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Noteworthy among his impressively varied achievements was his work as author. His first volume, "A Notebook in Northern Spam" (1898) was followed by "Lace Maker of Segovia," a volume of poems published in 1928; "The Ladies of Vallbona" (poems, 1931) ; "Youtil, Torn Sails of Faith, Moraima's Tower, The Lady of Eiche, America, Polvo, and The Sea" (poems, 1933) ; "The Silver Gardens" and "Al- fonso the Eighth Rides By" (poems, 1934) ; "Vela Venenosa" and "Rimas" (1936) ; "A Flight of Birds" (1938); "Spain and Africa" (1934); "Recuerdos" (1949); "Turning Pages" (1950); "Tapestry" (1951); "Tapestry II" (1952) ; and "Collected Verse" (1952). He edited "Lady Aulnoy's Travels Into Spain," and also wrote an in- troduction for this work, published in 1899. "The Poem of the Cid,"
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text, translation and notes, was published in 1897. Mr. Huntington edited publications of the Hispanic Society of America, and he con- tributed articles to magazines.
In 1927, at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, in San Francisco, Mr. Huntington presented an art collection in memory of Collis P. Huntington, and the same year he gave to Yale University Museum a collection in memory of Arabella D. Huntington. In 1931-1932 he donated an art collection to Charleston Museum in South Carolina, and in 1932 gave Syracuse University the Archer and Anna Hunting- ton Wild Life Forest Station. He received his first honorary degree, a Master of Arts, from Yale University in 1897. In 1904 Harvard conferred on him a similar degree; and he received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Columbia University in 1907, and honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws from Kenyon College and the University of Madrid, both in 1920. In 1927 he was accorded the title of Knight Commander of the Order of Alfonso XII and Carlos III, from the Spanish goverment, and the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (French). A decade later he received the order of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, of Cuba. The City of New York, in connection with the Silver Jubilee of the Greater City in 1923, presented its flag to him as one who had done the most for the city and its people during the past twenty-five years. In 1939 he received the Medal of Merit of the St. Nicholas Society, and in 1950 the Artist Fellowship, Inc., conferred on him the Gari Melchers Gold Medal for "his interest, his friend- ship, and his outstanding contribution to American art and his en- couragement of American artists." Regarding his place in the arts and their promotion, these lines from "A History of the Hispanic Society of America" are relevant :
Although Mr. Huntington is pre-eminent, in this country and abroad, as a scholar of high degree, as an intuitive collector, as a Hispanist of distinction, and as a poet of quiet renown, the tremendous force of his influence in shaping the lives and furthering the careers of countless persons is inestimable.
Mr. Huntington served as a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, the New York Historical Society, the Museum of the American Indian, the Heye Foundation, Instituto Valencia de Don Juan, Casa del Greco, and Casa de Cervantes. He was a member of the Patronato of Museo Sorolla from 1941, and of Fundaciones Vega Inclan from 1942. He was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Palma, Mallorca, and a member of the college of electors of the Hall of Fame. A member of the council of the American Geo- graphical Society, he had formerly served as its president; and he Conn.III-34
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was a member and honorary president of the American Numismatic Society. He was also a member of the British Numismatic Society, the Royal Numismatic Society, Royal Institute of Great Britain, the Royal Society of Arts, the British Institute of Philosophy, the Biblio- graphical Society, the London Library, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the New York Chamber of Commerce, the Fencers' Club, New York Yacht Club, the Automobile Club of America, the Grolier Club, the National Arts Club, the Authors' Club, the City Club, Yale University Club, India House, Columbia University Club, and the Harvard Club. He belonged to Phi Beta Kappa.
Twice married, Archer M. Huntington chose as his first wife Helen Manchester Gates, whom he married in London, England, on August 6, 1895. He married, second, Anna Vaughn Hyatt, a noted sculptor whose biographical record accompanies. Their companionship, entered as it was in a mutual interest in the arts, proved remarkably stimulating and rewarding to both, and brought happiness beyond "the splendor of dreams," as he testified in a dedicatory verse to Mrs. Huntington. Their marriage took place on March 10, 1923. They made their home at Stanerigg Farm near Bethel, where Mrs. Huntington still lives.
