Webb, Electra Havemeyer, 1888-1960 - Social Networks and Archival Context (original ) (raw ) Electra Havemeyer Webb (August 16, 1888 – November 19, 1960) was a collector of American antiques and founder of the Shelburne Museum. During World War I, Electra Webb drove an ambulance in New York City, and was named Assistant Director of the Motor Corps. In 1942, during World War II, she joined the Civilian Defense Volunteer Organization, and directed the Pershing Square Civil Defense Center and its blood bank. In 1947 Electra Havemeyer Webb gathered with her friends to create Shelburne Museum.
Archival Resources
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Holding Repository
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Bertha S. Adkins Papers. 1928 - 1983. Personal Files, 1928 - 1983
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
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Havemeyer, Louisine Waldron Elder. The Havemeyer Family Papers relating to Art Collecting, 1901-after 1982 (bulk, 1901-1922).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
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Byard, John Kenneth, d.1960. Papers, 1928-1961, 1969-1975, 1945-1960 (bulk dates).
Winterthur Library
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Webb, Electra Havemeyer. Papers, 1893-1966 (bulk 1947-1960).
Shelburne Museum, Inc., Research Library
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Champlain Transportation Company. Ticonderoga collection, 1890-1994.
Shelburne Museum, Inc., Research Library
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Mary Cassatt collection
Archives of American Art
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Chambers, Eunice, d. ca. 1971. Papers, 1930-1967.
Winterthur Library
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John Kenneth Byard papers
Archives of American Art
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Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926. Letters, 1908-1910.
Shelburne Museum, Inc., Research Library
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Downtown Gallery records
Archives of American Art
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Luigi Lucioni papers
Archives of American Art
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Downtown Gallery records
Archives of American Art
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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Atwill, J. Sanger
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Bostwick, Dunbar
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Bostwick, Electra Webb, 1910-1980
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Byard, John Kenneth, 1886-1959.
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Byard, John Kenneth, d.1960.
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Carlisle, Lilian Baker.
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Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926.
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Chambers, Eunice, d. ca. 1971.
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Chorley, Kenneth, 1893-1974
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
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Downtown Gallery
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Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
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Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969
person
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Emerson, Sterling D.
person
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Gilbert, A. C. (Alfred Carlton), 1884-1961
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Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970
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Havemeyer family.
family
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Havemeyer, Horace, 1886-1956
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Havemeyer, Louisine Waldron Elder.
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Hill, Ralph Nading, 1917-1987.
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Hogg, Ima
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Jones, Louis C. (Louis Clark), 1908-1990
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Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988.
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Manning, Gordon Parker.
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McKearin, George S. (George Skinner), 1874-
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M. Knoedler & Co.
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Murphy, Katharine Prentis, 1882-1969
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Old Print Shop (New York, N.Y.)
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Schoonover, Elsie.
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Shelburne Museum.
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Sloane, Eric
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Sweet, Frederick A. (Frederick Arnold), 1903-
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Webb family.
family
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Webb, J. Watson (James Watson), 1884-1960.
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Webb, Vanderbilt, 1891-1956
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Webster, David.
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Wiggins, Lewis N.
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Winchester, Alice,
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Winchester, Alice, 1907-
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