Mary L. Armstrong
- BORN
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February 1865
Pennsylvania
- DIED
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February 3, 1953
New York, New York
Mary L. Armstrong was born in February 1865 in Pennsylvania. She was the first art instructor at Missouri Valley College when it opened in 1889. The following year when Dr. William H. Black became president of the college, he referred to Armstrong as the “teacher of fine arts” (_Johnson County Star _(Warrensburg, Missouri) December 21, 1892). The president also married her to Thomas Walton Galloway who was the professor of biology at the college. Armstrong and her husband moved around based on where her husband was working before settling down in New York City. She died on February 3, 1953.
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“Mary A. Galloway in the 1900 United States Federal Census”, Ancestry, accessed September 24, 2021.
“Well-Known Instructors Wed,” Johnson County Star (Warrensburg, Missouri), December 21, 1892, 8.
“Mary A. Galloway in the 1920 United States Federal Census” Ancestry, accessed October 1, 2021.
“Widow of First JMU Professor Dies,” The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois), February 6, 1953, 4.
“Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Saline, Missouri,” accessed September 30, 2021, http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/MissouVC.htm.
Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.
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Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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“Mary A. Galloway in the 1900 United States Federal Census”, Ancestry, accessed September 24, 2021.
“Well-Known Instructors Wed,” Johnson County Star (Warrensburg, Missouri), December 21, 1892, 8.
“Mary A. Galloway in the 1920 United States Federal Census” Ancestry, accessed October 1, 2021.
“Widow of First JMU Professor Dies,” The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois), February 6, 1953, 4.
“Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Saline, Missouri,” accessed September 30, 2021, http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/MissouVC.htm.
Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.
Core Reference Sources
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on October 6, 2021
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