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Box 1
16 notebooks with handwritten notes and lectures by John McCrady

Box 2
Folders:

1. McCrady Biographical Information

2. ALS July 8, 19_9 from “John” to “Folks.”

3. TLS November 13, 1936 from Dale Mullen to John McCrady.

4. “‘The Diving Rod’ About Mary and a Painting”

5. “The Fundamental Things”

6. “The Golden Rule”

7. “‘Can I Go Home Again?’: An Artist Returns to the Past”

8. “Introduction to ‘Technique and Personality'”

9. “Metamorphosis”

10. “New Forces in American Art”

11. “The Pattern of the Consistent Instinct”

12. “The Personality of a School”

13. “The Realism of Painting”

14. “Technique — The Servant of Content”

15. various essays on art and artists

16. John McCrady Art School

17. The Holy Communion Mural

18. People Today (May 6, 1963) [McCrady on pp. 54-57].

19. “The Painting Technique of John McCrady” by Joyce Kelly in American Artist (February 1966).

20. Exhibit Notice: The Town Hall Club (NY: January 6-20, 1936). 3 copies.

21. Exhibit Program: Boyer Galleries (NY: October 11-30, 1937). 2 copies.

22. Exhibit Program: Associated American Artists Gallery (NY: May 13 — June 1, 1946). 3 copies.

23. Exhibit Program: Marie Buie Museum (Oxford, MS: October 30 — November 30, 1948). 2 copies.

24. Exhibit Notice: Art Association Guild (New Orleans: March 9 — April 3, 1958). 2 copies.

25. Exhibit Program: University of the South (July — August 1966). 8 copies.

26. Exhibit Program: Downtown Gallery (New Orleans: October 5 — 18, 1969). 3 copies.

27. Exhibit Invitation: New Orleans Museum of Art (September 26, 1975).

28. Exhibit Program: New Orleans Public Library (November 2-30, 1978). 2 copies.

29. Exhibit Program: Mary Buie Museum (Oxford, MS: n.d.). 3 copies.

30. Exhibit Notice: Gresham Gallery (New Orleans: November 3 — 15, no year).

31. Exhibit Program: Downtown Gallery (New Orleans: November 7 — 12, no year). 7 copies.

32. Exhibit Program: Bryant Galleries (New Orleans: March 3 –31, no year). 10 copies.

33. Exhibit Program: Mary Buie Museum (Oxford, MS: September 11 — 30, no year). 2 copies.

34. Exhibit Program: Crescent Gallery (New Orleans: November 30 — December 19, no year). 4 copies.

35. Newspaper clippings.

36. Clippings on 1975 exhibition.

37. Exhibit Program for Alan R. Flattman (May 1969).

Oversized Box
Folders:

1. Beta Theta Pi Photo

2. Photo of Holy Communion Mural

3. Mardi Gras 1950s Photo

Periodicals:
1. Time (December 24, 1934).

2. Life (October 18, 1937). [McCrady on pp. 38-42]
3. Arts and Antiques (November 1938). [McCrady on cover and pp. 16-17]
4. Life (June 26, 1939). [McCrady on p. 49 — p. 48 is missing]
5. Art News (December 1-14, 1941).

6. American Artist (May 1942).

7. The Art Digest (May 1, 1942).

8. News of Fine Prints (October 1943).

9. Time (January 27, 1947).

10. The Times-Picayune Magazine (February 8, 1948). [McCrady on pp. 20-21 — 2 copies]
11. The Art Digest (November 15, 1948).

12. Time (April 25, 1949). [McCrady on p. 16]
13. Fortune (May 1949). [McCrady on p. 120]
14. The Lamp (November 1950). [McCrady on cover, p. 1, and pp. 10- 14 — 2 copies]
15. Art Digest (May 15, 1952).

16. Life (January 5, 1953). [McCrady on pp. 78-80]
17. Dixie (January 16, 1955). [McCrady on p. 12]
18. Forth (May 1956). [McCrady on pp. 16-18]
19. American Artist (February 1966). [McCrady on pp. 50-55, pp. 74-75]
20. The Changing Middle South (1968 #4). [McCrady on pp. 24-25]
21. Dixie (September 7, 1975). [McCrady on p. 50]
22. The Newsday Magazine (August 4, 1985). [McCrady on cover and inset box on p. 11]