The subject files relate to the Belmont family and Mrs. Belmont's philanthropic causes. There are extensive files on August Belmont's estate which have information on the New York Subway, the Belmont racing stables, and the several properties. Other files reflect Mrs. Belmont's interest in Belmont genealogy and her pride in the Belmont connection to Commodore Perry. There is extensive documentation on the organizations with which Mrs. Belmont was associated including the American Shakespeare Festival Foundation, the Metropolitan Opera Association, the Community Service Society, Unemployment Relief, and the Red Cross. There are also files related to her theatrical life including a file on George Bernard Shaw, Israel Zangwill, and Frances Hodgson Burnett. Included are drafts of her speeches, her autobiography, and her play, In the Next Room. The files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
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Adopt-a-family, 1940-1954
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American Women of Achievement Award, 1940-1951
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Appointment calendars, 1968-1978
Belmont
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Estate, 1926-1972
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Financial papers, 1954-1976
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Horses and horse-breeding, 1931-1966
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Household furnishings, 1912-1963
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Inventories and lists, 1928-1977
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Nursery Farm-Babylon, 1916-1939
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Gladbrook Farm, New Ashford, MA, 1929
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Syosset, Long Island, New York, 1927-1957
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Wills, Belmont family history
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Letters to relatives
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IRT and Railroad
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Belmont Family Memorabilia
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson
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Clippings, 1930-1939
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Cape Cod Canal
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Cape Cod Canal, dissertation by William James Reid
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Community Service Society, 1938-1947
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Colonial Dames New York, 1958
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Columbia University, 1950-1973
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East Harlem Health Center-Welfare Council
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The Educational Dramatic League (The Educational Players), 1915-1920
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Edward VIII, 1919
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Elitch Gardens Theater, Denver, 1936-1952
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The Hundred Year Association of New York, Inc., 1932
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Lowell, Amy, 1964-1976
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Medicine and the changing order, The New York Academy of Medicine
Metropolitan Opera
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Metropolitan Opera Association, 1938-1948
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Moravian Seminary and College for Women, PA, 1936
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Motion Picture Research Council, 1918-1934
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N--Miscellaneous, 1934-1953
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National Achievement Award, 1936-1944
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New York Historical Society, 1955-1961
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New York Public Library, 1937-1971
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New York University, 1933
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Northeast Harbor, ME, 1960-1976
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Nurses House, 1936-1972
Nursing
Perry family
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Poetry, 1916-1973
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Poetry
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Red Cross, 1910-1943
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Rochester, The University of, 1934
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Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow (Mrs Theodore), 1935-1948
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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1914-1943
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Shakespeare Memorial Theater, 1927-1954
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Shaw, George Bernard, 1905-1962
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Speeches, 1933-1935
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Unemployment insurance, 1930-1935
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Unemployment relief, 1930-1933
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Unemployment relief
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Welfare Council of New York City, 1935-1951
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Women's National Republican Club, 1951-1958
Writings
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Collected
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Fabric of Memory
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Fabric of Memory
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Christopher Rand, 1924-1931
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In the Next Room
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That Man Gently
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Yale University, 1948-1973
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Zangwill, Israel, 1904