Mary Fuller McChesney papers
name: label: Creator
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Names
content: Anderson, Jeremy, 1921-1982
label: Names
content: Bothwell, Dorr
label: Names
content: Briggs, Ernest, 1923-
label: Names
content: Brown, Joan, 1938-1990
label: Names
content: Calcagno, Lawrence, 1913-
label: Names
content: Corbett, Edward, 1919-
label: Names
content: Dixon, James Budd, 1900-1967
label: Names
content: Dugmore, Edward, 1915-
label: Names
content: Goya, Jorge, 1924-
label: Names
content: Grachis, Dimitri, 1932-
label: Names
content: Grillo, John, 1917-
label: Names
content: Hultberg, John, 1922-2005
label: Names
content: Jefferson, Jack, 1921-2000
label: Names
content: Kelly, James, 1913-
label: Names
content: Kuhlman, Walter
label: Names
content: Locks, Seymour, 1919-
label: Names
content: MacAgy, Douglas, 1913-
label: Names
content: Martin, Madeline
label: Names
content: Morehouse, William, 1929-1993
label: Names
content: Parker, Raymond, 1922-
label: Names
content: Pollakoff, Leonard
label: Names
content: Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967
label: Names
content: Remington, Deborah
label: Names
content: Roeber, Phil, 1913-
label: Names
content: Saccaro, John M., 1913-1981
label: Names
content: Schueler, Jon, 1916-
label: Names
content: Shoemaker, Peter, 1920-
label: Names
content: Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007
label: Names
content: Spohn, Clay Edgar, 1898-1977
label: Names
content: Varda, Jean
label: Names
content: Weeks, James, 1922-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- California
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- California
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: A majority of the collection donated 2015 by Mary Fuller McChesney. Photographs on reel 1329 donated 1973 and sound recordings donated 1994 by McChesney. Material on reel NDA 1 (fr. 728-741) lent for microfilming 1964 by Lewis Ferbrache; material on NDA 1 (fr. 930-943) lent 1964 by Mary F. McChesney.
creator: label: Creator
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mary Fuller McChesney (1922-2022) was a sculptor, art historian, and author in San Francisco and Petaluma, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 44.1 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 35 Sound tape reels (Sound recordings, 5 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-2011
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mcchmary
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Replies (filled out questionnaires) to a questionnaire sent out by McChesney for Artforum magazine, and correspondence from artists of the FAP in California, microfilmed on reels Reel NDA 1, frames 728-741 & 930-943 and eight publicity photographs for an exhibition microfilmed on reel 1329, available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibray loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Mary Fuller McChesney papers measure 44.1 linear feet and date from 1949-2011. Included are biographical material, correspondence, writings, artists' files, financial records, photographs, artwork, printed material, and reel-to reel sound recordings documenting the career of sculptor, art historian, and author, Mary Fuller McChesney. A small portion of the papers includes material on painter, Edward Corbett.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Among the sound recordings are interviews conducted by McChesney between 1965 and 1966, and used as the primary research for her book. Interviewees include Jeremy Anderson, Dorr Bothwell, Ernest Briggs, Joan Brown (2), Lawrence Calcagno (2), Edward Corbett (2), James Budd Dixon, Edward Dugmore, Jorge Goya, Dimitri Grachis, John Grillo (1966, 1972), John Hultberg, Jack Jefferson, James Kelly, Walter Kuhlman, Seymour Locks, Douglas MacAgy, Madeleine Martin, William Morehouse, Raymond Parker, Leonard Pollakoff, Ad Reinhardt, Deborah Remington, Phil Roeber, John Saccaro, Jon Schueler, Peter Shoemaker, Hassel Smith, Clay Spohn, Jean Varda, and James Weeks.