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In 1907, Preble was one of the organizers of a “psychical research society” in Berkeley.<ref name=”:2″>{{Cite news |date=1907-08-05 |title=Berkeleyans Hope for Key to Spirit Land, Organize Psychical Research Society |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-berkeleyans-h/186204387/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Preble gave a joint recital with soprano Doris Schnabel at the [[Hearst Greek Theatre|Greek Theater]] in Berkeley in 1909, before an audience of six thousand.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 2, 1909 |title=Half Hour of Music by Young Vocalist |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19090502.2.61.8&srpos=1&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=24 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 3, 1909 |title=Six Thousand Applaud Half Hour of Music |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19090503.2.49.9&srpos=17&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=4 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref> By 1909,<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 20, 1909 |title=Program to Consist of Cliff Dwellers’ Music |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19090320.2.77.16&srpos=11&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=12 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1909-07-12 |title=Will Sing the Zuni Sundown Call; Miss Ethel Preble of Berkeley to be the Soloist at a Band Concert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-will-sing-the-zu/186204188/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Preble, who was white, danced and sang in beaded, fringed costumes<ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-02-24 |title=Indian Legends, Songs and Dances Given at Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-indian-legends-songs-an/186226428/ |access-date=2025-12-05 |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> with a feather headdress and blanket wrap<ref>{{Cite news |date=1919-03-22 |title=Miss Zahrah Ethel Preble in Her Zuni Costume, Who Featured the Program for the Camp Fire Girls Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-miss-zahrah-ethel-preble-in-h/186205790/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=The Record |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> in an impersonation meant to evoke indigenous cultures of California and the American Southwest.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 1914 |title=New Indian Dance by Berkeley Girl to Charm Society; Returns from Eastern Triumphs to Create New Interpretive Dance |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19140413.2.64&srpos=2&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=3 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 10, 1911 |title=Ethel Preble to Visit in South; Berkeley Girl Will Sing Indian Songs |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19110210.2.74.7&srpos=4&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=8 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref> As part of her performing persona, she claimed a spiritual connection with [[Zuni people|Zuñi]] culture.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 3, 1909 |title=Will Give Songs from Aborigines; Gifted Singer Will Render Music of Zuni Indians |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19091003.2.142.5&srpos=14&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=41 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 26, 1915 |title=A Sister to the Indians |url=https://archive.org/details/per_chicago-daily-tribune_1915-09-26_74_39/mode/2up?q=Zahrah+Preble |work=The National Sunday Magazine |pages=324 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> She sang [[Indianist movement|Indianist]] works by [[Charles Wakefield Cadman]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1910-03-13 |title=Soloist to Sing Farewell Today; Miss Ethel Preble Appears for Last Time at Heart Greek Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-soloist-to-sing-farewell/186203671/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=35 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and [[Carlos Troyer]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Natoma Concert Tonight to Help the Band Fund |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MP19110527.2.53&srpos=13&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=Morning Press |pages=8 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1915 |title=Interesting Items about the August Teachers |url=https://archive.org/details/IAPSOP-master_mind_v8_n4_jul_1915/page/139/mode/2up?q=Zahrah+Preble |journal=The Master Mind |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=139 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> She performed in Berkeley and San Francisco,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1909-10-03 |title=Will Sing Indian and Persian Songs; Miss Ethel Preble to Be Heard in Novel Programme on Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-will-sing-indian/186204062/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |pages=36 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1916-01-25 |title=Clubhouse Walls Bar Storm from Gay Music; Indian Interpretation Feature of Etude Concert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-clubhouse-walls-bar-stor/186205630/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and at the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]] in 1915.<ref name=”:0″ />

