Charles Grafly Papers

Charles Grafly Papers Collection Summary Title: Charles Grafly Papers Call Number: MS 90-02 Size: 55.0 linear feet Acquisition: Donated by Dorothy Grafly Drummond Processed by: MD, 1990; JEF, 5-19-1998; MN, 1-30-2015 Note: Related collections: MS 93-04, Dorothy Grafly Papers; MS 93-05, Leopold Sekeles Papers Restrictions: None Literary Rights Literary rights were not granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research. Content Note Charles Grafly was an American sculptor whose works include monumental memorials and portrait busts. Dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his correspondence relating to personal, business and other matters is collected here as well as newspaper clippings about his works, sketches and class notes, scrapbooks, photographs of his works, research materials and glass plate negatives. All file folder titles reflect the original titles of the file folders in the collection. For a detained description of the contents of each file folder, refer to the original detailed and incomplete finding aid in Box 76. Biography Born and raised in Philadelphia, Charles Grafly (1862-1929) studied under painters Thomas Eakins and Thomas Anshutz at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 1884-88. Grafly then enrolled at the Academie Julian under the sculptor Henri-Michel Chapu (1833-91). Sculpture at the Academie was dominated by a Beaux-Arts style, characterized by its use of allegory, mythological themes, and aesthetics reminiscent of classical Greek sculpture. Grafly had three years of successful study before returning to Philadelphia in 1892, where he accepted a job as instructor of modeling at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Grafly worked primarily in public commissions, completing prestigious monuments such as the Pioneer Mother Monument, 1915, in San Francisco and the Memorial to Major General George Gordon Meade, 1927, in Washington, D.C. His better-known works include “Fountain of Man,” “From Generation to Generation,” “Symbol of Life,” “Vulture of War” and many portrait busts Detailed Description: Series Listing Series 1 Box 1-2 Business Correspondence. Contains correspondence to and from several museums, art galleries, art institutes, academies of Fine Arts, and other such businesses as well as individuals with whom Grafly did business. Series 2 Box 3 General Correspondence Series 3 Box 4 Personal Correspondence. Contains correspondence to and from family members, friends, and associates of Charles Grafly. Series 4 Box 5-7 Correspondence. Contains items regarding works by Charles Grafly. Series 5 Box 8-9 Financial Correspondence. Contains items regarding bank statements, house bills, Income Tax, insurance, etc., relating to the Grafly family. Series 6 Box 10 Newspaper Clippings and Articles. Included in this series are obituaries, biographical data, and clippings concerning Grafly. Series 7 Box 11-12 Checkbooks, Ledger Books, and Address and Date Books Series 8 Box 13 Programs and Memorabilia Series 9 Box 14 Published Materials on Grafly Series 10 Box 15 Sketches and Class Notes. Contains a sketchbook with sketches and notes from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Series 11 Box 16-17 Scrapbooks. Contains two scrapbooks containing letters from various acquaintances and clippings about Grafly or his work. Series 12 Box 18-42 Photographs. Contains photographs of associates of Grafly and of art and sculpture. Series 13 Box 43-47 Research Materials. Contains various research materials on sculpture, buildings, paintings, landscapes, animals, nature, and the human form. Series 14 Box 48 Postcards Series 15 Box 49 Empty Picture Boxes. Contains empty picture boxes that date c. 1900- 1930. Series 16 Box 50-73 Glass Negatives Series 17 Box 74 Celluloid Negatives (moved to cold storage) Series 18 Box 75 Photographs. Contains photographs used in The Sculptor's Clay, a book published by Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University. Series 19 Box 76 Detailed Finding Aid Series 20 Box 77 Oversized Photographs Detailed Description: Box and Folder Listing Series 1 – Business Correspondence Box 1 FF 1 American Federation of Arts Box 1 FF 2 American Federation of Arts Box 1 FF 3 American Publishers Company Box 1 FF 4 American Railway Express Company Box 1 FF 5 Architectural League of New York Box 1 FF 6 Art Alliance Box 1 FF 7 Art Alliance Box 1 FF 8 Art Association Box 1 FF 9 Art Club Box 1 FF 10 Art Jury Box 1 FF 11 Art Jury Box 1 FF 12 Art Jury Box 1 FF 13 Art Jury Box 1 FF 14 Art Jury Box 1 FF 15 Art Jury Box 1 FF 16 Art Jury Box 1 FF 17 Art Jury Box 1 FF 18 Art Jury Box 1 FF 19 Art Jury Box 1 FF 20 Art Institute Box 1 FF 21 Art Institute Box 1 FF 22 Beaux Arts Institute of Design, New York Box 1 FF 23 Beherns Memorial Box 1 FF 24 Boston Museum, Composition class Box 1 FF 25 Boston Museum, Composition class Box 1 FF 26 Boston Museum, Composition class Box 1 FF 27 Boston Museum, Composition class Box 1 FF 28 Boston Museum, Fine Arts; Personal Box 1 FF 29 Boston Museum, Private expenses business Box 1 FF 30 Boston Museum, School matter Box 1 FF 31 Boston Museum, Sculpture Department, Contract Box 1 FF 32 Boston Museum, Soldiers and