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Overview Call Number: SC0755 Creator: Murray, Feg Title: Feg Murray papers Dates: 1907-2001 Bulk Dates: 1915-1974 Physical Description: 6 Linear feet Summary: This collection primarily documents his career as an illustrator, but also includes materials relating to his athletic career and his family. Collection includes correspondence, primarily to his future wife Dorothy Hanna, 1919 and undated; clippings and photographs pertaining to his track career, 1915-20; photographs of Murray, his family, and Murray with Hollywood actors; and original artwork and published illustrations and drawings, 1907-1962. Subjects of his artwork include Stanford student life (including "Snoppyquops" drawings and verse), athletes, Hollywood stars, European trip, and World War I cartoons. Also included is a copy of the book HOLLY-WOULD!, text by John Milton Hagen and illustrations by Feg Murray (Arlington House, 1974). Language(s): The materials are in English. Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6064 Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu Phone: (650) 725-1022 URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Information about Access This collection is open for research. Ownership & Copyright All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Cite As Feg Murray (SC0755). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Biographical/Historical Sketch Frederic (Feg) Murray earned his A.B. in graphic arts at Stanford University in 1916; he married Dorothy Hanna (Stanford class of 1919) in 1920. Artist, writer, and syndicated cartoonist, Murray was perhaps best know for his "Seein' Stars" column. He was also a track athlete, competing on the Stanford University team and in the 1920 Olympics. Description of the Collection This collection primarily documents his career as an illustrator, but also includes materials relating to his athletic career and his family. Collection includes correspondence, primarily to his future wife Dorothy Hanna, 1919 and undated; clippings and photographs pertaining to his track career, 1915-20; photographs of Murray, his family, and Murray with Hollywood actors; and original artwork and published illustrations and drawings, 1907-1962. Subjects of his artwork include Stanford student life (including "Snoppyquops" drawings and verse), athletes, Hollywood stars, European trip, and World War I cartoons. Also included is a copy of the book HOLLY-WOULD!, text by John Milton Hagen and illustrations by Feg Murray (Arlington House, 1974). Access Terms Murray, Feg Athletes --Pictorial works. Illustrators --United States. Guide to the Feg Murray SC0755 2
Motion picture actors and actresses --Pictorial works. Track and field. Box 1, Folder 1 Athletic career, clippings, 1915 and undated Box 1, Folder 2 Athletic career, clippings, 1915-16 Box 1, Folder 3 Athletic career, clippings, 1916 and undated Box 1, Folder 4 Athletic career, P.A. team, photographs Box 1, Folder 5 Athletic career, action shots, photographs Box 1, Folder 6 Athletic career, action shots, photographs Box 1, Folder 7 Athletic career, S.U. teams and individuals, photographs Box 1, Folder 8 Athletics, clippings on 1920 Olympics Box 1, Folder 9 Athletics, Olympics, photographs Box 1, Folder 10 Athletics, photo album, 1920 Olympics Box 1, Folder 11 Athletics, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, August 7, 1915 program (track meet) Box 1, Folder 12 Biographical materials Box 1, Folder 13 Biographical materials (original clippings) Box 1, Folder 14 