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Hartford, Huntington, 1911-2008 print view role Collector dates 1911-2008 city Lyford Cay other cities New York, NY; Newport, RI; Los Angeles, CA; Palm Beach, FL; London, United Kingdom; Williamstown, MA; Paradise Island, Bahamas; country The Bahamas sex M historical notes Huntington Hartford was an art collector, financier, patron of the arts, film producer, and writer. Owner of The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (founded by his grandfather), owner Oil Shale Corporation, owner Paradise Island in Nassau, the Bahamas, director Institute for British American Cultural Exchange in 1961, director New York World Fair 1964-1965, member of the United States Committee for the United Nations and the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, established the Huntington Hartford Gallery of Modern Art. decades of activity 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 website http://www.jhartfound.org/ updated 02/14/2025 10:12:22 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 Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Oral history interview with Huntington Hartford, 1970 May 19 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Margaret Potter papers, 1954-1983. see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Correspondence with Van Wyck Brooks, 1953-1955. see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1962. see details... Stanford University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives Ernst Bacon Papers, 1926-1990 (M0943) see details... Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center G. Huntington Hartford II archive see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974, bulk 1926-1969 see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Correspondence with Marian Anderson, n.d. see details... «  back