Call Number:

C0860

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 6 boxes
• 3.5 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dan Fellows Platt Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1851-1968 (inclusive) and 1915-1950 (bulk)

Creator:

Platt, Dan Fellows, 1873-1938 and Platt, Ethel Bliss (1881-1971)

Form:

Journals., Correspondence., and Family papers -- New Jersey -- Englewood.

Abstract:

Consists of personal papers of archaeologist and art critic Dan Fellows Platt, a member of the Princeton Class of 1895.

Platt was a member of the Princeton Class of 1895, became an archaeologist, collector and critic of Italian art, was a former mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, and chairman of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Art and Archaeology of Princeton University.

Ethel Bliss Platt was an American tennis player and art collector from Englewood, New Jersey. She married archeologist, author, art collector Dan Fellows Platt in 1900. When her husband died in 1937, Platt inherited one of the largest art collections in America. She gave a good portion of her collection to the Princeton University Art Museum.

The collection consists of personal papers of Platt. Included are letters from Sbyl Colefax, Richard Offner, James F. Fielder, Harold W. Dodds, Bernard Berenson, Philip Hofer, Walter Lowrie, Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., Edward Hutton, Woodrow Wilson, Mary Chamberlin Fellows (Platt's grandmother), and his parents, Charles and Lillian Platt.

Also included are a few student writings by Platt, with an essay on his impressions of Woodrow Wilson, certificates and awards, photographs, Princeton and family memorabilia, genealogical notes, clippings, a file of correspondence (1938-1971) of Platt's wife, Ethel Bliss Platt, her manuscript catalog of Platt's art collection, miscellaneous papers concerning the art historian F. Mason Perkins for whom Platt acted as investment counselor, and travel journals (1888-1937).