A Brief Cooper-Hewitt History
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PrintOutlines the development of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, including the foundation of the Cooper Union as an educational institution by Peter Cooper, the addition of a museum by his granddaughters (the Hewitts), its transferal to the care of the Smithsonian Institution, and the move to its new home, the Carnegie Mansion.
Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter (Newspaper)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Fall 1981