Calendars with Murray's illustration, 1907, 1930 Box 1, Folder 15 Correspondence, personal Box 1, Folder 16 Correspondence, notes to Dorothy Box 1, Folder 17 Correspondence, letters to Dorothy, 1919 and undated Box 1, Folder 18 Correspondence, letters to Dorothy, undated Box 1, Folder 19 Correspondence and contract re Holly-Would 1973 Box 1, Folder 20 Greeting cards with Murray's images Box 1, Folder 21 Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 22 Murray Christmas cards (from the Murrays with Murray images) Box 1, Folder 23 Murray, Dorothy Hanna, clippings Box 1, Folder 24 Murray on the Internet, 2001 Box 1, Folder 25 Murray's articles on CA sports, 1927 Box 1, Folder 26 Original art: Anything Can Happen in Golf Box 1, Folder 27 Original art: athletics Box 1, Folder 28 Original art: "Double Exposures" Box 1, Folder 29 Original art: drawings of family Box 1, Folder 30 Original art: Life Saver man in raincoat Box 1, Folder 31 Original art: watercolor of man in Guatemala 1962 Box 1, Folder 32 Original art: Stanford images Box 1, Folder 33 Original art: various images Box 2, Folder 1 Photographs of Murray's art work Box 2, Folder 2 Photographs, family, early years Box 2, Folder 3 Photographs, family, later years (1 of 2) Box 2, Folder 4 Photographs, family, later years (2 of 2) Box 2, Folder 5 Photographs, family portraits and informal portraits Box 2, Folder 6 Photographs, family, negatives Box 2, Folder 7 Photographs, F. Murray Box 2, Folder 8 Photographs, negatives of 2 Hollywood images Box 2, Folder 9 Photographs, Perry McDonald Box 2, Folder 10 Printed work: Individual athletes Box 2, Folder 11 Printed work: Sports Box 2, Folder 12 Printed work: Stanford images Box 2, Folder 13 Printed work: Street and Smiths Sport Story Magazine covers Box 2, Folder 14 Printed work: World War I cartoon Box 2, Folder 15 Facts on Hollywood Figures #1-19, camera-ready copy, 1945-46 Box 2, Folder 16 Facts on Hollywood Figures #20-50, camera-ready copy, 1946 Guide to the Feg Murray SC0755 3
Box 2, Folder 17 Radio broadcast script, Seein' Stars in Hollywood 1937 Box 2, Folder 18 Seein' Stars #1-19 [numbers reflect order in the book Holly-Would] Box 2, Folder 19 Seein' Stars #20-39 Box 2, Folder 20 Seein' Stars #40-59 Box 2, Folder 21 Seein' Stars #60-79 Box 2, Folder 22 Seein' Stars #80-96 Box 2, Folder 23 Seein' Stars, miscellaneous Box 2, Folder 24 World War I French language booklet for soldiers, 1917 Box 2, Folder 25 Printing die for 1930 image Box 2 John Milton Hagen, Holly-Would!, illustrations by Feg Murray (Arlington House, 1974) Snoppyquop drawings and verses: Box 3 Atterbury Snoppyquops Box 3, Folder 2 The Boys and Girls Newspaper, 1924 Box 3, Folder 3 Calendar border Box 3, Folder 4 The Centaur-Field verse and drawing Box 3, Folder 5 Ice-o-Therm verse Box 3, Folder 6 List of Snoppyquops for book Box 3, Folder 7 Newsprint Snoppyquops Box 3, Folder 8 Original art Box 3, Folder 9 Original art (including watercolor of Murray "getting" the mosquito) Box 3, Folder 10 Printed Snoppyquops with text Box 3, Folder 11 Printed images, no text Box 3, Folder 12 Scrapbook page with attached verse Box 3, Folder 13 Scrapbook pages of Snoppyquop items Box 3, Folder 14 Snoppyquop illustrations Box 3, Folder 15 Snoppyquops No. 1-23 (incomplete) Box 3, Folder 16 Verse, with drawings Box 3, Folder 17 Verses, manuscript Box 3, Folder 18 Verses, typed Box 4, Folder 1 Cartoon of anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ballard (original art), 1922 Box 4, Folder 2 Charlie Chapman drawing (printed with hand-drawing additions) Box 