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Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 print view role Collector Patron dates 1907-1997 city Austin state TX other cities New York, NY; Doylestown, PA; Newtown, PA; Greeley, CO; Cambridge, MA; McCloud River, CA; sex M historical notes James Albert Michener was an art collector, patron, philanthropist, and Pulitzer Prize winning author. Michener was married three times. He married his first wife, Patti Koon, in 1935, it ended in divorce in 1948. His second wife was Vange Nord (married in 1948). Michener met his third wife Mari Yoriko Sabusawa at a luncheon in Chicago and they were married in 1955 (the same year as his divorce from Nord). Michener and his wife Marie assembled a collection of 20th-century American , now housed at the University of Texas, Austin. The collection included, among others, work by Thomas Hart Benton, Hans Hoffman, Marsden Hartley and Brice Marden. The Michener’s Japanese print collection is now housed at the Honolulu Academy of Arts (approximately 6,000 prints). decades of activity 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 website http://www.michenermuseum.org updated 10/31/2024 13:33:18 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Library of Congress Manuscript Division Papers of James A. Michener, 1906-1992 (bulk 1945-1992). see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Correspondence with the University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1950. see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1953-1962. see details... University of Texas, Austin Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Eliot Elisofon Papers, 1930-1988 (bulk, 1942-1973) see details... University of Northern Colorado James A. Michener Library, Special Collections James A. Michener Collection see details... Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives Solomon R Guggenheim Museum Reel to Reel collection, 1952-1990 (bulk 1961-1990) see details... see also: Michener, Mari «  back