Jackie and Lee coming to terms:
Interviews: John Radziwill; Jamie Auchincloss; Karen Lerner, May 5, 1998.
Volumes: In Her Sister’s Shadow by Diana DuBois; Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Barbara Leaming; Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years by Barbara Leaming.
Articles: “Daddy Didn’t Want His Little Girl to Be a Kennedy” by Harriman Janus, Photoplay, May 1969; “Lee Radziwill: Girls Who Have Everything Aren’t Supposed to Do Anything” by Jane Howard, Life, July 14, 1967; “Lee Radziwill’s Search for Herself” by John J. Miller, The Column, December 17, 1972. “Opening Chapters: Enchanting Memories and Photos of Her Early Life with Jackie” by Lee Radziwill, Ladies’ Home Journal, January 1973. “Nobody Wants a Part Time-Marriage: Interview with Prince Stanislaw Radziwill” by George Carpozi, Photoplay, April 1973.
Video: Lee Radziwill interview with Sofia Coppola, T magazine (NYT), also broadcast on Vimeo and YouTube, Spring 2013.
Lee’s breakup with Peter Beard:
Interview: Barbara Allen Kwiatkowska, August 21, 2016, September 20, 2016.
Volume: Capote: A Biography by Gerald Clark.
Lee’s divorce from Stas and introduction to the publishing community:
Interviews: John Radziwill; Tom Guinzburg.
Volume: Happy Times by Lee Radziwill.
Article: “Opening Chapters: Enchanting Memories and Photos of Her Early Life with Jackie” by Lee Radziwill, Ladies’ Home Journal, January 1973.
Raiding Janet’s attic:
Interviews: Linda Murray, July 15, 2016; Sherry Geyelin; Philip Geyelin.
Articles: “Lee” by Andy Warhol, Interview, March, 1975; “Luncheon with Jamie Auchincloss” by Gwen Dobson, Washington Evening Star, December 22, 1972; “Kennedy Center Bows to Jackie Onassis” by Mary Anne Dolan, Washington Evening Star, June 6, 1972.
Aristotle Onassis’s death and Janet’s reaction to it:
Interviews: Jamie Auchincloss; Eileen Slocum; Oatsie Charles.
Volumes: Nemesis by Peter Evans; After Camelot by J. Randy Taraborrelli.
The cancellation of Lee’s book contract:
Interview: Tom Guinzburg.
Volume: In Her Sister’s Shadow by Diana DuBois.
Lee Radziwill, Inc.:
Interviews: Gustavo Paredes; Oatsie Charles; Jamie Auchincloss; Linda Murray.
Volumes: In Her Sister’s Shadow by Diana DuBois; Happy Times by Lee Radziwill; Lee by Lee Radziwill; Janet & Jackie by Jan Pottker.
Articles: “Lee Radziwill As Decorator: A New Step Confidently Taken” by Lisa Hammel, New York Times, February 20, 1976; “A Question of Power: What Makes Peter [Tufo] Run” by Judy Klemesrud, New York Times, March 7, 1977; “Jackie’s Shadow: ‘I’m Nobody’s Kid Sister,’ Snaps Jackie’s Kid Sister” by Lee Wohlfert, People, November 1, 1976 (Interesting passage: “Her decision at 43 to join the ranks of the working rich is not dictated—Lord knows—by any need to make money, or simply to follow in the footsteps of Jackie, 47, who took a job as a book editor last year. ‘Don’t be silly,’ says Lee icily. ‘I never even conferred with her.’”).
Stas’s death:
Interviews: R. Couri Hay, November 17, 2016; Jamie Auchincloss.
Article: “Stanislas Radziwill Dies; Brother-in-Law of JFK,” Washington Evening Star, June 29, 1976.
Maurice Tempelsman tries to help Lee (and background of Tempelsman):
Note: The source present at this meeting asked for anonymity.
