Guide to the Marble House Collection, circa 1892-1990


The Preservation Society of Newport County
424 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-847-1000
museumaffairs@newportmansions.org

Published in 2019

Collection Overview

Title: The Marble House Collection
Date range: circa 1892-1990
Creator: The Vanderbilt Family; The Prince Family; The Gibson Stokes Family; William Gilmour
Extent: 2 hollinger boxes, 4 oversized boxes
Abstract: The Marble House Collection is comprised of materials relating to the home and its various occupants and employees, spanning the period from 1892 until 1990. The collection includes images of the interior and exterior of the home from various points in its existence, as well as images, documents and correspondence from the families who lived there and the employees who worked for them.
Language of materials: English
Repository: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection number: PSNCA.H.002

Scope & content

The Marble House Collection is comprised of photographs, correspondence, documents and a separate photo album. The objects date from 1892-1990, and formats include photographic prints, postcards, correspondence, documents, and diaries. The photographs depict the interior and exterior of the house under various periods of ownership, as well as the various people who resided there throughout its time as a family home. The correspondence and diaries document much about the running of the house, while the album holds more recent photographs taken after the house was acquired by the Preservation Society of Newport County.

Access Points

Subject Names Document Types Subject Topics

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by type of materials and subject matter in six boxes. The collection has been divided into five series:

  • Series 1: Photographs
  • Subseries 1: Architectural Photographs
  • Subseries 2: People Photographs
  • Series 2: Correspondence & Papers
  • Subseries 1: Gilmour Correspondence
  • Subseries 2: Gibson Stokes Papers
  • Subseries 3: Prince Correspondence
  • Subseries 4: Miscellaneous Papers
  • Series 3: Suffrage Publications
  • Series 4: Diaries
  • Series 5: Oversized Materials

Biographical note

The Vanderbilt Family

William K. Vanderbilt was born December 12, 1849 to William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt. After working his way up through the New York Central Railroad from the position of clerk to the Office of the Treasurer, William K. Vanderbilt became the Director for several of the Vanderbilt Railroad lines. On April 20, 1875, William Kissam Vanderbilt married Alva Erskine Smith. Alva was the daughter of Murray Forbes Smith and Phoebe Ann Smith of Mobile, Alabama. The Vanderbilts had three children: Consuelo Vanderbilt, William Kissam Vanderbilt, Jr. and Harold Stirling Vanderbilt.

Consuelo was married to Charles Spencer-Churchill, Ninth Duke of Marlborough, in 1895, though that marriage was eventually annulled. After her divorce, in 1921, the former Duchess of Marlborough married Jacques Balsan, a Lieutenant Colonel in the French Air Army. William Kissam, Jr. was married twice—first to Miss Virginia Graham Fair and later to Miss Rosamund Lancaster Warburton. He became the president of the New York Central Railroad Company after his father’s death in 1920, and was known as a great lover of automobiles and yachts. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt also worked for the New York Central Railroad Company, serving as a director and executive committee member until 1954. In 1933, he was married to Miss Gertrude Lewis Conaway of Philadelphia. Harold is remembered best, however, for his participation in competitive yacht racing.

William and Alva Vanderbilt divorced in 1895. William K. Vanderbilt was then married to Anne Harriman Sands Rutherfurd, while Alva married Mr. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. Mrs. Alva Belmont then moved down Bellevue Avenue into Belmont’s home, Belcourt, closing Marble House temporarily. After Mr. O.H.P. Belmont’s death in 1908, Alva reopened Marble House and constructed the Chinese Tea House overlooking the Cliff Walk. It was here that she would host fundraisers and rallies for her political causes, primarily the campaign for Women’s Suffrage.



