Papers, 1893-1966 (bulk 1947-1960).

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Papers, 1893-1966 (bulk 1947-1960).

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Chiefly materials about the Shelburne Museum, including correspondence, reports, speeches, articles, clippings, financial papers, and scrapbooks, documenting the founding of the museum, its physical structure, and the development and presentation of its collections; together with some personal papers, including scrapbooks relating to Webb's volunteer work during both world wars, menus and invitations for parties (1930-1956), sympathy letters on the death of her brother Horace Havemeyer, Webb-Havemeyer genealogy and family history documents, and hunting records. Museum staff members represented include Sterling D. Emerson, David Webster, Lilian Baker Carlisle, Gordon Parker Manning, Lewis N. Wiggins, and Ralph Nading Hill, a historian friend, who was paid by the museum for special projects.

6 microfilm reels.

Shelburne Museum, Inc., Research Library

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