In 1907, Preble was one of the organizers of a “psychical research society” in Berkeley.<ref name=”:2″>{{Cite news |date=1907-08-05 |title=Berkeleyans Hope for Key to Spirit Land, Organize Psychical Research Society |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-berkeleyans-h/186204387/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Preble gave a joint recital with soprano Doris Schnabel at the [[Hearst Greek Theatre|Greek Theater]] in Berkeley in 1909, before an audience of six thousand.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 2, 1909 |title=Half Hour of Music by Young Vocalist |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19090502.2.61.8&srpos=1&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=24 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 3, 1909 |title=Six Thousand Applaud Half Hour of Music |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19090503.2.49.9&srpos=17&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=4 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref> By 1909,<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 20, 1909 |title=Program to Consist of Cliff Dwellers’ Music |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19090320.2.77.16&srpos=11&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=12 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1909-07-12 |title=Will Sing the Zuni Sundown Call; Miss Ethel Preble of Berkeley to be the Soloist at a Band Concert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-will-sing-the-zu/186204188/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Preble, who was white, danced and sang in beaded, fringed costumes<ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-02-24 |title=Indian Legends, Songs and Dances Given at Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-indian-legends-songs-an/186226428/ |access-date=2025-12-05 |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> with a feather headdress and blanket wrap<ref>{{Cite news |date=1919-03-22 |title=Miss Zahrah Ethel Preble in Her Zuni Costume, Who Featured the Program for the Camp Fire Girls Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-miss-zahrah-ethel-preble-in-h/186205790/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=The Record |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> in an impersonation meant to evoke indigenous cultures of California and the American Southwest.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 1914 |title=New Indian Dance by Berkeley Girl to Charm Society; Returns from Eastern Triumphs to Create New Interpretive Dance |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19140413.2.64&srpos=2&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=3 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 10, 1911 |title=Ethel Preble to Visit in South; Berkeley Girl Will Sing Indian Songs |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19110210.2.74.7&srpos=4&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=8 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref> As part of her performing persona, she claimed a spiritual connection with [[Zuni people|Zuñi]] culture.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 3, 1909 |title=Will Give Songs from Aborigines; Gifted Singer Will Render Music of Zuni Indians |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19091003.2.142.5&srpos=14&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=San Francisco Call |pages=41 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 26, 1915 |title=A Sister to the Indians |url=https://archive.org/details/per_chicago-daily-tribune_1915-09-26_74_39/mode/2up?q=Zahrah+Preble |work=The National Sunday Magazine |pages=324 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> She sang [[Indianist movement|Indianist]] works by [[Charles Wakefield Cadman]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1910-03-13 |title=Soloist to Sing Farewell Today; Miss Ethel Preble Appears for Last Time at Heart Greek Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-soloist-to-sing-farewell/186203671/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=35 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and [[Carlos Troyer]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Natoma Concert Tonight to Help the Band Fund |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MP19110527.2.53&srpos=13&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Ethel+Preble——- |work=Morning Press |pages=8 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1915 |title=Interesting Items about the August Teachers |url=https://archive.org/details/IAPSOP-master_mind_v8_n4_jul_1915/page/139/mode/2up?q=Zahrah+Preble |journal=The Master Mind |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=139 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> She performed in Berkeley and San Francisco,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1909-10-03 |title=Will Sing Indian and Persian Songs; Miss Ethel Preble to Be Heard in Novel Programme on Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-will-sing-indian/186204062/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |pages=36 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1916-01-25 |title=Clubhouse Walls Bar Storm from Gay Music; Indian Interpretation Feature of Etude Concert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-clubhouse-walls-bar-stor/186205630/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and at the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]] in 1915.<ref name=”:0″ />