The Prince Family

Less than a year before her death, in August 1932, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont sold Marble House to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince. Frederick Henry Prince was an investment banker and financier who served as the Chairman of the Board of the Union Stock Yard and the Transit Company of Chicago, as well as the Director of Armour & Co. In 1884, Prince was married to Abigail Kinsley Norman. The couple had two sons, Frederick Henry Prince, Jr. and Norman Prince, both of whom flew with the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I. Norman was killed in action in 1916. In addition to Marble House, Prince owned the Princemere Estate in Wenham, Massachusetts, as well as homes in Biarritz, Pau, Boston, and Aiken, South Carolina. Princemere is now home to Gordon College. Mr. Frederick H. Prince was a member of the New York Yacht Club, and competed in the America’s Cup trials with his yacht, Weetamoe, though he lost to Harold Vanderbilt and Rainbow. He was also an avid horseman and was one of the nine founding members of the National Steeplechase Association. In 1947 the Princes established the Prince Charitable Trusts, which is a benefactor to various philanthropic causes to this day.



The Gibson-Stokes Family

Margaret Annabella Gibson Stokes emigrated from the United Kingdom to the United States of America. She served as the personal secretary to Mrs. Frederick H. Prince at Marble House from 1935 to 1945, both before and after her marriage to Mr. Edward Stokes. Edward served under the 357th Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.



William Gilmour

William Gilmour joined the Vanderbilt household at age sixteen, in 1881, and was employed as a companion to William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. In 1892 he took up the position of Superintendent of Marble House where he would serve for the next twenty-five years. Gilmour was responsible for all aspects of the property’s upkeep, and he lived there with his family when the home was not occupied by the Vanderbilts. He continued to manage the property even after Mrs. Belmont moved to Belcourt with her second husband, Mr. O.H.P. Belmont. Gilmour finally resigned in 1917, after 25 years of service to the family. After leaving Marble House, Gilmour hoped to purchase a small farm, but instead moved to upstate New York with his wife and ailing mother. While there, he assisted local farmers with their crops. Mr. Gilmour died in 1957.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: The collection is open to the public, and there are no restrictions on access. However, the collection can only be seen by scheduled appointment.
Use of the materials: All researchers seeking to publish materials from the collections of the PSNC Archives and Special Collections are requested to contact the archivist, prior to reproducing, quoting, or otherwise publishing any portion or extract from this collection. Although the Preservation Society has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim copyright ownership. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the copyright and to obtain any necessary permission from them.
Alternate form: Most of this collection has been digitized and is available for viewing online on Newportal at http://bit.ly/psnca-h-002.
Preferred citation: "The Preservation Society of Newport County"
Contact information: The Preservation Society of Newport County
424 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-847-1000
museumaffairs@newportmansions.org

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Some architectural photographs taken by the Preservation Society of Newport County, some by Hopf Photography; Chinese Tea House Opening Reception photographs gift of Mrs. H.J. Phelps, 1982; Vanderbilt and Gilmour photographs, correspondence and diaries gift of Mrs. Ruth Gilmour, 1991; Vanderbilt photographs gift of H.S. Vanderbilt; Vanderbilt memorabilia gift of Mr. Joseph R. Mendes, 2007; Gibson-Stokes papers purchased from Mrs. Doris Lotti, 2002; Chinese Tea House Before Restoration photograph gift of Mr. Paul and Mrs. Natalie Pfanstiehl; Some architectural photographs taken by LIFE Magazine
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid written and encoded by Kate McNally, Digitization Archivist.
Encoding: This finding aid was encoded using Oxygen XML Editor, 2019
Revisions:

8 August 2023

  • Genna Duplisea added correspondence found in house research files to the archival collection.

    • 5 July 2023

  • Genna Duplisea added photographs removed from display at Marble House to the archival collection.

    • 12 April 2023

  • Genna Duplisea added photographs and papers removed from Marble House to the archival collection.

    • 2023 February 21

  • Genna Duplisea added Alternate Form Available information with direct URL to digitized collection.
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    Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard(DACS).

    Additional Information

    Location/Existence of copies: Most of this collection has been digitized and is available for viewing online on Newportal at http://bit.ly/psnca-h-002.

