Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, [1] was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. A member of the Republican Party and the wealthy Rockefeller family, he previously ...
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum (AARFAM) is the United States' first [1] and the world's oldest continually operated museum dedicated to the preservation, collection, and exhibition of American folk art. [2] Located just outside the historic boundary of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, AARFAM was founded with a collection donated ...
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, nata Abigail "Abby" Greene Aldrich (Providence, 26 ottobre 1874 – New York, 5 aprile 1948), è stata una collezionista d'arte e filantropa statunitense, appartenente alla seconda generazione matriarcale della celebre famiglia Rockefeller. È particolarmente nota per essere stata la forza trainante dietro la costituzione del Museo d'Arte Moderna di New York, situato ...
Mary Billings French Rockefeller (May 1, 1910 – April 17, 1997) was an American heiress, socialite, philanthropist, and a member of the extensive Rockefeller family. She was married to Laurance Rockefeller, son of John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. She was the mother of Laura Rockefeller Chasin, Marion Rockefeller ...
Bernice Kert. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: the woman in the family The author of Hemingway's Women , which offered new insights into the sources of that famously macho writer's creativity, once again illuminates the impact of a powerful female on American culture and society. Daughter of influential U.S. Senator Nelson Aldrich and wife of industrialist John D. Rockefeller Jr., Abby Aldrich ...
Mary Billings French (1910–1997), who married Laurence Rockefeller, son of John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; Elizabeth "Liz" French (1912–1976), who married Ethan A. Hitchcock in 1937. He was a lawyer and direct descendant of Ethan Allen through Allen's grandson, Ethan Allen Hitchcock. Descendants
John D., Jr. and Abby's former home, The Eyrie (photo to the right), was removed in 1963, yet the family chose to preserve the home’s terrace. Today the terrace provides a quiet walk for guests of the garden, and a view to the outer islands and the stretching Atlantic beyond them. The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden was created between 1926 ...
