Duveneck, Frank B., collector

Biographical Note

• 1886: Birth of Frank B. Duveneck, Florence, Italy
• 1891: Birth of Josephine Whitney, Brookline, Massachusetts
• 1913: Marriage of Frank B. Duveneck and Josephine Whitney
• 1920s: Josephine Whitney Duveneck serves on the Palo Alto City Council
• 1924: Purchase of Hidden Villa Ranch, Los Altos, California, which later becomes a summer camp for children and a youth hostel
• 1942 - 1945 : Both Duvenecks are active on behalf of evacuated Japanese Americans
• 1978: Publication of Life on Two Levels, the autobiography of Josephine Whitney Duveneck Death of Josephine Whitney Duveneck
• 1985: Death of Frank B. Duveneck

From the guide to the Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection, 1936-1974, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)