    Inventory

    Series 1. Photographs, circa 1890 - 1990

    Subseries 1. Architectural Photographs
    , circa 1910 - 1990

    Container Description Date
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.1
    		 circa 1925 - 1950
    Box 1, Folder 1 Copy Print Photograph of Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.2
    		 circa 1965 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of the Chinese Tea House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.3
    		 circa 1965 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Bay
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.4
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of The Mount Washington Hotel
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.5
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of Maccabee Village, Whitehall N.Y.
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.6
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Village
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.7
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Bay
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.8
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of the Taj Mahal
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.9
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Street Scene
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.10
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Plaza
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.11
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Stone Temple
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.12
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Harbor
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.13
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of an Arch and Walkway
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.14
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Building with an Arched Entryway
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.15
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of Chhatris
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.16
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of Buildings
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.17
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Portrait Photograph of a Man
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.18
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Plaza
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.19
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of Chhatris
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.20
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Plaza
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.21
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of an Island
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.22
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Walled City
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.23
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 1 Photograph of a Horse Cart
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.24
    		 circa 1920 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 2 Postcard Photograph of the Yacht Alva
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.25
    		 circa 1933 - 1934
    Box 1, Folder 2 Postcard Showing Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.26
    		 1910 November 21
    Box 1, Folder 2 Postcard Showing Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.27
    		 1912 September 1
    Box 1, Folder 2 Postcard Showing Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.28
    		 circa 1930 - 1945
    Box 1, Folder 2 Postcard Showing Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.29
    		 1917 June 6
    Box 1, Folder 2 Postcard Showing Belcourt Castle
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.30
    		 circa 1930 - 1945
    Box 1, Folder 2 Postcard Showing Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.31
    		 circa 1900 - 1945
    Box 1, Folder 2 Postcard Showing Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.32
    		 circa 1932 - 1951
    Box 1, Folder 2 Postcard Showing the Gothic Room at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.33
    		 circa 1980 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 2 Postcard Showing the Kitchen at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.34
    		 circa 1980 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 3 Photograph of the Gothic Room at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.35
    		 circa 1980 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 3 Photograph of the Gothic Room at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.36
    		 circa 1970 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 3 Photograph of the Gothic Room at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.37
    		 circa 1963 - 1970
    Box 1, Folder 4 Photograph of Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt's Bedroom
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.38
    		 circa 1963 - 1980
    Box 1, Folder 4 Photograph of Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt's Bedroom
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.39
    		 circa 1963 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 5 Photograph of a Guest Bedroom at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.40
    		 1988 January 15
    Box 1, Folder 5 Photograph of the Gold Room at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.41
    		 circa 1988
    Box 1, Folder 5 Photograph of the Gold Room at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.42
    		 circa 1985 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 5 Photograph of the Gold Room at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.43
    		 circa 1985 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 5 Photograph of the Gold Room at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.44
    		 circa 1985 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 6 Photograph of the Stair Landing at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.45
    		 circa 1985 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 6 Photograph of the Stair Landing at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.46
    		 circa 1972 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 6 Photograph of the Stair Landing at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.47
    		 circa 1972 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 7 Copy Print Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.48
    		 1914 July 10
    Box 1, Folder 7 Copy Print Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.49
    		 circa 1913
    Box 1, Folder 7 Copy Print Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.50
    		 circa 1913
    Box 1, Folder 7 Copy Print Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.51
    		 circa 1913
    Box 1, Folder 7 Photographs of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.52
    		 circa 1963 - 1980
    Box 1, Folder 7 Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.53
    		 circa 1963 - 1980
    Box 1, Folder 7 Photographs of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.54
    		 circa 1963 - 1980
    Box 1, Folder 7 Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.55
    		 1977 August
    Box 1, Folder 7 Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.56
    		 circa 1985 - 1990
    Box 1, Folder 7 Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.57
    		 circa 1985 - 1990