Volumes: A Woman Named Jackie by C. David Heymann; Jackie as Editor: The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Greg Lawrence; Jackie Style by Pamela Clarke Keogh; Remembering Jackie: A Life in Pictures by Life magazine; As We Remember Her: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the Words of Her Family and Friends by Carl Sferrazza Anthony.
Video: Interview with Marta Sgubin, ABC News, March 12, 2013.
Emergency family meeting at Hammersmith:
Interviews: Garrett Johnston. There were also several people present at this meeting who asked for anonymity.
Articles: “Auchincloss Says He Isn’t Surprised on Farm Rejection,” Providence Journal-Bulletin, May 8, 1976. “Auchincloss Tells of Wish to Save Family Estate,” Newport Daily News, April 23, 1976; “Exclusively Yours: Historic Hammersmith” by Betty Beale, Washington Evening Star, November 28, 1971; “Committee Endorses Plan,” Providence Journal-Bulletin, March 27, 1977; “Cultural Center Proposed for Hammersmith Farm,” Providence Journal-Bulletin, August 10, 1977.
Volumes: After Camelot by J. Randy Taraborrelli; Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story by Barbara Leaming; Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life by Donald Spoto.
Hugh Auchincloss’s death and the spreading of his ashes:
Interviews: Adora Rule; Joyce Faria Brennan; Sherry Geyelin; Jamie Auchincloss.
Articles: “Hugh Auchincloss of Newport Dies,” Providence Journal-Bulletin, November 22, 1976; “Hugh Auchincloss Sr., Stockbroker, Dead,” New York Times, November 22, 1976; “H. D. Auchincloss Death Notice, Thomson & McKinnon Auchincloss Kohlmeyer Inc.,” Wall Street Journal, November 24, 1976; “Hugh Auchincloss Dies, Prominent D.C. Banker,” Washington Evening Star, November 22, 1976.
Part Eleven: Enduring
Hammersmith Farm transition by Camelot Gardens:
Interviews: Janet Crook, December 27, 2016; Adora Rule; Janine Rule; Oatsie Charles; Jamie Auchincloss.
Articles: “Hammersmith Farm Will Open to the Public Starting May 1” by Brian C. Jones, Providence Journal-Bulletin, January 28, 1978; “Tourists Flock to the Green,” Providence Journal-Bulletin, November 19, 1978; “Tour Provides Close-up of ‘The Way We Were’ at Hammersmith Farm” by Fritz Koch, Providence Journal-Bulletin, July 14, 1977; “Seasons in the Sun: Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss’s Historic Newport Home” by Valentine Lawford, Architectural Digest, July 1985; “Hammersmith Farm Owner’s Death Clouds State Acquisition Plans” by John F. Fitzgerald, Providence Journal-Bulletin, April 15, 1977; “Hammersmith Farm Sold to Consortium, Will Become Museum,” Providence Journal-Bulletin, August 17, 1977; “Hammersmith Farm to Be Sold,” Providence Journal-Bulletin, August 16, 1977; “Historic Houses: Hammersmith Farm” by Avis Berman, Architectural Digest, August 1991.
Brochure: “English Furniture and Decorative Arts, Including the Property of the Heirs of Janet Auchincloss,” Christie’s East, Sale no. 8427, October 10, 2000.
Documents: Sales documents and subsequent tourism brochures and videotapes relating to the Camelot Gardens acquisition of Hammersmith Farm.
Janet and her new life at the Castle, her relationship with the Faria girls, and her decision to make provisions for them in her will and talk of “regrets”:
Interviews: Jonathan Tapper, April 25, 2016, April 27, 2016, May 3, 2016; Ella Burling, May 23, 2016; Joyce Faria Brennan; Oatsie Charles; Adora Rule; Janine Rule.
Article: “Butler Shares Look Behind Family of Jackie O.” by Ryan Neal, Review Atlas, August 9, 2010.
Lee’s relationship with Newton Cope, including their engagement and interrupted wedding:
Interviews: Newton Cope, April 6, 1998; Isabella Fritz-Cope, August 21, 2016; Marion Cope, September 15, 2016.
