Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Elizabeth Penn Sprague Coolidge
American
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, a member of the American gentry Sprague and Coolidge families, was an pianist and patron of chamber music. - AsNotedIn
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, a member of the American gentry Sprague and Coolidge families, was an pianist and patron of chamber music. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1915/00/00 | Mrs Coolidge donates funds for Albert Arnold Sprague Memorial Hall to be built on the Yale Campus. | Benefactor | Albert Arnold Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale | New Haven, CT | |||
| 1924/11/00 | I offer to the Congress of the United States, the sum of $60,000 for the construction and equipment of an auditorium which shall be planned for and dedicated to the performance of chamber music, - ESC | Benefactor | Coolidge Auditorium Library of Congress | Jefferson Building, Library of Congress | |||
| 1925/04/00 | Elizabeth Coolidge transfers $400,000 to The Library of Congress Trust for benefit of the Music Division to "conduct periodic festivals, give concerts and defray the expenses thereof, offer and award prizes for original compositions...." | Benefactor | Coolidge Auditorium Library of Congress | Jefferson Building, Library of Congress | |||
| 1942/00/00 | Martha Graham's dance partner, Eric Hawkins, writes to Elizabeth Coolidge asking for her to commission a new work by Graham. | Patron | Appalachian Spring | ||||
| 1944/06/00 | Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge donates contributes $500 to the Union for Democratic Action, an organization that promotes liberal policies and democratic values domestically and internationally. | Politics | |||||
| 1944/10/30 | At intermission, the Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish presented Mrs Coolidge with a declaration of gratitude, signed by President Roosevelt in honor of her 80th birthday and as a patron of the Library of Congress and chamber music. | Patron | Appalachian Spring | Coolidge Auditorium Library of Congress | Jefferson Building, Library of Congress | ||
| 1953/11/04 | Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, one of the nation's wealthiest women and an internationally known patron of chamber music, died today at Wyman House, Mount Auburn Hospital (in Cambridge. Massachusetts). - NY Times | Died | Mount Aurburn Hospital-Main Building | Cambridge, MA |
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