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lished as a memorial to Mr. Albert Hastings
Pitkin his "Notes on Early American
Folk Pottery and the Bennington Pottery."
She travelled extensively in Europe in
1906, visiting Germany, Switzerland,
France, Belgium, Holland, England and
Ireland. She is a member of the Archae-
logical Society, Connecticut Historical
Society, and many social clubs which rep-
resent the best social life of Hartford.
The following are tributes to the mem-
ory of Mr. Pitkin; the first, that of the
Walpole Society, is beautifully engraved:
Resolutions on the Death of Albert Hastings
Pitkin by the Walpole Society:
At a meeting of the Walpole Society, held at
the House of the "Club of Odd Volumes" in
Boston, on November ninth, nineteen hundred
and seventeen, after a feeling tribute paid by one
of the members to the memory of the late Albert
Hastings Pitkin, it was unanimously voted:
That through a committee consisting of Messrs.
H. W. Erving and Luke Vincent Lockwood, the
Society express to Mrs. Pitkin its deep sorrow at
the loss of its valued associate, and its sincere
sympathy with Mrs. Pitkin in her bereavement.
The Society highly esteemed the many excellencies
of character of their late friend, and
valued his companionable qualities and his great
interest in all the aims of the Society.
It also greatly appreciated his knowledge of
Ceramic Art, and his faithful and persevering
study and research into matters connected there-
with, together with his ever cheerful readiness to
assist others in its study and to impart his infor-
mation to all earnest students.
The Walpole society and its members individ-
ually have sustained a heavy loss in the passing
of Mr. Pitkin.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
(Signed) H. W. Erving,
For the Walpole Society.
Resolutions of the Hartford Ceramic Art
Club:
Whereas, It has pleased Providence to remove
from our midst our respected friend and honor-
ary member, Albert Hastings Pitkin, thereby
leaving a vacancy in our club that can never be
filled ; therefore be it
Resolved, That we express our sense of the
high character of his attainments, his rare artistic
perceptions, his unfailing courtesy, and his gen-
erous help and encouragement to us in our work
for the advancement of Keramic Art; and be it
Resolved, That we express to Mrs. Pitkin our
profound sympathy in her bereavement, and the
assurance that his memory will always be revered
among us; and be it
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to Mrs. Pitkin, and that they be spread upon
the minutes of the Club.
Mrs. H. H. Gibson, President.
November 9, 191 7.
(These Resolutions are beautifully engraved).
Resolutions of the Municipal Art Society
Resolved, That the Directors of the Municipal
Art Society express publicly their sense of the
deep loss both to this Society and to Hartford
which we have suffered in the death of Albert
Hastings Pitkin.
As Curator of the Collection in the Morgan
Memorial Building, Mr. Pitkin's thorough knowledge
of the Art treasures of our city was always
gladly placed at the services of any of our citizens,
and his enthusiastic interest in all that had
to do with the artistic life of Hartford, was of
the greatest value to this community.
His death so soon after the formal opening
to the public of our beautiful Art Collection
deprives us of an unique and valuable contribution
of service to our civic life at a time when
it is most needed.
W. H. Honiss, President.
Leila Anderson, Secretary.
Resolutions of the Trustees of the Wadsworth
Atheneum and Morgan Memorial
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Wadsworth
Atheneum, held on the seventeenth day of November,
nineteen seventeen, the President, Dr.
Francis Goodwin, having announced the great
loss which the institution had suffered in the
death of Mr. Albert Hastings Pitkin, General
Curator, the following vote was passed:
Since the last meeting of the Wadsworth Atheneum,
the General Curator, Mr. Albert H. Pitkin,
has been taken from us by death.
Mr. Pitkin was interested in the Atheneum
long before he had any official position here.
This interest was manifested by gifts and loan
exhibitions from his varied and valuable collec-
tions.
In 1910, he was appointed Curator of the Department
of Ceramics and while this position
was purely honorary he gave to it very largely
of his time and thought. He not only made im-
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