American Mural Painting Scrapbooks, 1929-1944

Over many years, the staff of the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries collected clippings from various publications that documented the work of multiple mural artists working throughout the United States.

The seven scrapbooks contain newspaper and magazine clippings dating from 1934-1944 and are from publications across the United States. All of the clippings are related to mural paintings or painters active throughout the country. The first three books include an index to the artists in that book. Each scrapbook has artists' names and significant topics, e.g. The Art Institute of Chicago, underlined within the text.

Indices of artists are followed by publications. Materials are listed in the order in which they were bound into the scrapbooks.

• Subject
  • Mural painting and decoration, American--20th century.
  • Mural painting and decoration, American.
  • Painters--United States.

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American Mural Painting Scrapbook Collection, Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago.

Clippings are from publications subscribed by the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries and also obtained from other unidentified sources.

This collection was transferred from the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries to the Ryerson and Burnham Archives in 2000.

The collection was processed by Natasha Derrickson of the Ryerson and Burnham Archives in 2000. This finding aid was revised and expanded by Annemarie van Roessel in 2002.