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Tiffany Census

Starkweather Ladies Library, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 23.11.3
Rating: Nothing
Address: 130 North Huron Street
Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.24369, -83.61287
Tiffany 1910: Page 75
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 46
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1890 [PORT1891]
Architect:
Comment: The library closed in 1963 [MS2023]
Also of interest:

Site Items

23.11.3.1: Memorial Window: Clio the Muse of History (1890) (Removed)

Item 23.11.3.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG_NEW, MSGC2012]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Memorial Window
Description: Clio the Muse of History [MS2023]
Tiffany 1910: Page 75
Duncan 1980: Page 215
Tiffany 1897: Page 46
Signature:
Other documentation: [PORT1891]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: 1890 [MSGC2012, PORT1891]
Size: 6'2" high x 3'8" wide [MSGC2012]
Inscription:
Category: Mythic Figure
History: Removed from library in 1967 [MS2023]
Currently in Ypsilanti Historical Society Museum (SITE:23.11.4) [YG2007, MS2023]
Comment: Four men secretly removed the window from the library because the building was under threat of being demolished [YG2007]

References

DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
MS2023: Michael Surdyk, personal communication (14 May 2023)
MSGC2012: Michigan Stained Glass Census website (23 Feb 2012)
ORG_NEW: Organization that is new owner
PORT1891: Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan (1891, p. 196)
TIFF1886: Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893: Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1897: A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897)
TIFF1910: A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910)
YG2007: Ypsilanti Gleanings (Summer 2007)

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