| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Male Memorial Window (Backus Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Dante, Virgil and Beatrice [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, TS1899] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 17 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Other Tiffany documentation: |
1899 Tiffany Studios contract [TS1899] |
| Signature: |
handwritten and scratched onto glass: TIFFANY STVDIO [PHOTO] |
|
 |
| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1899A, EAGLE1899B, BL1899, BT1899, NYTR1899] |
| Designer: |
Edward Peck Sperry [EAGLE1899A] |
| Memorial details: |
Fanny Husted Wood Male (1844-1881) [INSCRIPTION, EAGLE1899A, EAGLE1899B, BL1899, BT1899, BURLING2001] |
| Donor: |
her husband, William Henry Male [EAGLE1899A, EAGLE1899B, BL1899, BT1899, BURLING2001] |
| Date: |
Installed summer 1899 [EAGLE1899B, BL1899] |
|
Dedicated 25 Sep 1899 [BL1899] |
| Size: |
14' wide x 5'9" wide [GKK2024] |
| Lancets: |
2 [EAGLE1899A, BL1899, PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
Class of '64 // Fanny Husted Wood Male [BT1899, PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Historic Figure |
| Cost: |
$1000 [TS1899] |
| After design: |
Painting, "Le Dante rencontre Matilda", by Albert Maignan (1881) [EAGLE1899B, BL1899] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Backus Memorial Window because Dr. Truman Backus, president of Packer, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, TS1899] |
| Comment: |
The Tiffany Studios contract says that the window was supposed to be completed by 1 May 1899 [TS1899] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Wing Memorial Window (King Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
My Soul Illuminates Me [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 17 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
COPYRIGHT 1899 / TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY / NEW YORK [PHOTO] |
|
 |
| Other documentation: |
[EAGLE1899B, BL1899, BT1899] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [EAGLE1899B] |
| Memorial details: |
Bessie S. Wing (1879-1891) [EAGLE1899B, BL1899, BT1899] |
| Donor: |
her father, Henry T. Wing [BT1899] |
| Date: |
Copyright 1899 [SIGNATURE] |
|
Installed summer 1899 [EAGLE1899B, BL1899] |
|
Dedicated 25 Sep 1899 [BL1899] |
| Size: |
11'6" high x 3' wide [GKK2024] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO, BL1899] |
| Inscription: |
DOMINUS ILLUMINATIO MEA [PHOTO, EAGLE1899B, BL1899] |
|
and also: What is excellent, as God lives, is permanent [EAGLE1899B, BL1899] |
|
And also: 1879-1891, Bessie S. Wing [BT1899] |
| Category: |
Soul |
| History: |
DOMINUS ILLUMINATIO MEA // WHAT IS EXCELLENT, AS GOD LIVES, IS PERMANENT [EAGLE1899B, BL1899] |
|
AND ALSO: 1879-1891, BESSIE S. WING [BT1899] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the King Memorial Window and possibly that is just a typo [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Crittenden Memorial Window (Carpenter Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Science and Literature [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Description: |
left pane, Literature [PA1905, BRSU1905, PA1906A, EAGLE1906A] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 17 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO] |
|
 |
| Other documentation: |
[PA1905, BRSU1905, PA1906A, BL1906, EAGLE1906A, BC1906] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Dr. Alonzo Crittenden (1801-1883), the first president of Packer [INSCRIPTION, PA1905, BRSU1905, PA1906A, BRSU1906, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BL1906, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
Associate Alumnae of Packer (president Mrs. James O. Carpenter) [BRSU1905, BRSU1906, BL1906, EAGLE1906A, BC1906] |
| Date: |
Unveiled 5 Apr 1906 [BRSU1906, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906] |
| Size: |
20' high x more than 3' wide [BL1906] |
|
19'3" high x 3'4" wide [GKK2024] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO, BRSU1905, BRSU1906, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BL1906] |
| Inscription: |
In Memory of / Dr. Alonzo Crittenden [PHOTO, BL1906, EAGLE1906A] |
| Category: |
Education |
| Location: |
south wall [PA1906A] |
| Cost: |