Mr. Huntington's death on December 1I, 1955, brought to a close an almost incredible career of achievement of a man who has justly been termed "The Last of the Titans." Mr. Pope, previously quoted, gives us this word-picture of the man's character :
These benefactions and achievements are but public manifestations of a great character. They cannot reveal concretely the vivid and altogether charm- ing personality, the imposing physique, the magnificent mind, far-ranging erudi- tion, surprising familiarity with recondite lore, always related to some central theme. Only those who knew him could fully appreciate and enjoy his amazing memory, eager curiosity, ardent welcome for new ideas-always with a sharp challenge as test of sincerity and competence; his fervid resolution to yield to no difficulties, however portentous, and with it all his robust sense of humor, either to dispel affectations or just for the joy of it. He was scornful of pre- tensions, merciless in exposing them, ridiculed pomposities and would have none of the sterilizing contentional routine that often hampers originality and tends to frustrate or dilute intellectual enterprise. He wanted the intrepidity of the pioneer kept alive in American intellectual life.
ANNA HYATT HUNTINGTON (Mrs. Archer M. Huntington)
Anna Hyatt Huntington's reputation as a sculptress is of many years' standing, and her work is to be found in museums and parks in various parts of the country. This resident of Bethel prepared her- self for her career under some of the most noted artists of our times;
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developed a distinctive individual style; and has won an impressive number of awards.
Born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 10, 1876, she is a daughter of Alpheus and Audella (Beebe) Hyatt. She attended a private school operated by the Misses Smith, at Cambridge, and later entered the Art Students' League in New York. She studied privately under H. A. McNeil and Gutzon Borglum.
Mrs. Huntington began her artistic career in 1898 by exhibiting studies of animals, and her work titled "Winter," dated 1903, depict- ing two work horses huddled beneath their blankets, is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Her "Goats Butting,' completed in 1905, has also been shown at that museum, as well as at the Institute of Fine Arts in Detroit. "Downhill" and "Uphill," two more studies of work horses and dating from the same period, are in the Cleveland Museum of Art. An equestrian statue of Joan of Arc was erected on Riverside Drive, New York City, in 1915, and a few years later replicas of this piece were erected in Blois, France, and Gloucester, Massachusetts. Another Joan of Arc figure, in high relief, was made for a niche in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York in 1922. In 1927 an equestrian statue of the Cid Cam- peador was erected at Sevilla. Several works by Mrs. Huntington were also placed on the grounds of the Hispanic Society of America, in Audubon Park, New York: a replica of the "Cid Campeador," with four decorative statues around the base; two flagpole bases; two lions at the main entrance; a red stag; and a group of red doe and fawn.
In 1932, Mrs. Huntington received an honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University. In 1922 she was made an honorary citizen of Blois, France, and in 1933, became an officer of the Legion of Honor. Recent years have been particularly rich in achievement for this distinguished sculptress, but her prize-winning achievements date back to 1910, when she received honorable mention at the Paris Salon. She received the Silver Medal at the San Fran- cisco Exposition in 1915; the Purple Rosette of the French govern- ment the same year; a gold medal at Philadelphia in 1917; and the Saltus Gold Medal in 1920 and again in 1922. In 1933 she received a certificate of honor at San Diego, in recognition of the excellence of her statue, "El Cid." In 1937 she received the Widener Memorial Gold Medal, and in 1940, the Special Medal of Honor of the National Sculpture Society. In 1947, she was named to honorary membership in the Accademia Cultural Adriatica and also in the Internationalia
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Studia Scientarium Litterarumque. The Elizabeth Watrous Gold Medal of the National Academy of Design was conferred on her in [948, and the same year she received the National Achievement Award of Chi Omega. Also in 1948, she was named an honorary member of the American Institute of Decorators, and an honorary fellow of the National Sculpture Society. She also became a founding benefactor of the Saginaw Museum in that year. In 1950, Mrs. Huntington became a corresponding member of the Accademia di Belle Arti of Perugia and the Accademia di Belles Artes di Santa Isabel de Hungria de Seville, and the Accademia degli Euteleti de San Miniato. She re- ceived the Hispanic Society Medal for Sculpture in 1952, and the Allied Artists Gold Medal of Honor in the same year. In 1954 her statue, "Torch Bearers," was erected in Madrid, Spain. In that year she received the Gold Medal of Honor of the Hudson Valley Art Association, and the Grand Cross of Isabella the Catholic of Spain, and was named an honorary member of the Instituto de Cultura Hispanica. In 1955 she received the Banda de Senora de Isabella the Catholic, and the HM Academiade Ciencias Bellas Letras y Nobles de Cordoba.
