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McDonnell, Arch (1909-1978)

Name:
McDonnell, Arch (1909-1978)
Title:
Organist, Unitarian Church, Concord
Member, Kiwanis Club, Division 19
Member, Jewell Masonic Lodge No. 94, Suncook
Other Names:
McDonnell, Arch F.
McDonnell, Archie
Born:
12/31/1909
Birthplace:
Franklin, NH
Died:
03/04/1978
Death Location:
Concord, NH
Residence:
Franklin, NH
Concord, NH
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Artist
Artist, New Hampshire Troubadour
Political Cartoonist, Union-Leader
Engineer, University of New Hampshire
Salesman, Penn-Dixie Cement Corporation
Father:
McDonnell, Frank A.
Mother:
Garland, Frances F.
Spouse:
Married (1) Ethel Ellen Spaulding, October 7, 1940, Concord
Married (2) Dorothy Stevens
Notes:
Began painting railroad scenes during the 1950s.

Brenda Joziatis, "Down by the Depot with Artist Arch McDonnell," New Hampshire Echoes, May-June 1974, 26-27, 30-31.

Richard C. Plumer, "Arch McDonnell: Construction Supervisor, Raconteur, and Painter of Railroad Stations and Trains," New Hampshire Magazine, February 1976, 7-8.

David Olinger, "Train Artist McDonnell Dies," Concord Monitor, March 6, 1978, 1.
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