Coaching Weekend materials collection, 1968-2006.

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Coaching Weekend materials collection, 1968-2006.

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Photographs and slides of driving, demonstrations at The Elms, and other Coaching Weekend activities; correspondence; entry lists of whips and attendees; routes and schedules; brochures and invitations.

3 linear ft.

Preservation Society of Newport County

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SNAC Resource ID: 8125477

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The Breakers (Newport, R.I.)

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The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, US. It was built between 1893 and 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II. The 70-room mansion was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Renaissance Revival style; the interior decor was by Jules Allard and Sons and Ogden Codman Jr....

Coaching Weekend (Newport, R.I.)

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Coaching Weekend sponsored by the Preservation Society of Newport County; begun in 1968; usually held every three years but sometimes there is a longer skip. Most recently held in Aug. 1006. Whips and parties arrive with horses and coaches, the horses being stabled in the Breakers stable and other area barns. Routes for drives are posted so that all can see the historic coaches and horses. Demonstrations are given at The Elms on the lawn. Most events are free and open to the public but the Coach...

Elms, The (Newport, R.I.)

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