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Cummer, Arthur Gerrish, 1873-1943 print view role Collector dates 1873-1943 city Jacksonville state FL other cities Morley, MI; Ann Arbor, MI; sex M historical notes Arthur Cummer was a lumber baron (Cummer Lumber Company), arms collector and collected art with his wife nee Ninah May Holden. In addition to being president of his family’s lumber company, Cummer Lumber Company, Cummer served as director and vice-president of Barnett National Bank, vice-president of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, and director of the Children’s Home Society of St Luke’s Hospital. Cummer collected antique weaponry and bequeathed more than six hundred pieces In the autumn of 1943 the University received a of European, American, and Oriental arms to the University of Michigan. The gift, known as the Arthur G. Cummer Memorial Collection of Arms, was presented by Mrs. Cummer. His wife, Ninah, established The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens upon her death in 1958. decades of activity 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 website https://www.cummermuseum.org/ updated 10/31/2024 13:33:24 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 Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan Claude Thomas Stoner Photographs and Papers, 1870s-1977 see details... Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan Photograph album distributed by J. Cummer & Son, ca. 1890. see details... see also: Cummer, Ninah May Holden «  back