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Title
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Kansas City Crossroads: Strangers Made Art Gallery Possible
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Description
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Brief article describing the early history of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Mary McAfee Atkins and William Rockhill Nelson left a combined amount of approximately $3 million for an art museum, which opened December 10, 1933.
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Date
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2002-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Donors of the Gallery: Mary McAfee Atkins
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Description
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One paragraph of biography of Mary McAfee Atkins, or Mary Atkins, "donor of a $300,000 trust fund for establishing a museum of fine arts" and former Kentucky school teacher before marrying "a pioneer merchant" of Kansas City and willing her savings into a trust fund.
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Date
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1934-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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James Burris Atkins
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Description
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Genealogical information about James B. Atkins, early Kansas City settler who wisely invested in Kansas City real estate. His second wife, Mary McAfee Atkins, designated in her will that moneys generated from that fortune be used to establish a new Kansas City art museum, which became part of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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Date
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2000-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