Preble was music director at a high school school in [[Escondido, California|Escondido]] from 1917 to 1918. She worked at the [[Pala Indian Reservation|Pala Indian Reservation School]] in 1919, and was active in the [[Camp Fire (organization)|Camp Fire Girls]], as a summer camp director and artistic advisor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 14, 1913 |title=Camp Fire Girls in Grand Council; Throng 69th Regiment Armory and Squat in a Circle with Candle Light |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/06/14/100399764.html |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=The New York Times |pages=20 |language=en |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 23, 1919 |title=Outing at Oak Park Yesterday |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDI19190323.2.26&srpos=4&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Zahrah+Preble——- |work=Stockton Independent |pages=2 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref> From 1921 to 1922 she coached a high school drama program in the [[Panama Canal Zone]]. She moved to New York City in 1922, and made recordings on the [[Victor Talking Machine Company|Victor]] label in 1923. She accompanied [[Frederick Webb Hodge]] on an archaeological expedition to the [[Hawikuh Ruins]] in New Mexico,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=September 1923 |title=The Eyrie |url=https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV02N02192309/mode/2up?q=Zahrah+Preble |journal=Weird Tales |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=79 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> to study Zuñi music and domestic arrangements.<ref name=”:0″>Hinsley, Curtis M. [https://open.uapress.arizona.edu/read/f8db70b4-68cf-4197-acbb-51503f17af5f/section/306fbeaf-06c6-4b3c-b818-81eda81d85b5#fig25 “The Anthropological Career of Fred Hodge, 1889-1956“] in ”On a Trail of Southwest Discovery: The Expedition Diaries of Frederick W. Hodge and Margaret W. Magill, 1886-1888” edited by Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox (University of Arizona Press 2024). {{ISBN|9780816553013}}</ref>

Preble was music director at a high school school in [[Escondido, California|Escondido]] from 1917 to 1918. She worked at the [[Pala Indian Reservation|Pala Indian Reservation School]] in 1919, and was active in the [[Camp Fire (organization)|Camp Fire Girls]], as a summer camp director and artistic advisor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 14, 1913 |title=Camp Fire Girls in Grand Council; Throng 69th Regiment Armory and Squat in a Circle with Candle Light |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/06/14/100399764.html |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=The New York Times |pages=20 |language=en |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 23, 1919 |title=Outing at Oak Park Yesterday |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDI19190323.2.26&srpos=4&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Zahrah+Preble——- |work=Stockton Independent |pages=2 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref> From 1921 to 1922 she coached a high school drama program in the [[Panama Canal Zone]]. She moved to New York City in 1922, and made recordings on the [[Victor Talking Machine Company|Victor]] label in 1923. She accompanied [[Frederick Webb Hodge]] on an archaeological expedition to the [[Hawikuh Ruins]] in New Mexico,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=September 1923 |title=The Eyrie |url=https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV02N02192309/mode/2up?q=Zahrah+Preble |journal=Weird Tales |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=79 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> to study Zuñi music and domestic arrangements.<ref name=”:0″>Hinsley, Curtis M. [https://open.uapress.arizona.edu/read/f8db70b4-68cf-4197-acbb-51503f17af5f/section/306fbeaf-06c6-4b3c-b818-81eda81d85b5#fig25 “The Anthropological Career of Fred Hodge, “] in ”On a Trail of Southwest Discovery: The Expedition Diaries of Frederick W. Hodge and Margaret W. Magill, ” edited by Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox (University of Arizona Press 2024). {{ISBN|9780816553013}}</ref>

She returned to California with her husband in 1931, when he became director of the [[Southwest Museum of the American Indian|Southwest Museum]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1934-04-28 |title=Zahrah Hodge, Museum Head’s Wife, Mourned; Native Daughter, Expert on Indians, Passes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pasadena-post-zahrah-hodge-museum-h/186226541/ |access-date=2025-12-05 |work=The Pasadena Post |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

She returned to California with her husband in 1931, when he became director of the [[Southwest Museum of the American Indian|Southwest Museum]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1934-04-28 |title=Zahrah Hodge, Museum Head’s Wife, Mourned; Native Daughter, Expert on Indians, Passes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pasadena-post-zahrah-hodge-museum-h/186226541/ |access-date=2025-12-05 |work=The Pasadena Post |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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==Publications==

==Publications==

Preble wrote articles for popular and specialized publications, including ”The Oil Miller”, ”The Forecast” and ”Sportlife”.<ref name=”:0″ /> She also wrote genre fiction, and a children’s book, illustrated by her sister Donna Louisa Preble.<ref name=”:1″ />

