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The 1883 Vanderbilt Fancy Dress Ball Album Collection (PSNCA.H.018)

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: Album made at the request of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt (later Alva Vanderbilt Belmont). Given by Alva V. Belmont to Harold S. Vanderbilt, who bequeathed it to the Preservation Society of Newport County upon his death in 1970. The bequest came into the Preservation Society in 1979.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Angela Matyi, Digitization Archivist, 2021
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS).