Gertrude Bass Warner papers 1879-1954

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Gertrude Bass Warner papers 1879-1954

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv70507

Collection includes personal papers, professional papers, business records, and photographs relating to the life and career of Gertrude Bass Warner (1863-1951), the founder and director emeritus of the University of Oregon Fine Art Museum.

11.0 linear feet, 19 containers

eng,

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6376957

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Warner, Gertrude Bass, 1863-1951

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Gertrude Bass Warner was a wealthy American woman who fell in love with Asia. She first traveled there in 1904, married an American engineer in Shanghai, and spent the rest of her life collecting, studying, and promoting Asian art and culture. She was instrumental in building Asian programs at the University of Oregon, in addition to founding the art museum to house the Murray Warner Collection of Asian Art. Mrs. Warner traveled extensively to build her collection, to study, to learn about museu...