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Acton, Harold, 1904-1994 print view role Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert dates 1904-1994 city Florence other cities Peking, China; country Italy sex M historical notes Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton was a British-American collector, historian and writer. He was the son of Arthur Acton (1873–1953) and the American heiress Hortense Mitchell (1871–1962). Arthur Acton was an American architect and European agent for Stanford White (1853–1906) who purchased works of art for the homes of White’s clients. The Acton Collection, Villa La Pietra, comprises more than 6,000 objects ranging in date from the Etruscan period to the 20th Century (a collection of etchings and drawings donated to Harold), as well as a library with first editions from the earlier 20th Century, letters, manuscripts, and photographs. decades of activity 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 website http://lapietra.nyu.edu/ 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) Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details New York University, Villa La Pietra Acton Art Collection Archives Acton Archive see details... National Gallery of Art, Image Collection 2000B South Club Drive Villa La Pietra see details... Washington University Libraries Special Collections & Archives William Jay Smith Papers, 1924-1985 see details... Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas papers, 1837-1961 see details... University of Virginia Library Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Papers of Arthur Parsons Bean, 1948-1981, Accession # 10480-c see details... see also: Acton, Arthur «  back