Josephine Porter Boardman
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Josephine Porter Boardman Crane (1873 - 1972) an American patron of the arts.
In 1906 she married Winthrop Murray Crane and had three children: Stephen, Bruce, and poet Louise Crane.
She moved to New York City after the death of her husband. She was a founder of the Museum of Modern Art and was elected to the Board of Trustees in October 1929. She was the benefactress of the Dalton School, which took its name from the location of the Crane family estate "Sugar Hill" in Dalton, Massachusetts. Mrs. Crane gave literary salons with the likes of poet Marianne Moore at her home on 820 Fifth Avenue.
The Josephine B. Crane Foundation continues to support the Sierra Club, scientific research and various scholarships.
[edit] Donations
- [1] Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane, 1969
- [2] Mrs. Crane donated a number of items from her sister's (Mrs. Frederick Keep) estate to the Smithsonian Institution. Exhibited in the Hall of American Costume from 1964 to 1973.
- [3] Sculpture gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane.
