Heckscher, August, 1913-1997

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role

Consultant Patron Collector

dates

1913-1997

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Huntington, NY; Concord, NH; New Haven, CT;

sex

M

historical notes

Heckscher was the grandson of August Heckscher, 1848-1941, a collector, industrialist, real estate developer, and philanthropist. Heckscher married Claude Chevreux, in 1941.

Heckscher served as Arts Commissioner, New York City, 1957 - 1962, Director of the Twentieth Century Fund, 1957 - 1967, Special Consultant on the Arts for President Kennedy, 1962 - 1963, and a member of the New York State Council on the Arts, 1965. Heckscher was New York City's Parks Commissioner under Mayor John V. Lindsay (1921-2000, mayor 1966-73).

decades
of activity

1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990

website

http://www.heckscher.org

updated

02/14/2025 10:12:24

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
John F. Kennedy Library Columbia Point	Oral History Interview, August Heckscher (1913-1997), 1965.	see details...
John F. Kennedy Library Columbia Point	The Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy; HECKSCHER, AUGUST 1913-1997 (#8.9)	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	August Heckscher interviews, 1970 May 25-Dec. 29.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Washington Gallery of Modern Art records, 1959-1992	see details...
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507	Oral history interviews with S. Dillon Ripley 1977-1993.	see details...
Library of Congress Manuscript Division	Papers of August Heckscher, 1931-1999 (bulk 1948-1976).	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Adeline Herder Papers, 1942-1999.	see details...
New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building	August Heckscher printmaking collection 1949-1991 [bulk 1966-1984]	see details...