Influenza and the Origins of The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Morens, David M. ; Taubenberger, Jeffery K.
• Description:
  The two Phillips brothers (Figure 2) were so inseparable that when James, the older, was ready to leave home for Yale in 1902, he waited 2 years so that Duncan, the younger, could graduate from secondary school and accompany him. The brothers, who were full of energy and talent, spent their early years in Pittsburgh, where their maternal grandfather, James Laughlin Phillips, had achieved success as a banker and cofounder of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. Seeking a milder climate because of his health, the boys' father, Major Duncan Clinch Phillips, relocated the family to Washington, DC. In college, Duncan (the son) was elected an editor of the Yale Literary Magazine. Soon after college, James was appointed assistant treasurer of the Republican Party. Both developed a passionate love of contemporary art, and in 1916 their efforts to identify and purchase modern paintings had become so successful that James requested an annual stipend of $10,000 from their parents for the purchase of works of art for their growing collection.
• Subjects:
  • Art
  • History, 20Th Century
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human
  • Museums
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(1):78-80.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Corporate as Subject:
  Phillips Collection‏ ; Phillips Collection‏
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17621/cdc_17621_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 247.60 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b1d9ee6edfc2ad6590e586a33a1e69892239f1b67bd90586729b4ed60f2e1149