Series 1: Nickolas Muray Papers, 1910-1978 0.9 linear feet
Boxes 1-2, OV 3
Biographical materials include curriculum vitae, identification cards related to Muray's particaption in Olympic fencing events, and membership related to the Circle of Confusion and the New York Coffee House Club. There is also a transcript of Muray's interview with the NY radio station WEAF regarding beauty and aesthetics, and documentation of Muray's 1961 heart attack and recovery.
Correspondence is primarily with Muray's friends, business associates, and clients, including Martha Graham, Claude Monet, Ruth St. Denis, and H.G. Wells. There are also letters related to his participation in the Olympic Games, his application to the Army Signal Corps Photographic Services, and a handful of letters from Frida Kahlo that discouss her health, impending divorce from Diego Rivera, and plans regarding the exhibition of her artwork.
Writings include an autobiographical account by Muray; lists and notes regarding celebrity portrait photo sittings; typescripts of theater perfermance reviews; and a mock-up of
Great Tribes of the World
, with photographs by Muray. There is also a typescript commentary of
Revealing Eye
by Paul Gallico.
Teaching files are primarily course materials relating to Muray's 1940 and 1941 New York University photography classes and a lecture series based on his travels in Africa. Printed material includes a copy of Muray's book
Celebrity Portraits of the Twenties and Thirties
, a brochure advertising Muray Studios, clippings, and miscellaneous printed material.
There are also a handful of sketches by illustrator Willy Pogany and photographic materials of Muray, his family and friends, and his work. Photographs include Muray in uniform as a member of the 1928 Olympic fencing team; carbro prints of Loretta Young, 3 models, and and arrangements of food; and a photograph of Muray with Miguel Covarrubias, Diego Rivera, and Frida Kahlo.
Description Container Biographical Material
Curriculum Vitae, circa 1950-1960 Identification Cards, Olympics, 1931-1932, 1964 Interview Transcript, WEAF-NYC Radio, 1929 Medical History, Heart Attack, 1961-1962 Memberships, circa 1963 Correspondence
A-B, 1926-1965 C, 1925-1965 D-G, 1926-1965 H-K, 1926-1965 Kahlo, Frida, 1931-1940 L-O, circa 1928-1960 Olympic Games, 1954-1956 P, circa 1925-1960 Parrott, Katherine Ursula, circa 1925-1945 Q-S, 1925-1967 Signal Corps Photographic Center, 1942-1944 T-Z, circa 1926-1962 Writings
Autobiographical Account, circa 1950-1960 Book Mock-Up, Great Tribes of the World
(unpublished) Lists, Celebrity Portraits, 1965 Notes, Celebrity Photo Sittings, circa 1920-1960 Typescripts, Performance Reviews, circa 1920-1950 Typescript, On Revealing Eye
by Paul Gallico, circa 1967 Teaching Files
Lecture Materials, Peoples of the World, 1957-1962 NYU Photography Course, 1940-1941 NYU Photography Course Notes, 1940-1941 Printed Material
Book, Celebrity Portraits of the Twenties and Thirties by Nickolas Muray, 1978 Brochure, Muray Studios, circa 1925 Clippings, 1920-1942 Clippings, 1943-1969 Miscellaneous, circa 1960-1970 Artwork
Sketches, circa 1925 Photographic Materials
Nickolas Muray, Family, and Friends, circa 1910-1930 Nickolas Muray, Family, and Friends, circa 1931-1960 Studio of Nickolas Muray, circa 1920-1960 Advertising Work, Carbro Prints, circa 1950-1960 Oversized Photograph scanned with Box 2, Folder 10, circa 1928
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