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The Cavendish Club was a prestigious contract bridge club founded in 1925 by Wilbur Whitehead in association with Gratz M. Scott and Edwin A. Wetzlar. Initially located at the Mayfair House (65th and Park Avenue) in New York City, it relocated several times [1] with a final address in a townhouse on 73rd.
Claude Robert Cloninger (born April 4, 1944) is an American psychiatrist and geneticist noted for his research on the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual foundation of both mental health and mental illness.
The first bridge Hall of Fame was inaugurated by The Bridge World in 1964 and invested nine members between then and 1966 after which it ceased sponsorship. The American Contract Bridge League adopted the concept to recognize the achievements and contributions of those residing in its territory (USA, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda) and inaugurated its own Hall of Fame [4] in 1995 by accepting the ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York, where 107 public libraries were built from 42 grants (totaling $6,416,821) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 3 institutions (totaling ...
Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611. Dierickx, Mary B. (1996). The Architecture of Literacy: The Carnegie Libraries of New York City. New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the New York City Dept. of General Services. ISBN 1-56256-717-9.
Spingler Institute, Union Square, 19th century Advertisement for Helen Williams' Circulating Library and Fancy Store, no.304 Bowery, 1840 Rutgers Female Institute, Madison St., 1843 Merchants Exchange, reading-room, c. 1863 Mercantile Library, Clinton Hall, Astor Place, 19th century Portrait of Ellen M. Coe, chief librarian, NY Free Circulating ...
Alan M. Sontag (born May 2, 1946) [1] is an American professional bridge player. He won six world championships, including two Bermuda Bowl wins. Sontag is also known for his book The Bridge Bum, a book "on everybody's list of the top ten bridge books ever written."
The clinic's facade had been painted white by the 1960s. By then, the Ottendorfer Library was the oldest purpose-built library building in New York City that was still operating as a library. A New York Times article in 1964 reported that up to one-quarter of the 24,000-book collection was still in German. [49]