Articles: “Truman’s True Love” by Liz Smith, New York Daily News, September 23, 1984; “Lee Radziwill’s Interior Life” by John Duka, Vogue, April 1985.
Volume: In Her Sister’s Shadow by Diana DuBois.
Janet’s early relationship with and marriage to Bingham Morris:
Interviews: Michael Dupree, September 27, 2016, January 3, 2017; Jonathan Tapper, April 25, 2016, April 27, 2016, May 3, 2016, May 13, 2016, December 4, 2016; Jamie Auchincloss; Yusha Auchincloss; Adora Rule; Janine Rule; Oatsie Charles.
Articles: “Jackie Spots Paparazzi at Mother’s Wedding,” Associated Press, Baltimore Sun, October 27, 1979; “Hot Blood—and Gore, Chapter Two” by Sally Quinn, Washington Post, June 7, 1979; “Mrs. Auchincloss to Marry for the Third Time,” New York Times, August 21, 1979; “Mrs. Onassis Is the Witne
ss at Her Mother’s Wedding,” New York Times, October 26, 1979. “The Kennedys Gathered for Ceremony” by Gloria Negri, Boston Globe, September 20, 1980; “Her Famous Family Gathers at Wedding of Mrs. Auchincloss” by Marialisa Calta, Providence Journal-Bulletin, October 26, 1979.
Volume: Janet & Jackie by Jan Pottker.
Correspondence: Yusha Auchincloss to Bingham Morris, undated.
Jackie’s relationship with Maurice Tempelsman:
Interviews: Jamie Auchincloss; Jonathan Tapper; Gustavo Paredes; Tom Guinzburg; Roswell Gilpatric, 1990 (for my book Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story 1958–2009 relating to Jackie’s work as editor to Jackson but wide-ranging in scope).
Volumes: Cooking for Madam by Marta Sgubin; John and Caroline: Their Lives in Pictures by James Spada; Jackie: Her Life in Pictures by James Spada.
Lee’s alcoholism:
Because of the sensitive nature of this topic, our interview subjects asked for anonymity. However, to read more about Lee’s battle with alcoholism, see In Her Sister’s Shadow by Diana DuBois.
Onset of Janet’s Alzheimer’s:
Interviews: Jonathan Tapper; Jamie Auchincloss; Michael Dupree; Yusha Auchincloss.
Part Twelve: “Well, Happy, and Loved…”
Janet Jr.’s life in Hong Kong:
Interviews: Dawn Luango, September 12, 2016; Jamie Auchincloss; Mary Levanthal, June 7, 2016.
Article: “Janet Rutherfurd Active in Women’s Group,” Boston Globe, March 19, 1985.
Documents: Various brochures, publications, and other material relating to the Hong Kong League of Women Voters.
Janet Jr.’s illness and subsequent death and funeral:
Interviews: Winthrop Rutherfurd III, October 14, 2016, November 10, 2016; Yusha Auchincloss; Jamie Auchincloss; Mary Leventhal; Jonathan Tapper; Joyce Faria Brennan; Sylvia Whitehouse Blake; Michael Dupree.
Documents: Mass cards, programs, and other handout materials from the funeral Mass and services for Janet Jennings Auchincloss Rutherfurd at both Trinity Church in Newport (March 19, 1985) and Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York City (April 15, 1985).
Bingham Morris’s alleged mistreatment of Janet:
Interviews: Dr. Dennis J. Selkoe, January 2, 2017; Jamie Auchincloss; Jonathan Tapper; Michael Dupree; Adora Rule; Janine Rule.
Note: Because of the sensitive nature of these accusations, many of my sources requested anonymity, including my source who worked at Doubleday & Company at the time.
Article: “VIP: The Auchincloss Family’s Missing Silver” by Maxine Cheshire, Washington Post, April 7, 1980.
Volumes: Janet & Jackie by Jan Pottker; In Her Sister’s Shadow by Diana DuBois.
