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Title
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Mary Atkins
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Description
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File containing material about Mary McAfee Atkins, or Mary Atkins, associated with the founding of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Included is a copy of her death certificate.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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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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Art Alone Enduring
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Description
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Article about the influences of three women on Midwest art appreciation: Mary Frances Sheldon, Sarah Hannah Joslyn, and Mary McAfee Atkins, the last from Kansas City and instrumental in the founding of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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Date
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1974-04
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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
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Title
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The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art Kansas City Special Number
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Description
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A special issue of The Art News published to commemorate the opening of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art on December 11, 1933. The issue contains several print advertisements for art galleries, both domestic and international. Articles describing the museum's new facilities and its collections are included. Photographs of several of the museum's works as well as its board of trustees are provided. A complete catalogue of the museum's paintings and drawings is printed on p. 28.
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Date
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1933-12-09
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Object Type
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Magazine
