Payson, Charles Shipman |
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Collector |
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dates
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1899-1985 |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Portland, ME; Indian Town, FL; Sands Point, NY; |
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sex
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historical notes
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Collector, philanthropist, lawyer, and businessman, sportsman who was married to Joan Whitney Payson.
Payson donated 17 paintings to the Portland Museum of Art, by Winslow Homer and gave $8 million to construct a building, by Henry Nichols Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners, in which they would be housed. (http://www.portlandmuseum.org/about/facts/payson.shtml)
After Joan's death, Payson married writer and sportswoman Virginia Kraft.
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decades
of activity | 1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1880-1890 |
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03/22/2024 12:09:30 |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Special Collections and University Archives |
Mark H. McCormack Papers, 1920-2008 (bulk 1957-2003)
MS 700 |
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Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
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Portland Museum of Art : Charles Shipman Payson Building, 1983 |
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