Amy Schwartz Oppenheim papers ca. 1897-1955

ArchivalResource

Amy Schwartz Oppenheim papers ca. 1897-1955

Amy Schwartz Oppenheim (1878-1955) was a founder of the School Art League of New York City. She also was active in numerous civic and philanthropic organizations as well as organizations devoted to preservation of the arts. Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, photographs, and printed matter documenting Oppenheim's family life and her interest in artistic, social, civic, and philanthropic affairs. General correspondence, ca. 1898-1955, concerns her interests including her work with various organizations. Family correspondence includes letters Oppenheim exchanged with her husband and son. Also, her diaries, 1923-1954; notebooks; photographs of the Oppenheim family and of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his family; and printed materials, 1897-1955, such as programs, invitations, calling cards, and a few art exhibition catalogs.

38 linear feet (91 boxes)

Related Entities

There are 13 Entities related to this resource.

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d32qj6 (person)

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was the second wife and First Lady of her childhood companion and the 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909). Edith Kermit Carow knew Theodore Roosevelt from infancy; as a toddler she became a playmate of his younger sister Corinne. Born in Connecticut in 1861, daughter of Charles and Gertrude Tyler Carow, she grew up in an old New York brownstone on Union Square — an environment of comfort and tradition. Throughout childhood she and “Teedie” were in and o...

Roosevelt (Family)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fz8351 (family)

The Roosevelt family is an American business and political family from New York whose members have included two United States Presidents, a First Lady, and various merchants, politicians, inventors, clergymen, artists, and socialites. Progeny of a mid-17th century Dutch immigrant to New Amsterdam, many members of the family became locally prominent in New York City business and politics and intermarried with prominent colonial families. Two distantly related branches of the family from Oyster Ba...

Taft School

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k693ps (corporateBody)

Yale University.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r8240t (corporateBody)

Oppenheim, Laurent

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68b42bk (person)

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61s7dgz (person)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

School Art League of New York City

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx12xq (corporateBody)

Oppenheim family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr5xsr (family)

Oppenheim, Amy Schwartz, 1878-1955

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v430kq (person)

Amy Schwartz Oppenheim (1878-1955) was a founder of the School Art League of New York City. She also was active in numerous civic and philanthropic organizations as well as organizations devoted to preservation of the arts. From the guide to the Amy Schwartz Oppenheim papers, ca. 1897-1955, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Amy Schwartz Oppenheim was born on 10 July 1878 in Louisville, Kentucky to Eugenie (Lehman) Schwartz and Moses Schwartz. ...

Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv0nvb (person)

Walter Johannes Damrosch (1862-1950) was a German-born conductor and composer in the U.S. From the description of Walter Damrosch presentation volume, 1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517384 From the guide to the Walter Damrosch presentation volume, 1928, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American conductor and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to "My dear and heaven sent Isadora ...

Halliburton, Richard, 1900-1939

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qf9dkt (person)

Halliburton was an American traveler/adventurer whose books about his exploits captured the romantic spirit of his generation. From the description of Richard Halliburton papers, 1916-1975. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122476976 American traveler, adventurer and author. From the description of Richard Halliburton letter to Loring Ashley Schuler [manuscript], 1933 June 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 761328670 Amer...

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb1918 (person)

American painter and etcher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, NY, to Mr. Schnell, of Harper and Brothers, 1890 Feb. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470640 Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Childe Hassam letters, [undated] and 1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133251 Prominent and prolific American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. From the description...

Women's Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k12t4x (corporateBody)