Warburg, Frieda Schiff, 1876-1958

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Frieda Schiff Warburg was born on February 3, 1876, in New York City, New York. A member of New York City's German Jewish elite, her father was a preeminent Jewish communal leader and head of the banking firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and her maternal grandfather was a founder of the banking firm. She had an opulent private education, although her formal education ended after she graduated from the Brearley School.

Warburg was a philanthropist and patron of the arts. She was active in the Young Women's Hebrew Association, Hadassah, Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City, the Joint Distribution Committee, the Welfare Council of New York City, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America to commemorate her father's 90th birthday anniversary in 1937.

She became a director of the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1938 as the first woman director of the Seminary. In 1944, she donated her husband's mansion on Fifth Avenue to the Seminary. In 1947, they opened the mansion as the Jewish Museum.

Warburg gifted paintings and etchings to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vassar College, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, the New York Public Library, the Morgan Library, the Mannes College of Music, the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Princeton University, New York University, and the Harvard Art Museums.

Warburg died at her home at Meadow Farm on her former estate in Woodlands in White Plains on September 14, 1958.

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creatorOf Warburg, Frieda Schiff. 880-99 <>. National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library
referencedIn The Hadassah Medical Organization Papers in the Hadassah Archives, 1918-2009 Hadassah the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
referencedIn The Hadassah Medical Organization Papers in the Hadassah Archives, 1918 - 2009 Hadassah
referencedIn Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969. Papers, 1867-2005. Harvard University Art Museum
referencedIn Morris S. Lazaron papers, 1851-1979 (bulk 1930-1950) The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006. National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017 National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration
referencedIn Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Board of Directors. Records, 1903-1972 ; 1930s-1972, (bulk). Ocean County College Library, OCC Library
creatorOf Papers, 1944. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Warburg, Frieda Schiff, 1876-1958. Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1934, 1942. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Hyman G. Enelow Papers., 1897-1933. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Lehman Brothers records, 1868-2007 (inclusive) Baker Library, Harvard Business School
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Jewish Theological Seminary of America. General Files. Records, 1902-1972. 1940-1972 (bulk). Ocean County College Library, OCC Library
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associatedWith Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969. person
associatedWith Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Jewish Theological Seminary of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Board of Directors. corporateBody
associatedWith Jewish Theological Seminary of America. General Files. corporateBody
correspondedWith Lazaron, Morris Samuel person
associatedWith Lehman Brothers. corporateBody
associatedWith Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
associatedWith Sachs, Paul J., 1878-1965 person
associatedWith Warburg, Felix M. (Felix Moritz), 1871-1937. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York City NY US
New York City NY US
White Plains NY US
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Jewish museums
Museums
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Birth 1876-02-03

Death 1958-09-14

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