Whitehill, Walter Muir, 1905-1978
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Birth Date
- 1905-09-28
Death Date
- 1978-03-04
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1946
- Affiliation End: 1973
- Organization: Boston Athenaeum
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1936
- Affiliation End: 1942
- Organization: Peabody Essex Museum
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1963
- Organization: Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Harvard University
- Organization: University of London
- Organization: United States. Office of Naval Records and Library
- Organization: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
- Organization: Lowell Institute
Birth Place
- Cambridge (Mass.)
Associated Language
- English
Associated Language
- Spanish
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Boston (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
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- found: His Los manuscritos de real monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos, 1930:t.p. (Walter Muir Whitehill)
- found: His A Boston Athenaeum anthology, 1973:t.p. (Walter Muir Whitehill)
- found: New York Times, via WWW, Nov. 6, 2008:Archives (Walter Muir Whitehill; historian, preservationist; d. Mar. 4, 1978, age 72, at Boston, Mass.)
- found: Moss, Roger W. Athenaeum profiles, 2014:page 35-44 (Walter Muir Whitehill (1905-1978); Walter Whitehill; born Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1905; B.A., Harvard, 1926; M.A., Harvard 1929; Ph.D., University of London; married Jane Revere Coolidge (1902-1996); served in U.S. Office of Naval Records, WWII; joined the board of directors of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1963; papers housed at Massachusetts Historical Society)
- found: Boston Athenaeum's Athenaeum authors page, September 5, 2014(Walter Muir Whitehill; director and librarian of the Boston Athenaeum, 1946 until retirement in 1973; Ph.D. thesis on architecture of medieval Spain, finished 1934, published 1941; involved in nearly every New England cultural heritage institution and society; prolific author with interest in many disciplines) - http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/438
- found: Boston globe, via WWW, September 8, 2014(March 6, 1978: Walter Muir Whitehill; Walter Whitehill; born September 28, 1905; spent time in Spain for doctoral research, 1928-1936; assistant director, Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, 1936-1942; played a leading role in preservation and restoration of old Boston architecture; on faculty of Peabody Museum at Harvard, also a Lowell Institute lecturer)
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- 1980-07-09: new
- 2023-08-29: revised
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