Harry Elkins Widener (January 3, 1885 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman and bibliophile, and a member of the Widener family. His mother built...
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are the Widener Memorial Rooms, displaying papers and mementos recalling the life and death of Harry Widener, as well as the Harry Elkins Widener Collection...
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Eleanor Elkins Widener (née Eleanore Elkins, later known as Eleanor Elkins Widener Rice or Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice; c. 1862–1937) was an American...
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Eleanor Elkins, the daughter of his father's business partner, William Lukens Elkins. Together, they had two sons and a daughter: Harry Elkins Widener (1885–1912)...
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Elkins Widener, and the younger sister of George Dunton Widener Jr. and Harry Elkins Widener. She married Fitz Eugene Dixon in 1912, and they were divorced...
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Arrell Browne Widener (November 13, 1834 – November 6, 1915) was an American businessman, art collector, and patriarch of the Widener family of Philadelphia...
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Lynnewood Hall (category Elkins Park, Pennsylvania)
health. He was predeceased by his elder son George Dunton Widener and grandson Harry Elkins Widener, both of whom died when RMS Titanic sank in 1912. The...
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of George Dunton Widener and Eleanor Elkins, and brother to Harry Elkins Widener (1885-1912) and Eleanor Widener Dixon (1891-1966). His grandfathers,...
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The Widener family is an American family from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Peter Arrell Browne Widener (1834–1915) and his wife, Hannah Josephine...
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John B. Thayer Frank M. Warren Sr. George D. Wick George Dunton Widener Harry Elkins Widener Duane Williams George Henry Wright Survivors Rhoda Abbott Trevor...
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Eleanor Elkins Widener, founder of Widener Library to honor her son Harry Elkins Widener, grandson of Peter A. B. Widener and namesake of Widener Library...
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(Eleanor Elkins Widener mansion), Newport, Rhode Island (1914) Daniel B. Zimmerman Mansion, Somerset Township, Pennsylvania (1915) Harry Elkins Widener Memorial...
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Widener (author) (born 1966), American author and motivational speaker Christine Ourmières-Widener (born 1964), French businesswoman Eleanor Elkins Widener...
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John B. Thayer Frank M. Warren Sr. George D. Wick George Dunton Widener Harry Elkins Widener Duane Williams George Henry Wright Survivors Rhoda Abbott Trevor...
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Yard, known as Tercentenary Theatre, is a wide grassy area bounded by Widener Library, Memorial Church, University Hall, and Sever Hall. Tercentenary...
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good luck and God bless you'." Gracie said he heard men, including stoker Harry Senior and Entree cook Isaac Maynard, on Collapsible B say that Captain...
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standardized design in libraries around the country. Notable examples are the Widener Library at Harvard and the seven level stack supporting the Rose Reading...
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several wealthy victims of the disaster – the Guggenheims, Astors, and Wideners – formed a consortium and contracted the Merritt and Chapman Derrick and...
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offices such as University Hall and Massachusetts Hall; libraries such as Widener, Pusey, Houghton, and Lamont; and Memorial Church. The Yard and adjacent...
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officers' quarters, a story corroborated by first class passenger Mrs Eleanor Widener, who was in Lifeboat No. 4 (the closest to the sinking ship) at the time...
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John B. Thayer Frank M. Warren Sr. George D. Wick George Dunton Widener Harry Elkins Widener Duane Williams George Henry Wright Survivors Rhoda Abbott Trevor...
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Cassebeer was alarmed by the commotion and went to promenade deck A. With Harry Anderson she went towards the bow. Probably from the railing of the promenade...
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4 was lowered at 1:55 am, Astor is said to have stood with John Thayer, Harry Widner and Arthur Ryerson, waving. Titanic sank at 2:20 a.m, on April 15...
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John B. Thayer Frank M. Warren Sr. George D. Wick George Dunton Widener Harry Elkins Widener Duane Williams George Henry Wright Survivors Rhoda Abbott Trevor...
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Eleanor Elkins (1861–1937), who married George Dunton Widener, with whom she had three children, and lost her husband and elder son, Harry, in the April...
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John B. Thayer Frank M. Warren Sr. George D. Wick George Dunton Widener Harry Elkins Widener Duane Williams George Henry Wright Survivors Rhoda Abbott Trevor...
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John B. Thayer Frank M. Warren Sr. George D. Wick George Dunton Widener Harry Elkins Widener Duane Williams George Henry Wright Survivors Rhoda Abbott Trevor...
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Lampoon Radio Hour, which featured such performers as Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer and Chevy Chase. Writers from these shows were subsequently hired...
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John B. Thayer Frank M. Warren Sr. George D. Wick George Dunton Widener Harry Elkins Widener Duane Williams George Henry Wright Survivors Rhoda Abbott Trevor...
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with his wife, Marian, and son Jack; George Dunton Widener† with his wife, Eleanor, and son Harry†; Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes; Mr.† and Mrs. Charles...
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