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.
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.
Biographical / Historical:
Mary Fuller McChesney (1922-2022) was a sculptor, art historian, and author in San Francisco and Petaluma, California.
Provenance:
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.
Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed. Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Papers concerning the exhibition "James Budd Dixon: Non-Objective Paintings, 1948-1960" curated by Strong for the College of Notre Dame Art Gallery, 1976. Included are essays about the exhibition and Dixon, a transcript of an interview of Dixon by Mary McChesney, 1965, a checklist of the exhibition, and a clipping.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, draftsman, and educator; Belmont, Calif. Born 1938. James Budd Dixon was an abstract expressionist painter from San Francisco.
Provenance:
Donated 1977 by Charles Strong.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Painters -- California -- San Francisco Search this
Four exhibition announcements and three clippings; biographical and career information; and photographs of Dixon, his paintings, and his studio. Also included but not microfilmed are sixteen slides of his paintings.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter; San Francisco, California.
Provenance:
Donated by Mrs. Peggy Dixon, James Budd Dixon's wife, 1974.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Painters -- California -- San Francisco Search this
Topic:
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco Search this
California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco, Calif.) Search this
Type:
Sound Recording
Date:
1965 October 27
Citation:
James Budd Dixon and Mary Fuller McChesney. Interview with James Budd Dixon, 1965 October 27. Mary Fuller McChesney papers, 1949-2011. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
