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The Golden Dream

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by Birmingham, Stephen;


  Lake St. Clair, Mich., 58, 63

  Lance, Bert, 68, 79

  Lawrence, N.Y., 197, 198

  Lazarus, Irma (Mrs. Fred, III), 42, 49, 55

  Lazarus, Ralph, 49

  Lehr, Harry, 147

  Leigh, Vivien, 75

  Leimert Park, Calif., 198

  Levittown, N.Y., 37

  Lewisohn, Adolph, 89

  Light, Goddard, 119

  Lighthouse Book Store, 119

  Lincoln, Florence, 92

  Lincoln, Frederic, 92

  Lindsay, Samuel, 146

  Lipschutz, Bob, 73

  liquor laws:

  Hudson, Ohio, 34

  Salt Lake City, Utah, 23

  Little Town Club, 162, 164

  living rooms, use of, 186–187

  Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 48

  Los Altos, Calif., 153, 154, 156–158

  Los Angeles, Calif., 159

  urban life in, 192

  water views, 194

  Los Angeles Country Club, 67

  Losantiville Country Club, 51

  Loudon Woods, Rye, N.Y., 117

  Lyndhurst, 124–125

  McAllister, Ward, 147

  McDaniel, Hattie, 75

  McDonald, Duncan, 21

  McIlvain, Alan, Jr., 140

  Mack, Mrs. Edgar, 48

  McMillan, James, 58

  MacMullan, Mrs. Katherine, 139

  McQueen, Butterfly, 75

  Mad River, Vt., 94

  Maddox, Lester, 71

  Mafia:

  in Arizona suburbs, 14

  in Detroit suburbs, 60

  Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia, 131–140, 141

  dress, 136

  manners, 137–138

  old families, 135

  speech peculiarities, 135–136

  Manhattan, mental health in, 189–190

  Manny, Elizabeth (Mrs. Ralph), 117

  Manursing Island Club, 120, 173

  Mariemont, Ohio, 43, 50

  Markel, Mrs. Babette, 155

  Martineau, Harriet, Society in America, 57–58

  Massell, Sam, 71

  Mazzola, John W., 143

  Mead, Margaret, 171–172, 174

  Mendenhall, Mrs. Joseph, 20, 24

  Menlo Park, Calif., 153–154

  mental health, 183, 188–191

  Merion, Pa., 134

  Merion Cricket Club, 67

  Merion Golf Club, 67

  Merritt Parkway, 85–86

  Metropolitan Opera, 71, 96, 97

  Midtown Manhattan Study, 188

  Milton Point, Rye, N.Y., 117

  Misquamicut Club, 143, 145, 148, 149

  Miss Doherty’s College Preparatory School, 52

  Mitchell, Margaret, 75

  Mixter, Mr. and Mrs. James, 50

  Mizner, Addison, 164

  Model, Jean, 91

  monkeys, experiment in discrimination, 79–80

  Montecito, Calif., 167

  Montecito Club, 164

  Montessori School, Hudson, Ohio, 36, 37

  Montgomery, Jim, 75

  Moore, James, 112

  Morgan, J. Pierpont, 129

  Mormons, life style of, 22–27

  notable families, 27

  Mosbacher, Emil, Jr. (Bus), 80

  Mount Adams, Cincinnati, 193, 203

  Mountain View, Calif., 153, 154

  mountain views, 194

  Mount Desert Island, Maine, 147–148

  Myers, Paul and Suzie, 141–142, 146, 149–150

  Narberth, Pa., 134, 135

  National Center for Health Statistics, 189

  National Patriotism Week, 13

  neighborhood relations in Calif. suburbs, 159

  neighborhoods, city, 202–203

  Neiman-Marcus, 6

  New Canaan, Conn., 87, 99

  New Haven Railroad, 87

  New Orleans, La., urban life in, 192

  water views, 193

  New Rochelle, N.Y., 172

  New York, N.Y.:

  crime rate, 190

  suburbs of:

  Fairfield County, Conn., 87–105

  Westchester County, N.Y., 115–130

  urban life in, 192

  water views, 192–193

  New York City Educational Construction Fund, 204

  New York Journal-American, 92

  New York Yacht Club, 80, 117

  Newark, N.J., 172

  Newberry, John Stoughton, 58

  Newberry, Oliver, 58

  Newberry, Truman, 64

  Newberry, Walter, 58

  Newberry & McMillan, Capitalists, 58

  Newport, R.I., 147

  Noroton Yacht Club, 103

  Northeast Harbor, Maine, 147–148

  Ocean House Hotel, 144

  old families:

