Annenberg, Walter H., 1908-2002

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role

Collector

dates

1908-2002

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Milwaukee, WI; Trenton, NJ; Wynnewood, PA;

sex

M

historical notes

Philanthropist, art collector and communications mogul. His collection of French impressionist art was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Enid Annenberg Haupt, one of Annenberg's seven sisters, started him on collecting in 1945-1950. His first purchases were van Gogh's ''Olive Trees'' and Monet's ''Stroller,'' a portrait of the artist's stepdaugher, Suzanne Hoschede.

M. L. Annenberg Foundation; married, Leonore Cohn Rosenstiel.

Wallis Annenberg (1940- ): Wallis was Walter Annenberg’s only living child (daughter) and vice-president of the Annenberg Foundation. She has been credited with continuing her father's legacy of philanthropic giving.

decades
of activity

1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000

website

http://www.annenbergfoundation.org

updated

04/24/2025 09:12:50

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Hobson Pittman papers, 1916-1990.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Peter Hurd and Henriette Wyeth Hurd papers, 1917-1993	see details...
University Archives and Records Center University of Pennsylvania	University Relations News and Public Affairs Records	see details...
University of Akron Archival Services, Polsky Building	John Shively Knight Papers, 1894-1981, bulk 1920-1981.	see details...
New York Times	Clifton Daniel Papers, 1955-1977.	see details...
Library of Congress Manuscript Division	The archive collection of Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg.	see details...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania	Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, n.d.	see details...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania	Correspondence with Eugene Ormandy, 1978-1982.	see details...
Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan	Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg papers, 1884-1974.	see details...
Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives	Evan H. Turner Records, 1964-1978	see details...
Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives	Anne d'Harnoncourt Records, 1973-2008, n.d.	see details...
Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives	Henri Gabriel Marceau Director Records, 1955-1964	see details...