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McCormick, Edith Rockefeller, 1872-1932

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dates 1872-1932
city Chicago
stateIL
other citiesNew York, NY;
sex F
historical notes Edith Rockefeller McCormick was an art collector and the youngest daughter of John D. Rockefeller.

She was married to Harold Fowler McCormick (1872-1941), the son of Cyrus Hall McCormick the inventor of the reaper and a founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company (married in 1895, divorced in 1921).

Edith collected laces, jewelry, furs, French and English silver, French furniture, tapestries and rugs, Chinese art. Her collection was auction in 1934 by the American Art Association, Anderson Galleries.

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Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Papers: Subject File see details...
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