RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

The Marble House Collection (PSNCA.H.002)

The Preservation Society of Newport County

424 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-847-1000
museumaffairs@newportmansions.org

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Some architectural photographs taken by the Preservation Society of Newport County, some by Hopf Photography; Chinese Tea House Opening Reception photographs gift of Mrs. H.J. Phelps, 1982; Vanderbilt and Gilmour photographs, correspondence and diaries gift of Mrs. Ruth Gilmour, 1991; Vanderbilt photographs gift of H.S. Vanderbilt; Vanderbilt memorabilia gift of Mr. Joseph R. Mendes, 2007; Gibson-Stokes papers purchased from Mrs. Doris Lotti, 2002; Chinese Tea House Before Restoration photograph gift of Mr. Paul and Mrs. Natalie Pfanstiehl; Some architectural photographs taken by LIFE Magazine
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid written and encoded by Kate McNally, Digitization Archivist.
Encoding: This finding aid was encoded using Oxygen XML Editor, 2019
Revisions: 8 August 2023
  • Genna Duplisea added correspondence found in house research files to the archival collection.
  • 5 July 2023
  • Genna Duplisea added photographs removed from display at Marble House to the archival collection.
  • 12 April 2023
  • Genna Duplisea added photographs and papers removed from Marble House to the archival collection.
  • 2023 February 21
  • Genna Duplisea added Alternate Form Available information with direct URL to digitized collection.
  • Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard(DACS).