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Guide to the Phillips Family Papers c1810-1985
1810-1985
Metadata Details
- Title
- Phillips Family papers 1810-1985
- Creator
- Subject
- Acker, (Charles) Ernest Reynolds, Acker, William Reynolds Beal , 1907-1974, Beal, Thaddeus , 1870-1932, Irwin, Ann, Laughlin, George McCully , 1842-1908, Laughlin, Irwin , 1840-1871, Laughlin, James H , 1807-1882, Laughlin, James Jr, Laughlin, James , 1914-1997, Phillips, Duncan Clinch , 1838-1917, Phillips, Duncan Clinch , 1886-1966, Phillips, Elias Phillips , 1799-1856, Phillips, Eliza Irwin Laughlin , 1845-1929, Phillips, James Clinch Laughlin , 1884-1918, Phillips, Laughlin , 1924-2010, Phillips, Marjorie Grant Acker , 1894-1985, Phillips, Mary Marjorie, Ormsby, John , 1720-1805, Ormsby, Mary Mahon , 1805-1878, Ormsby, Oliver , 1767-1832, Acker Family, Beal Family, Irwin Family, Laughlin Family, Phillips Family, Freer Gallery (Washington, DC), Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation., Phillips Properties, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Phillips Memorial Gallery (Washington, DC), Phillips and Company Window Glass Manufacturers (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Art, Modern--20th century, Art--Study and teaching, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Social life and customs
- Description
- The Phillips Family Papers have been arranged into three series. Series I consists of personal materials relating to the Phillips Family and various members of the Irwin, Laughlin, and Acker families, who are related to the Phillips family through marriage. Series II focuses on papers relating to the Phillips Family Properties and personal financial papers of Phillips family members. Series III are the oversized materials which contain portraits of prominent family members, books of stock certificates, and a photo album., Phillips Family papers, 1810-1985, MSS 797, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Laughlin Phillips Gift 2001 2001.0019, Duncan Clinch Phillips, Jr. (D.C.P.) was born on June 26, 1886 to Major Duncan Clinch Phillips and Eliza Laughlin Phillips in Pittsburgh, PA. Throughout his adulthood, DCP cultivated an intellectual interest in art and art collecting. In addition to acquiring artwork for his personal collection, DCP also began to formally write on topics relating to art. He published his first book, The Enchantment of Art, in 1914. DCP quickly carved a niche for himself in the worlds of art collecting and art commentary. DCP served as director of the Phillips Memorial Gallery until his death in 1966. Shortly following the death of his brother in late 1918, DCP and his mother established the Phillips Memorial Gallery to commemorate the family loss. The collection would grow to include the works of both American and European artists, ranging from French impressionism to American modernism. The Phillips Memorial Gallery was the first modern art museum in the country. DCP married painter, Marjorie Acker, in October 1921. Throughout their courtship, Marjorie aided DCP in building the Phillips art collection and preparing it for open exhibition. Marjorie Acker Phillips (MAP) was born in 1894 to Charles Ernest Acker, an electrochemical engineer and inventor, and Alice R. Beal. MAP met DCP during the Century Club exhibition of his collection in 1921. MAP served as associate director of the Phillips Memorial Gallery from 1925 to 1966. Together, MAP and DCP had two children, Mary Marjorie and Laughlin. MAPs brother, William Reynolds Beal Acker, was a published researcher on Asian art and spent time in Kyoto, Japan conducting research for the Freer Gallery in Washington D.C. James C. Laughlin Phillips (JLP) was born on May 30, 1884. JLP graduated from Yale with his brother in 1908. He died in 1918 from the Spanish Flu. Major Duncan Clinch Phillips was born in 1838 to Mary Mahon Ormsby and Lieutenant Elias Phillips. He attended Brown University and served in the Army during the Civil War from 1862 to 1865 under Colonel S.B.M. Young. He died in 1917. James H. Laughlin, grandfather of DCP, was one of the founders of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company (see Records of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company MSS33) in Pittsburgh, Pa. George McCully Laughlin was present at the surrender of General Lee to Lt. Grant at the Appomattox court house in 1865. After the war, he worked for the steel company of his father in Pittsburgh., Gift of Laughlin Phillips., Processed MSS 797 8/2012 S. Green and S. Ecklund, Collection level finding aid available.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Phillips Family., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1810-1985
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- oclc: 822731375, pitt: US-QQS-mss797
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss797, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pittsburgh (Pa.), Ormsby Lodge (Ebensburg, Pa.), Duquesne Way (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/