Index
Adams, James Truslow, 11
Adams sisters, 47
Agnelli, Gianni, 216
Allen, Calvin H., 47
Ashley, Ted, 85
Astor, John Jacob, III, 7
Astor, Mrs. William, 12, 14, 30, 31, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 64, 141, 214, 228
Astor family, 5, 19, 43, 44, 64, 233
Bacall, Lauren, 85, 89, 91, 106, 121, 132, 133–34, 146, 155, 173, 191, 195, 205, 207, 212, 215, 216, 218
Bartholdi (sculptor), 29
Beane, George, 208
Beatles, 185-86
Belmont, Mrs. August, 141
Bennett, Ward, 69, 111, 131, 159, 198
Bergen, Candace, 215
Bernstein, Leonard, 85, 155, 163, 210, 216
Bernstein, Mrs. Leonard, 85, 155–56
Billings, C. K. G., 212
Bingham, Joan, 210
Blanchard, Henry, 59, 70, 91, 110, 118, 121, 157, 195, 198–99, 202, 210
Blanchard, Mrs. Winifred Cecil, 70, 76, 91, 96, 110, 121, 157, 188, 198, 199, 210
Bloeme, Mrs. Allyn, 113–14
Bluebond-Langner, Myra, 148–49
Bodkin, Winifred, 168–74, 176, 179, 209, 213, 215
Brandon, Ruth, 26
Bridgeman, Reverend C. DeWitt, 183-84
Bridgeman, Theodore, 184
Browning, Adele, 45, 65, 112–13, 121–22, 123, 124, 158, 223
Browning, Edna, 45, 112–13, 121, 123, 158, 223
Browning, Mrs. John, 121
Brownlee, John, 85
Brynner, Yul, 216
Burden, Carter and Amanda, 85, 192
Burrows, Abe, 216
Cadaval, Duke and Duchess de, 216
Cameron, Sir Roderick, 43
Cammeyer, Alfred J., 47
Cantor, Arthur, 85
Capote, Truman, 193
Carlson, Mrs. Eileen, 193, 204, 217
Carroll, Sidney, 217
Chayefsky, Paddy, 216
Church, Benjamin, 31
Cigogna, Countess Gioconda, 216
Clark, Alfred Corning, 41
Clark, Mrs. Alfred Corning, 51
Clark, Mrs. Caroline, 24, 27, 29, 31
Clark, Edward, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21–32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42–43, 49, 51, 59, 79-80, 98, 173, 189, 227, 228
Clark, Edward Severin “Severino,” 41, 42, 64, 68, 102–3, 160, 172, 177
Clark, F. Ambrose, 174
Clark, Mrs. Jennifer Miller, 174
Clark, Severino, see Clark, Edward Severin “Severino”
Clark, Stephen C., 86, 88, 94, 102, 103–4, 174
Clark, Mrs. Susan, 88, 92, 128
Clark family, 39, 42, 47, 71, 86, 88, 90, 92, 102, 127, 128, 160, 169, 205
Clooney, Rosemary, 85
Cohan, George M., 120
Cooke, Rosa F. Huyler, 174
Coykendall, Frederick, 179–81
Coykendall family, 180
Cozzens, James Gould, 222
Crane, Stephen, 46
Crate, Mrs. M. A., 63
Crewe, Robert, 185
Cronyn family, 214
Crowley, Mart, 193
Cuevas, John de, 202
Cutting, Mrs. Brockholst, 12
Damrosch, Walter, 167
Davison-Ackley, George, 58, 211, 213–14
Deal, Cordelia V., 65–68, 70, 228–29
Defendini, Richard, 195
Douglas, Kirk and Anne, 216
Douglass, George P., 69, 103–4
Downes, Edward O. D., 111, 173, 176, 195, 200
Duncan, Isadora, 29
Dwan, Virginia, 164
Eaton, Florence, 120
Eichhammer, William, 65–66
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 179–80
Eisenhower, Dr. Milton S., 179
Elliman, Douglas L., 143
Ellman, Mrs. Elaine, 118–19, 135, 158, 161, 174, 211