Correspondence: Jacqueline Onassis to Yusha Auchincloss, August 25, 1989; Yusha Auchincloss to Bingham Morris (undated).
Janet’s gift of money to Lee and Jackie’s reaction to it:
Interviews: Jamie Auchincloss; Jonathan Tapper.
Volume: Janet & Jackie by Jan Pottker.
Correspondence: Jacqueline Onassis to Dr. John Lattimer, May 13, 1986.
Janet’s eightieth birthday party:
Interviews: Dr. Dennis Selkoe; Michael Dupree; Jamie Auchincloss; Oatise Charles; Eileen Slocum; Jonathan Tapper; Adora Rule; Janine Rule; Joyce Faria Brennan.
Documents: “Janet’s Birthday Lettters” (scrapbook compiled by Yusha Auchincloss for Janet’s birthday celebration). A few highlights from the scrapbook, notes to Janet:
From Jackie: “You used to sing to me an old Harry Laud song, ‘I Just Can’t Make My Eyes Behave’ and ‘Comin’ Through the Rye.’ I loved it when you sang them. We will all be with you on the 80th birthday and it will be the greatest day in the history of Hammersmith Farm!”
From Lee: “I have too many lovely memories to fill this small space but I have enough to fill books. I love you very much…”
From Jamie: “I will be coming back here for Christmas to give you the videotape of last night’s wonderful celebration. I hope it shows how really splendid it was. You were beautiful and always the center of admiration and great love.”
From Caroline Kennedy: “Happy Birthday Grandmere: I remember all the Thanksgivings we spent at Hammersmith Farm. We used to have oyster soup which Mummy said we had to eat because it was a delicacy … and it tasted yummy!”
From John: “Dear Grandmere: I send you lots of love on your birthday. I won a mock trial at law school so I’m happy about that. I’m going skiing over Christmas and fox hunting with my mother and Caroline over Christmas…”
From Anthony: “Happy, happy birthday! I miss you!”
From Yusha: “You and I have shared many special celebrations over the last 46 years … usually with vodka, caviar and champagne…”
From Mannie and Louise Faria: “We will never forget your concern and thoughtfulness to us and our daughters—Linda and Joyce—over the years. If we had few words to describe you we would say, a gracious lady who has always given us the feeling that we were family. Over the years we have shared the happiness and sorrows with you and will keep those precious years in our memories forever.”
From Joyce and Linda Faria: “Through the years to know you has been a pleasure. For the joy and happiness you have spread, there is no measure.”
From Oatsie Charles: “I have been thinking of all the happy times I have had at Merrywood and Hammersmith—the picnics, the debuts, the weddings, the birthday, and particularly the daiquiris with Hugh D on the terrace watching the sun set over Narragansett Bay.”
Lee’s courtship with and marriage to Herb Ross:
Interviews: Leslie Browne, December 11, 2016; Garrett Johnston. We also interviewed Ed Pisoni, set decorator for Steel Magnolias (though his commentary was not used in the book for space reasons), December 12, 2016.
Articles: “That Hollywood Touch” by Leo Janus, New York Times, November 12, 1978; “Herb Ross at the Turning Point” by Stephen Farber, Film Comment, January 2, 1978; “Serious Director of Funny Hits” by David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor, January 30, 1978.
Volumes: In Her Sister’s Shadow by Diana DuBois; Janet & Jackie by Jan Pottker.
Lee’s distancing herself from Janet and Jackie’s reaction:
Interviews: Jamie Auchincloss; Joyce Faria Brennan; Adora Rule; Janine Rule.
Article: “Blaze Damages 3 Georgetown Town Houses,” Washington Post, December 3, 1986.
Jackie evading paparazzi with Mannie’s help:
Interview: Joyce Faria Brennan.
Additionally: Stratford Journal newsletter, “Coaching Day Honoring Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss,” Stratford Hall Plantation, March/April 1987—473rd Installment; Invitation: Coaching Day Honoring Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, Sunday, April 16, 1987.
