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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Feg Murray material
    Date (inclusive): 1927-1942
    Collection number: 636
    Creator: Murray, Feg
    Extent: 1.3 linear feet of papers.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

    Preferred Citation

    Feg Murray material, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of William Turner Levy, 1983

    Biography

    Feg Murray, born Frederic Murray, was an American cartoonist and columnist, best known for his 1940s newspaper cartoon strip, "Seein' Stars," in which Hollywood celebrities appear in the style of Robert L. Ripley.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Feg Murray material spans the years 1927-1942 and encompasses 1.3 linear feet. The collection consists of one folder with correspondence, clippings of Murray's cartoon columns, and two drawings, as well as two scrapbooks containing clippings of Murray's ?eein?Stars?cartoon strips from 1941 and 1942.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: 1. Scrapbooks; 2. Vertical files.

    Indexing Terms

    Murray, Feg , 1894-1973--Archives.