Emerson Crosby Kelly research material relating to J. Francis Murphy
name: label: Creator
content: Kelly, Emerson Crosby, 1899-
label: Creator
content: Hollinger & Co. photography firm.
label: Photographer
content: Moffett (Firm)
label: Names
content: National Academy of Design (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Pestalozzi Foundation of America
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content: Salmagundi Club
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content: Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932
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content: Murphy, Adah Clifford, 1860-1949
label: Names
content: Murphy, John Francis, 1853-1921
label: Names
content: Murphy, John Francis, 1853-1921 -- Catalogues raisonnés
label: Photographer
content: Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
label: Photographer
content: Vandyk, C.
place: label: Place
content: Arkville (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Biography
label: Occupation
content: Biographers
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content: Illustrators -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- New York (State)
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content: Artists' studios -- Photographs
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content: Landscape painting, American -- New York (State)
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content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Sydney Kelly, is the widow of Dr. Emerson Crosby Kelly. Dr. Kelly acquired the Murphy papers in 1949 from Hulda Gregerson, Mrs. Murphy's long-time companion, for the purpose of writing a biography and catalogue raisonne of J. Francis Murphy.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kelly, Emerson Crosby, 1899-
label: Creator
content: Hollinger & Co. photography firm.
label: Photographer
content: Moffett (Firm)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Emerson Crosby Kelly, M.D., art collector, surgeon, and medical bibliographer; d. 1977. J. Francis Murphy, landscape painter and one of the leading tonalists of the American Barbizon school, lived and worked in New York City and Arkville, N.Y. Studied very briefly at the Chicago Academy of Design, 1875. Member of the National Academy of Design and active in the Salmagundi Club. His wife, Adah Clifford Smith Murphy, a painter and illustrator, studied at the Female Art School of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 16.7 Linear Feet ((on 21 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1761-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kellemer
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Drawings
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content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: I. Writings and Research Notes. II. Kelly Correspondence and Miscellaneous Files. III. J. Francis and Adah Clifford Smith Murphy Papers.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4341-4361 available at all Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid available at all Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biography and catalogue raisonné of J. Francis Murphy by Emerson Crosby Kelly, M.D., and correspondence relating to Dr. Kelly's interest in Murphy. Personal papers of J. Francis Murphy and Adah Clifford Smith Murphy include diaries and notebooks, correspondence, Smith and Murphy family documents, financial records, printed matter, artifacts, photographs, and works of art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Research notes, drafts, and manuscript of an unpublished biography, "J. Francis Murphy, N.A., (1853-1921): Tints of a Vanished Past," and illustrated catalogue raisonne of the works of J. Francis Murphy by Emerson Crosby Kelly (1953). Kelly corresponded with friends and relatives of the Murphys, with owners of Murphy paintings, publishers, printers, and possible financial backers for his book. Also documented is Dr. and Mrs. Kelly's involvement in the sale of "Weedwild," the Murphy's Arkville, N.Y. home, to the Pestalozzi Foundation of America.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Diaries of J. Francis Murphy (25 vols.) contain very brief entries that faithfully record weather conditions, garden progress, and other nature notes, with occasional mention of social engagements or service on art juries; entries recorded during trips to Europe mainly list places visited with little elaboration. Notebooks (16 vols.) include painting registers, daily listings of mail sent and received, address books, and jottings relating to Indian relics, his farmland, and paintings sent to dealers. Mrs. Murphy's diaries (46 vols.) also contain very brief entries mentioning friends, social engagements, travels, and an "Account of the pictures I painted and gave away. Portraits of them. + landscapes + old houses." Her notebooks (4 vols.) contain "Notes for a book. J.F.'s".
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence concerns family matters, exhibitions, sales, professional memberships, involvement with the Salmagundi Club and National Academy of Design, and the couple's finances. Whenever separated, the Murphys exchanged lengthy letters with one another; the majority of these are from husband to wife.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Receipts and invoices are mainly for art supplies, framing, and shipping costs; expense records for personal purchases and farm upkeep and improvements; taxes; and legal papers concerning a property boundary dispute and lawsuit against the Murphys.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs are of Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, their families and ancestors, friends, studios, "Weedwild" (country home) and surrounding Arkville, N.Y. area, landscape subjects, works of art by the Murphys, medals and certificates of award. Six tintypes are included. Photographers include: Hollinger, Moffett, Napoleon Sarony, and C. Vandyk. Commercially produced stereographs mainly depict U.S. scenes.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Art works consist of sketchbooks, oil sketches, and works of art on paper by both Murphys, Emil Carlsen, and other artists (ca. 500 items).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Other materials include exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings, scrapbooks (probably compiled by Mrs. Murphy ca. 1885), medals awarded to J. Francis Murphy, copper plate etched by Adah C. Murphy, and artifacts.