4, Folder 3 Christmas cards by Murray Box 4, Folder 4 Drawing of a woman (newsprint version) Box 4, Folder 5 European sketches (original art: ink and watercolor) Box 4, Folder 6 European sketches, Greece and Italy (original art: pencil, colored pencil, ink, watercolor) Box 4, Folder 7 Family photographs Box 4, Folder 8 Original drawings (valentine cartoon, hands, Abe Lincoln) Box 4, Folder 9 Original drawings, sports Box 4, Folder 10 Original envelopes from letters to Dorothy (letters in Box 1) Box 4, Folder 11 Ostrich head drawing Box 4, Folder 12 Photograph from a track meet Box 4, Folder 13 Published images (1928 calendar, Chaparral cover) Box 4, Folder 14 Saturday Evening Post cover, possibly sketch of Murray by John Falter, 1952 Box 4, Folder 15 Sports cartoons and drawings (newsprint) Box 4, Folder 16 Sports - cartoons and drawings (published) Box 4, Folder 17 W. C. Fields, drawing of (original artwork) Hollywood Photographs: mostly Murray posed with stars of the 1930s and 1940s Box 5, Folder 1 Unidentified negative Box 5, Folder 2 Murray with soldiers (?) in a hospital Box 5, Folder 3 Murray and actors on set Box 5, Folder 4 Murray at "isolation table" Box 5, Folder 5 Heather Angel Box 5, Folder 6 Joan Bennett Box 5, Folder 7 George Brent Box 5, Folder 8 Joe E. Brown Box 5, Folder 9 Jim Burke Box 5, Folder 10 Carl Busson Guide to the Feg Murray SC0755 4
Box 5, Folder 11 James Cagney Box 5, Folder 12 Eddie Cantor Box 5, Folder 13 Joan Crawford Box 5, Folder 14 Marion Davies Box 5, Folder 15 Delores Del Rio Box 5, Folder 16 Irene Dunn Box 5, Folder 17 Errol Flynn (?) Box 5, Folder 18 Cary Grant Box 5, Folder 19 Helen Hayes Box 5, Folder 20 Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Box 5, Folder 21 Marsha Hunt Box 5, Folder 22 Margaret Lindsay (?) Box 5, Folder 23 Carole Lombard Box 5, Folder 24 Anita Louise Box 5, Folder 25 Jeannette McDonald Box 5, Folder 26 Fred MacMurray Box 5, Folder 27 Victor Mature Box 5, Folder 28 Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson Box 5, Folder 29 Pat O'Brien Box 5, Folder 30 Maureen O'Sullivan Box 5, Folder 31 Jean Parker Box 5, Folder 32 Nat Pendleton Box 5, Folder 33 Jack Pierce Box 5, Folder 34 Lyda Roberti Box 5, Folder 35 Mae Robeson Box 5, Folder 36 Will Rogers Box 5, Folder 37 Randy Scott Box 5, Folder 38 Spencer Tracy Box 5, Folder 39 Lynton and Fay Wells Box 5, Folder 40 Jane Withers Box 5, Folder 41 Loretta Young Box 5, Folder 42 Linda Darnell Box 5, Folder 43 Una Merkle Box 5, Folder 44 Ann Southern Box 6 Unidentified Hollywood photographs Box 6 Album containing examples of Snoppyquops drawings, two Hollywood photographs, and a Murray Christmas card Box 8, Folder 1 Assorted World War I sketches/cartoons Box 8, Folder 2 Color sketches/cartoons Box 8, Folder 3 Mounted copies of WWI cartoons Box 8, Folder 4 Possible pages from album Box 8, Folder 5 Album "To Bay from Feg 24 Cartoons on his 24th Birthday". Only 5 drawings are still attached in the binding; subject is World War I experiences. Oversize: Box 9, Folder 1 Original drawings (1 cartoon, 1 Snoppyquops) Box 9, Folder 2 Original drawings sports Box 9, Folder 3 Seein' Stars original drawings Box 9, Folder 4 Seein' Stars printed versions Box 9, Folder 5 Seein' Stars newsprint versions Oversize: Box 10, Folder 1 Assorted drawings (2 printed items, 1 original cartoon on the 54 wedding anniversary of unnamed couple) Box 10, Folder 2 Murraymento for Editors (examples of Murray's artwork) Box 10, Folder 3 Broadside advertisement for Murray's sports writings Guide to the Feg Murray SC0755 5