Ellman, Lawrence, 85, 118–19, 135, 158, 161, 174, 195, 204, 211
Ely, Matthew S., 97
Erich, Mrs., 59
Faisal, King, 159
Faisal, Mohamet, 158
Faisal, Princess Mona, 59, 158–59
Falco, Louis, 214
Farrar, Geraldine, 120
Faulkner, William, 119
Fay, Mrs. W. Rodman, 47
Feehan, Patrick, 174
Feiffer, Jules, 216
Ferrer, Jose, 85
Fink, Mrs. Monique, 170
Finney, Jack, 233
Fish, Stuyvesant, 12
Fish, Mrs. Stuyvesant, 12, 212
Flack, Roberta, 59, 62, 85, 120, 164–66, 173, 207
Flaker, Godfrey, 169
Fonda, Henry, 122
Ford, Ruth (Mrs. Zachary Scott), 85, 119, 164, 170, 193, 195, 202, 205, 210, 211, 212, 218
Frankenheimer, John, 85
Frick, Henry, 51
Frick family, 3
Gabronska, Count Yash and Eva, 216
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 216
Gallico, Paul, 85
Garland, Judy, 85
George (policeman), 177
Gilbert, Bradford Lee, 4
Glickman, Louis J., 39, 93, 94–95, 96, 97, 98, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 188, 192
Glickman, Mrs. Louis J., 93
Goelet family, 19
Goldberger, Paul, 57–58, 59, 129, 161, 211, 229, 231
Goldfinger, Myron, 165
Goodman, Edwin, 52
Green, Adolph, 216
Greenfield, Albert M., 188
Greenfield, Gordon K., 188–90, 191–93, 194, 195, 196, 197–99, 200, 201–6, 226–27, 228, 231
Greenfield, Mrs. Harriet, 188–90, 200
Gross, Ernest A., 86, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 105, 106, 107–8, 109, 189, 190
Gunther, John, 216
Hale, George E., 120
Hand, James King, 183–85
Hardenbergh, Henry, 33–41, 49, 154
Hardenbergh, Reverend Jacob Rutsen, 34
Hardenbergh family, 34
Hardy, Charles J., 171
Hardy family, 171
Harriman family, 3
Hartenstein, Mr., 68
Hartmann, Sadakichi, 33–34
Harvey, Colonel and Mrs. George, 177
Hayes, Rutherford B., 46
Hellman, Lillian, 216
Heuvel, Jean Stein vanden, 172
Heuvel, William vanden, 216
Hobby, J. Oakley, Jr., 183–84
Holzer, Mrs. Leonard (“Baby Jane”), 185
Hoving, Thomas, 146
Howell, Maxwell D., 70
Howells, William Dean, 45–46
Hughes, Emmett, 157
Hunt, Richard Morris, 4, 16–17
Hurst, Fannie, 85
Hyde, James Hazen, 212
Inge, William, 85
Isaacs, Lewis M., 108
Iselin, Mr. and Mrs. Columbus, 12
Isherwood, Christopher, 69
Issam Azzam, 159
Ives, Anne, 122–24
Jackson, C. D., 59, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 105, 106, 107–9, 129, 160, 162, 190
Jackson, Mrs. Grace, 59, 97, 108, 121, 129, 160, 161, 162, 195
Jacobson family, 59
Jamison, William Arbuckle, 47, 171, 174
Jamison family, 171
Johnston, Mr., 177
Jordan, Ambrose, 24
Jordan, Caroline, see Clark, Mrs. Caroline
José (doorman), 78
Kahn, Otto, 51
Katz, Mr., 116
Kay, Miss, 87
Keating, Kenneth, 216
Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Dale, 212
Keller family, 212
Kemble, Fanny, 140–41
Kempner, Nan, 60
Kennedy, Robert F., 216
Kennedy family, 61
Kent, Allegra, 216
Kingsley, Sidney, 85
Kinnan, Alexander, 47
Kirk, Admiral Alan G., 85, 130, 190
Kirk, Dr. Grayson, 180
Kissan, Samuel Hamilton, 47
