Tiffany Census

International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, Texas

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:	38.10.1
Rating:	Nothing
Address:	1900 Nolana Avenue
Location:	McAllen, Texas 78504, USA
Lat/Lng:	26.24157, -98.23383
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Comment:	The windows were on loan from Lawrence and Esperanza Gelman collection for an exhibition, "Sacred Visions: Stained Glass Windows from the Studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany", from July 2012 to December 2016 [ORG]
	There are more Tiffany windows in their collection [ORG]
Also of interest:

Site Items

38.10.1.1:	Gale Memorial Window: I Was Hungry and Ye Gave Me Meat (1906) (Removed)
38.10.1.2:	Nichols Memorial Window: Resurrection (1904) (Removed)
38.10.1.3:	Gardner Memorial Window: Christ in the Temple (Removed)
38.10.1.4:	Martin Memorial Window: St. Elizabeth (1900) (Removed)
38.10.1.5:	Levey Memorial Window: Angel of Resurrection (Removed)
38.10.1.6:	Campbell Memorial Window: Guardian Angel (1907) (Removed)
38.10.1.7:	Campbell Memorial Window: Christ and Charity (1907) (Removed)
38.10.1.8:	Zimmerman Memorial Window: Education of Virgin (1908) (Removed)
38.10.1.9.a:	The Education of the Virgin (Removed)
38.10.1.9.b:	St. Agnes (Removed)
38.10.1.10:	The Sower (Removed)

Item 38.10.1.1

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Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Gale Memorial Window
Theme:	I Was Hungry and Ye Gave Me Meat [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 67
Duncan 1980:	Page 214
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Mary Brickett Davis Gale (6 Sep 1843 - 4 Jan 1895) [INSCRIPTION, STORY1976, FINDAGRAVE]
	and also Hyde Gale (27 Nov 1876 - 11 Nov 1893) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her husband, John Elbridge Gale [CONG1906, STORY1976, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed ca. Oct 1906 [CONG1906]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	FOR I WAS AN HUNGERED / AND YE GAVE ME MEAT [PHOTO]
	in original site also: IN / MEMORIAM / MARY BRICKETT / 1843 GALE 1895 // IN / MEMORIAM / HYDE GALE / 1876 + 1893 [PHOTO]
Category:	Biblical Story
History:	Originally located in First Congregational Church, Haverhill, MA (SITE:21.13.2) [CC2011, DEDUCED]
	On display in IMAS from 2012-2016 [ORG]
	Currently located in the Gelman Stained Glass Museum, San Juan, TX (SITE:38.15.1) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	21.13.2.3; 38.15.1.38

Item 38.10.1.2

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Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Nichols Memorial Window (Gardner Memorial Window)
Theme:	Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 67
Duncan 1980:	Page 214
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:	probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1893, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1893 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition (the design here being the right two lancets) [TIFF1893]
Memorial details:	John Burbank Nichols (1814-1903) and Mary Nichols (1849-1900) [INSCRIPTION]
Donor:	daughter / sister, Alice Nichols Gardner [STORY1976]
Date:	Dedicated Easter Sunday, 3 April 1904 [STORY1976]
Size:	88.5" high x 29" wide and 88.75" high x 29" wide [ORG]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	in original site: IN LOVING / MEMORY OF / JOHN BURBANK / NICHOLS / 1814 - 1903 // IN LOVING / MEMORY OF / MARY NICHOLS / 1849 - 1900 [PHOTO]
Category:	Resurrection with Christ
History:	Originally located in First Congregational Church, Haverhill, MA (SITE:21.13.2) [CC2011, DEDUCED]
	On display in IMAS from 2012-2016 [ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Gardner Memorial Window because Mrs. Gardner was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	21.13.2.4

