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Clark, Jonas Gilman, 1815-1900

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role Collector
dates 1815-1900
city Worcester
stateMA
other citiesHubbardston, MA; San Francisco, CA; New York, NY;
sex M
historical notes Collector, businessman, and founder of the Clark University (1887). He married Susan W Wright in 1836.

He commissioned Elizabeth Jane Gardner, an American artist living in Paris, to purchase artwork for him (Oxford journal, vol. 5, no 1, Patronage, 1982, 48-55)

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1890-1900
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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
Clark University
The Jonas G. Clark Rare Book Collection see details...
Clark University
Jonas G. Clark & Company Furniture Advertisement see details...
Society of California Pioneers
Biographical file collection see details...
United States Naval Academy
Albert A. Michelson Collection, 1803-1989 see details...
American Antiquarian Society
Library
SALISBURY FAMILY, PAPERS, 1674-1916 see details...
University of California, Berkeley
The Bancroft Library
Materials related to the will of Jonas G. Clark : Massachusetts : typescript, 1916. see details...