Preble wrote articles for popular and specialized publications, including ”The Oil Miller”, ”The Forecast” and ”Sportlife”.<ref name=”:0″ /> She also wrote genre fiction, and a children’s book, illustrated by her sister Donna Louisa Preble.<ref name=”:1″ />

* “The Habit of Respecting Property Rights” (1923, article)<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 14, 1923 |title=The Habit of Respecting Property Rights |url=https://archive.org/details/universalist-leader_1923-07-14_26_28/page/16/mode/2up?q=Zahrah+Preble |journal=The Universalist Leader |volume=26 |issue=28 |pages=15-16 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

* “The Habit of Respecting Property Rights” (1923, article)<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 14, 1923 |title=The Habit of Respecting Property Rights |url=https://archive.org/details/universalist-leader_1923-07-14_26_28/page/16/mode/2up?q=Zahrah+Preble |journal=The Universalist Leader |volume=26 |issue=28 |pages= |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

* “Home Education: [[Luther Burbank|Burbanking]] Your Child” (1923, article)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Preble |first=Zahrah E. |date=May 5, 1923 |title=Home Education: Burbanking Your Child |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OLSF19230505.2.3&srpos=9&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Zahrah+Preble——- |work=Organized Labor |pages=2 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref>

* “Home Education: [[Luther Burbank|Burbanking]] Your Child” (1923, article)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Preble |first=Zahrah E. |date=May 5, 1923 |title=Home Education: Burbanking Your Child |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OLSF19230505.2.3&srpos=9&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Zahrah+Preble——- |work=Organized Labor |pages=2 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref>

* “Home Education: Persistent Misbehavior in Small Children” (1924, article)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Preble |first=Zahrah E. |date=December 1924 |title=Home Education: Persistent Misbehavior in Small Children |url=https://archive.org/details/stirling-news-argus-december-1924/mode/2up?q=%22by+Zahrah+E.+Preble%22 |work=Stirling News-Argus |pages=26 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

* “Home Education: Persistent Misbehavior in Small Children” (1924, article)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Preble |first=Zahrah E. |date=December 1924 |title=Home Education: Persistent Misbehavior in Small Children |url=https://archive.org/details/stirling-news-argus-december-1924/mode/2up?q=%22by+Zahrah+E.+Preble%22 |work=Stirling News-Argus |pages=26 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

* “Catching Motion on the Wing” (1925, fiction)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Preble |first=Zahrah E. |date=November 1925 |title=Catching Motion on the Wing |url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/WFI/k00071.htm#A12 |journal=Complete Novel Magazine |volume=1 |issue=7 |pages=107-111}}</ref>

* “Catching Motion on the Wing” (1925, fiction)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Preble |first=Zahrah E. |date=November 1925 |title=Catching Motion on the Wing |url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/WFI/k00071.htm#A12 |journal=Complete Novel Magazine |volume=1 |issue=7 |pages=}}</ref>

* “Speaking of Men: Eight Lives for a Horse” (1926, fiction)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Preble |first=Zahrah E. |date=February 1926 |title=Speaking of Men: Eight Lives for a Horse |url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/WFI/k00505.htm#A8 |journal=Fawcett’s Triple-X Magazine |volume=4 |issue=21 |pages=120-122}}</ref>

* “Speaking of Men: Eight Lives for a Horse” (1926, fiction)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Preble |first=Zahrah E. |date=February 1926 |title=Speaking of Men: Eight Lives for a Horse |url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/WFI/k00505.htm#A8 |journal=Fawcett’s Triple-X Magazine |volume=4 |issue=21 |pages=}}</ref>

* “The Oldest Sport in America: The Stick-Race of the Indians of the Southwest” (1926, article)

* “The Oldest Sport in America: The Stick-Race of the Indians of the Southwest” (1926, article)

