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Cassidy, Ina Sizer, 1869-1965

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1869 - 1965

Biographical History

Ina Sizer Cassidy (1869-1965) was a writer and active member of the Santa Fe arts community. Born in Colorado in 1869 and a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico for most of her life she served as the Director of the Federal Writer's Project, a participant of the New Mexico Association on Indian Affairs as well as the Spanish Colonial Arts Society and Daughters of the American Revolution, etc.

Ina Sizer Cassidy was born on a ranch in Colorado and later moved to Santa Fe in January 1912. During her life, she and her husband Gerald were an active participant of the Santa Fe arts community. During her life, she was the director of the Federal Writers Project in New Mexico, a writer on the subjects of artists and art, a Director of the Federal Writer's Project in New Mexico, and an author who wrote articles about art and artists for the New Mexico Magazine. On top of this, she participated in the New Mexico Association on Indian Affairs, the Spanish Colonial Arts Society, the Historical Society of New Mexico, was a founder of the Folklore Society of New Mexico, and was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Having lived for almost 96 years, she died in 1965.

Citation:
New Mexico place names, c1965: title page (Ina Sizer Cassidy)

Find A Grave WWW site, search July 6, 2015 (Perlina Sizer Cassidy; birth date: 4 Mar 1869; birth place: Bent County, Colorado; death date: 9 Sep 1965; death place: Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico; spouse: Ira Diamond Cassidy (1869-1934))

OCLC, July 6, 2015 (headings: Cassidy, Ina; Cassidy, Ina S.; Cassidy, Ina Sizer; Cassidy, Ina Sizer, 1869-1965; Cassidy, Perlina Sizer Davis; usage: Ina Sizer Cassidy)

Guide to the Ina Sizer Cassidy Collection, 1915-1965 (Museum of New Mexico Library), 2000 (Born 1869 in Colorado; moved to Santa Fe 1912; involvement in New Mexico Association on Indian Affairs, the Spanish Colonial Arts Society, the Historical Society of New Mexico, Folklore Society of New Mexico, Daughters of the American Revolution; writing activities).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Ina Sizer Cassidy papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233616405]
Identifier: MSS 8811
Content Description

Contains ethnographic notes and accounts of Ina Sizer Cassidy's interactions with Native Americans in Arizona while the author was living there as well as descriptions of Hopi life. Materials are from Oraibi, Arizona in 1915 and shortly afterward. Some of the documents are copies from original Cassidy typescripts. The materials are dated between 1915-1965.

Dates: approximately 1915-1965; Majority of material found within 1915-1917
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ina Sizer Cassidy papers

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