  Atlanta, 75–76

  Cincinnati, 44, 49–55

  Cleveland, 33

  Detroit, 57–58, 61, 62

  Houston, 7–8

  Philadelphia, 135

  Salt Lake City, 27

  Santa Barbara, 164

  Watch Hill, R.I., 142

  Westchester County, 127–129

  Oliver, John L., 58

  Olympia Tea Room, 144

  Olympus Cove, Utah, 21

  Ophir Farm, Purchase, N.Y., 124

  Operation Mailbag, 13

  Oquirrh Mountains, Utah, 21

  Overbrook, Pa., 134

  Owen, Annie, 4–5

  Palmer, K. T., 17

  Palo Alto, Calif., 153, 154

  Paoli, Pa., 134

  Pappenheimer, Eloise, 71

  Paradise Valley, Ariz., 16

  Park Centre, Cleveland, Ohio, 195–197

  Parker, Suzy, 161

  Pasadena, Calif., 166

  patriotism in Arizona, 11–13

  Peabody, Endicott, 147

  Peachtree Plaza, 73

  Peninsula, Ohio, 37

  Pennock, Liddon, 139

  Penn Valley, Pa., 134

  Pepper, George Wharton, 147

  Perloff, Harvey S., 203

  Piedmont Ball, 74, 75, 76

  Piedmont Driving Club, 68–77, 79–80, 81–82

  Pinnacle Peak, 14

  Philadelphia, Pa., 133

  food in, 131

  old families, 135

  suburbs of, 67, 131–140

  urban life in, 192, 193

  Philadelphia Country Club, 67

  Philadelphian, The, 132

  Phoenix, Ariz., 11–18

  cultural life, 15

  life style, 15–16

  patriotism in, 11–13

  political orientation, 13, 15–16

  real estate speculation in, 14–15

  restaurants, 14

  schools, 12–13, 18

  sports, 15

  suburbs:

  Boulders, The, 16–17

  Carefree, 16–18

  Scottsdale, 11–16

  urban living, 13–14, 194

  Phoenix Symphony, 15

  Pocantico Hills, 88, 89, 94, 124

  Poindexter, Beatrice, 200

  political orientation of suburbs, 197

  Darien, Conn., 104

  Five Towns, Long Island, N.Y., 198

  Hudson, Ohio, 35

  Philadelphia, Main Line, 138

  Salt Lake City, Utah, 21

  San Francisco, Calif., 153

  Scottsdale, Ariz., 13, 15–16

  polygamy in Salt Lake City, 24

  Portanova, Baron Enrico di, 5

  Port Huron, Mich., 167

  Price, Leontyne, 71

  Princeton University, 93

  private clubs:

  Alta Club, Salt Lake City, 27

  American Yacht Club, 80–81, 117, 120, 173

  Apawamis Golf Club, Rye, N.Y., 78, 120, 173

  in Atlanta, Ga., 68–77

  Birnam Wood Club, Santa Barbara, 164

  Camargo, Cincinnati, 48, 51

  Capital City Club, Atlanta, 68–69, 73
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  Cherokee Club, Atlanta, 72

  Cincinnati Country Club, 48, 51

  Commerce Club, Atlanta, 72

  Coral Casino, Santa Barbara, 166

  Country Club of Detroit, 60

  Crest Hills, Cincinnati, 51

  in Darien, Conn., 103

  discrimination in, 78–82

  Gulph Mills Golf Club, Philadelphia, 67

  Hudson Country Club, 35

  Jews in, 68–82

  Little Town Club, Santa Barbara, 162, 164

  Los Angeles Country Club, 67

  Losantiville, Cincinnati, 51

  Manursing Island Club, Rye, 120, 173

  membership in, 173–174, 178

  Merion Cricket Club, 67

  Merion Golf Club, 67

  Misquamicut Club, Watch Hill, R.I., 143, 145, 148, 149

  Montecito Club, Santa Barbara, 164

  New York Yacht Club, 80, 117

  Noroton Yacht Club, 103

  Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta, 68–77, 78–79, 81–82

  Progressive Club, Atlanta, 72

  Radnor Hunt Club, 67

  in Rye, N.Y., 118, 120

  Shenerock Shore Club, Rye, N.Y., 118

  Standard Club, Atlanta, 72

  Valley Club, Santa Barbara, 164

  Wee Burn Country Club, Darien, 103, 104, 173

  Woodway Club, Darien, 103

  Procter, William Cooper, 43, 47

  Procter & Gamble, influence in Cincinnati, 43–47

  Progressive Club, 72

  Quincy Market, Boston, 197

  race discrimination, 78–82

  in Atlanta clubs, 69

  in Cincinnati, 55–56

  in Darien, Conn., 103

  in Detroit, 61

  in Philadelphia suburbs, 67

  Radnor, Pa., 133, 135

  Radnor Hunt Club, 67

  real estate speculation, 14–15

  Redford, Robert, The Candidate, 154

  Redwood City, Calif., 153, 154

  Reid, Whitelaw, 124

  religious discrimination:

  in Cincinnati, 51

  in Salt Lake City, 21–22, 25

  See also Jews, acceptance of

  Renaissance Plaza, 59, 195

  renovation of slum areas, 200

  Reserve Inn, 35

  resorts, summer, 141–150

  restaurants and bars:

