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Hooper, Frances print view role Collector dates 1892-1986 city Kenilworth state IL other cities Chicago, IL; Northampton, MA; sex F historical notes Frances Hooper was a journalist and advertising executive who collected both books and art. Hooper's collections included photographs by Tina Modotti, as well as books, manuscripts, and drawings by Carl Linnaeus, George Cruikshank, Kate Greenaway, Lewis Carroll, Virginia Woolf, Selma Lagerlof, and Emily and Anne Bronte. Hooper donated her collections to multiple institutions. Her Kate Greenaway collection was given to the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Her Linnaeus materials were donated to the Chicago Horticulture Society, and the bulk of her Virginia Woolf materials went to Smith College. Five photographs by Italian photographer and student of Frederick Weston, Tina Modotti remain with Hooper’s papers. decades of activity 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:30 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) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details University of Chicago, Library Special Collections Research Center Hooper, Frances. Papers, 1928-1976 see details... Special Collections, Hunt Library Carnegie Mellon University Libraries The Frances Hooper Kate Greenaway collection, 1880-1900. see details... Smith College Mortimer Rare Book Room Frances Hooper Papers on Virginia Woolf, 1915-1986 (MS 6) see details... «  back