Mar-A-Lago. National Historic Site. (Palm Beach, Fla.)
Organization
Biography
Mar-A-Lago was Marjorie Merriweather Post's estate in Palm Beach, Florida. It was built between 1924 and 1927, with Post’s then husband, E.F. Hutton. Mar-a-Lago was designed by architect Marion Sims Wyeth and decorated by Joseph Urban.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Dina Merrill Hartley Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-26-DMH
Content Description
The collection includes records pertaining to the life of Nedenia Marjorie Hutton, also known as Dina Merrill. This collection includes a series of correspondence which includes letters and telegrams on various topics. Topics covered include Nedenia’s birth, letters from Nedenia to her parents, and congratulations on Nedenia’s life milestones. Also in the collection are papers regarding the Hutton family’s genealogy and history, photographs and transparencies throughout her...
Dates:
1873-1975, bulk 1920s-1940s
Earl Loy Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-2-EL
Scope and Contents
Various newspaper and magazine clippings about Dina Merrill’s marriages, the death of David Post Rumbough (Dina Merrill’s son), Marjorie Durant’s (Marwee's) wedding, Sea Cloud, Hillwood, Mrs. Post, her family, boyfriends, and death, Mar-A-Lago, Topridge, Christmas cards, Emlen Knight Davies, Herbert May, Joseph E. Davies, and Tregaron. The collection also includes photographs of the Post family, Hillwood and its gardens, and the retirement party for general manager Commander Clyde B. Ault in...
Dates:
circa 1850-1990
Inventory and Appraisal Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-27-IVAP
Marjorie Merriweather Post Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-6-MMP
Scope and Contents
The Marjorie Merriweather Post collection consists of materials created by Marjorie Post or those created as a result of activities during her lifetime. Materials were added to the collection on a regular basis as they arrived at Hillwood via gift or donation. Formats include textual documents, photographs and photograph albums, publications, 16mm films, architectural drawings and blueprints, object catalogues, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, cards,...
Dates:
1887-1973
Gus Modig Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-4-GM
Content Description
This collection contains assorted photographs, postcards, photograph albums, notebooks, invitations, and pages from photograph albums compiled by Gus Modig.
Dates:
circa 1940-1993
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- Entertaining 3
- Art--Collectors and collecting 2
- Weddings 2
- Architecture--United States--History--20th century 1
- Art objects 1
- Art objects, Russian 1
- Art, Russian 1
- Balls (Parties) 1
- Businesswomen 1
- Christmas cards 1
- Decorative arts--France 1
- Dinners and dining 1
- Dwellings--Remodeling 1
- Gardens 1
- Genealogy 1
- Household employees 1
- Motherhood 1
- Passenger ships--Cruise ships 1
- Photograph albums 1
- Photographs. 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Travel 1
- Travel--Ocean travel 1
- Valuation 1
- Women in charitable work 1
- Yachts 1