Her statue "Torch Bearers" was placed in Havana, Cuba, in 1956, and in Norfolk, Virginia, the following year. She was made an adopted citizen of Havana in 1957. The same year she received the Sorolla Medal for Art of the Hispanic Society, and was named an honorary fellow of the International Institute of Arts and Letters of Switzerland. She was made a citizen of Cuba in 1958, and the same year became a fellow of the Pierpont Morgan Library. She was also honored with the title of "Woman of the Americas of 1958," and received the Gold Medal of the Academy of Design and the Gold Medal of the Artists Professional League in the same year.
Mrs. Huntington's interest in the Spanish-speaking nations and their cultures was shared with her husband who, as will be learned from his biographical sketch accompanying, was one of the outstanding figures in Hispanic studies which this nation has produced, and found- er of the Hispanic Society of America.
Mrs. Huntington has continued her work in sculpture, and her reputation rests principally on her equestrian statues, of which she has made several. In addition to her exhibits in this country, from New York to San Francisco and San Diego, she has exhibited in such foreign countries as Spain, Luxembourg, and Scotland. She is a mem- ber of the National Sculpture Society, the Federation of Arts, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy
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of Arts and Letters. She is a corresponding member of the Spanish Academy of San Fernando. In 1956 she was elected president of Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina.
She became the wife of Archer M. Huntington on March 10, 1923, and his death occurred in 1955. Mrs. Huntington resides at Stanerigg Farm, Bethel.
THE NOWAKOWSKI FAMILY
Founders of a prominent family of Meriden, Mr. and Mrs. Kostanty Nowakowski arrived in the United States of America in the year 1890. They were married in St. Stanislaus B. M. Polish Roman Catholic Church, Meriden. God blessed this couple with seven daughters and five sons and provided them with proper necessi- ties to survive.
Mr. Nowakowski was employed at the Bradley & Hubbard fac- tory for forty years as an expert in making lamp shades. Desiring to give their children an education, the oldest child, Ladislaus, became a Roman Catholic priest, and at present is a Monsignor in the Nor- wich Diocese. The second son, Stanley, became a pattern maker, a designer, a trade school instructor, and a chief foreman for aviation mechanics in service of the Federal Government. The third son, Boleslaus, took a dental course at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The fourth son, Venceslaus, received his Doctor of He- brew Letters degree at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island. The fifth son, Edward, after leaving Meriden High School became a pharmacist mate first class in the U. S. Navy. The seven daughters received their high school and business college education, and married college graduates and business men.
Mr. Kostanty Nowakowski passed away to receive his everlasting reward in Heaven at the age of sixty-nine and Mrs. Nowakowski passed away at the age of seventy-nine leaving plenty of property to their twelve children. They did their share for Heaven and for their country. May they rest in Peace with their Creator.
E. FRED LINDERME
Executive vice president and a director of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Middletown, and associated with the bank since 1930, Mr. Linderme is also treasurer and a director of the Pythian Building Corporation. He is active in the Middletown Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Linderme was born in Middletown on July 29, 1903, the son
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of Emil Linderme and of Lena (Popp) Linderme. His father was a foreman for the Russell Manufacturing Company of Middletown for forty-eight years and died in 1936. Mr. Linderme graduated from Middletown High School, and in 1921 he became an office clerk with the Omo Manufacturing Company of Middletown. He became as- sociated with the Central National Bank of Middletown in 1924, and it was in 1930 that he joined the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Middletown as a clerk. Assistant secretary and an incorporator in 1932, Mr. Linderme was later promoted to secretary, and it was in 1956 that he was elected executive vice president and treasurer of the bank.
He has been active in civic and fraternal organizations and is a member of the Masons of the York Rite, Knights of Pythias, Elks Lodge No. 771, the Knights Templar, Sphinx Temple, the Hartford Shrine, the Caravan Club and Job Sahara, Incorporated. He is a charter member and a past president of the Exchange Club of Port- land, and he attends religious worship at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland, Connecticut, and is a former vestryman of the church. Fishing, golf, wood-working and gardening are his favorite hobbies.
Mr. Linderme was married in Portland, Connecticut, on October 12, 1927, to Viola Frankland, the daughter of John Frankland and of Mary (Shettleworth) Frankland. Mrs. Linderme's father is now deceased. Mrs. Linderme graduated from Portland, Connecticut, High School.
