Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941

print view

role

Collector

dates

1866-1941

city

San Francisco

state

CA

other cities

Dublin, Ireland;

sex

M

historical notes

Art collector and patron.

Albert M. Bender was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1866 and died in San Francisco, California in 1941. He came to San Francisco when he was sixteen and started out as an errand boy in the insurance business. Bender was an insurance broker by profession, a patron of the arts, and trustee of Mills College.

He was so widely known and respected that a letter addressed simply "Saint Albert of San Francisco" once reached him through the U.S. Mail. He had friends of distinguished reputation throughout California and indeed throughout the world.

decades
of activity

1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940

updated

02/14/2025 10:12:23

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	Albert M. Bender papers, 1909-1941.	see details...
Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives	Maurice Sterne papers, 1912-1963.	see details...
Mills College Special Collections Department, F.W. Olin Library	Albert M. Bender Papers, 1920-1941	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Edward Bruce papers, 1902-1960 (bulk 1932-1942).	see details...
University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections	Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1927	see details...
Stanford University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives	Albert M. Bender Papers, 1871-1948 (M0025)	see details...
University of New Mexico, University Libraries	Augusta Fink Papers, 1887-1989 (MSS 611 BC)	see details...
The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road	Papers of C. E. S. Wood, 1829-1980 (bulk 1870-1940).	see details...