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(MARY) MILLICENT ABIGAIL ROGERS (1902-1953) By the time the stunning granddaughter of Standard Oil magnate Henry Huddleston Rogers Sr....

FRANCES (TANTY) BREESE MILLER 1893-1985 Frances Breese Miller lives a life in two acts. In the first, she is born into the mannered...

GRACE CLARKE NEWTON - The Poet There is mystery and romance in Grace Clarke Newton’s story, though as the daughter of the noted...

THE CRYDER TRIPLETS - THE CELEBRITY SISTERS b: 1882 (Edith, d: 1954; Ethel, d: 1964; Elsie, d: 1981) Cryder Memorial Window, St. Andrew’s...

CONSUELO VANDERBILT BALSAN (1877-1964) - THE PAWN Consuelo Vanderbilt was a willowy beauty of 17 when the 26-year-old Frenchman and...

Rose de Rose (1902-1982) The High Society Misfit Left - Rose de Rose with her father at 6 and a half years old Right - Rose de Rose with...

Ruth Wales du Pont (1887-1967) Ruth Wales, born in 1889, is raised in Hyde Park, New York, and spends much of her adult life in Delaware...

Louisa Van Renssalaer Robb Livingston (1877-1960) In light of her later reputation as a fierce defender of Old Guard ways, and a sharp...

Lily Whitney Barney (1852-1946) The Dedicated Socialite Now, while the museum remains closed, I have been deepening my research into the...

A few weeks ago we started including the staff lectures in our blog posts as a means to digitally archive everything we produce in one...

JESSIE WOOLWORTH DONAHUE - THE STRIVER (1886-1971) In the sad saga of Jessie Woolworth Donahue’s life, there is dramatic proof that money...

If you missed my talk on Caroline Helen Parrish Brown you can watch the recording below. Or keep scrolling and you can view all the...