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Anna Scripps Whitcomb

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Anna Scripps Whitcomb was an American philanthropist. She was the daughter of The Detroit News founder James E. Scripps.

In 1926 she donated the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine to the Detroit Institute of Arts. In April 1955 she gave her 600 orchids collection to Belle Isle Conservatory, which was therefore renamed in her honor on April 6, 1955.[1] Many of these exotic orchids had been saved from Britain throughout World War II.[2]

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  1. ^ "Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory". Belle Isle Conservancy. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ^ Austin, Dan. "Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory". Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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