Goodyear, A. Conger (Anson Conger), 1877-1964 |
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1877-1964 |
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New York City |
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Collector and industrialist.
He was president of the Great Southern Lumber Company in Bogalusa, Louisiana (1920–38); served as vice-president of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad (1907–10); and was president of the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company (1920–30).
He also became chairman of the board of the Gaylord Container Corporation (1937–52), later to merge with the Crown Zellerbach Corporation. His collection contained several important works by Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin's "Spirit of the Dead Watching."
An avid collector of late-19th- and early-20th-century American and European art, he became president of the Museum of Modern Art (1929–39) after moving to New York City.
Goodyear was born in Buffalo, New York. He studied at Yale University, gaining his BA in 1899, and subsequently joined the family lumber business in Buffalo, becoming vice-president in 1907, and president in 1911. After his death, his art collection was bequeathed to the Buffalo Museum of Fine Arts.
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decades
of activity | 1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
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Collection Details |
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
A Conger Goodyear Papers, 1929-1939. |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo papers, 1851-1986, bulk 1920-1960 |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Arnold Geissbuhler papers, 1915-1977. |
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The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
A Conger Goodyear Scrapbooks, 1929-1939. |
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The Buffalo History Museum
Research Library |
A. Conger Goodyear War of 1812 Manuscripts Collection |
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The Buffalo History Museum
Research Library |
Anson Conger Goodyear, 1877-1964 papers, 1885-1964 |
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The G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library
Albright-Knox Art Gallery |
Anson Conger Goodyear, 1877-1964. Art Papers, 1924-1927.
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Yale University Library
Manuscripts and Archives |
Anson Conger Goodyear collection, 1813-1890 (inclusive). |
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Stanford University Libraries
Special Collections and University Archives |
A. Conger Goodyear papers, 1919-1922. |
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