* “The Twin Bracelets” (1927, fiction)

* “The Twin Bracelets” (1927, fiction)

* “The Mexican of Tortillas and Frijoles” (1928, article)<ref>Preble, Zahrah E. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Forecast/A9WeCwmL3DkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Milam “The Mexican of Tortillas and Frijoles”] ”The Forecast” (September 1928): 140-142, 193.</ref>

* “The Mexican of Tortillas and Frijoles” (1928, article)<ref>Preble, Zahrah E. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Forecast/A9WeCwmL3DkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Milam “The Mexican of Tortillas and Frijoles”] ”The Forecast” (September 1928): , 193.</ref>

* “The Dying Tree” (1932, a poem)<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 10, 1932 |title=Mrs. Ada Quigley Gives Reading at Writer Meet |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=ERA19321110.2.37&srpos=2&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Zahrah+Preble——- |work=Eagle Rock Advertiser |pages=9 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref>

* “The Dying Tree” (1932, a poem)<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 10, 1932 |title=Mrs. Ada Quigley Gives Reading at Writer Meet |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=ERA19321110.2.37&srpos=2&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN-Zahrah+Preble——- |work=Eagle Rock Advertiser |pages=9 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref>

* “[[Maria Martinez|Marie Martinez]]: Indian Master Potter” (1933, article)<ref>Hodge, Zahrah Preble. “Marie Martinez: Indian Master Potter” ”Southern Workman” 62(5)(1933): 213-215.</ref>

* “[[Maria Martinez|Marie Martinez]]: Indian Master Potter” (1933, article)<ref>Hodge, Zahrah Preble. “Marie Martinez: Indian Master Potter” ”Southern Workman” 62(5)(1933): .</ref>

* ”Tomar of Siba: The Story of a Gabrielino Indian Boy of Southern California” (1933, children’s book)<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite book |last=Hodge |first=Zahrah Preble |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tomar_of_Siba/MeegGwAACAAJ?hl=en |title=Tomar of Siba: The Story of a Gabrielino Indian Boy of South California |date=1933 |publisher=Suttonhouse |language=en}}</ref>

* ”Tomar of Siba: The Story of a Gabrielino Indian Boy of Southern California” (1933, children’s book)<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite book |last=Hodge |first=Zahrah Preble |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tomar_of_Siba/MeegGwAACAAJ?hl=en |title=Tomar of Siba: The Story of a Gabrielino Indian Boy of South California |date=1933 |publisher=Suttonhouse |language=en}}</ref>

* “How to Make an Inexpensive Screen” (1934, article)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Preble |first=Zahrah E. |date=January 1934 |title=How to Make an Inexpensive Screen |url=https://archive.org/details/sunset72jansout/page/n23/mode/2up |journal=Sunset Magazine |pages=22-23 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

* “How to Make an Inexpensive Screen” (1934, article)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Preble |first=Zahrah E. |date=January 1934 |title=How to Make an Inexpensive Screen |url=https://archive.org/details/sunset72jansout/page/n23/mode/2up |journal=Sunset Magazine |pages= |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

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==External links==

==External links==

* Terence E. Hanley, [https://tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/09/zahrah-e-preble-1880-1934.html “Zahrah E. Preble (1880-1934)”] ”Tellers of Weird Tales” (December 14, 2023), a blog post about Preble

* Terence E. Hanley, [https://tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/09/zahrah-e-preble-1880-1934.html “Zahrah E. Preble ()”] ”Tellers of Weird Tales” (December 14, 2023), a blog post about Preble

* [https://webkiosk.sourisseauacademy.org/objects-1/info?query=_ID%20%3D%20%22ALL%22%20and%20Disp_Obj_Type%20%3D%20%22Photo%20print%22&sort=61&page=916&objectName=Portrait%20of%20Ethel%20Preble A baby photo of Preble] taken in Nevada in 1881, in the Clayton Family Papers, Sourisseau Academy for State and Local History