Kopit, Arthur, 216
La Farge, Frances, 112
La Farge family, 112
Lancaster, Frederick J., 177
Lauder, Estee, 230
Lawford, Patricia, 216
Lehman family, 59
Lemmon, Jack, 205
Lennon, John, 38, 62, 77–79, 85, 161, 171, 185, 192, 207, 211, 212, 217, 230
Lennon, Mrs. John, see Ono, Yoko
Leo, E. Bruce, 89, 112, 115–18, 128, 135, 158, 161, 174, 195
LeRoy, Mrs. Kay, 159–60, 213, 217
LeRoy, Mervyn, 159
LeRoy, Warner, 62, 85, 134, 158, 159–60, 167, 171, 207, 213, 217, 218
Levin, Ira, 73
Lewis, Sinclair, 222
Lienau, Detlef, 34
Lindsay, John V., 218
Loy, Myrna, 214
Luce, Henry R., 59, 108–9
McAllister, Ward, 12, 14, 43, 64
McCarthy, Kevin, 216
McCrary, Tex, 93
Maclay, Mrs. Fenton, 112, 117, 118, 119, 223
Maclay, Robert, 112
Mann, Colonel William D’Alton, 64, 65
Mannes, David, 167
Mannes, Marya, 85, 88, 167, 175
Manning, Bishop, 182
Manson, Charles, 78
Marlowe, David, 111, 185–86, 217
Martin, Charles Grayson, 171
Martin, George, 119
Martin, Jimmy, 112, 119–21, 223, 230
Martin family, 171
Mates, Freddie, 192
Maugham, Syrie, 85
Maysles, Mrs. Gillian, 229
Maysles, Rebekah, 229
Mazzonis de Pralafera, Baroness, see Blanchard, Mrs. Winifred Cecil
Melville, Mr. and Mrs. Herman, 45
Mercer, Marian, 85
Michael, Prince of Greece, 216
Mielziner, Jo, 58, 74–75, 85, 107, 129, 167, 173–74, 195, 198, 204
Mies van der Rohe, 157
Miller, Mrs. Jennifer, see Clark, Mrs. Jennifer Miller
Millis, Walter, 85
Mizner, Addison, 29
Morgan family, 3
Murrow, Edward R., 160
Navarro, Juan de, 18
Nitze, Mrs. Peter, 160–61
Noble, Joseph J., 107
North, William, 178–79
Novak, Gyora, 156–57, 158, 159, 211, 220
Novak, Mrs. Judy, 156–57, 158, 159, 220
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 140, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148
Olrig, Adolph, 47
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 172, 214, 216
O’Neal, Patrick, 210
O’Neal family, 210
O’Neill, Nance, 120
Ono, Yoko (Mrs. John Lennon), 38, 62, 77–79, 85, 161, 185, 192, 207, 211, 212, 217, 230
Palance, Jack, 85
Paolozzi, Christiana, 185
Parker, Dorothy, 233
Paynter, John, 79
Peter II, King of Yugoslavia, 182
Phelps family, 61
Pinto, Mr., 60
Pinto, Pauline, 59–60, 221, 222
Pinto family, 221
Pipsey, William, 47
Plimpton, George, 216
Polanski, Roman, 73
Porter, Cole, 222
Portman, Eric, 85
Post, Emily, 64–65
Prabhavananda, Swami, 69
Pratt, Harry, 160
Pratt, William Henry, see Karloff, Boris
Prentice, Mrs. Alta Rockefeller, 222
Proctor, Mrs. Lillian Sanford, 222
Pulitzer, Joseph, 4
Pupin, Dr. Michael Idvorsky, 181–83
Quinlan, Mrs. Grace, 69, 108, 110, 176, 177
Quinlan, William J., 107–8, 109, 110, 176
Quinn, Daniel and Barbara, 210
Rader, Dotson, 85
Rathbone, Basil, 65
Ratoff, Gregory, 85
Reed, Rex, 74, 75, 85, 111, 135, 165, 171, 193, 195, 207, 230
Reid, Whitelaw, 4
Reisinger family, 23
Renfield, Robert, 211
Restell, Madame (abortionist), 141
Ridge, Richard, 75