    Subseries 2. People Photographs, circa 1890 - 1982

    Container Description Date
    Box 1, Folder 8 Photograph of William Gilmour and a Miss Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.58
    		 circa 1890
    Box 1, Folder 8 Photograph of Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.59
    		 circa 1898
    Box 1, Folder 8 Photograph of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont Holding a Child
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.60
    		 circa 1877 - 1885
    Box 1, Folder 8 Photograph of Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.61
    		 1904
    Box 1, Folder 8 Photograph of a Group of Men
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.62
    		 1904
    Box 1, Folder 9 Photograph of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont with a Group of Girls
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.63
    		 circa 1911 - 1914
    Box 1, Folder 9 Photograph of Girls from the Brookholt School of Agriculture
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.64
    		 circa 1911 - 1914
    Box 1, Folder 9 Photograph of Girls from the Brookholt School of Agriculture
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.65
    		 circa 1911 - 1914
    Box 1, Folder 9 Photograph of Girls from the Brookholt School of Agriculture
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.66
    		 circa 1911 - 1914
    Box 1, Folder 9 Photograph of Girls from the Brookholt School of Agriculture
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.67
    		 circa 1911 - 1914
    Box 1, Folder 9 Photograph of Girls from the Brookholt School of Agriculture
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.68
    		 circa 1911 - 1914
    Box 1, Folder 9 Photograph of a Group of Girls
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.69
    		 circa 1870 - 1900
    Box 1, Folder 10 Photograph of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.70
    		 circa 1895 - 1900
    Box 1, Folder 10 Photograph of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.71
    		 1897 January
    Box 1, Folder 10 Photograph of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.72
    		 circa 1895 - 1900
    Box 1, Folder 10 Photograph of Consuelo Marlborough
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.73
    		 1905 March 9
    Box 1, Folder 11 Photograph of Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.74
    		 circa 1895
    Box 1, Folder 11 Photograph of a Sailing Yacht
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.75
    		 1951 August 20
    Box 1, Folder 12 Photograph of the Vanderbilt Family and Friends on a Cruise
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.76
    		 circa 1887 - 1888
    Box 1, Folder 12 Photograph of a Group of People in Costume
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.77
    		 1914
    Box 1, Folder 13 Copy Print Photograph of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and her Children
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.78
    		 circa 1894
    Box 1, Folder 13 Copy Print Photograph of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and her Children
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.79
    		 circa 1894
    Box 1, Folder 13 Copy Print Photograph of a Group in Costume
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.80
    		 1914
    Box 1, Folder 13 Copy Print Photograph of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and Julia Ward Howe
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.81
    		 1910
    Box 1, Folder 13 Photograph of Harold Stirling Vanderbilt at the Helm of Rainbow
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.82
    		 1934 October
    Box 1, Folder 13 Photograph of Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.83
    		 circa 1935
    Box 1, Folder 13 Photograph of a Friend of Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.84
    		 circa 1935 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 13 Photograph of Harold Stirling Vanderbilt and a Woman
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.85
    		 circa 1930 - 1940
    Box 1, Folder 13 Photograph of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Palm Beach
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.86
    		 circa 1941
    Box 1, Folder 14 Copy Print Photograph of Workers on the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.87
    		 circa 1913
    Box 1, Folder 14 Copy Print Photograph of Workers on the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.88
    		 circa 1913
    Box 1, Folder 14 Copy Print Photograph of Workers on the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.89
    		 circa 1913
    Box 1, Folder 14 Photograph of a Painting of Richard Morris Hunt
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.90
    		 1895
    Box 1, Folder 14 Christmas Card from the Vanderbilts
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.91
    		 circa 1903 - 1920
    Box 1, Folder 15 Photograph of a Painting of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Prince
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.92
    		 circa 1903 - 1920
    Box 1, Folder 15 Images of Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.93
    		 circa 1940 - 1950
    Box 1, Folder 15 Photograph of Margaret Gibson Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.94
    		 circa 1935 - 1945
    Box 1, Folder 15 Photograph of Margaret Gibson Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.95
    		 circa 1935 - 1945
    Box 1, Folder 15 Photograph of Margaret Gibson Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.96
    		 circa 1935 - 1945
    Box 1, Folder 15 Photograph of the Interior of the Chinese Tea House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.97
    		 circa 1955
    Box 1, Folder 15 Photograph of the Interior of the Chinese Tea House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.98
    		 circa 1955
    Box 1, Folder 16 Photograph of a Group of Scholars at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.99
    		 circa 1987
