Research material on Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Biddle, Flora Miller
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content: Research material on Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1896-1980, bulk 1973-1977
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1896-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.irviflor, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The research material on Gertrude Vanderbilt measures 3.0 linear feet and dates from circa 1896-1980. Flora Miller Irving compiled this information around the mid 1970s before the publication of B. H. Friedman's biography of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1978 and is accredited for her research collaboration with the author in the book. Flora Miller Irving chronologically organized copies of primary materials, including article clippings, photographs, and correspondence, that mention her grandmother, Getrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and maintained card index files to help build her life's timeline. 

The bulk of the collection is made up of this yearly timeline, starting from 1883 to after 1942, when Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney passed. Other portions of the collection include copies of photographs, and index files based on sculptures and people. She was also likely aided by her mother, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's daughter, Flora Whitney Miller. Most of thechronological files are prefaced with a typed timeline of the global events and Vanderbilt/Whitney family events. As the years progress, many of the files also include a line-a-day timeline for that year.