Guide to the Frederick W. Rhinelander family papers

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1 Page 1 of 6 Guide to the Frederick W. Rhinelander family papers Touro Street Newport, RI Tel: Fax: info@newporthistorical.org Published in 2012

2 Page 2 of 6 Collection overview Title: Frederick W. Rhinelander family papers Date range: Creator: Rhinelander, Frederick W. Extent: Abstract: Language of materials: Repository: Collection number: linear feet This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other material from the extended family of Frederick William Rhinelander of New York and Newport. English MS Scope & content This collection contains approximately 35 letters and 67 photographs from the extended family of Frederick William Rhinelander of New York and Newport, as well as pieces from the Skinner and Cameron families. The letters reveal domestic and business matters from Frederick and his wife, Frances Skinner Rhinelander to and from their children. Also, letters between the children from New York, Newport, St. Paul's School in Concord, NH and Harvard University. Other family names mentioned are Newbold, King, Jones, and Edgar. Highlights include charming illustrated letters from Helen Rhinelander Cameron to her older brother Thomas "Maso," describing childhood activities in New York and Newport. Attending parties and playing games with friends and cousins such as Edith "Pussy" Jones, later Edith Wharton. Other highlights include, attending theater productions at Madison Square by the actor Edwin Booth (brother of John Wilkes Booth); refusing to attend Theodore Roosevelt's wedding because of heavy rain.

3 Page 3 of 6 Also included in the gift is an engraved copper plate of Skinner coat of arms, with several printed bookplates belonging to Thomas H. Skinner. Arrangement The papers are arranged in one series: Family papers Historical note Frederick William Rhinelander ( ) was born in New York to his father of the same name and Mary Lucy Ann Stevens Rhinelander. He graduated from Columbia College in In 1851, he married Frances D. Skinner, daughter of the Revered Thomas H. Skinner. Together, they had eight children, Mary, Frances, Ethel, Frederick William Jr, Alice, Helen, Thomas Newbold, and Philip. He was a member of the Knickerbocker, City and Southside Sportmen's Clubs, the Downtown Association, the Mendelssohn Glee Club and the American Geographical Society. He served as vice president and president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He died of heart failure in Sturbridge, Massachusetts in September, Access & use Access to the collection: Use of materials: Preferred citation: There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Researchers are advised that express written permission to reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion or extract from this collection must be obtained from. Although NHS has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them. Frederick W. Rhinelander family papers, MS ,

4 Page 4 of 6 Contact information: Administrative information About the collection 82 Touro Street Newport, RI Tel: Fax: info@newporthistorical.org Aquisition: The Frederick W. Rhinelander family papers were recieved as a gift to the in November 2010 (photographs) and June 2011 (documents). About the finding aid Author: Finding aid prepared by Bert Lippincott and Stacie M. Parillo. Encoding: Descriptive rules: Additional information Related material: Finding aid encoded by Stacie M. Parillo 2012 February 21 Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Papers of the Rives, Sear and Rhinelander families at the Univeristy of Virginia Special Collections (Accession number 10596). Search terms Names: Cameron, Helen Rhinelander Cameron, Lewis King, Ethel Rhinelander Rhinelander, Alice K. Rhinelander, Frances Skinner

5 Page 5 of 6 Rhinelander, Frederick W. Rhinelander, Frederick W., Jr. Rhinelander, Philip M. Rhinelander, Thomas Newbold Rives, Mary Rhinelander Skinner, Thomas H. Wilcox, Isaac Subjects: Types of materials: Socialites--Rhode Island--Newport Newport (R.I.)--History Newport (R.I.)--Social life and customs bookplates correspondence report cards

6 Page 6 of 6 Inventory Series 1, Family papers,