Ella Alluisi papers relating to Margaret Peterson
name: label: Creator
content: Alluisi, Ella
label: Names
content: Peterson, Margaret, 1903-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- Berkeley
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Berkeley
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- Berkeley
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1987 by Ella Alluisi, a friend of Peterson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Alluisi, Ella
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ella Alluisi papers relating to Margaret Peterson
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Ella Alluisi regarding educator and artist Margaret Peterson measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1958 to 1986. Included are letters from Peterson to Alluisi and scattered records on the Margaret Peterson Trust.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Margaret Peterson O'Hagan (1902-1997) was an abstract painter and educator active in Berkeley, California. 

Margaret Peterson was born in Seattle, Washington  studied at and studied at the University of California, Berkeley. She married Canadian writer Howard O'Hagan. In 1950, Peterson resigned her position as a longtime faculty member of the art department at the University of California, Berkeley after refusing to take an oath of loyalty influenced by McCarthyism. After 1950, Peterson continued to exhibit her paintings and moved to British Columbia, Canada. She died in 1997.

Ella Wharton Alluisi (1912-1996) was a painter and sculptor active in California. 

Alluisi was born in Houston, Texas and studied at the University of California, Berkeley where she likely became acquainted with Margaret Peterson. She married Jean Alluisi and settled in Santa Cruz, California where she died in 1996.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1958-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.alluella
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection received a preliminary level of arrangement after donation and was microfilmed on reel 4194. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022, with funding provided by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 4194 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory may not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Ella Alluisi regarding educator and artist Margaret Peterson measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1958 to 1986. Included are letters from Peterson to Alluisi and scattered records on the Margaret Peterson Trust.