    Box 1, Folder 16 Photograph of John A. Cherol with a Preservation Honor Award
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.100
    		 circa 1983
    Box 1, Folder 16 Photograph of a Reception at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.101
    		 1982 September
    Box 1, Folder 16 Photograph of a Reception at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.102
    		 1982 September
    Box 1, Folder 16 Photograph of a Reception at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.103
    		 1982 September
    Box 1, Folder 16 Photograph of a Reception at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.104
    		 1982 September
    Box 1, Folder 16 Photograph of a Reception at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.105
    		 1982 September
    Box 1, Folder 16 Photograph of Protestors at a Reception at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.106
    		 1982 September
    Box 1, Folder 16 Photograph of a Reception at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.107
    		 1982 September
    Box 1, Folder 16 Photograph of a Reception at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.108
    		 1982 September
    Box 1, Folder 17 Photograph of Harold S. Vanderbilt aboard motor yacht
    Accession Number: PSNC.49
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original gilt-embossed green leather frame in the Marble House Guest Sitting Room.
    Box 1, Folder 18 Two studio photographs of young Harold S. Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNC.71
    Location of copies: Reproduction images of these photographs are on display in the original gilded bronze dual frame in the Marble House Blue Room.
    Box 1, Folder 19 Photograph of William K. Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNC.3412
    Location of copies: A Reproduction image of this photographs is on display in the original giltwood frame in Mr. Vanderbilt's bedroom at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 20 Photograph of William K. Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNC.134
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original sterling silver frame in Mrs. Vanderbilt's bedroom at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 21 Photograph of Harold S. Vanderbilt as a child on horseback
    Accession Number: PSNC.273
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original leather frame in Mr. Vanderbilt's reception room at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 22 Photograph of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. as a young man
    Accession Number: PSNC.25
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original round sterling silver frame on the mantel of the green room at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 23 Photograph of Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt or Louisa Kissam
    Accession Number: PSNC.276
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original sterling silver frame in Mr. Vanderbilt's reception room at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 24 Cabinet card of black and white copy of 1887 portrait of Harold S. Vanderbilt by Charles Chaplin
    Accession Number: PSNC.45
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original French brocade frame on the mantel of the green room at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 25 Photograph of Harold S. Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNC.509
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original silver-plated pierced foliate frame in the guest sitting room at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 26 Photograph of Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, in hat and fur
    Accession Number: PSNC.233
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original giltwood frame in Consuelo Vanderbilt's room at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 27 Photograph of Alva Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNC.275
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original giltwood frame in Mr. Vanderbilt's reception room at Marble House.
    		 ca. 1880
    Box 1, Folder 28 Photograph of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsam
    Accession Number: PSNC.858
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original frame in Consuelo Vanderbilt's bedroom at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 29 Photograph of Consuelo Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNC.274
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original blue leather frame in Mr. Vanderbilt's study at Marble House.
    		 February 1897
    Box 1, Folder 30 Photograph of Consuelo Fair Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNC.11115
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original frame in one of the boys' bedrooms at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 30 Photograph of Consuelo Fair Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNC.11116
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original frame in Mr. Vanderbilt's bedroom at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 31 Photograph of Virginia Consuelo Smith (L) and Iris Vanderbilt Smith (R) with a leashed pet lamb
    Accession Number: PSNC.11117
    Location of copies: A reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original frame in William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s bedroom (also known as the green room) at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 32 Reproduction photograph of Consuelo Fair Vanderbilt as a child,

    1907


    Accession Number: PSNC.11118
    Location of copies: A newer reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original frame in Mr. Vanderbilt's bedroom at Marble House.
    Box 1, Folder 33 Reproduction photograph of Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt
    Accession Number: PSNC.11119
    Location of copies: A newer reproduction image of this photograph is on display in the original frame in Mr. Vanderbilt's bedroom at Marble House.