Mr. and Mrs. Linderme have one daughter, Emily Marie, born in Middletown on May 17, 1929. She graduated from Portland High School and from the University of Connecticut, and is now married to Alfred Yukna. Mr. Yukna graduated from New Britain High School, attended Georgetown University and graduated from the Uni- versity of Connecticut. During World War II, he served as a bom- bardier in the Army Air Force with the rank of corporal and was stationed in the European Theater of Operations. He is now associated with the United States Internal Revenue Service. Mr. and Mrs. Yukna have three children, all of whom were born in New Britain: I. Paula Jean. 2. Andrea Lurie. 3. William Irvin.
WILLIAM FISHER JARVIS
Mr. Jarvis was born in Portland, Connecticut, on July 31, 1913, the son of Marshall N. Jarvis and Marion (Fisher) Jarvis. He grad- uated from Wilbraham Academy and attended New Haven College in New Haven, as well as Hillyer College in Hartford; and later
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studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, where he received an A. M. P. degree.
Mr. Jarvis became associated with the Jarvis Corporation of Middletown, Connecticut, in 1934 as plant superintendent, became treasurer in 1940, and has held the position of president since 1954. He is a member of the Society of Carbide Engineers, a member and a former chairman of the Hartford Chapter No. 7, American Society of Tool Engineers, a member of the American Management Associa- tion and the Middlesex County Farm Bureau, former president and director of the Middlesex Manufacturers Association and a member of Warren Masonic Lodge, Portland, Connecticut, a life member of Elks No. 771 of Middletown, also, a member of the Hartford Golf Club, Middletown Yacht Club, Denver Athletic Club and the Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland.
Mr. Jarvis was married at Portland, Connecticut, to Adeline Penfield, and they have three children: I. Penfield, graduated from Choate School and is now studying at Yale University. 2. Marshall N., II, now a student at Choate School. 3. Wallace Fisher, now a student in the Cardigan Mountain School.
JOSEPH A. STANNERS
President of the Union Bank and Trust Company of New Lon- don since 1949, and associated with the bank since 1902, Mr. Stanners is the dean among bankers in the New London area. He is recognized as one of the ablest bankers in the State of Connecticut.
Mr. Stanners was born on August 26, 1884, the son of John Stanners and of Ann (Morgan) Stanners. He graduated from Bulke- ley High School and attended New London Business College. It was in 1902 that Mr. Stanners became associated with the Union Bank and Trust Company of New London as a runner. His rise in the bank was steady, and it was on November 15, 1949, that he was elected president of the bank. He was an incorporator of the Savings Bank of New London, and he served as secretary and as a member of the Board of Finance of the City of New London from 1933 to 1957.
Mr. Stanners has been active in community and social organiza- tions and is a member of the New London Chamber of Commerce and of the Thames Club.
ALBERT D. WILSON
Bristol industrialist Albert D. Wilson was for many years one of New England's leaders in metal manufacturing. Following a num-
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ber of years as president of Bristol Brass Corporation, he became chairman of its board, the position he held at the time of his death. In the course of his connection with the firm, which dated from 1902, he had risen up through the ranks on his own merits, his record being referred to by one journalist as "a typically American success story."
Born at Forestville, on February 5, 1877, Mr. Wilson was a son of John C. and Caroline (Beach) Wilson. He began his elementary education in Forestville, continued it at Bristol, and after graduating from high school, began his business career. He later received some training in business at Huntsinger Business College in Hartford, then went to work as bookkeeper in the Muzzy Brothers store in Bristol. In the autumn of 1902 he accepted a position as clerk with the Bristol Brass Corporation. There he began his long career as a general clerk and advanced to the successive positions of bookkeeper, secretary, treasurer, and president, ultimately holding the chairman- ship of the board.
In the company's expansion program during World War I, Mr. Wilson played a large and important part, as also in the building project at the end of that war, which doubled the productive capacity of the Bristol Brass Corporation. He participated, at the same period, in the organization of the King Terrace Realty Company, which provided housing for seventy-five families. This construction project was made necessary by the rapid increase in the number of company employees.
