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Josephine Porter Crane (née Josephine Porter Boardman) (November 14, 1873 – July 8, 1972) was an American socialite and patron of the arts, co-founder and original trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and supporter of the Dalton School of New York City.
Josephine Porter Crane (née Boardman; November 14, 1873 – July 8, 1972) was an American socialite and patron of the arts, co-founder and original trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and supporter of the Dalton School of New York City.
Josephine Porter Boardman Crane, civic leader and patron of the arts, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1873, daughter of William Harvis and Florence (Sheffield) Boardman. Her maternal grandfather was Joseph E. Sheffield, founder of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University.
In 1906, Crane married socialite Josephine Porter Boardman. She was 20 years his junior and from a politically connected family. They had three children: Stephen; Bruce Crane (b. 1909), who later served as president of Crane & Co. and a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council; Louise Crane (b. 1913), poet, publisher, and ...
Josephine Porter Boardman Crane was born in Cleveland, Ohio, November 1, 1873, daughter of William Jarvis and Florence Sheffield Boardman. In 1906 she married U.S. Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, and they lived in Washington, D.C., until his retirement from the Senate in 1913.
Josephine Porter Boardman Crane was an art collector, patron and a founder of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She was the wife of Winthrop M. Crane who was the former governor of Massachusetts and son of Berkshire Museum founder Zenas Crane.
CREATOR: Crane, Josephine Boardman, 1873-1972 TITLE: Josephine Boardman Crane papers relating to the Dalton School DATES: 1915-1972 BULK DATES: 1915–1930 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1.92 linear feet (5 boxes) LANGUAGE: English SUMMARY: The collection consists of correspondence, reports, notes, photographs and printed material relating to Josephine ...