Sailors Box 1 FF 33 Brooks Memorial, Art Gallery, Memphis Box 1 FF 34 Brooks, Richard Box 1 FF 35 Budworth and Sons Box 1 FF 36 Buenos Aires, International Fine Arts Expo. Box 1 FF 37 Butler, J. W. Box 1 FF 38 Cannon, Florence V. Box 1 FF 39 Carnegie Institute Box 1 FF 39A H. J. Carlson Box 1 FF 40 Chicago Art Institute Box 1 FF 41 Chicago Art Institute Box 1 FF 42 Cincinnati Museum Box 1 FF 43 Congressional Library, Washington Box 1 FF 44 Concord Art Association Box 1 FF 45 Concord Art Association Box 1 FF 46 Concord Art Association Box 1 FF 47 Contini Box 1 FF 48 Corcoran Art Gallery, C. Powell Minnigerode Box 1 FF 49 Corcoran Art Gallery Box 1 FF 50 Corcoran Art Gallery; Portrait Bust Exposition Box 1 FF 51 Cross, Anson K. Box 1 FF 52 Dayton Art Institute Box 1 FF 53 Denver Art Association Box 1 FF 54 Detroit Museum Box 1 FF 55 Devoe and Reynolds Box 1 FF 56 Dohan, Joseph M. Box 1 FF 57 Douglas Bust Nashville Box 1 FF 58 Encyclopedia Britannia Box 1 FF 59 Fairmount Park Association Box 1 FF 60 Ferargill Gallery Box 1 FF 61 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 62 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 63 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 64 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 65 Folly Cove School, Cape Anne Granite Corporation Box 1 FF 66 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 67 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 68 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 69 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 70 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 71 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 72 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 73 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 74 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 75 Folly Cove School Box 1 FF 76 French, Daniel C. Box 1 FF 77 Gest, John B. Box 1 FF 78 The Gorham Company, New York Box 1 FF 79 Guggenheim Foundation Box 1 FF 80 Hall of Fame, New York University Box 1 FF 81 Hart, Charles Henry Box 1 FF 82 Henderson, Ethel Box 1 FF 83 Historical Commission N. C. Box 1 FF 84 Herron, John, Art Institute Exhibition of Portrait Busts Box 1 FF 85 International Jury Panama - Pacific Exhibition Box 1 FF 86 Intra-Nations Studio Box 1 FF 87 Iowa Historical Department Box 2 FF 1 Jagers, Albert Box 2 FF 2 Klauder Chas 3, Cope Mask Box 2 FF 3 Kreiton, Victor Box 2 FF 4 Ladd, Anna Coleman Box 2 FF 5 Lastly, Albert Box 2 FF 6 Luxembourg Exhibition Box 2 FF 7 McCorkle, Charles M. Box 2 FF 8 MacNeil, Heron A. Box 2 FF 9 Mallery, Otto Box 2 FF 10 Maryland Institute, Miller Box 2 FF 11 Masque Box 2 FF 12 Metropolitan Museum; Loan Collection, American Sculpture Box 2 FF 13 Mitchell, Dr. Weit, Statue Box 2 FF 14 Mitten Memorial Box 2 FF 15 Mocton Statue Box 2 FF 16 Muer, Alvin Box 2 FF 17 National Academy of Design Box 2 FF 18 National Academy of Design Centennial Exhibition Box 2 FF 19 National Disabled Soldiers League Box 2 FF 20 National Gallery of Art Commission Box 2 FF 21 National Highway Association Box 2 FF 22 National Institute of Arts and Letters Box 2 FF 23 National Sculpture Society Box 2 FF 24 National Sculpture Society Box 2 FF 25 National Sculpture Society, Buffalo Exhibition Box 2 FF 26 National Sculpture Society, Hispanic Exhibition Box 2 FF 27 National Sculpture Society, Code for Competitions Box 2 FF 28 National Sculpture Society, Contract Blanks Box 2 FF 29 New Society of Artists Resignation Box 2 FF 30 New York University Box 2 FF 31 Pamphlet Exhibition of Sculpture Charles Grafly Box 2 FF 32 Panama Pacific Exhibition Box 2 FF 33 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Composition Class Box 2 FF 34 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Box 2 FF 35 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Box 2 FF 36 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Summer School, Chester Springs Box 2 FF 36A Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Correspondence of Tenure Box 2 FF 37 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Box 2 FF 37A Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Class Outlines and Suggestions Box 2 FF 38 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty Box 2 FF 39 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Box 2 FF 40 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Box 2 FF 41 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Box 2 FF 42 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Composition Class Box 2 FF 43 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Box 2 FF 44 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Box 2 FF 45 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Letters Box 2 FF 46 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Composition Class Box 2 FF 47 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Composition Class Box 2 FF 48 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Composition Class Box 2 FF 49 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Fellowship Box 2 FF 49A Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Box 2 FF 50 Pioneer Composition by School Box 2 FF 51 Price, A.

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