Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Murphy, Katharine Prentis, 1882-1969
| title | Reminiscences of Katherine Prentis Murphy : oral history, 1957. | repository | Columbia University Libraries |
| description | Random reflections by a collector of early American furnishings. Notes: Interviewed by Louis M. Starr |
| extent | Transcript: 50 leaves. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Open |
| record source | http://clio.cul.columbia.edu |
| finding aid | Name index available. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:56 |
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| title | Electra Havemeyer Webb Papers, 1893-1966 (bulk 1947-1960). | repository | Shelburne Museum |
| description | Chiefly materials about the Shelburne Museum, including correspondence, reports, speeches, articles, clippings, financial papers, and scrapbooks, documenting the founding of the museum, its physical structure, and the development and presentation of its collections; (cont.) together with some personal papers, including scrapbooks relating to Webb's volunteer work during both world wars, menus and invitations for parties (1930-1956), sympathy letters on the death of her brother Horace Havemeyer, Webb-Havemeyer genealogy and family history documents, and hunting records. Webb's direction of the museum is documented through such materials as her correspondence with brother-in-law Vanderbilt Webb about incorporating the museum; correspondence with museum directors, dealers, and donors; daily reports from and correspondence with Shelburne staff members; minutes of staff meetings; thank you letters from Ima Hogg, Henry Du Pont, Katharine Prentis Murphy, and others who stayed with her or visited the museum; notes, clippings, and other working papers on the museum; New York files relating to the museum, kept by secretary Elsie Schoonover; public presentations about the museum, including articles and speeches written or given by Webb; and scrapbooks of photographs and clippings which she assembled. Museum staff members represented include Sterling D. Emerson, David Webster, Lilian Baker Carlisle, Gordon Parker Manning, Lewis N. Wiggins, and Ralph Nading Hill, a historian friend, who was paid by the museum for special projects. Correspondents include Sanger Atwill, Electra and Dunbar Bostwick, Kenneth Chorley (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation), A.C. Gilbert, Edith Halpert, Louis C. Jones, M. Knoedler & Co., George S. McKearin, Katharine Prentis Murphy, Old Print Shop, Eric Sloane, and Frederick A. Sweet. Named Person: Webb family. Havemeyer family. Havemeyer, Horace, 1886-1956 -- Death and burial. Webb, J. Watson (James Watson), 1884-1960. Hogg, Ima -- Correspondence. Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969 -- Correspondence. Murphy, Katharine Prentis, 1882-1969 -- Correspondence. Webb, Vanderbilt, 1891-1956 -- Correspondence. Atwill, J. Sanger -- Correspondence. Bostwick, Electra Webb, 1910-1980 -- Correspondence. Bostwick, Dunbar -- Correspondence. Chorley, Kenneth, 1893-1974 -- Correspondence. Gilbert, A. C. (Alfred Carlton), 1884-1961 -- Correspondence. Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970 -- Correspondence. Jones, Louis Clark, 1908- -- Correspondence. McKearin, George S. (George Skinner), 1874- -- Correspondence. Sloane, Eric -- Correspondence. Sweet, Frederick A. (Frederick Arnold), 1903- -- Correspondence. |
| extent | 13 v. 29 boxes. 6 microfilm reels. |
| formats | Correspondence Personal papers Scrapbooks Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid in the repository. |
| acquisition information | From various files within the museum and from Webb's son, J. Watson Webb, Jr., who in May 1998, donated papers relating to Mrs. Webb's purchase of antiques |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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| title | Ima Hogg Papers, 1824-1977. | repository | University of Texas at Austin |
| description | Scope and Contents Correspondence, financial records, legal documents, minutes, reports, literary productions, and printed material document the life of Ima Hogg. The bulk of the material is correspondence and financial records which illuminate family and personal relationships and activities; reflect her involvement in Houston, state, and national cultural, historical, and philanthropic activities and organizations; and document her business and personal financial interests, both income and expenditures. Correspondents include Marion Wayne Bell, restoration architect of Winedale Historical Center; Robert C. Cotner, biographer of J. S. Hogg; Adele Margulies, Houston concert pianist and music teacher; Katharine Prentis Murphy, a New York collector of antiques; and Jane Zivley, Ima Hogg's personal secretary. Family papers include poems authored by her uncle, Thomas Elisha Hogg, and correspondence and other material relating to her parents and brothers William Clifford, Mike, and Thomas Elisha Hogg. Financial records relate to Hogg family oil, real estate, and investment interests. See also: Ima Hogg Photographs, 1830-1977, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. |
| extent | 107 ft., 7 in. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Papers Legal Papers Personal Papers Printed Materials |
| access | Open to researchers with permission of executrix of estate. |
| record link | http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00007/cah-00007.html |
| record source | http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00007/cah-00007.html |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| acquisition information | Forms part of: Ima Hogg Papers, 1824-1977. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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