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Horace H.F. Jayne Director's Office Records
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Horace H.F. Jayne was born into a prominent Philadelphia family, distinguished in cultural and educational activites in the city in 1898. He attended the DeLancey School and Episcopal Academy, graduating from Harvard College in 1919.
In 1921, Jayne began working at the Pennsylvania Museum of Art where he developed his dedication to the advancement of museum work and the application of museum collections to education. Jayne traveled to China and the East twice, both as a part of expeditions sponsored by the Fogg Museum at Harvard. He became an avid collector of Asian art. In 1925, Jayne was appointed Curator of Oriental Art at the Pennsylvania Museum moving up to Chief of the Division of Eastern Art in 1928. He was the Acting Director of the Museum when he accepted an appointment to the Directorship of the University Museum. Jayne held the directorship until 1939.
Following his tenure at the University Museum, Jayne held positions as Vice Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and as Chief of the China Desk at the Voice of America. He was appointed Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1950.
Jayne continued working until the mid 1960s holding the position of advisory curator at the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts. Jayne's health declined in his last years as a result of a stroke. He continued writing commentary and completed a catalogue of the Oriental collection at the Norton Gallery typing with two fingers of his left hand. Jayne died in 1975.
Horace H.F. Jayne was Director of the University Museum from 1929 to 1939 following a distinguished early career as curator, assistant dirctor and director of prestigious Philadelphia art and cultural institutions. He developed an avid interest in Chinese art following expeditions to China with the Fogg Museum and spent much of his life attaining a collection of eastern art.
The Horace H.F. Jayne Administrative Records consist of 20 archival boxes of correspondence spanning the years 1929 to 1943. The records are organized alphabetically and then chronologically. The letters involve his daily work as Director and include issues of administration and budget, expeditions, collections, and buildings among others.
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM
University Archaeological Association (1889–1899) First President Joseph Leidy President William Pepper, Jr. 1893–1897
Board of Managers, Department of Archaeology and Palaeontology / Free Museum of Science and Art President Charlemagne Tower, Jr. elected Jan 14, 1892 resigned Oct 9, 1894 President William Pepper, Jr. elected Oct 9, 1894 died Aug 3, 1898 President Daniel Baugh acting Aug 3, 1898 elected Jun 22, 1899 President Justus C. Strawbridge elected Jan 19, 1901 resigned 1903 President Sara Yorke Stevenson elected Jan 15, 1904 resigned Feb 24, 1905 President Samuel F. Houston acting Mar 17, 1905 elected Jan 19, 1906 1910
Directors of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Stewart Culin Jun 1, 1892–Jun 28, 1899 George Byron Gordon Feb 1, 1910–Jan 30, 1927 Jane M. McHugh (Acting) 1927–1929 Horace H. F. Jayne 1929–1940 George C. Vaillant 1941–1945 Marian Angell Godfrey (Acting) 1945–1947 Froelich G. Rainey 1947–1976 James B. Pritchard (Acting) 1976–1977 Martin Biddle 1977–1981 Robert H. Dyson (Acting) 1981-1982 Robert H. Dyson 1982–1994 Jeremy A. Sabloff 1994–2004 Richard M. Leventhal 2004-2006 Jeremy A. Sabloff (Interim) 2006-2007 Richard Hodges 2007-2012 Julian Siggers 2012-
People
- Baker, Mary Louise, b. 1872-d. 1962
- Hall, Henry Usher, b. 1876-d. 1944
- Jayne, Horace H.F., 1898-1975
- Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963
- Madeira, Percy C., Jr., 1889-1967
- Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967
- McHugh, Jane
- Rockefeller, John D., III, 1906-1978
- Sapir, Edward, 1889-1939
- Thompson, J. Eric S., Sir, b.1898-d.1975
- Wulsin, Frederick R. (Frederick Roelker), 1891-1961
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- University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives
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- Finding aid prepared by Jody Rodgers
- Finding Aid Date
- 1/29/2015
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