    Series 2. Correspondence & Papers, 1888 - 1964

    Subseries 1. Gilmour & Vanderbilt Correspondence, 1888 - 1916

    Container Description Date
    Box 2, Folder 1 Correspondence from William H. Wehrhane to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.109
    		 1888 April 5
    Box 2, Folder 1 Correspondence from William H. Wehrhane to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.110
    		 1888 April 24
    Box 2, Folder 1 Correspondence from William H. Wehrhane to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.111
    		 1888 May 6
    Box 2, Folder 1 Envelope Addressed to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.112
    		 188-? October 15
    Box 2, Folder 1 Correspondence from William H. Wehrhane to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.113
    		 1888 May 25
    Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence from William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.114
    		 1896 June 19
    Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence from William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.115
    		 1897 March 10
    Box 2, Folder 2 Invoice from R. Cavaillon & Cie. to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.116
    		 1897 March 10
    Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence from Mrs. Alva Belmont to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.117
    		 1906 June 13
    Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence from Mrs. Alva Belmont to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.118
    		 1906 June 14
    Box 2, Folder 3 Telegram from Mrs. Alva Belmont to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.119
    		 1908 June 10
    Box 2, Folder 3 Correspondence from William A. Mackay to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.120
    		 1913 November 22
    Box 2, Folder 3 Correspondence from Mrs. Alva Belmont to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.121
    		 1913 October 11
    Box 2, Folder 3 Correspondence from Consuelo Marlborough to Mr. Davis
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.122
    		 1916 November 3
    Box 2, Folder 3 Correspondence from Winston Churchill to Consuelo Marlborough
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.123
    		 1916 November 3
    Box 2, Folder 4 Correspondence from William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.124
    		 191-? March 28
    Box 2, Folder 4 Telegram from Virginia Fair Vanderbilt to William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.125
    		 circa 1899 - 1909
    Box 2, Folder 4 Correspondence from Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt Belmont to Mr. William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.126
    		 circa 1913
    Box 2, Folder 4 Correspondence from Mr. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. to Mr. Rudolph Aronson
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.127
    		 191-? November 24

