Skip to Main Content
Home>Collection>Pratt, Harold Irving

Pratt, Harold Irving

American, 1877 - 1939

Biography

Son of Charles Pratt, the founder of Standard Oil Company and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Harold Irving Pratt [1877-1939] was a graduate of Amherst College. He married Harriet L. Barnes [1879-1969] with whom he had two daughters. A noted philanthropist, Pratt donated significant amounts of land to Glen Cove, Long Island, where he had a summer home. He served as Director of the Brooklyn Hospital and of the North Country Community Hospital. Harriet Barnes Pratt was also a collector and horticulturist, and served on several White House advisory committees on furnishings from the Coolidge to the Truman administrations. Her papers are in the office of the Curator at the White House.

Bibliography

1939
New York Times 22 May 1939:17:1 [obituary]

Related Content

  • Sort by:
  • Results layout:
Show  results per page

Works of Art

  • Filters:
  • Sort by:
  • Results layout:

Limit to works on view

Limit to works with online images

Limit to works of classification:

Limit to works of artist nationalities:

Limit to works belonging to editions:

Limit to works created between:

–

Limit to works containing styles:

Limit to works containing photographic processes:

Find works executed in:


Find works containing subject terms:


Find works with an alternate reference number (for example, Key Set number) containing:


Show  results per page
The image compare list is empty.