In Sustaining Beauty: Reflections from the Memoirs of Ninah May Holden Cummer, The Cummer Museum’s founder comes to life in this one-woman play created in partnership with Jacksonville Beach theater Players By the Sea. With assistance from museum Curatorial staff, the piece is written and performed by Barbara Colaciello, who spent a year in our archives researching Ninah. Learn more about this generous, forward-thinking woman on April 5 at 7pm. Admission to the play is just $5.
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The Ninah Cummer Project: An Interview with Barbara Colaciello
by Amber Sesnick, Guest Services & Marketing in Events, Legacy Archives
Apr
01
Looking Back to Look Forward: Part 4
by Holly Keris, Curator in Legacy Archives
Mar
18
Mrs. Cummer gave birth to a daughter on November 13,1909. Named DeEtte Holden Cummer, she sadly lived only seventeen days. With the death of their only child, the Cummers threw themselves into civic and charitable work. Mr. Cummer, who had become president of the Cummer Lumber Company upon his father’s death in 1909, served as [...]
Looking Back to Look Forward: Part 3
by Holly Keris, Curator in Legacy Archives
Feb
18
Arthur Gerrish Cummer, originally from Morley, Michigan, was born in 1873, the son of Wellington Wilson Cummer and Mary Ada Gerrish. While attending the University of Michigan, Arthur met Ninah May Holden from Michigan City, Indiana. Born in 1875, she was one of the few women attending the university; she studied languages. After receiving her [...]
Looking Back to Look Forward: Part 2
by Holly Keris, Curator in Legacy Archives
Jan
21
The Cummers came from a long line of lumber barons, whose businesses stretched through Canada, Michigan, Virginia, and Florida. Wellington Willson Cummer (1846-1909) relocated the family from Morley, Michigan to Jacksonville, Florida and founded the Cummer Lumber Company in 1896. They owned a modern sawmill and vast timber tracts in Baker, Alachua and Levy Counties, [...]
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