Rockefeller, John D., 160, 182
Roebling, John, 6
Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard, 152, 161
Rogers, William, 120
Rolling Stones, 185
Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin D., 93
Root, Elihu, 143
Ross, Mrs. Judy, 161, 188–89, 190
Ross, Wilbur L., Jr., 74, 152, 161, 168, 188–89, 190, 192, 194–95, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 217, 231
Rutherfurd, Lewis, 16
Rutherfurd, Stuyvesant, see Stuyvesant, Rutherfurd
Ryan, Lisa, 79
Schiff family, 3
Schirmer, Mrs. Gustav, 45–47
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 216
Schubert family, 119
Schurz, Carl, 46
Scott, Mrs. Ruth Ford, see Ford, Ruth
Scott, Zachary, 85, 110, 119, 216, 217
Segal, Paul, 121, 161–62, 171, 204, 207, 230
Severns, Dr. Scott, 157, 159, 198
Severns, Mrs. Theodate Johnson, 157–58, 159, 173, 198, 215
Sheppard, Eugenia, 85, 207, 214, 217, 230
Sherrick, Mrs. Edward, 172
Shiva, Gil, 130, 211, 212, 214–15, 216, 225
Shiva, Mrs. Susan Stein, 85, 130, 212, 214–16, 225
Simon, Mrs. Paul, 85
Singer, Isaac Merritt, 21–32, 59, 189
Singer, Mrs. Isabella Boyer, 26, 28
Singer, Paris, 29
Smith, Kent, 85
Smith, Liz, 217
Spatt, Beverly Moss, 132, 134–35
Spreckels, Mrs. Adolph B., 221
Stein, Jules, 130
Stein, Susan, see Shiva, Mrs. Susan Stein
Steinway, Mrs. Frederic, 92, 144
Steinway, Theodor, 45, 46, 121–22
Steinway family, 45, 46, 56, 63, 85, 121–22
Stern, Isaac, 93
Strong, George Templeton, 11–12, 212
Stuyvesant, Rutherfurd, 16, 17
Suydam, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lispenard, 12
Tatum, Tarant, 47
Tchaikovsky, Modeste, 46
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich, 46–47
Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour, 210
Thomas, Vassal, 212
Thomson, Virgil, 158
Tiffany, Charles L., 12
Tiny Tim, 185
Twain, Mark, 45
Tweed, William Marcy “Boss,” 7, 68
Vanderbilt, Gloria, 216
Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. William H., 222
Vanderbilt, Mrs. William K., 14, 141
Vanderbilt, Willie K., 65
Vanderbilt family, 3, 19, 64, 65, 233
Vassichekof, Prince George, 216
Verdon, Gwen, 85
Vesley, Mrs. Elise, 69–70
Victoria, Frederick, 70, 113–14, 115–16, 130, 132–33, 134, 155–56, 204
Victoria, Mrs. Frederick, 70
Wager, Michael, 158, 159, 161, 211–12, 213
Wakabayashi, Hiro, 85
Ward, Adela T., 129
Warner brothers, 159
Washington, George, 220
Weinstein, Frederic, 76–77, 146, 149, 152, 153, 154, 159, 161, 162–64, 223
Weinstein, Mrs. Suzanne, 76, 77, 152, 153, 159, 161, 163, 164
Weisgal, Meyer, 211
Wertmuller, Lina, 215
West, Dr. Davenport, 61
West, Mrs. Davenport, 60–61, 62, 110
White, E. B., 231
Williams, Tennessee, 193
Wise, Rabbi Stephen, 120
Wood, Josephine, 141
Worth, Irene, 122
Wright, Theresa, 85
Yates, Peter, 227
Zeckendorf, William J., 86, 89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 109, 188
Zeckendorf, Mrs. William J., 96