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Mrs. William T. Sedgwick
1859–1928
Best known for Ácoma, the Sky City, she wrote an early 20th-century study of Acoma Pueblo that aimed to bring its long history and culture to a wider audience. Publishing under the name Mrs. William T. Sedgwick, she is also identified as Mary Katrine Rice Sedgwick.
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Ácoma, the sky city : A study in Pueblo-Indian history and civilization
by Mrs. William T. Sedgwick
About the author
Mary Katrine Rice Sedgwick, who published as Mrs. William T. Sedgwick, was an American author born in 1859 and died in 1928. Library and book-record sources identify her by both names, and Project Gutenberg lists her dates as 1859–1928.
She is known for Ácoma, the sky city: A study in Pueblo-Indian history and civilization, first published by Harvard University Press in 1926. The book is a historical and cultural study centered on Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, drawing on earlier records as well as Sedgwick's own effort to present the community's history to general readers.
Very little widely available biographical detail seems to survive online beyond her name, dates, and authorship of this book. Because of that, the clearest picture we have is of a writer remembered for a single substantial work focused on the history of Acoma Pueblo and its enduring place in the American Southwest.