Vanderbilts

The Vanderbilts are the subject of two new books by first cousins Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Conner and Flora Miller Biddle, granddaughters of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Museum.

They Don't Make Rich Folks Like They Used To 1999

The Vanderbilts are the subject of two new books by first cousins Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Conner and Flora Miller Biddle, granddaughters of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Museum.

They Don't Make Rich Folks Like They Used To 1999

The grandfather of the Vanderbilts was a bounder; the last of the Washingtons is a petty employé in the Library of Congress.

The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind George Jean Nathan 1920

Biltmore a name derived in part from Bildt, the Vanderbilts' Dutch town of origin has been receiving guests since its completion, and paying ones since 1930.

King of the Castles Julia M. Klein 2011

“Yes, we could ask the Morgans, or the Vanderbilts, or the Livingstons,” she said, leaning back in her chair.

Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

Mr. Vanderbilt arrived at his estate in his private railroad car as did all the Vanderbilts when not residing part of the year in his mansion on Fifth Avenue or vacationing in Europe.

Vanderbilt Did It All With Just $10 Million 2011

She was 107 and among the last surviving links to an era when the Vanderbilts personified the opulence and grandeur of the country's gilded elite.

Consuelo Vanderbilt Earl, heiress, dog breeder and link to golden age, dies at 107 2011

The Vanderbilts actually had booked passage from Europe on that doomed ship in 1912, but decided to sail earlier on the Olympic, a sister ship.

King of the Castles Julia M. Klein 2011

By the early 20th century, the area became filled with tenements, but wealthy families like the Vanderbilts later transformed it.

Sutton Place: If Only Ritzy Is Good Enough Sushil Cheema 2011

Centuries ago, the Astors, Vanderbilts and Roosevelts came here for the summer.

Second homes: New Yorkers escape to the Hudson Valley 2010