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Jones, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1861-1928 print view role Collector dates 1861-1928 city Minneapolis state MN other cities Jefferson, NY; sex M historical notes Herschel Vespasian Jones was a print and book collector, patron, publisher, editor, journalist and philanthropist. In 1916, After Jones, a trustee of the museum, left his collection of 5,000 prints the Minneapolis Institute of Arts the Department of Prints and Drawings was established. The Prints included woodcuts, engravings, etchings, lithographs, screenprints, drawings, watercolors, pastels, monotypes, multiples, artists' books, and rare books from early fourteenth-century illuminated manuscripts to contemporary works on paper. decades of activity 1900-1910 1910-1920 website http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=24 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:19 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 Minnesota Historical society Division of Archives and Manuscripts Elmer E. Adams and family papers, 1861-1979 see details... Minnesota Historical society Division of Archives and Manuscripts John A. Johnson and family papers, 1876-1926 see details... Minnesota Historical society Division of Archives and Manuscripts Knute Nelson papers, 1861-1924 (bulk 1916-1923). see details... Minnesota Historical society Division of Archives and Manuscripts William Blake Dean and family papers, undated and 1813, 1851-1937. see details... University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Special Collections Herschel Vespasian Jones Collection, 1886-1965. Mss 54 see details... «  back