Helen M. Danforth records Danforth, (Helen M.) records 1926-1967

Rhode Island School of Design. Office of the President.

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Sterling, Charles, 1901-1991

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DeCosta, John J.

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Danforth, Helen M., 1887-1984

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Born on September 3, 1887, the daughter of RISD Treasurer Stephen O. Metcalf, Helen M. Danforth attended St. Timothy's School (Baltimore, MD). She married orthopedic surgeon Murray S. Danforth in 1916. Danforth joined the Museum Committee in 1927, the year after the Museum of Art’s Radeke Building opened. This period marks the beginning of her many gifts and loans to the Museum. In 1931 Danforth succeeded her aunt, Eliza G. Radeke, as President of the RISD Corporation a...

Edwards, William H. (William Henry), 1898-1976.

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Dorner, Alexander, 1893-1957

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Art historian. Dorner emigrated from Germany to the U.S. and became director of the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design. From the description of Alexander Dorner papers, 1938-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355077 Alexander Dorner was born January, 1893, in Königsberg, Germany. After attending Königsberg University, he transferred to the University of Berlin in 1915, where he began his study of art history, archaeology, philosophy, and h...

Franklin, Gilbert, 1919-

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Gilbert A. Franklin (1919-2004) was a sculptor and educator from Providence, R.I. From the description of Oral history interview with Gilbert A. Franklin, 1978 April 13 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316358 Sculptor; educator; Providence, R.I.; d. Oct. 19, 2004. From the description of Gilbert A. Franklin interview, 1978 April 13 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84557097 ...

Cheney, Russell, 1881-1945

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Washburn, Gordon B. (Gordon Bailey), 1904-

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Gordon Bailey Washburn (1904-1983) was an art museum director from New York, N.Y. Director of Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., 1931-1942. Director of Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1942-1949. Director of the Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1950-1962. Director, Asia House Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1961-1974. From the description of Oral history interview with Gordon Bailey Washburn, 1970 Mar. 4-18 [sound recor...

Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965

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Harvard Professor of Museology. From the description of Lecture notes and related manuscripts, 1926-1955. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80369439 Professor of fine arts. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Joseph Sachs : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726511 Paul Joseph Sachs, the first associate director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University and a Harvard profes...

Hoppin, Howard

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Farnum, Royal B. (Royal Bailey), 1884-

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