Mary Reardon papers
name: label: Creator
content: Reardon, Mary, 1912-2002
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Mosaicists -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2004 by the Reardon estate via Martha A. R. Bewick, Reardon's niece and executor.
creator: label: Creator
content: Reardon, Mary, 1912-2002
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and muralist; Hingham, Mass.; b. 1912; d. 2002.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-2002
label: Date
content: bulk 1940-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rearmary
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Preliminary box inventory available.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material; printed material; early childhood drawings by Reardon; photographs of Reardon and her works of art; files on major mural commissions and programs; files on Mexico, including the mural school of David Alfaro Siquieros; studio records; photographs of Reardon and her work; correspondence; sketches; and clippings. Major mural commissions include the Baltimore Cathedral, 1959, National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC, 1973, and the St. Louis Cathedral, 1984.