would be replicated at Electra Havemeyer Webb's museum. Shelburne Museum is well known for its fine collection of lilacs, peonies and New England perennials. See also Havemeyer Electra Havemeyer Webb Memorial Building Vanderbilt family References Further reading Electra Havemeyer Webb Biography in "The Influences Behind the Shelburne Museum" at Academics Content Server at Saint Michael's College "Electra's Cultural Jewel at Shelburne Museum" in Vermont Woman Magazine, 2004 "'Collector's gene' yields a trove of Americana: Electra Webb made Shelburne Museum her monument" in The Boston Globe Women's History: Electra Havemeyer Webb Danilov, Victor J. Women and museums: a comprehensive guide. Rowman Altamira, 2005 Karp, Walter, "Electra Webb and Her American Past", American Heritage, April/May 1982 (33:3) Rothstein, Edward, "Critic's Notebook: The Art of Collecting Collections", The New York Times, May 20, 2011. Hewes, Lauren B. and Celia Y. Oliver. To Collect in Earnest: The Life and Work of Electra Havemeyer Webb. Shelburne, Vermont: Shelburne Museum, 1997. Gere, Charlotte and Marina Vaizey. Great Women Collectors. London: Philip Wilson, 1999. Saarinen, Aline B. The Proud Possessors: The Lives, Times and Tastes of Some Adventurous American Art Collectors. New York: Random House, 1958. Webb, Electra Havemeyer Women art collectors Havemeyer family American people of German descent 1888 births 1960 deaths Museum founders Webb, Electra Havemeyer Spence School alumni