MAY 22nd 1957: DINNER FOR SUSAN & STEPHEN CLARKE, A 'DAKOTA' PARTY": [The AUTOGRAPHS of 15 SIGNIFICANT GUESTS attending a dinner party at the Dakota in honor of Susan & Stephen Carlton Clark, the news

by Clark, Stephen Carlton (founder of the Baseball of Hall of Fame in Cooperstown); Prince Aschwin of Lippe-Biesterfeld; Hughes, Eileen Lanouette; Brownlee, John; De Gripenberg, Georg Achates & Peggy; Kirk, Lydia Chapin; Kirk, Alan Goodrich; Schurmann, Carl

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May 22nd, 1957., 1957.. Fine. - Fifteen signatures, including that of Stephen Clark, penned on both sides of a 10-3/4 inch high by 8-5/8 inch wide sheet removed from a guest book. These significant guests were in attendance at the dinner party offered by Charles Douglas Jackson and his wife Grace Bristed Jackson at the prestigious "Dakota" apartment house in New York City. Near fine. Following are those guests whose autographs we were able to identify: 1. Stephen Carlton Clark (1882-1960) was the American art collector, businessman, newspaper publisher and philanthropist who founded the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. 2. Prince Aschwin of Lippe-Biesterfeld (Ashwin de Lippe, 1914-1988) was an expert in Chinese painting and Indian sculpture, and curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 3. Simone de Lippe, the Prince's wife. 4. Eileen Lanouette Hughes (1925-1998), an international correspondent for Life Magazine who married Life Magazine editor Emmet John Hughes. 5. John Brownlee (1900-1969), an Australian operatic baritone who spent most of his career in Europe before moving to the United States. 6. Carla Brownlee, the operatic baritone's wife. 7. Georg Achates Gripenberg (1890-1975), Finland's first Ambassador to the United Nations, he had previously served as Finland's Envoy to London and then Stockholm. 8. Peggy Gripenberg, was the ambassador's wife. 9. Lydia Chapin Kirk (c.1896-1984). The wife of Admiral Alan G. Kirk. She authored three suspense novels and accompani

• Publisher: May 22nd, 1957.
• Year: 1957
• Binding: hardcover

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