Dinners notebook, 1915-1919

Notebook containing details regarding dinners and luncheons held mostly at One East 70th Street, with a handful of events at Eagle Rock. An alphabetical list of invitees, including business associates, friends, art dealers, political figures, architects, and others, is located at the front of the volume.

Details for each event include the date, occasion, guest list, menu, and entertainment. Acceptances and regrets are noted, with attendees listed separately. Entertainment was often musical in nature, and performers included organists Archer Gibson and Alexander Russell; sopranos Anna Case, Mabel Garrison, Maggie Teyte, Marie Sundelius and Florence Hinkle; contralto Merle Alcock; bass vocalist Frank Croxton; harpists Ada Sassoli, Mildred Dilling and Astrid Ydén; vocal ensemble the Criterion Quartette; and cellist Pablo Casals. Other entertainment included auction, a type of bridge.