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in Atlanta, Ga.,
68–77

Birnam Wood Club, Santa Barbara,
164

Camargo, Cincinnati,
48
,
51

Capital City Club, Atlanta,
68–69
,
73

Cherokee Club, Atlanta,
72

Cincinnati Country Club,
48
,
51

Commerce Club, Atlanta,
72

Coral Casino, Santa Barbara,
166

Country Club of Detroit,
60

Crest Hills, Cincinnati,
51

in Darien, Conn.,
103

discrimination in,
78–82

Gulph Mills Golf Club, Philadelphia,
67

Hudson Country Club,
35

Jews in,
68–82

Little Town Club, Santa Barbara,
162
,
164

Los Angeles Country Club,
67

Losantiville, Cincinnati,
51

Manursing Island Club, Rye,
120
,
173

membership in,
173–174
,
178

Merion Cricket Club,
67

Merion Golf Club,
67

Misquamicut Club, Watch Hill, R.I.,
143
,
145
,
148
,
149

Montecito Club, Santa Barbara,
164

New York Yacht Club,
80
,
117

Noroton Yacht Club,
103

Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta,
68–77
,
78–79
,
81–82

Progressive Club, Atlanta,
72

Radnor Hunt Club,
67

in Rye, N.Y.,
118
,
120

Shenerock Shore Club, Rye, N.Y.,
118

Standard Club, Atlanta,
72

Valley Club, Santa Barbara,
164

Wee Burn Country Club, Darien,
103
,
104
,
173

Woodway Club, Darien,
103

Procter, William Cooper,
43
,
47

Procter & Gamble, influence in Cincinnati,
43–47

Progressive Club,
72

Quincy Market, Boston,
197

race discrimination,
78–82

in Atlanta clubs,
69

in Cincinnati,
55–56

in Darien, Conn.,
103

in Detroit,
61

in Philadelphia suburbs,
67

Radnor, Pa.,
133
,
135

Radnor Hunt Club,
67

real estate speculation,
14–15

Redford, Robert,
The Candidate
,
154

Redwood City, Calif.,
153
,
154

Reid, Whitelaw,
124

religious discrimination:

in Cincinnati,
51

in Salt Lake City,
21–22
,
25

See also
Jews, acceptance of

Renaissance Plaza,
59
,
195

renovation of slum areas,
200

Reserve Inn,
35

resorts, summer,
141–150

restaurants and bars:

D. B. Cooper's, Salt Lake City,
23

Eagle's Nest, Phoenix,
14

Olympia Tea Room, Watch Hill, R.I.,
144

Pinnacle Peak, Phoenix,
14

Reserve Inn, Hudson, Ohio,
35

Rice, H. B., site of house,
7

Rich, Michael Peter,
69–70
,
76

Rich, Morris,
69
,
70

Rich, Richard,
69
,
70

Riverdale, N.Y.,
192

River Oaks, Texas,
3–7
,
9–10

river views, Cincinnati,
42

Robinson, Ash,
6

Robinson, Oscar,
55–56

Rockefeller, Andrew,
95

Rockefeller, David,
88

Rockefeller, Emma,
89

Rockefeller, Geraldine (Ethel) (Mrs. Marcellus H. Dodge),
89
,
90–91

Rockefeller, Godfrey,
91
,
93

Rockefeller, Mrs. Godfrey,
94

Rockefeller, Godfrey Stillman,
88

Rockefeller, James Stillman,
94–95

Rockefeller, John D., Sr.,
88
,
89
,
124
,
129

Rockefeller, John D., Jr.,
88
,
89

Rockefeller, John D., III,
88
,
106

Rockefeller, Laurance,
88

Rockefeller, Molly (Mrs. William),
95
,
96

Rockefeller, Nelson,
88
,
93

Rockefeller, Percy,
89
,
91
,
92
,
93

children of,
91–92

Rockefeller, William, Sr.,
88–90
,
95–96

estate of,
92

Rockefeller, William,
94
,
95–96
,
97–98
,
120

Rockefeller, William G.,
89
,
90
,
91

children of,
91–92

Rockefeller, Winthrop,
88

Rockefellers, Greenwich branch,
87–98

life style,
94

summer camp,
95–96

wealth of,
92
,
97

Rockefellers, Tarrytown branch,
88–98

life style of,
94

wealth of,
96–97

Rogers, Henry H.,
89

Rojas, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel,
161
,
166

Romney, Melbourne,
23

Roosevelt Island, N.Y.,
193

Rosemont, Pa.,
134

Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Lee,
72

Rothblatt, Donald,
156

Rothschild, Baron Philippe de,
166

Rowan, C. W.,
155

Rye, N.Y.,
95
,
96
,
115–121
,
172
,
174
,
175

average age of residents,
197

Grapple Street,
119

schools,
119
,
120–121

sex practices,
182

Rye Country Day School,
78
,
96
,
119–120

Rye Town Hilton,
118

St. David's, Pa.,
134

Saltair,
28

Salt Lake City, Utah,
19–29

availability of alcohol in,
22–23

founded by Brigham Young,
19–20

Great Salt Lake,
28

life style,
22–27

notable families,
22
,
27

polygamy in,
24

religious conflicts in,
21–22
,
25

schools,
25

suburbs:

