Ellen Havre Weis
Ellen Havre Weis | |
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 Ellen Havre Weis in 1988 | |
| Born | May 14, 1957 |
| Died | July 27, 2021 (aged 64) |
| Occupation(s) | historian, museum co-founder |
| Known for | Museum of Modern Mythology |
Ellen Havre Weis (May 14, 1957 – July 27, 2021) was an American historian and a co-founder of the Museum of Modern Mythology in San Francisco.[1][2]
Early life
Weis was born in 1957 in Levittown, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Aimee LeVita Weis, was a college librarian, and her father Henry Kraus Weis, was a product engineer.[3] In 1975 she enrolled in the writing program of the University of Iowa.[3] She dropped out of school a year before graduating, and continued working in her part-time job as a typesetter at an Iowa City boutique publishing house.[3] In 1982 she moved to San Francisco.[3]
Career
In San Francisco, Weis founded the Museum of Modern Mythology in 1982 with Matthew Cohen and Jeff Errick.
In 2004, Weis authored the book Berkeley: The Life and Spirit of a Remarkable Town.[4]
Death
Weise died at home at age 64 from brain cancer.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Williams, Annabelle (17 August 2021). "Ellen Havre Weis, Whose Museum Put Pop Into Mythology, Dies at 64". The New York Times.
- ^ Glamour. Condé Nast Publications. 1989.
- ^ a b c d e Whiting, Sam (6 August 2021). "Ellen Weis, S.F. museum director who saw cultural value of TV ad characters, dies at 64". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ a b McCormick, Erin (11 August 2021). "Remembering Ellen Havre Weis, Berkeley historian and pop culture museum founder". Berkeleyside.
- ^ a b "Mr. Peanut and His Pals Rate Their Own Museum". Los Angeles Times. 17 February 1987.
- ^ "'Mr Peanut has a life of his own': San Francisco bids farewell to a curator who saw ads as art". the Guardian. 11 August 2021.