Jerre Murry scrapbook
name: label: Creator
content: Murry, Jerre, 1904-1973
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was loaned to the Archives of American Art in 1964 for microfilming by Jerre Murry and was returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Murry, Jerre, 1904-1973
setName: label: See more items in
content: Jerre Murry scrapbook
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scrapbook of painter Jerre Murry dates from 1936 to circa 1941. The scrapbook focuses on Murry's participation in the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project and includes a biographical sketch, correspondence, photographs of friends and of works of art, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jerre Murry (1904-1973) was a painter in Southern California. Murry was born in Columbia, Missouri, and studied at the Detroit Academy of Art. He was influenced by Stanton Macdonald-Wright to relocate to Los Angeles and participate in the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project. He remained in California where he exhibited his paintings and taught art classes until his death in 1973.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-circa 1941
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.murrjerr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels LA08 and was returned to Jerre Murry after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2024 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel LA08. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website. Some of the images are of poor quality due to the original microfilming process.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals were returned to the lender, Jerre Murry, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scrapbook of painter Jerre Murry dates from 1936 to circa 1941. The scrapbook focuses on Murry's participation in the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project and includes a biographical sketch, correspondence, photographs of friends and of works of art, and printed material.