Federal Heights,
21

Olympus Cove,
21

urban life in,
192
,
194

San Antonio, Texas,
167

San Fernando Valley, Calif., blacks in,
198–199

San Francisco, Calif.,
166–167

suburbs,
153–160

urban life in,
192
,
194

water views,
193

San Jose, Calif.,
154

San Jose Symphony Orchestra,
154

Santa Barbara, Calif.,
122
,
160–167

architectural style,
163

earthquake in,
163

old families,
164

Santa Clara Valley, Calif.,
154–156

Savannah, Ga.,
131

Schlotman, Mrs. Joseph,
64

Schnitzer, Kenneth and Joan,
4

schools:

in Carefree, Ariz.,
18

Coronado High School, Scottsdale, Ariz.,
12

in Darien, Conn.,
103

economics of,
172

in Hudson, Ohio,
36

integration of, in Los Angeles,
199

private,
177

in Rye, N.Y.,
119
,
120–121

Rye Country Day School,
78
,
96
,
119–120

in Salt Lake City,
25

Scott, Mrs. Harold,
125–126

Scott, Sir Walter,
Ivanhoe
,
93

Scottsdale, Ariz.,
11–16
,
186

Coronado High School,
12

dress,
14

Fifth Ave.,
196–197

life style,
13–14
,
15
,
16

Mafia in,
14

patriotism in,
11–13

Pinnacle Peak,
14

Seal Harbor, Maine,
95
,
147

service organizations as social entry,
177–178

sex practices in suburbs,
179–182

Seymour, Mrs. Mary,
119

Seymour Electric Co.,
119

Shaker Heights, Ohio,
122
,
172

Shaker Square, shopping center,
196

Shawnee Mission, Mo.,
179–181

Shenerock Shore Club,
118

Shepard, Helen Gould (Mrs. Finlay),
124

Sherman, Roger,
121

shopping centers:

Carefree Shopping Center, Phoenix, Ariz.,
17

Galleria, Houston, Texas,
6–7

in Phoenix, Ariz., suburbs,
14
,
17

in Santa Clara Valley, Calif.,
154–156

ZCMI, Salt Lake City, Utah,
24

Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
96
,
97

Smith, George Washington,
164–165

Smith, Joseph,
27

social entry, means of,
176–178

Social Register:

Atlanta,
74

Cincinnati,
52–53
,
54

New York,
117
,
128
,
146

Santa Barbara,
166

Sondheim, Stephen,
143

Sound of Music, The
,
115
,
119
,
121

Southport, Conn.,
99

Spalding, Hughes, Jr.,
75

Spalding, Jack,
75

Springer, Gerald,
55

Spring Grove Cemetery,
39–40

Srole, Leo,
188–190

Stamford, Conn.,
87
,
172

Standard Club,
72

Steinburger, Mrs. Harvey,
7

Stettinius & Hollister, law firm,
50

Steuben Glass staircase,
4

Stillman, Elsie (Mrs. William G. Rockefeller),
91

Stillman, Isabel (Mrs. Percy Rockefeller),
91

Stillman, James,
89
,
91

Stirling County, Nova Scotia, mental health in,
189

Stolp, John and Kathleen,
154

Strafford, Pa.,
134

Strauss, Mrs. Carl,
49

Suarez, Margarita,
201

suburban life,
vii–viii
,
122–130
,
174–176
,
186–188

changes in,
197–199

financial burdens of,
183–185

mental health in,
183
,
188–191

migration to,
171–172

sex practices,
179–182

social entries,
174–178

summer homes,
43
,
141–150

Summer Social Register
,
43

Summit County, Ohio,
33–34

Sundial Realty Company, Phoenix, Ariz.,
17

Sunnyvale, Calif.,
154

Taft, Charles P.,
51

Taft, Elizabeth (Mrs. Walbridge),
149

Taft, Martha Bowers,
50

Taft, Robert, Jr.,
50

Taft, William Howard,
50

Taft Art Museum,
50

Talleyrand-Perigord, Duc de,
125

Tanner, Obert J.,
26

Tarrytown, N.Y.,
89
,
123
,
129–130

Afternoon Drive,
127

Tarver, Jack,
75

Tauber, Paul,
202

Taubman Company,
155

Taylor, Mrs. J. Madison,
148

Terrace Park, Ohio,
43
,
53

Thaw, Harry K.,
165

Thompson, Becky,
102–105

Thompson, Thomas,
Blood and Money
,
6

Tokeneke Road, Darien, Conn.,
103–104

Tolstoi, Countess Cyril,
63

Town & Country
,
160

Tutko, Thomas,
155

Twigs,
117–118

Twinsburg, Ohio,
35
,
37

Tyler Davidson Memorial Fountain,
41

Union Terminal, Cincinnati,
40

United States Census, divorce rates,
182
,
190

University of California, Santa Barbara,
165

University of Cincinnati,
48

urban life,
171–173
,
188–191

mental health in,
188–189

return to,
191
,
192–197

Valentine, Michael,
102

Valley Club,
164

Vandenberg Air Force Base,
165

Vanderbilt, Cornelius,
129

Vanderlip, Frank A.,
126–127

Van Dyke, Dick,
17

views:

of mountains,
21
,
194

of water,
42
,
193–194

Villa, Mrs. Anthony,
4

Villanova, Pa.,
133
,
134

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