Harriman - Arden House collection, [ca. 1905]-1986.

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Harriman - Arden House collection, [ca. 1905]-1986.

Clippings, postcards, photographs, pamphlets, articles, and other ephemera concerning Edward Henry Harriman, his son Averell Harriman, and the family mansion, Arden House. The photographs are largely of the construction of Arden House, ca. 1905.

.3 cubic ft.

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Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986

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William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. The son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman, he served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and later as the 48th Governor of New York. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and 1956, as well as a core member of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men". While attendi...

Arden House (Harriman, N.Y.)

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Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909

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Harriman was a wealthy businessman with an interest in trotting horses. He gained control of the Historic Track in Goshen, N.Y. in the 1890s and ran amateur races there. From the description of Papers, 1890-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155523846 ...