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Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton
Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton (March 25, 1889 – July 26, 1971) née Mary-Russell Ferrell, was an American artist, author, educator, ethnographer, and curator. She is one of the principal founders of the Museum of Northern Arizona. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten and exhibited her art at the group's annual shows from 1926 to 1940. She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, the American Watercolor Society, and the American Federation of Arts. She was known for her advocacy of the arts, Native American rights, and women's rights. For her advocacy of Native American arts, she received a certificate of appreciation from the United States Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1935. In 1981, she was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame.
Mary-Russell Ferrell was born on March 25, 1889, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was the second daughter of Joseph and Elise (née Houston) Ferrell, though her elder sister died of diphtheria when Mary-Russell was two. She was born in the home of her maternal grandparents, Judge Russell Houston, a former Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and Griselda Polk Houston (a descendent of President James K. Polk). Joseph Ferrell was known as one of the first Anglo-Americans to explore the Tenaya Canyon in what is now Yosemite National Park.
She was taught by a governess until she was eight years old, when she entered the private girl''s school Pelham Academy. However, she received a more casual education from her family.
In 1904, Joseph Ferrell died, leaving Elise and Mary-Russell in a dire financial situation. A family friend offered to pay Mary-Russell's tuition at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, where Mary-Russell began in 1904. Mary-Russell graduated in 1909 and graduated with honors. After her graduation, she opened a studio in Philadelphia. Her projects included art restoration and commercial art projects. In addition to the commercial art her studio produced, Mary-Russell Ferrell showed as a member of the Philadelphia Ten's annual exhibit in Florida, the Midwest, the Eastern States of the US and Europe.
During this time, Elise Ferrell remarried businessman Theodore Presser. In her early career, Mary-Russell lived with the Pressers, but she did not get along with her step-father. In an effort to improve the relationship, Elise used a family connection to gain Mary-Russell membership of Dr.Charles Shaw's 1909 expedition to the Selkirk Mountains. This journey inspired Mary-Russell's love of the American West, and gave her the nickname "Fairy," which stuck with her for decades.
In 1910, Dr. Shaw invited Mary-Russell onto another expedition. While preparing for the journey, she met Harold Sellers Colton, a zoology professor at the University of Pennsylvania who would join the trip. In July, Dr. Shaw brought Colton and another traveller to civilization so they could conduct further research in California. On the way back to the main group, Dr. Shaw drowned when his canoe overturned. Colton rejoined the remaining group in Los Angeles, and continued with them to explore. After returning to Philadelphia, Colton and Ferrell corresponded and eventually courted, marrying on May 23, 1912, in Philadelphia.
For their honeymoon, the Coltons took the Santa Fe Railroad to Glorieta, New Mexico, where they camped, visited nearby cities, and visited local archeological ruins and villages. They went on to visit the Grand Canyon, San Diego, San Francisco, Yosemite, Portland, Seattle, the Selkirk Mountains, and Yellowstone. This first visit established the direction of the rest of their marriage, which was became based in the Southwest. The next summer, the Coltons returned to the Colorado Plateau. In this trip, they had their first interaction with Puebloans. The Coltons regularly travelled to the Colorado Plateau over the next several years.
They had two sons, Joseph Ferrell, born in 1914, and Sabin born in 1917. Sabin died of valley fever in Tucson in 1924. Their marriage lasted until her death.
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Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton
Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton (March 25, 1889 – July 26, 1971) née Mary-Russell Ferrell, was an American artist, author, educator, ethnographer, and curator. She is one of the principal founders of the Museum of Northern Arizona. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten and exhibited her art at the group's annual shows from 1926 to 1940. She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, the American Watercolor Society, and the American Federation of Arts. She was known for her advocacy of the arts, Native American rights, and women's rights. For her advocacy of Native American arts, she received a certificate of appreciation from the United States Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1935. In 1981, she was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame.
Mary-Russell Ferrell was born on March 25, 1889, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was the second daughter of Joseph and Elise (née Houston) Ferrell, though her elder sister died of diphtheria when Mary-Russell was two. She was born in the home of her maternal grandparents, Judge Russell Houston, a former Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and Griselda Polk Houston (a descendent of President James K. Polk). Joseph Ferrell was known as one of the first Anglo-Americans to explore the Tenaya Canyon in what is now Yosemite National Park.
She was taught by a governess until she was eight years old, when she entered the private girl''s school Pelham Academy. However, she received a more casual education from her family.
In 1904, Joseph Ferrell died, leaving Elise and Mary-Russell in a dire financial situation. A family friend offered to pay Mary-Russell's tuition at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, where Mary-Russell began in 1904. Mary-Russell graduated in 1909 and graduated with honors. After her graduation, she opened a studio in Philadelphia. Her projects included art restoration and commercial art projects. In addition to the commercial art her studio produced, Mary-Russell Ferrell showed as a member of the Philadelphia Ten's annual exhibit in Florida, the Midwest, the Eastern States of the US and Europe.
During this time, Elise Ferrell remarried businessman Theodore Presser. In her early career, Mary-Russell lived with the Pressers, but she did not get along with her step-father. In an effort to improve the relationship, Elise used a family connection to gain Mary-Russell membership of Dr.Charles Shaw's 1909 expedition to the Selkirk Mountains. This journey inspired Mary-Russell's love of the American West, and gave her the nickname "Fairy," which stuck with her for decades.
In 1910, Dr. Shaw invited Mary-Russell onto another expedition. While preparing for the journey, she met Harold Sellers Colton, a zoology professor at the University of Pennsylvania who would join the trip. In July, Dr. Shaw brought Colton and another traveller to civilization so they could conduct further research in California. On the way back to the main group, Dr. Shaw drowned when his canoe overturned. Colton rejoined the remaining group in Los Angeles, and continued with them to explore. After returning to Philadelphia, Colton and Ferrell corresponded and eventually courted, marrying on May 23, 1912, in Philadelphia.
For their honeymoon, the Coltons took the Santa Fe Railroad to Glorieta, New Mexico, where they camped, visited nearby cities, and visited local archeological ruins and villages. They went on to visit the Grand Canyon, San Diego, San Francisco, Yosemite, Portland, Seattle, the Selkirk Mountains, and Yellowstone. This first visit established the direction of the rest of their marriage, which was became based in the Southwest. The next summer, the Coltons returned to the Colorado Plateau. In this trip, they had their first interaction with Puebloans. The Coltons regularly travelled to the Colorado Plateau over the next several years.
They had two sons, Joseph Ferrell, born in 1914, and Sabin born in 1917. Sabin died of valley fever in Tucson in 1924. Their marriage lasted until her death.