  D. B. Cooper’s, Salt Lake City, 23

  Eagle’s Nest, Phoenix, 14

  Olympia Tea Room, Watch Hill, R.I., 144

  Pinnacle Peak, Phoenix, 14

  Reserve Inn, Hudson, Ohio, 35

  Rice, H. B., site of house, 7

  Rich, Michael Peter, 69–70, 76

  Rich, Morris, 69, 70

  Rich, Richard, 69, 70

  Riverdale, N.Y., 192

  River Oaks, Texas, 3–7, 9–10

  river views, Cincinnati, 42

  Robinson, Ash, 6

  Robinson, Oscar, 55–56

  Rockefeller, Andrew, 95

  Rockefeller, David, 88

  Rockefeller, Emma, 89

  Rockefeller, Geraldine (Ethel) (Mrs. Marcellus H. Dodge), 89, 90–91

  Rockefeller, Godfrey, 91, 93

  Rockefeller, Mrs. Godfrey, 94

  Rockefeller, Godfrey Stillman, 88

  Rockefeller, James Stillman, 94–95

  Rockefeller, John D., Sr., 88, 89, 124, 129

  Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 88, 89

  Rockefeller, John D., III, 88, 106

  Rockefeller, Laurance, 88

  Rockefeller, Molly (Mrs. William), 95, 96

  Rockefeller, Nelson, 88, 93

  Rockefeller, Percy, 89, 91, 92, 93

  children of, 91–92

  Rockefeller, William, Sr., 88–90, 95–96

  estate of, 92

  Rockefeller, William, 94, 95–96, 97–98, 120

  Rockefeller, William G., 89, 90, 91

  children of, 91–92

  Rockefeller, Winthrop, 88

  Rockefellers, Greenwich branch, 87–98

  life style, 94

  summer camp, 95–96

  wealth of, 92, 97

  Rockefellers, Tarrytown branch, 88–98

  life style of, 94

  wealth of, 96–97

  Rogers, Henry H., 89

  Rojas, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel, 161, 166

  Romney, Melbourne, 23

  Roosevelt Island, N.Y., 193

  Rosemont, Pa., 134

  Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Lee, 72

  Rothblatt, Donald, 156

  Rothschild, Baron Philippe de, 166

  Rowan, C. W., 155

  Rye, N.Y., 95, 96, 115–121, 172, 174, 175

  average age of residents, 197

  Grapple Street, 119

  schools, 119, 120–121

  sex practices, 182

  Rye Country Day School, 78, 96, 119–120

  Rye Town Hilton, 118

  St. David’s, Pa., 134

  Saltair, 28

  Salt Lake City, Utah, 19–29

  availability of alcohol in, 22–23

  founded by Brigham Young, 19–20

  Great Salt Lake, 28

  life style, 22–27

  notable families, 22, 27

  polygamy in, 24

  religious conflicts in, 21–22, 25

  schools, 25

  suburbs:

  Federal Heights, 21

  Olympus Cove, 21

  urban life in, 192, 194

  San Antonio, Texas, 167

  San Fernando Valley, Calif., blacks in, 198–199

  San Francisco, Calif., 166–167

  suburbs, 153–160

  urban life in, 192, 194

  water views, 193

  San Jose, Calif., 154

  San Jose Symphony Orchestra, 154

  Santa Barbara, Calif., 122, 160–167

  architectural style, 163

  earthquake in, 163

  old families, 164

  Santa Clara Valley, Calif., 154–156

  Savannah, Ga., 131

  Schlotman, Mrs. Joseph, 64

  Schnitzer, Kenneth and Joan, 4

  schools:

