Mural Research Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Murray, Richard N., 1942-2006
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content: Richard Murray research material regarding mural painting in the United States
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15.4 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-16, OV 22)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1896-2006
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.murrrich, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The series is arranged as 4 subseries.

1.1: Murals by City, 1960s-2003

1.2: Murals by State, 1896-2003

1.3: Murals by Artist, 1926-2000

1.4: General Mural Research, 1910-2006
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Mural research files include photocopies, book chapters, bibliography cards, notes, photographs, printed material, and scattered correspondence.  Files for cities cover Boston, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, St. Paul, and Washington, D.C. Files for states include Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin, among others. Artist files are found for John White Alexander, Edwin Blashfield, Kenyon Cox, John LaFarge, Will H. Low, H. Siddons Mowbray, John Warner Norton, Violet Oakley, Maxfield Parrish, John Singer Sargent, Edward Steichen, N.C. Wyeth, and many others.  General mural research files include materials such as bibliographies, catalogs, an index, a history of murals, hand-drawn statistical graphs, Murray's notes on the National Society of Mural Painters meeting minutes from 1895 to 1909, the Union League of New York, and women artists.