stockton, California, United States. Daughter of Gay Frederick Helmuth and Ruth Carolyn (Zuckerman) Hartmann.
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Detailed catalogue of ethnic costumes and textiles of Central Andes with small black and white pictures and sources.
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Brown University, The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Studies of Anthropology and Material Culture: 150 pages; 400 catalog entries, essays, illustrations.
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Schevill, Margot Blum was born on August 15, 1931 in Stockton, California, United States. Daughter of Gay Frederick Helmuth and Ruth Carolyn (Zuckerman) Hartmann.
Bachelor, Brown University, 1972. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1981.
Research associate, Haffenreffer Museum Anthropology, Brown U., Bristol, Rhode Island, 1982-1997; research associate, P. Hearst Museum Anthropology, University of California, 1995-1997; guest curator, P. Hearst Museum Anthropology, University of California, 1996-1997; assistant curator, Haffenreffer Museum Anthropology, Brown U., Bristol, Rhode Island, 1987-1991; senior music scientist, P. Hearst Museum, University of California, Berkeley, 1988-1993; guest curator, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, 1995-1996; assistant curator exhibitions, San Francisco Airport Museums, since 1998. Consultant in field.
(Brown University, The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology...)
(Detailed catalogue of ethnic costumes and textiles of Cen...)
(Occasional Papers: Number 1 from the Lowie Museum of Anth...)
("Informative and beautifully illustrated. . . . It is bot...)
Board of directors Composers, Inc., San Francisco, 1993-1996, Music in Schools Today, San Francisco, 1991-1993. President New Music Ensemble, Providence, 1968-1984. Member American Anthropol.
Association, Native American Art Studies Association, The Textile Society American (board directors since 1998), Textile Arts Council, Council Museum Anthropology (vice president since 1981, secretary 1986-1989).
Married Robert C. Blum, September 9, 1951 (divorced June 1965). Children: Sherifa Zuhur, Paul Helmuth Blum. Married James Erwin Schevill, August 2, 1966.