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Barber, Margaret L. print view role Collector dates 1869-1953 city Williamsburg state MO other cities Kansas City, MO; Plattsburg, MO; sex F historical notes Margaret Lincoln Barber was a collector of furniture, paintings, manuscripts, and objets d'art. Through Professor William K Boyd, works from Barber's collection were on long-term loan to Duke's Women's College Library, 1931-1956. In the 1950s, after her death and the loan expired, her collections were broken up, with the Mexican paintings going to William Wood College in Missouri. They were bought by the Davenport Museum in 1992 to add to its Mexican art collection. Some of the items were purchased for Duke's permanent collection. In addition to oil paintings from Mexico and primitive American portraits, Barber owned American, European, and Chinese decorative arts. decades of activity 1890-1900 1900-1910 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 updated 02/14/2025 10:12:26 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Duke University Library Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Art Association records, blk 1930-1938 see details... William Woods University Professor James Rogers' Reports see details... «  back