When Albert F. Rockwell retired from the presidency of the Bristol Brass Corporation early in the 1920s, Mr. Wilson played an important role in its reorganization. His experience was most useful in bringing the company successfully through the depression of the 1930s. "It was his splendid leadership," commented an editorial writer, "that helped the company over a number of economic bumps and his planning which led to the establishment of many successful policies now being used. Mr. Wilson's business ability," this writer continued, "was suppleniented by a friendly personality and a kind and considerate manner, these qualities endearing him to those associated with him and to the employees of Bristol Brass." In addition, the fact that he had risen to the company's top executive position through his own efforts and abilities assured him the respect and confidence of the rank and file. He was a popular figure at the company affairs, such as its annual clambake, and with his democratic personality and his love of people, he enjoyed such events to the utmost.
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positions of trust were distributed throughout the city. He was a director of the Bristol Bank and Trust Company, the Bristol Savings Bank, and the Sessions Clock Company, and he was also a member of the board of the Bristol Brass Corporation. In 1935 he succeeded to the presidency of the latter corporation, from which office he retired in 1943 to become chairman of the board.
Fraternally affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Mr. Wilson was a member of Franklin Lodge No. 56 at Bristol, and at the time of his death was the second oldest living past master. He was a member and past high priest of Pequabuck Chapter No. 32 of the Royal Arch Masons, which he had also served for thirty years as treasurer ; a member of Ionic Council No. 33, Royal and Select Masters; a member of Washington Commandery No. I, Knights Templar of Hartford; a member of the Ancient and Accepted Scot- tish Rite in that city; and a member of Connecticut Consistory in Norwich. Fond of golf, he was a member of the Farmington Country Club and the Chippanee Golf Club, as well as the Town Club of Bristol. Although not a communicant of the First Congregational Church, Mr. Wilson was a frequent attendant at its services and one of its generous supporters.
On June 22, 1904, at Bristol, Albert D. Wilson married Cherrie Ward, daughter of Henry and Estelle (Wooding) Ward. Henry Ward, who was born in Cornwall, England, on April 29, 1834, came with his father's family to Bristol. He lived at various times in Penn- sylvania, and in California, where he was a prospector for gold. His last years were spent in Bristol as a merchant, and he died there on November 16, 1882. In 1869, he married Estelle Wooding, daughter of Captain Alva Lyman and Sophronia (Gaylord) Wooding.
Mrs. Albert D. Wilson is a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Bristol Boys Club, with which she has been affiliated for many years. She is also a member of the Greek-letter clubs, the Alpha Reading Club, and the Clio Reading Club. By right of descent from Noah Barnes, she belongs to the Katherine Gaylord Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Bristol. She is also a mem- ber of the Bristol Women's Club and of the Congregational Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson became the parents of one daughter, Estelle Caroline, who married Dr. Frank M. Jerman of Bristol. They became the parents of three children : Albert Charles, Charity Ann, and Mar- jorie Estelle.
Albert D. Wilson died at his home on Woodland Street, Bristol, on January 18, 1951. The city lost not only an industrial leader in-
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fluential in guiding one of its most vital manufacturing concerns, but a citizen who had in many ways proved his devotion to his city.
HARRY R. HOLLAND, JR.
Now owner of the Harry R. Holland Agency, Harry R. Holland, Jr., has been active in real estate and insurance at Newington from the early years of his career. His father founded the firm, which has its headquarters at 26 Walsh Avenue, and it has been under the man- agement of the younger Harry Holland for the past decade and a half.
He is a native of Ashaway, Rhode Island, and was born on August 16, 1911, son of Harry R., Sr., and Ethel ( Miner) Holland. The family moved to New Britain in 1917 and to Newington in 1924. His father founded the Harry R. Holland Agency at New Britain in 1922, and moved its offices to Newington two years later. He died in 1943.
The younger Harry R. Holland completed his public school educa- tion at New Britain, graduating from its high school in 1930. In that year he joined his father in business, gaining valuable experience in real estate, insurance and property management through 1933. During 1934-1935, he was engaged in road construction work for the Town of Newington. In 1936, he joined the Edward Balf Company of Hart- ford, a road construction firm, in the capacity of foreman. In the later part of 1941 he joined the New Britain Machine Company, with which he remained until 1943. In the latter year he rejoined his father's organization, the elder man having died in that year, and assumed management of the Harry R. Holland Agency. He has been head of the agency since that time. Another of his business interests is the Connecticut Bank and Trust Company of Hartford. He serves on the advisory committee of its Newington Branch.
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