Papers, 1959-1965.

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Papers, 1959-1965.

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Consists mainly of correspondence generated in the course of research for her 1962 and 1968 books. Correspondents include Alice Winchester, Charles Montgomery, Ima Hogg, Milo Naeve, and representatives of most of the institutions with important collections in the American decorative arts. Also includes a great number of photographs showing furniture, period rooms, and art work. Many of the photographs indicate the name of the institution that provided Comstock with the image. The collection also came with ca. 1 cubic ft. of publications, clippings and auction catalogs.

1.3 cubic ft. (4 boxes)

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Naeve, Milo M.

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Montgomery, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1910-1978

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Charles F. Montgomery was an antique dealer, collector, and museum curator. He began his museum career in 1949 when he joined the professional staff of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. A Harvard graduate, he was an active collector, pewter dealer, and professional consultant when he met H. F. du Pont in 1937. When du Pont opened Winterthur as a museum in 1951, Montgomery was appointed associate curator and executive secretary. He played an instrumental role in starting and teaching i...

Comstock, Helen

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Helen Comstock was born in Kansas City, and educated at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and at the University of California. Under her maiden name (she was married to watercolorist Helmut Siber) she wrote numerous articles, edited a two volume Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques (1958), wrote books on American Furniture (1962), American Lithographs of the Nineteenth Century (1950), The Looking Glass in America, 1700-1825 (1968), and the 100 Most Beautiful Rooms in Amer...

Winchester, Alice.

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Art editor, author; Danbury, Connecticut. Born 1907. Editor of The Magazine Antiques, 1938-1951 and its successor Antiques, 1951-1972; Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1972-1974. From the description of Oral history interview with Alice Winchester, 1993 Sept. 17-1995 June 29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78801835 Art editor, author; Danbury, Conn. Born 1907. Editor of Antiques magazine from 1938-1972. Curator at the ...

Hogg, Ima

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Ima Hogg, daughter of Governor James Stephen Hogg, was born in Mineola, Texas, on July 10, 1882. After graduating from the University of Texas, between 1901 and 1909 she studied music in New York, Berlin, and Vienna. She then moved to Houston, where she gave piano lessons to a select group of pupils and helped found the Houston Symphony Orchestra. She served as the first vice president of the Houston Symphony Society and became president in 1917. Ima Hogg was also involved in founding the Housto...