* [https://webkiosk.sourisseauacademy.org/objects-1/info?query=_ID%20%3D%20%22ALL%22%20and%20Disp_Obj_Type%20%3D%20%22Photo%20print%22&sort=61&page=916&objectName=Portrait%20of%20Ethel%20Preble A baby photo of Preble] taken in Nevada in 1881, in the Clayton Family Papers, Sourisseau Academy for State and Local History

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American writer

Zahrah Preble Hodge
Preble, from a 1907 newspaper
Born	Ethel Leila Preble August 17, 1880 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	April 27, 1934 (age 53) South Pasadena, California, U.S.
Other names	Zarah Ethel Preble
Occupation(s)	Writer, performer
Spouse	Frederick Webb Hodge

Zahrah E. Preble Hodge (August 17, 1880 – April 27, 1934), born Ethel Leila Preble, was an American writer and performer. She wrote about the indigenous cultures of California and the American Southwest, and her dances, songs, and costumes were inspired by this interest.

Preble was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Charles Sumner Preble and Ella Melana Thomson Preble. She studied music at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1906.^[1][2] She was vice-president of the Theta Rho Club at Berkeley.^[3]

In 1907, Preble was one of the organizers of a “psychical research society” in Berkeley.^[2] Preble gave a joint recital with soprano Doris Schnabel at the Greek Theater in Berkeley in 1909, before an audience of six thousand.^[4][5] By 1909,^[6][7] Preble, who was white, danced and sang in beaded, fringed costumes^[8] with a feather headdress and blanket wrap^[9] in an impersonation meant to evoke indigenous cultures of California and the American Southwest.^[10][11] As part of her performing persona, she claimed a spiritual connection with Zuñi culture.^[12][13] She sang Indianist works by Charles Wakefield Cadman^[14] and Carlos Troyer.^[15][16] She performed in Berkeley and San Francisco,^[17][18] and at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915.^[19]

Preble was music director at a high school school in Escondido from 1917 to 1918. She worked at the Pala Indian Reservation School in 1919, and was active in the Camp Fire Girls, as a summer camp director and artistic advisor.^[20][21] From 1921 to 1922 she coached a high school drama program in the Panama Canal Zone. She moved to New York City in 1922, and made recordings on the Victor label in 1923. She accompanied Frederick Webb Hodge on an archaeological expedition to the Hawikuh Ruins in New Mexico,^[22] to study Zuñi music and domestic arrangements.^[19]

She returned to California with her husband in 1931, when he became director of the Southwest Museum.^[23]

Preble wrote articles for popular and specialized publications, including The Oil Miller, The Forecast and Sportlife.^[19] She also wrote genre fiction, and a children’s book, illustrated by her sister Donna Louisa Preble.^[24]

• “The Habit of Respecting Property Rights” (1923, article)^[25]
• “Home Education: Burbanking Your Child” (1923, article)^[26]
• “Home Education: Persistent Misbehavior in Small Children” (1924, article)^[27]
• “Catching Motion on the Wing” (1925, fiction)^[28]
• “Speaking of Men: Eight Lives for a Horse” (1926, fiction)^[29]
• “The Oldest Sport in America: The Stick-Race of the Indians of the Southwest” (1926, article)
• “The Twin Bracelets” (1927, fiction)
• “The Mexican of Tortillas and Frijoles” (1928, article)^[30]
• “The Dying Tree” (1932, a poem)^[31]
• “Marie Martinez: Indian Master Potter” (1933, article)^[32]
• Tomar of Siba: The Story of a Gabrielino Indian Boy of Southern California (1933, children’s book)^[24]
• “How to Make an Inexpensive Screen” (1934, article)^[33]

Preble married anthropologist and museum director Frederick Webb Hodge in 1927. She died from liver cancer in 1934, at the age of 53, in South Pasadena, California.^[34] The Autry Museum of the American West has a collection of photographs by Zahrah Preble Hodge.^[35]