# William H. Brearley

> Newspaper Publisher and Detroit Museum of Art Founder (1846-1909)

**Wikidata**: [Q118141419](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118141419)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-h-brearley


## References

1. [Source](https://dia.org/collection/portrait-william-h-brearley-49488)
2. [vertical file](https://dalnet-dia.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01DAL_DIA/k4e36b/alma991000772579403244)
3. [Source](https://lccn.loc.gov/n2020049257)
4. finding aid
5. [Source](https://detp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:2070122/one)
6. vertical file
7. [The history of Detroit and Michigan](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112203939402&seq=186&q1=brearley&start=1)
8. [obituary. 1909](https://www.jstor.org/stable/41934164)
9. The Detroit News. 1882
10. [Source](https://archive.org/details/recollectionsofe00brea/page/n1/mode/2up)
11. The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History
12. William H. Brearley Papers and Records relating to the Detroit Art Loan and the Founding of the Detroit Museum of Art