  in Carefree, Ariz., 18

  Coronado High School, Scottsdale, Ariz., 12

  in Darien, Conn., 103

  economics of, 172

  in Hudson, Ohio, 36

  integration of, in Los Angeles, 199

  private, 177

  in Rye, N.Y., 119, 120–121

  Rye Country Day School, 78, 96, 119–120

  in Salt Lake City, 25

  Scott, Mrs. Harold, 125–126

  Scott, Sir Walter, Ivanhoe, 93

  Scottsdale, Ariz., 11–16, 186

  Coronado High School, 12

  dress, 14

  Fifth Ave., 196–197

  life style, 13–14, 15, 16

  Mafia in, 14

  patriotism in, 11–13

  Pinnacle Peak, 14

  Seal Harbor, Maine, 95, 147

  service organizations as social entry, 177–178

  sex practices in suburbs, 179–182

  Seymour, Mrs. Mary, 119

  Seymour Electric Co., 119

  Shaker Heights, Ohio, 122, 172

  Shaker Square, shopping center, 196

  Shawnee Mission, Mo., 179–181

  Shenerock Shore Club, 118

  Shepard, Helen Gould (Mrs. Finlay), 124

  Sherman, Roger, 121

  shopping centers:

  Carefree Shopping Center, Phoenix, Ariz., 17

  Galleria, Houston, Texas, 6–7

  in Phoenix, Ariz., suburbs, 14, 17

  in Santa Clara Valley, Calif., 154–156

  ZCMI, Salt Lake City, Utah, 24

  Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 96, 97

  Smith, George Washington, 164–165

  Smith, Joseph, 27

  social entry, means of, 176–178

  Social Register:

  Atlanta, 74

  Cincinnati, 52–53, 54

  New York, 11
7, 128, 146

  Santa Barbara, 166

  Sondheim, Stephen, 143

  Sound of Music, The, 115, 119, 121

  Southport, Conn., 99

  Spalding, Hughes, Jr., 75

  Spalding, Jack, 75

  Springer, Gerald, 55

  Spring Grove Cemetery, 39–40

  Srole, Leo, 188–190

  Stamford, Conn., 87, 172

  Standard Club, 72

  Steinburger, Mrs. Harvey, 7

  Stettinius & Hollister, law firm, 50

  Steuben Glass staircase, 4

  Stillman, Elsie (Mrs. William G. Rockefeller), 91

  Stillman, Isabel (Mrs. Percy Rockefeller), 91

  Stillman, James, 89, 91

  Stirling County, Nova Scotia, mental health in, 189

  Stolp, John and Kathleen, 154

  Strafford, Pa., 134

  Strauss, Mrs. Carl, 49

  Suarez, Margarita, 201

  suburban life, vii–viii, 122–130, 174–176, 186–188

  changes in, 197–199

  financial burdens of, 183–185

  mental health in, 183, 188–191

  migration to, 171–172

  sex practices, 179–182

  social entries, 174–178

  summer homes, 43, 141–150

  Summer Social Register, 43

  Summit County, Ohio, 33–34

  Sundial Realty Company, Phoenix, Ariz., 17

  Sunnyvale, Calif., 154

  Taft, Charles P., 51

  Taft, Elizabeth (Mrs. Walbridge), 149

  Taft, Martha Bowers, 50

  Taft, Robert, Jr., 50

  Taft, William Howard, 50

  Taft Art Museum, 50

  Talleyrand-Perigord, Duc de, 125

  Tanner, Obert J., 26

  Tarrytown, N.Y., 89, 123, 129–130

  Afternoon Drive, 127

  Tarver, Jack, 75

  Tauber, Paul, 202

  Taubman Company, 155

  Taylor, Mrs. J. Madison, 148

  Terrace Park, Ohio, 43, 53

  Thaw, Harry K., 165

  Thompson, Becky, 102–105

  Thompson, Thomas, Blood and Money, 6

  Tokeneke Road, Darien, Conn., 103–104

  Tolstoi, Countess Cyril, 63

  Town & Country, 160

  Tutko, Thomas, 155

  Twigs, 117–118

  Twinsburg, Ohio, 35, 37

  Tyler Davidson Memorial Fountain, 41

  Union Terminal, Cincinnati, 40

  United States Census, divorce rates, 182, 190

  University of California, Santa Barbara, 165

  University of Cincinnati, 48

  urban life, 171–173, 188–191

  mental health in, 188–189

  return to, 191, 192–197

  Valentine, Michael, 102

  Valley Club, 164

  Vandenberg Air Force Base, 165

  Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 129

  Vanderlip, Frank A., 126–127

  Van Dyke, Dick, 17

  views:

  of mountains, 21, 194

  of water, 42, 193–194

  Villa, Mrs. Anthony, 4

  Villanova, Pa., 133, 134

  volunteer service as means of social entry, 177–178

  Wainwright, Stuyvesant, Jr., 121

  Warren & Wetmore, architectural firm, 8

  Wasatch Mountains, Utah, 21

  Washington, D.C., 199–203

  crime rate, 190

 

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