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.
Biographical data; letters; exhibition catalogs and announcements; printed matter; financial material; a scrapbook of xeroxed copies of clippings; sketches; and slides and photographs of Kelly and his paintings, including a photograph of Kelly, Hassel Smith, Roy De Forrest and others in Richard Brodney's San Francisco studio, taken by Kyle Morris, ca. 1952.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter; New York City; b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 19, 1913.
Provenance:
Donated 1980 by James Kelly.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco, Calif.) Search this
Type:
Sound Recording
Date:
1966 April 26
Citation:
James Kelly and Mary Fuller McChesney. Interview with James Kelly, 1966 April 26. Mary Fuller McChesney papers, 1949-2011. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Kyle Randolph Morris and James Kelly. Photograph of artists in Richard Brodney's studio, circa 1952. Sonia Gechtoff papers, 1950-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
