Henry Lee McFee papers
name: label: Creator
content: McFee, Henry Lee, 1886-1953
label: Names
content: Rosen, Charles, 1878-1950
label: Names
content: Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962
label: Names
content: Stevens, Will Henry, 1881-1949
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Topic
content: Realism
label: Topic
content: Still-life painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by McFee's stepdaughter, Marian S. Sweeney, who inherited the papers from her mother, Eleanor McFee.
creator: label: Creator
content: McFee, Henry Lee, 1886-1953
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter. After graduation from Kemper Military School in 1905, he entered art school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1907. In the following year, he studied under Birge Harrison at the Art Students League summer classes in Woodstock, New York. In 1937 he was the director of the Museum School of Art in San Antonio, Texas. He moved to Claremont College in 1947 to teach in the graduate school.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18 Items (Reel 3134: (on a partial microfilm reel))
label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet (Unfilmed)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mcfehenr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3134 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material (1928-1950), 6 letters (1953), 2 scrapbooks (1929-1964), printed material (1929-1964) and photographs concern the life and career of Henry Lee McFee.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 3134: Photographs show McFee (1929) and 5 of his paintings. Printed material consists of 8 reproductions of his works and 4 clippings (1950-1964).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Unfilmed: Biographical material consists of 5 award and membership certificates (1928-1950). Letters consist of one Christmas card and 5 letters of condolence (1953). Printed material consists of clippings (1929-1950), reproductions of works of art, and a poster. Photographs show McFee, his studio, and his works.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Unfilmed: Two scrapbooks contain photographs of McFee and his works. One also includes photographs of gallery installations and printed reproductions of his works (1931-1950). The other, assembled by McFee's step-daughter, also contains clippings (1929-1964), 2 exhibition catalogs (undated and 1949), an advertisement and annotated galley proof for a book of reproductions of McFee's paintings (1950), 2 typescripts on painting by McFee, and photographs of colleagues including Charles Rosen, Eugene Speicher, and Will Henry Stevens.