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Kent, Henry Watson, 1866-1948

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Henry Watson Kent served as the first professional librarian of the Grolier Club from 1903 to 1906 and originated its classification scheme. He continued to serve the Club during the following decades through its Library, Publications and House committees, and its Council. From 1906 until his retirement in 1940 Kent was Secretary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. From the description of What I am pleased to call my education : typescript, 1948 / by Henry Watson Kent...

Noe, Sydney P. (Sydney Philip), 1885-1969

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Born April 04, 1885 Woodbridge (N.J.) Graduated from Rutgers University 1913 Township of Piscataway (N.J.) Name Chief Curator Emeritus of the ANS 1953 New York (N.Y.) Librarian, Editor, Secretary, Curator, and, finally, Chief Curator, Noe served the Society in many capacities in a career that spanned almost four decades. Sydney P. Noe was born on April 4, 1885 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University, where he received his master's degree, in 1913. Two years late...

Clarke, Thomas B. (Thomas Benedict), 1848-1931

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Clarke was a collector and patron of American artists. From the description of Letters to Thomas B. Clarke from artists, 1883-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333574 Thomas B. Clarke (1848-1931) was a collector from New York, N.Y. From the description of Thomas Benedict Clarke scrapbooks, 1880-1936, bulk, 1883-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744425401 Collector; New York, N.Y. From the description of Private art collection of Thom...

Swinton, Marion, -1938

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Artist, of Hackensack, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1922-1936. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70955053 ...

Birnbaum, Martin, 1878-1970

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Martin Birnbaum was born in Hungary, but brought to America as a child and naturalized. He studied at City College of New York and Columbia, and admitted to the bar, joined the law firm of Scott & Fowles. He became an important art collector and dealer, and was the first to show Paul Klee, Edvard Munch, and other European artists in America. An accomplished and eclectic man of great personal charm, he also translated poetry, played the violin, and wrote numerous brochures and biographies abo...

Harte, Richard Bret.

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American author and grandson of Bret Harte. From the description of Letters to Florence E.H. Henniker, 1923. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34689870 ...

Wanamaker, John, 1838-1922

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John Wanamaker was founder of a Philadelphia department store. From the description of Collection, 1779-1892. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122632980 John Wanamaker, 1838-1822. Born Philadelphia, created first department store, pioneered use of price tags, money back guarantees, newspaper ads, and white sales. Instituted employee health care, pensions, and fringe benefits. Samuel Sydney McClure, 1857-1949. Founder, editor,...

Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936

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George A. Plimpton (1855-1936) was a member of the first Board of Trustees of Barnard College. He served as Treasurer from 1893 until his death. Plimpton was the primary fundraiser for Barnard. He was born at Walpole, Mass. After graduating Amherst College, he moved to New York where he worked as a salesman for Ginn and Heath, textbook publishers. In 1914 he became head of the firm. His interest in education and textbooks led him to establish a collection of textbooks dating from the middle ages...

Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973

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Contains correspondence from Gladys Lloyd Cassell Robinson, wife of Edward G. Robinson. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1940-1944. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155893597 American actor and author; b. Emanuel Goldenberg in Romania. From the description of Edward G. Robinson collection, 1912-1988. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 71055456 Edward G. Robinson owned an electric company in Auro...

Earle, Olive Lydia

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Olive Lydia Earle was born in London, England, in 1888. She attended a private school in England and National Academy of Design, New York, N. Y. She wrote and illustrated nature books for children and also illustrated on nature subjects for encyclopedias. Her work was exhibited in group shows at American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Museum, Los Angeles Museum, and elsewhere. She died in 1982. Something About the Author, vol 7 p. 75 From the guide to th...

Bach, Richard F. 1888-1968

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Born in 1888, Richard F. Bach became known as a supporter of collaboration between museums and the industrial arts and as an advocate for value of aesthetics in industrial production, a concept he termed "Art in Industry." He received his A.B. from Columbia University in 1909, was the Acting Librarian of Avery Library from 1918 to 1920, and held curatorial and education positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1918 to 1952. During the latter 1940s, Bach corresponded with United Nations E...

Browne, Margaret Fitzhugh, 1884-1972

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Portrait painter; Boston, Mass. Browne studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, and with Frank Benson and Joseph De Camp. She began her career as a portrait painter in 1910, was the art editor for the BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT from 1919-1920, and was a member of the Grand Central Galleries, New York. From the description of Margaret Fitzhugh Browne papers, [ca. 1904-1960]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132772 ...