$2000 for three panes [PA1905, BRSU1905, EAGLE1906A] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Carpenter Memorial Window because likely Mrs. James O. Carpenter, the president of the Alumnae Association committee, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, BRSU1905, BRSU1906, EAGLE1906B, BL1906, DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Eaton Memorial Window (Carpenter Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Science and Literature [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Description: |
right pane, Literature [PA1905, BRSU1905, PA1906A, EAGLE1906A] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 17 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[PA1905, BRSU1905, PA1906A, BL1906, EAGLE1906A, BC1906] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Prof. Darwin G. Eaton (6 Mar 1822 - 17 Mar 1895), one of Institute's earliest professors and leaders [INSCRIPTION, PA1905, BRSU1905, PA1906A, BRSU1906, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BL1906, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
Associate Alumnae of Packer (president Mrs. James O. Carpenter) [BRSU1905, BRSU1906, BL1906, EAGLE1906A, BC1906] |
| Date: |
Unveiled 5 Apr 1906 [BRSU1906, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906] |
| Size: |
20' high x more than 3' wide [BL1906] |
|
19'3" high x 3'4" wide [GKK2024] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO, BRSU1905, BRSU1906, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BL1906] |
| Inscription: |
In Memory of Dr. Darwin G. Eaton [PHOTO, BL1906, EAGLE1906A] |
| Category: |
Education |
| Location: |
south wall [PA1906A] |
| Cost: |
$2000 for three panes [PA1905, BRSU1905, EAGLE1906A] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Carpenter Memorial Window because likely Mrs. James O. Carpenter, the president of the Alumnae Association committee, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, BRSU1905, BRSU1906, EAGLE1906B, BL1906, DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Crittenden and Eaton Memorial Window (Carpenter Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Science and Literature [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Description: |
central pane, Tree of Knowledge [PA1905, BRSU1905, PA1906A, EAGLE1906A] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 17 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[PA1905, BRSU1905, PA1906A, BL1906, EAGLE1906A, BC1906] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Dr. Alonzo Crittenden (1801-1883) and Prof. Darwin G. Eaton (6 Mar 1822 - 17 Mar 1895) [PA1905, BRSU1905, PA1906A, BRSU1906, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BL1906, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
Associate Alumnae of Packer (president Mrs. James O. Carpenter) [BRSU1905, BRSU1906, BL1906, EAGLE1906A, BC1906] |
| Date: |
Unveiled 5 Apr 1906 [BRSU1906, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BC1906] |
| Size: |
20' high x more than 3' wide [BL1906] |
|
20'9" high x 3'4" wide [GKK2024] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO, BRSU1905, BRSU1906, EAGLE1906A, EAGLE1906B, BL1906] |
| Inscription: |
Erected by the Associate Alumnae /of the Packer Collegiate Institute / 1906 [PHOTO, BL1906, EAGLE1906A] |
| Category: |
Education |
| Location: |
south wall [PA1906A] |
| Cost: |
$2000 for three panes [PA1905, BRSU1905, EAGLE1906A] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Carpenter Memorial Window because likely Mrs. James O. Carpenter, the president of the Alumnae Association committee, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, BRSU1905, BRSU1906, EAGLE1906B, BL1906, DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Packer Memorial Window (Caruana Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Education [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 17 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 203 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO] |
|
 |
| Other documentation: |
[PA1906B, PA1908A, EAGLE1908A, EAGLE1908B, EAGLE1908C, BC1908, NYP1908, NEWR1908, PB1908, NYO1908] |
| Designer: |
Rebe Rigg [PA1908A, EAGLE1908B, EAGLE1908C, BC1908, NYP1908, NEWR1908] |
| Designer comment: |
Her name often misspelled as Ribe and/or Riggs [DEDUCED] |
| Memorial details: |
Harriet L. Putnam Packer (23 Jul 1820 - 26 Jan 1892), founder of Packer [INSCRIPTION, PA1906B, PA1908A, EAGLE1908B, EAGLE1908C, BC1908, NYP1908, NEWR1908, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
Associate Alumnae of Packer (chair of the committee Mrs. Lorenzo C. Caruana) [INSCRIPTION, PA1908A, EAGLE1908A, EAGLE1908C, BC1908, NYP1908, NEWR1908] |
| Date: |
Design completed by Dec 1906 [PA1906B] |
|
Exhibited ca. Apr 1908 [PB1908, NYO1908] |
|
Unveiled 24 Apr 1908 [PA1908A, EAGLE1908B, EAGLE1908C, EAGLE1908A] |