    Subseries 2. Gibson Stokes Papers, 1936 - 1946

    Container Description Date
    Box 2, Folder 5 Certificate of Naturalization for Margaret Annabella Gibson
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.128
    		 1943 June 8
    Box 2, Folder 5 Jacket for Naturalization papers for Margaret Annabella Gibson
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.129
    		 1943 June 8
    Box 2, Folder 5 Correspondence from the U.S. Department of Justice to Margaret Annabella Gibson
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.130
    		 circa 1943
    Box 2, Folder 6 Correspondence from Meyer Davis' Music to Margaret Gibson
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.131
    		 1936 July 10
    Box 2, Folder 6 Telegram from Margaret Gibson to Edward Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.132
    		 1943 June 2
    Box 2, Folder 6 Correspondence from Margaret Gibson to Mr. C. Mansfield
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.133
    		 1943 June 2
    Box 2, Folder 6 Telegram from Edward Stokes to Margaret Gibson
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.134
    		 1943 August 20
    Box 2, Folder 6 Telegram from Edward Stokes to Margaret Gibson
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.135
    		 circa 1943
    Box 2, Folder 7 Envelope from Cozy Cab to Margaret Gibson
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.136
    		 1943 September 9
    Box 2, Folder 7 Correspondence from Margaret Gibson to Edward Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.137
    		 1943 August 15, 21
    Box 2, Folder 7 Correspondence from Edward Stokes to Margaret Gibson Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.138
    		 1945 February 27
    Box 2, Folder 7 Correspondence from J.F. Donovan to Margaret Gibson Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.139
    		 1945 March 7
    Box 2, Folder 7 Envelope from Mrs. M.A. Gibson to Margaret Gibson Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.140
    		 1945 May 15
    Box 2, Folder 7 Correspondence Addressed to General T. Bentley Mott
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.141
    		 1945 May 15
    Box 2, Folder 8 Correspondence from Mrs. Frederick H. Prince, Jr. to Margaret Gibson Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.142
    		 1945 July 10
    Box 2, Folder 8 Correspondence from Jacques Sevin to Marguerite Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.143
    		 1945 July 18
    Box 2, Folder 8 Correspondence from J.F. Donovan to Mrs. Margaret Gibson Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.144
    		 1946 March 22
    Box 2, Folder 8 Envelope Addressed to Margaret Gibson Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.145
    		 circa 1935 - 1945
    Box 2, Folder 8 Telegram from Margaret Gibson to Edward Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.146
    		 circa 1941 - 1943
    Box 2, Folder 8 Telegram Envelope
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.147
    		 circa 1941 - 1943
    Box 2, Folder 8 Correspondence from Mrs. Frederick H. Prince to Margaret Gibson Stokes
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.148
    		 circa 1941 - 1943

    Subseries 3. Prince Correspondence, circa 1932 - 1953

    Container Description Date
    Box 2, Folder 9 Correspondence from J.W. Barriger, III to Mr. Frederick H. Prince
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.149
    		 1935 August 9
    Box 2, Folder 9 Correspondence from Lawrence Golden to Mrs. Frederick H. Prince
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.150
    		 1936 July 21
    Box 2, Folder 9 Correspondence from Alexander Marble to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.151
    		 1936 July 24
    Box 2, Folder 9 Announcement from Kay's Shoes to Mrs. Frederick H. Prince
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.152
    		 1937 August 12
    Box 2, Folder 9 Correspondence from James Orr, Jr. to Mrs. Frederick H. Prince
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.153
    		 1940 June 6
    Box 2, Folder 9 Correspondence from L. Lataif Oriental Rug Co. to Mr. Frederick H. Prince
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.154
    		 1942 July 18
    Box 2, Folder 10 Correspondence from Mrs. C.A. Leach to Mrs. Frederick H. Prince
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.155
    		 1942 July 19
    Box 2, Folder 10 Correspondence from Frederick H. Prince III to Thomas Carroll
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.156
    		 1943 June 25
    Box 2, Folder 10 Envelope Addressed to Mr. Frederick Prince, Esq.
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.157
    		 1945 July 16
    Box 2, Folder 10 Envelope Addressed to Frederick Prince, Esq.
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.158
    		 1945 July 19
    Box 2, Folder 10 Correspondence from the Ellis Square Beauty Shoppe to Mr. Frederick H. Prince
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.159
    		 circa 1932 - 1953
    Box 2, Folder 10 Correspondence from Thelma Cudlipp Whitman to Mrs. Frederick H. Prince
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.160
    		 circa 1932 - 1949
    Box 2, Folder 10 Envelope Addressed to F.H. Prince & Company
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.161
    		 circa 1932 - 1949

