Straight, Willard Dickerman, 1880-1918
type Collector
dates 1880-1918
city New York City
stateNY
other citiesOswego, NY; Bordentown, NJ; Ithica, NY; Seoul, Korea; Havana, Cuba; Mukden, Manchuria; Peking, China; Paris, France;
sex M
history Willard Dickerman Straight was an investment banker who, in 1911, married Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight (1887- 1968).

Together in 1914, the couple, in partnership with Herbert Corly, began The New Republic magazine.

Their elder two children were Whitney, who became a race-car driver and head of British Overseas Airway Corporation, and Beatrice, who became a distinguished actress.

Straight collected French graphic art relating to World War I.

decades1900-1910
1910-1920
updated 03/22/2024 12:09:31
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Repository Description Links
Cornell University Libraries
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Willard Dickerman Straight papers, 1825-1925. see details...
Peabody Essex Museum
Phillips Library
Peirce-Nichols Family of Salem, Massachusetts Papers, 1702-1967 see details...

see alsoWhitney, William Collins, 1841-1904