Item 38.10.1.3

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Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Gardner Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ in the Temple [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 67
Duncan 1980:	Page 214
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Alma Rosa (or Rose) Adams Gardner (21 Sep 1844 -20 Feb 1898) [INSCRIPTION, STORY1976, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her husband, S. Porter Gardner [STORY1976]
Date:
Size:	86 5/8"x 29 3/4" wide and 87 1/2" hig x 29 5/8" wide [ORG]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	in original site: IN / LOVING / MEMORY / OF // ALMA / ROSA / GARDNER / 1844 - 1898 [PHOTO]
Category:	Disputation in the Temple
History:	Originally located in First Congregational Church, Haverhill, MA (SITE:21.13.2) [CC2011, DEDUCED]
	On display in IMAS from 2012-2016 [ORG]
After design:	Painting by Heinrich Hofmann [PHOTO]
Same as item:	21.13.2.5

Item 38.10.1.4

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Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Martin Memorial Window (Hadley Memorial Window)
Theme:	St. Elizabeth [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, CHR2003]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 6
Duncan 1980:	Page 201
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	COPYRIGHT 1900 / TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY NEW YORK [CHR2003, PHOTO]
Other documentation:	[NYO1900]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Henrietta Martin Martin (3 Dec 1825 - 27 Oct 1899) [NYO1900, CHR2003, AFA1881, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her niece, Sarah Ann Martin (Mrs. Charles Leigh) Hadley [NYO1900, AFA1881]
Date:	Signature 1900 [SIGNATURE]
	Unveiled ca. Easter Sunday, 15 Apr 1900 [NYO1900]
Size:	95.25" high x 50.5" wide [CHR2003]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	IN LOVING MEMORY OF HENRIETTA MARTIN. DECEMBER 3, 1825 - OCTOBER 27, 1899 [CHR2003]
Category:	St. Elizabeth
History:	Originally located in Christ Episcopal Church, New York, NY (SITE:1.1.11) [CHR2003]
	Window sold at Christie's, 9 Dec 2003 [CHR2003]
	On display in IMAS from 2012-2016 [ORG]
	Currently located in the Gelman Stained Glass Museum, San Juan, TX (SITE:38.15.1) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Hadley Memorial Window which likely means that Henrietta's niece, Sarah Ann Martin Hadley, was at least one of the donors of the window, and organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, AFA1881, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	1.1.11.6; 38.15.1.27

Item 38.10.1.5

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Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Levey Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel of Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 81
Duncan 1980:	Page 217
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Frederick Harrington Levey, Jr. (31 Dec 1884 - 24 Mar 1895) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date:
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	In Loving Memory of / Frederick Harrington Levey Jr / 1884 - 1895 [PHOTO]
Category:	Angel of Resurrection
History:	Originally located in St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth, NJ (SITE:30.12.2) [DEDUCED]
	On display in IMAS from 2012-2016 [ORG]
	Currently located in the Gelman Stained Glass Museum, San Juan, TX (SITE:38.15.1) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Lever [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Same as item:	30.12.2.3; 38.15.1.30

Item 38.10.1.6

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Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Campbell Memorial Window
Theme:	Guardian Angel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 81
Duncan 1980:	Page 217
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS - N-Y - (on inscription panel not displayed in museum) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Other documentation:	[CHU1907]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Mary Howell Campbell (21 Apr 1880 - 6 May 1888) and Nannette Vernon Chetwood Campbell (7 Sep 1889 - 25 Jan 1891) [INSCRIPTION, EDJ1907, CHU1907]
Donor:	their father, Benjamin Howell Campbell [EDJ1907, CHU1907, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Dedicated Easter Saturday, 30 Mar 1907 [EDJ1907, CHU1907]
Size:	each pane 100 5/16" high x 30 1/4" wide [ORG]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Of such is the // Kingdom of Heaven // In Memoriam / Mary Howell Campbell / Born April 21 1880 + Died May 6 1888 // In Memoriam / Nanette Vernon Chetwood Campbell / Born Sept 7 1889 + Died Jan 25 1891 (inscription panel not displayed with window) [PHOTO, EDJ1907, DEDUCED]
Category:	Guardian Angel
History:	Originally located in St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth, NJ (SITE:30.12.2) [ORG]
	On display in IMAS from 2012-2016 [ORG]
	Currently located in the Gelman Stained Glass Museum, San Juan, TX (SITE:38.15.1) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	30.12.2.1; 38.15.1.31

