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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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Kansas City: Rise of a Regional Metropolis
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Description
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Book includes a short history of the city's main art museum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. It was named after major benefactor William Rockhill Nelson and Mary McAfee Atkins who also contributed money, both dying in the early 1900s. Includes photographs of both Nelson and Atkins as well as a model of the expansion of the museum on the east side.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Book
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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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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Mary McAfee Atkins, or Mary Atkins (1835-1911), one of the major benefactors and namesake of the the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, born in Kentucky and coming to Kansas City around 1878 as a manager of her husband's real estate fortune.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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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
