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Tiffany Census

Rutgers University, Kirkpatrick Chapel, New Brunswick, New Jersey

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: 30.36.3
Rating: 1 star
Address: 81 Somerset Street
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
Lat/Lng: 40.49896, -74.44584
Tiffany 1910: Page 85
Duncan 1980: Page 217
Tiffany 1897: Page 51
Tiffany 1893: Listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 lists the site twice, once under Kirkpatrick Memorial Chapel, and once under Rutgers College [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1873 [NYTR1873, RUTG1904]
Architect: Henry Janeway Hardenbergh [NYTR1873]
Also of interest: Class of 1893 window, by Maitland Armstrong [SL1893]
Class of 1896 window, by Maitland Armstrong [TARG1896]
See also: David and Helen Maitland Armstrong Census

Site Items

30.36.3.1: Titsworth Memorial Window: ornamental (Unknown)
30.36.3.2: Class of 1901 Memorial Window: ornamental (1901) (Removed)
30.36.3.3: ornamental windows (Unknown)
30.36.3.4: Weston Memorial Window: St. Michael (1898) (Extant)
30.36.3.5: Class of 1899 Memorial Window: ornamental (1899) (Extant)
30.36.3.6: Class of 1900 Memorial Window: ornamental (1900) (Extant)

Item 30.36.3.1

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

Status: Unknown
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name: Titsworth Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 85
Duncan 1980: Page 217
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 lists the site twice, once under Kirkpatrick Memorial Chapel and once under Rutgers College [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Comment: There was an Isaac E. Titsworth in the class of 1899 and on the Class Day committee, so possibly this window is the Class of 1899 Memorial Window (ITEM:30.36.3.5) and he organised the window with the Tiffany company [NBDT1899A, DEDUCED]
Same as item: Possibly 30.36.3.5

Item 30.36.3.2

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

Status: Removed [RAM1946]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Class of 1901 Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
rose window representing the seal of Rutgers [RUTG1904]
Tiffany 1910: Page 85
Duncan 1980: Page 217
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor: Class of 1901 [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, TARG1901, NBDT1901]
Date: Presented Class Day, 18 Jun 1901 [TARG1901, NBDT1901]
Inscription: On plaque on wall (extant): THIS PLAQUE / IS ERECTED TO COM- / MEMORATE THE GIFT / OF A STAINED GLASS / WINDOW IN KIRKPAT- / RICK CHAPEL GIVEN / BY THE / CLASS OF 1901 [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental; Round Window
History: The class of 1901 window was removed in ca. 1941 because of the installation of the Frelinghuysen window [RAM1946, ORG]

Item 30.36.3.3

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

Status: Unknown
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name:
Description: ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 85
Duncan 1980: Page 217
Tiffany 1897: Page 51
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental

Item 30.36.3.4

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Weston Memorial Window
Theme: St. Michael [NBDT1898]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [NBDT1898, RUTG1904]
Designer:
Memorial details: Henry Janeway Weston (1876 - 7 Jun 1898) [INSCRIPTION, TARG1898, NBDT1898, RUTG1904, NYT1898]
Donor: his mother, Katharine Van Nest Janeway Weston [TARG1898, NBDT1898, RUTG1904, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Date: Installed ca. Sep 1898 [NBDT1898, TARG1898]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: "He has outsoared the shadow of our night / Envy and calumny, and hate and pain, / And that unrest which men miscall delight / Can touch him not and torture not again." // Henry Janeway Weston / 1876-1898 [PHOTO, NBDT1898]
Category: St. Michael

Item 30.36.3.5

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Class of 1899 Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [NBDT1899B, RUTG1904]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor: Class of 1899 [TARG1899, NBDT1899A, NBDT1899B]
Date: Presented Class Day, 19 Jun 1899 [TARG1899]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: Sol justitiae i / occidentem illustrei [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental
Comment: There was an Isaac E. Titsworth in the class of 1899 and on the Class Day committee, so possibly this window is the Titsworth Memorial Window (ITEM:30.36.3.1) and he organised the window with the Tiffany company [NBDT1899A, DEDUCED]
Same as item: Possibly 30.36.3.1

Item 30.36.3.6

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name: Class of 1900 Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [NBDT1900]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor: Class of 1900 [TARG1900, NBDT1900]
Date: Presented Class Day, 19 Jun 1900 [TARG1900, NBDT1900]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental

References

DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
NBDT1898: New Brunswick Daily Times (24 Sep 1898, p. 1)
NBDT1899A: New Brunswick Daily Times (19 Jun 1899, p. 1, 5)
NBDT1899B: New Brunswick Daily Times (1 Jul 1899, p. 5)
NBDT1900: New Brunswick Daily Times (20 Jun 1900, p. 1)
NBDT1901: New Brunswick Daily Times (18 Jun 1901, p. 1)
NYT1898: New York Times (9 Jun 1898)
NYTR1873: New York Daily Tribune (25 Nov 1873, p. 2)
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
RAM1946: Rutgers Alumni Monthly (Oct 1946, p. 22)
RUTG1904: Hand-Book of the Grounds and Buildings and the Memorials, Portraits and Busts of Rutgers College (1904, p. 11, 21)
SL1893: The Scarlet Letter: Annual Publication of the Greek Letter Fraternities (Maitland Armstrong advertisement) (May 1893, Vol. XXIII, p. xxviii)
TARG1896: The Targum (3 Jun 1896, p. 490)
TARG1898: The Targum (5 Oct 1898, p. 12)
TARG1899: The Targum (22 Jun 1899, p. 643-644)
TARG1900: The Targum (21 Jun 1900, p. 592, 608)
TARG1901: The Targum (20 Jun 1901, p. 639)
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)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information

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