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H. McCoy
"Piggy" Jones the O'Connell Notes
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McCoy Jones was a graduate of the
US Naval Academy where he got the nickname
"Piggy".
Jones served as an officer in the
US Navy under Admiral Bristol.
Born in Glassboro, N.J., 17 April 1868, Mark
Lambert Bristol graduated from the Academy in
1887. During the Spanish-American War he served
aboard Texas and participated in the battle of
Santigao, Cuba. From 1901 to 1903 he served as
aide to the Commander-in-Chief, North Atlantic
Fleet. He commanded Oklahoma (BB 37) during World
War I and then served as United States High
Commissioner in Turkey (1919-27). In 1927 Rear
Admiral Bristol assumed command of the Asiatic
Fleet. He died 13 May 1939. Digital ID: cph
3b17267, Library of Congress Prints and
Photographs Division. USS
BRISTOL (DD-857)
I understand that Jones was with
Bristol when they supplied wheat to the White
Russians in the Crimea. I suspect that he was
also with Bristol when the wheat was supplied to
the Armenians in the Caucasus.
Married three times. After his
Naval service Jones went to Wall Street where he
did well.
"Turkish
Rugs" by McCoy Jones and Ralph Yohe
McCoy Jones was a prominent east
coast Turkmen
and Baluch rug collector. He was a member of the
Hajji Baba Club and was founder of the
International Hajji Baba Club. He left his
collection to the De Young Museum in San
Francisco. Charles Grant Ellis referred to McCoy
Jones as Uncle Piggy in CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES GRANT
ELLIS.
Jones,
H. McCoy. and Yohe, Ralph S. Turkish Rugs.
Brooke
Pickering - Rug Brat
Jones, H. McCoy: The Ersari and
Their Weavings. Washington: 1969.
Jones, H. McCoy: Rugs of the
Yomud Tribes. Washington D.C.: Washington Hajji
Baba Society,1970.
Jones, McCoy et al. Persian
Tribal Rugs Washington. Washington Hajji Baba,
1971.
Jones, H. McCoy and Jeff W.
Boucher: Weaving of the Tribes in Afghanistan ;
Washington D.C.:Washington Hajji Baba 1972.
Jones, H. McCoy and J. Boucher:
Tribal Rugs from Turkmenistan ; Washington: 1973.
Jones, H. McCoy, and
Boucher,Jeff. Baluchi Rugs; An Exhibition
Featuring Rugs of the Baluchi Tribes of Iran and
Afghanistan, International Hajji Baba Society,
Washington. 1974
Jones, H. McCoy and Jeff W.
Boucher: The Ersari and their Weaving ;
Washington: 1975.
H. McCoy Jones Award at the US Naval Academy
The H. McCoy Jones Award recognizes a
Foundation-sponsored midshipman who has demonstrated the
highest degree of excellence in the Naval Academy
athletic program and in leadership and competitive
spirit. This award honors "Piggy" Jones, one of
the founders of the Naval Academy Foundation who
personally ran the preparatory school program in the
1940s and '50s. https://www.usna.com/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=3240&srcid=485
Consideration and
Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution Recommended by the
Executive Committee at its September 20, 2001 Meeting to
- Name the
Department of Textiles the Caroline and H. McCoy
Jones Department of Textile Arts
Over twenty years ago, H.
McCoy Jones gave an important collection of
approximately 800 Middle Eastern carpets to the
Fine Arts Museums. At that time, the Museums
expressed its long-term commitment to tribal rugs
and the hiring of Textiles curatorial and
conservation staff. Since his death in 1987,
Caroline McCoy-Jones continued to expand the
Jones collection. In recognition of their
extraordinary generosity, it is proposed that the
Department of Textiles be named the Caroline and
H. McCoy Jones Department of Textile Arts. At
this time, discussions are ongoing with Caroline
McCoy-Jones and the H. McCoy Jones Co-Trustee in
an effort to meet the intent of Mr. Jones as
stated in his will as consideration is given to
the further development of the Jones collection
at the Fine Arts Museums.
Mr. Parker presented the
following resolution recommended to the Board of Trustees
by the Executive Committee at its September 20, 2001
meeting:
WHEREAS, In 1980, H.
McCoy Jones presented a diverse and comprehensive
collection of extraordinary tribal rugs to the Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco, which constitutes the core
collection of tribal rugs in the Museums’ holdings;
and
- WHEREAS, Since her
husband’s death in March 1987, Caroline
McCoy-Jones has further expanded the Jones
Collection through many gifts of textile art,
increasing the range and depth of the collection;
and
WHEREAS,
The Museums have benefited significantly from the
active involvement and guidance of Caroline
McCoy-Jones in the growth of the Jones
Collection; and
WHEREAS, The will
of H. McCoy Jones provided for future
acquisitions, educational activities,
exhibitions, curation, conservation, research and
publication of textiles in the Jones Collection;
and
WHEREAS, At its
September 20, 2001 meeting, the Executive
Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Fine
Arts Museums of San Francisco adopted a
resolution recommending that the Board of
Trustees at its meeting on October 18, 2001 name
the Department of Textiles the Caroline and H.
McCoy Jones Department of Textile Arts in
recognition of the extraordinary generosity of
Caroline and H. McCoy Jones to the Textiles
collection; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, Upon
the recommendation of the Executive Committee,
the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of
San Francisco does hereby name the Department of
Textiles the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones
Department of Textile Arts in recognition of the
extraordinary generosity
of Caroline and H. McCoy Jones to the Textiles
collection; and, be it
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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