Janet’s decline in health and then death:
Interviews: Jamie Auchincloss; Robert Westover; Jonathan Tapper; Michael Dupree; Joyce Faria Brennan; Adora Rule; Janine Rule; Dr. Dennis Selkoe; Yusha Auchincloss; Oatsie Charles.
Articles: “Jackie Onassis’s Mother, 81, Injures Hip” by Jim Seavor, Providence Journal-Bulletin, March 20, 1989; “Spectators Flock to See Celebrities at Funeral,” Providence Journal-Bulletin, July 28, 1989; “Janet Lee Auchincloss Morris, 81,” New York Times, July 24, 1989; “Janet Lee Auchincloss, Mother of Jacqueline Onassis, Dies,” Washington Post, July 24, 1989; “Janet Auchincloss Dies, Wealthy Mom of Jackie O.” by Ken Fireman, Newsday, July 24, 1989.
Volumes: Janet & Jackie by Jan Pottker; America’s Queen by Sarah Bradford; In Her Sister’s Shadow by Diana DuBois; Just Jackie: Her Private Years by Edward Klein; Jackie Oh! by Kitty Kelley; What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love by Carole Radziwill.
Janet’s funeral service and the spreading of ashes at Hammersmith:
Interviews: Jamie Auchincloss; Jonathan Tapper; Michael Dupree; Joyce Faria Brennan; Adora Rule; Janine Rule; Oatsie Charles; Yusha Auchincloss.
Documents: “Last Will and Testament of Janet Lee Auchincloss,” Newport, Rhode Island, March 9, 1
984; “Codicil to the Last Will and Testament of Janet Lee Auchincloss,” Newport, Rhode Island, June 29, 1984.
Epilogue: Passages
Interviews: Jamie Auchincloss; Jack Warnecke; Fred Warnecke; Bertha Baldwin; Oatsie Charles; Adora Rule; Harold Adams; Stanford Lotwin, October 7, 2016 (Herbert Ross’s attorney in his divorce from Lee; anecdotes not utilized because of space concerns).
Articles: “Jacqueline Kennedy—Her Personal Photos,” Countrywide Publications, January 1963; “Woman About Town” by Christopher Andersen, New York, February 16, 1998; “Jackie Kennedy’s Sister, Lee Radiziwll, Gives Rare Peek at Her Life Beside the Icon: ‘You Have to Walk Three Steps Behind’” by Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, People, December 3, 2015; “Lee Radziwill’s Interior Life” by John Duka, Vogue, April 1985; “Herb Ross” by Hillel Italie, Associated Press, April 8, 1991; “A New Balance: Lee Radziwill Finds Serenity in Paris” by William Norwich, New York Times, October 22, 2000.
Volumes: What Remains by Carole Radziwill; In Her Sister’s Shadow by Diana DuBois; Janet & Jackie by Jan Pottker; Happy Times by Lee Radziwill; Just Jackie: Her Private Years by Edward Klein; America’s Queen by Sarah Bradford; Jackie, Ethel, Joan by J. Randy Taraborrelli; After Camelot by J. Randy Taraborrelli.
Correspondence: Jacqueline Onassis to Jamie Auchincloss, February 1994. Jacqueline Onassis to Hugh D. Auchincloss III, (undated, 1994.)
Documents: “The Last Will and Testament of Jacqueline K. Onassis,” March 22, 1994
Acknowledgments
This is actually my second book for St. Martin’s Press, my first being a biography of Cher more than thirty years ago, in 1986. It’s great to be back!
I want to thank my editor, Charles Spicer, for his encouragement and for his great interest in the subject of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, her mother, Janet Auchincloss, and sister, Lee Radziwill. It’s certainly rare to come up with an idea about a Jackie-related book that has not yet been done—and, I dare say, this is probably the last of them. I am honored to have it edited by Charles and published by St. Martin’s Press. Thanks also to Charles’s assistant, April Osborn, and to Kim Lewis, who did a wonderful job copy-editing this manuscript.
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