Papers relating to fund raising events, 1961-1963.

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Papers relating to fund raising events, 1961-1963.

Clippings, programs, correspondence, and other papers relating to functions such as Tea with Tina, a fashion show by designer Tina Leser at the Hotel Pierre, Jan. 23, 1962, and other events concluding with The Fashion Gala '63 held at Philharmonic Hall, Jan. 6, 1963. Much of the correspondence is from and to Mrs. William Stewart ("Sue," later Susan N. Thomas) and includes copies of letters between her and Jacqueline Kennedy, in whose honor a seat was endowed by her classmates of Miss Porter's School, and who in turn endowed a seat in honor of her father.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6769674

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994

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First Lady Jacqueline Lee “Jackie” (Bouvier) Kennedy Onassis was a symbol of strength for a traumatized nation after the assassination of one the country’s most energetic political figures, President John F. Kennedy, who served from 1961 to 1963. The inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961 brought to the White House and to the heart of the nation a beautiful young wife and the first young children of a President in half a century. She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, daughter of John Verno...

Philharmonic Hall (New York, N.Y.)

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Leser, Tina.

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Tina Leser, born Christina Wetherill Shillard-Smith in Philadelphia, 1910, was a fashion designer during the 1930s - early 1980s. She began selling her designs in Honolulu, Hawaii, and in 1941 she moved her business to New York. Leser sold her own designs, under the label Tina Leser originals, 1953-1982, and also designed for companies, such as Edwin H. Foreman sportswear, and Gabar swimsuits. Leser became famous for her international, cross-cultural design style that bl...

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Seat Endowment Committee.

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is an arts complex comprising more than a dozen institutions between 62nd St. and 66th St. on Broadway in New York City. Philharmonic Hall (later named Avery Fisher Hall) opened Sept. 24, 1962. From the description of Papers relating to fund raising events, 1961-1963. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571292 From the guide to the Papers relating to fund raising events, 1961-1963, (The New York Public Library. Music Divis...

Stewart, Susan, 1967-....

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Miss Porter's School (Farmington, Conn.)

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