    Subseries 4. Miscellaneous Papers, circa 1913 - 1982

    Container Description Date
    Box 2, Folder 11 Diagram and Blank invoice from Hatzel & Buehler
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.162
    		 circa 1913
    Box 2, Folder 11 Newspaper Clipping titled "The Re-Birth of Newport"
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.163
    		 circa 1963
    Box 2, Folder 11 Pamphlet about Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.164
    		 1965
    Box 2, Folder 11 Pamphlet from the Tiffany Ball
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.165
    		 1957 July 13
    Box 2, Folder 12 Pamphlet about the Chinese Tea House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.166
    		 1982
    Box 2, Folder 12 Pamphlet from the Elizabeth Arden International Ball
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.167
    		 1964 August 8
    Box 2, Folder 13 Victorian "A Happy New Y[ear]" greeting card, embossed with silver corn ear
    Accession Number: PSNC.10000
    		 ca. 1900
    Box 2, Folder 13 New Year greeting card with bi-chrome floral wreath and gold leaf edges
    Accession Number: PSNC.10001
    		 ca. 1900
    Box 2, Folder 13 Christmas card with chromo-lithograph winter scene
    Accession Number: PPSNC.10002
    		 ca. 1910
    Box 2, Folder 14 Letter from Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan to Gertrude [copy]
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.203a,b
    		 September 28, 1964
    Box 2, Folder 14 Typescript survey about Marble House interiors with responses by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.204a,b
    		 September 29, 1964
    Box 2, Folder 14 Letter from Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan to Katherine U. Warren [copy]
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.205
    		 October 2nd, no year

    Series 3. Suffrage Publications, 1907 - 1911

    Container Description Date
    Box 3 Magazine entitled "Woman Suffrage"
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.168
    		 1907
    Box 3 Book entitled "Women and Economics"
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.169
    		 1908
    Box 3 Magazine entitled "The American Suffragette"
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.170
    		 1909 June
    Box 3 Magazine entitled "The American Suffragette"
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.171
    		 1909 July
    Box 3 Pamphlet entitled "The Forum"
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.172
    		 1910 March
    Box 3 Book entitled "Women's Fight for the Vote"
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.173
    		 circa 1910
    Box 3 Proceedings of a National-American Woman Suffrage Association's Convention
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.174
    		 1911 October 19-25

    Series 4. Diaries, circa 1889 - 1952

    Container Description Date
    Box 3 Voucher Book
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.175
    		 circa 1890 - 1899
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.176
    		 circa 1889 - 1895
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.177
    		 1891 - 1892
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.178
    		 1891 - 1892
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.179
    		 1894 - 1895
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.180
    		 1897 - 1914
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.181
    		 1899 - 1901
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.182
    		 1901 - 1902
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.183
    		 1902 - 1903
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.184
    		 1903 - 1906
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.185
    		 1906 - 1907
    Box 3 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.186
    		 1907 - 1913
    Box 4 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.187
    		 1910 - 1913
    Box 4 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.188
    		 1909 - 1911
    Box 4 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.189
    		 1911 - 1913
    Box 4 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.190
    		 1911 - 1914
    Box 4 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.191
    		 1912 - 1914
    Box 4 Diary of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.192
    		 1913 - 1914
    Box 4 Address Book of William Gilmour
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.193
    		 circa 1898 - 1952

    Series 5. Oversized Materials, circa 1887 - 1980

    Container Description Date
    Box 5 Pages from The Illustrated American
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.194
    		 1895 August 31
    Box 5 Photograph of the Vanderbilts at Giza
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.195
    		 circa 1887 - 1888
    Box 5 Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.196
    		 circa 1970 - 1979
    Box 5 Photograph of the Gothic Room at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.197
    		 1963
    Box 5 Photograph of the Front Doors at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.198
    		 circa 1963
    Box 5 Photograph of a Sitting Room at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.199
    		 circa 1963 - 1980
    Box 5 Photograph of Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.200
    		 circa 1963 - 1980
    Box 5 Photograph of a Fountain at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.201
    		 circa 1963 - 1980
    Box 5 Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.202
    		 circa 1950 - 1980
    Box 5 Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.203
    		 circa 1950 - 1980
    Box 5 Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.204
    		 circa 1950 - 1980
    Box 5 Photograph of the Chinese Tea House at Marble House
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.205
    		 circa 1950 - 1980
    Box 6 Photograph Album of Chinese Tea House and PSNC Properties
    Accession Number: PSNCA.H.002.206
    		 circa 1970 - 1980