Item 38.10.1.7

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Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Campbell Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ and Charity [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 81
Duncan 1980:	Page 217
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[CHU1907]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Mary Purviance Shiras Campbell (29 Jul 1850 - 9 Aug 1905) [EDJ1907, CHU1907]
Donor:	her husband, Benjamin Howell Campbell [EDJ1907, CHU1907, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Dedicated Easter Saturday, 30 Mar 1907 [EDJ1907, CHU1907]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Blessed are the pure in heart // for they shall see God // In Memoriam / Mary Purviance Shiras Campbell // Born July 29 1850 / Died August 9 1905 (inscription panel not displayed with window) [EDJ1907, PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category:	Christ; Charity
History:	Originally located in St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth, NJ (SITE:30.12.2) [DEDUCED]
	On display in IMAS from 2012-2016 [ORG]
	Currently located in the Gelman Stained Glass Museum, San Juan, TX (SITE:38.15.1) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	30.12.2.2; 38.15.1.32

Item 38.10.1.8

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Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Zimmerman Memorial Window (Smith Memorial Window)
Theme:	Education of Virgin [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 101
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[LC1908, CHU1908]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [LC1908, CHU1908]
Memorial details:	Anna M. Smith (Mrs. Mason W.) Zimmerman (3 Oct 1864 - 23 Aug 1901) [INSCRIPTION, LC1908, CHU1908]
Donor:	her mother, Harriet Louisa Hinckle Smith (Mrs. Joseph Frailey) Smith [LC1908, CHU1908, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Unveiled Easter Sunday, 19 Apr 1908 [LC1908]
	Dedicated 31 Oct 1908 [CHU1908]
Lancets:	1 [LC1908, CHU1908, PHOTO]
Inscription:	To the Glory of God / and in loving memory of [CHU1908, PHOTO]
Category:	Education of the Virgin
History:	Originally located in St. James Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, PA (SITE:33.51.7) [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
	Sold at Great Gatsby's Antiques and Auctions, Atlanta, GA, 6 Feb 2010, lot 53, for $36000 [WEB, DEDUCED]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Smith Memorial Window because Mrs. Smith was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment:	This is the left pane of what was originally a triptych, and the top and bottom part of the pane have been removed [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	33.51.7.4.a; 38.15.1.37

Item 38.10.1.9.a

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Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:
Theme:	The Education of the Virgin [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[PHOTO]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Education of the Virgin

Item 38.10.1.9.b

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Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:
Theme:	St. Agnes [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[ORG, PHOTO]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	St. Agnes

Item 38.10.1.10

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

Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:
Theme:	The Sower [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[ORG, PHOTO]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Parable of the Sower

References

AFA1881:	American Family Antiquity, Albert Welles (1881, p. 107)
CC2011:	Cynthia Cirome, personal communication (23 Jul 2011)
CHR2003:	Christie's, New York, Rockefeller Plaza (9 Dec 2003, Sale 1311, Lot 233)
CHU1907:	The Churchman (13 Apr 1907, p. 553)
CHU1908:	The Churchman (7 Nov 1908, p. 654)
CONG1906:	The Congregationalist and Christian World (3 Nov 1906, p. 591)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EDJ1907:	Elizabeth Daily Journal (1 Apr 1907, p. 5)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LC1908:	The Living Church (25 Apr 1908, p. 901)
NYO1900:	The New York Observer (19 Apr 1900, p. 516)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SIGNATURE:	Signature on item
STORY1976:	The Story of the Windows in the First Congregational Church, Ronald C. Kimball (ed.) (1976)
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