Project Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Murray, Richard N., 1942-2006
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content: Richard Murray research material regarding Abbott Handerson Thayer
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 1-2; 1.2 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990-2004
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.murrrich2, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Project files document Richard Murray's various research projects regarding Abbott Handerson Thayer. Included are records regarding the exhibition "Abbott Thayer: The Nature of Art" which he curated at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (formerly National Museum of American Art) in 1999. These files include planning documents, loan forms, press clippings, conservation requests, exhibition text, and exhibition checklists. Additional project files are primarily for his proposed book on Abbott Thayer and include research grant applications, fundraising, photograph orders, and reviews of the initial manuscript. Also found is Murray's correspondence regarding his Thayer projects. Correspondence is with fellow Thayer scholars, collectors, art museums, and Thayer family members.