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McKean, Hugh

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dates 1908-1995
city Winter Park
stateFL
other citiesBeaver Falls, PA; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Cambridge, MA; Williamstown, MA; Cold Spring Harbor, NY;
sex M
historical notes Hugh Ferguson McKean (1908–95), was an art collector, educator (president of Rollins College from 1951-1969), museum director (Morse Museum of American Art, 1945-1995), and artist.

With his wife Jeannette Genius McKean (1908–89, m. 1945), Mckean built the Morse Museum of American Art’s collection.

The collection included work by Louis Comfort Tiffany and French glass makers Gallé, Louis Majorelle, and René Lalique; American pottery, jewelry, metalwork, paintings, sculpture and works on paper from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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1990-2000
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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
University of Pennsylvania
Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections
Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1938. see details...
Rollins College Archives
Olin Library
Hugh McKean Out Boating see details...
Rollins College Archives
Olin Library
Hugh McKean Feeding His Elephant see details...
Rollins College Archives
Olin Library
Hugh McKean Playing the Accordion see details...
Rollins College Archives
Olin Library
Hugh McKean Rides to Rollins see details...
Rollins College Archives
Olin Library
Hugh McKean Holds a Baby Raccoon see details...
Rollins College Archives
Olin Library
Hugh McKean's Official Portrait see details...
Rollins College Archives
Olin Library
President McKean Reviews the College's Finances see details...
Rollins College Archives
Olin Library
Hugh McKean Visits the Shell Museum see details...
Rollins College Archives
Olin Library
Hugh McKean with His "Princess" see details...
Rollins College Archives
Olin Library
Hugh F. McKean and a New Art Piece see details...

see also:
Mckean, Jeannette
Center Street Gallery