Endowments; Fund raising; Charity organization; New York (N.Y.); Charity Organization Society of the City of New York; Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913; Bannard, Otto T. (Otto Tremont), 1854-1929; Provident Loan Society of New York
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Origin Information
1896
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
digitized microfilm
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 79, 82
Note
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J. Pierpont Morgan; Otto T. Bannard; Provident Relief Fund
The Charity Organization Society has received from one of its patrons, who desires that his name be withheld, a valuable collection of antique and mediaeval cameos and intaglios to be sold privately for the benefit of the Charity Organization Society and the Provident Relief Fund. The collection, which is the result of some thirty years' research, consists of about 1,000 gems. Some are mounted in gold as rings, medallions, or pins. They are the work of Greek, Roman, and Oriental masters, with a few modern and mediaeval ones among them. The stones are declared to be of very hard quality, and the collection has been cataloged by George N. Olcott, Professor of Roman Archaeology at Columbia University. They are to be sold piece by piece, and Tiffany & Co. have undertaken to conduct the sale at their establishment at Union Square, The sale will be opened on Monday, March 10 next." [SOURCE: "TO SELL GEMS FOR CHARITY." The New York Times, 2 Mar. 1902, pp. 24, https://nyti.ms/2MXSItf. Accessed 24 Sep. 2018.] "By the turn of the century, Morgan had become one of America's most important collectors of gems and had assembled the most important gem collection in the U.S. as well as of American gemstones (over 1,000 pieces). Tiffany & Co. assembled his first collection under their Chief Gemologist, George Frederick Kunz. The collection was exhibited at the World's Fair in Paris in 1889. The exhibit won two golden awards and drew the attention of important scholars, lapidaries, and the general public. George Frederick Kunz continued to build a second, even finer, collection which was exhibited in Paris in 1900. These collections have been donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York where they were known as the Morgan-Tiffany and the Morgan-Bement collections. In 1911 Kunz named a newly found gem after his best customer, morganite." [SOURCE: "J. P. Morgan." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan. Accessed 24 Sep. 2018.] "The Provident Loan Society of New York is a not-for-profit organization headquartered at 346 Park Avenue South on the corner of 25th Street in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was created in the 19th century by a group of influential New Yorkers as an alternative to the loan sharks of the day. Founders include Robert W. De Forest, James Speyer, Otto T. Bannard, J. P. Morgan, Jacob H. Schiff, August Belmont, Jr. and Cornelius Vanderbilt II." [SOURCE: "Provident Loan Society." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provident_Loan_Society. Accessed 26 Sep. 2018.]
Language
English
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University