Guide to the Feg Murray Papers

Daniel Hartwig

Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford, California

October 2010

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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

Administrative Information

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 Papers (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.

Motion picture actors and actresses --Pictorial works.

Track and field.

Papers

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

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

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