| Size: |
central pane 20'6" high x 3' wide, outer panes 18'9" high x 3' wide [GKK2024] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO, PA1906B, PA1908A, EAGLE1908B, EAGLE1908C, BC1908, NYP1908, NEWR1908] |
| Inscription: |
HER DAUGHTERS RISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED // HARRIET L PACKER / FOUNDER OF THE PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE 1853 / ERECTED BY THE ASSOCIATE ALUMNAE 1908 // LET HER OWN WORKS PRAISE HER IN THE GATES [PHOTO, PA1908A, EAGLE1908B, EAGLE1908C, BC1908] |
| Category: |
Education |
| Location: |
Joralemon Street side of chapel [PA1906B] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Caruana Memorial Window because likely Mrs. Lorenzo C. Caruana, the chair of the Alumnae Association committee, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, EAGLE1908A, DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Backus Memorial Mosaic |
| Description: |
landscape, with mountains and a lake in the background, with pines and white birch trees in the foreground [PA1908B, EAGLE1909] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[PA1908B, EAGLE1908D, EAGLE1909, BL1908] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
Helen Hiscock Backus [PA1908B, EAGLE1908D, EAGLE1909, BL1908] |
| Donor: |
members of the Women's and Meridian Clubs, as well as friends connected with Packer, alumnae of 1891 [PA1908B, EAGLE1908D, EAGLE1909, BL1908] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Dec 1908 [PA1908B, EAGLE1909] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
HELEN HISCOMB BACKUS / MAY 28 1852 JANUARY 8 1906 [PHOTO, PA1908B] |
| Category: |
Landscape |
| AIA1978: |
AIA Guide to New York City, Norval White and Elliot Willensky (1978, p. 378) |
| BC1906: |
The Brooklyn Citizen (1 Apr 1906, p. 8) |
| BC1908: |
The Brooklyn Citizen (19 Apr 1908, p. 5) |
| BL1899: |
Brooklyn Life (30 Sep 1899, p. 13) |
| BL1906: |
Brooklyn Life (31 Mar 1906, p. 12) |
| BL1908: |
Brooklyn Life (6 Jun 1908, p. 16) |
| BRSU1905: |
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union (5 Nov 1905, p. 5) |
| BRSU1906: |
Brooklyn Daily Standard Union (6 Apr 1906, p. 6) |
| BT1899: |
The Brooklyn Times (20 Sep 1899, p. 7) |
| BT1910: |
Brooklyn Times (8 Jun 1910, p. 2) |
| BURLING2001: |
The Burling Books: Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers 1600-2000, Jane Thompson-Stahr (2001, Vol. I, p. 1029-1030) |
| CHAT1910: |
Brooklyn Chat (8 Jun 1910, p. 3) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| EAGLE1899A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (25 Jan 1899, p. 7) |
| EAGLE1899B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (24 Sep 1899, p. 20) |
| EAGLE1901: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (9 Jun 1901, p. 31) |
| EAGLE1906A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1 Apr 1906, News Special, p. 12) |
| EAGLE1906B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (6 Apr 1906, p. 6) |
| EAGLE1908A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (16 Apr 1908, p. 20) |
| EAGLE1908B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (19 Apr 1908, News and Classified Adverts section, p. 14) |
| EAGLE1908C: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (25 Apr 1908, p. 3) |
| EAGLE1908D: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (30 May 1908, p. 3) |
| EAGLE1909: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (9 Jan 1909, Picture Section, p. 2) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| GKK2024: |
Grace Kennings-Kwiatkowska, personal communication (window sizes from an architectural conservator group that surveyed the windows) (25 and 28 Jan 2024) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NEWR1908: |
The Newtown Register (23 Apr 1908, p. 5) |
| NYO1908: |
The New York Observer (23 Apr 1908, p. 540) |
| NYP1908: |
New York Press (20 Apr 1908, p. 5) |
| NYTR1899: |
New York Daily Tribune (3 Feb 1899, p. 5) |
| PA1905: |
Packer Alumna (Dec 1905, Vol. XXI, No. 1, p. 5) |
| PA1906A: |
Packer Alumna (Apr 1906, Vol. XXI, No. 3, p. 39) |
| PA1906B: |
Packer Alumna (Dec 1906, Vol. XXII, No. 1, p. 6) |
| PA1908A: |
Packer Alumna (Jun 1908, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, p. 50) |
| PA1908B: |
Packer Alumna (Dec 1908, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, p. 7, 12) |
| PB1908: |
Presbyterian Banner (16 Apr 1908, p. 1494) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| SIGNATURE: |
Signature on item |
| 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) |
| TS1899: |
Tiffany Studios contract (21 Jan 1899) |
