biography of Stanley Massey ARTHURS (1877-1950)

Birth place: Kenton, DE

Death place: probably Wilmington, DE

Addresses: Wilmington, DE

Profession: Mural painter, illustrator, writer

Studied: Drexel Inst.; Howard Pyle School Art

Exhibited: S.Indp.A.

Member: SC; Wilmington SFA.

Work: Capitol, St. Paul, MN; Univ. Delaware, Newark; Capitol, Dover, DE; Rochester (NY) Athenaeum & Mech. Inst.; Wilmington Soc. FA; American Club, Shanghai.

Comments: Author: On the Old Boston Post Road," "Early Steamboat Days," and others. Illus., "The Bigelow Papers," "The Children's Longfellow," "History of the US," "Pageant of America," "The American Historical Scene." Also contributed illustrations and articles to Scribner's. His subjects included Indians and the West. Arthurs researched subjects in depth in order to authenticate the details.

Sources: WW40; Peggy and Harold Samuels, 11."