Eleanor Elkins Widener
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Eleanor Elkins Widener née Eleanore Elkins, also known as Eleanor Elkins Widener Rice was an American heiress, socialite, philanthropist, and adventuress. She was the daughter of wealthy businessman W
Eleanor Elkins Widener
Widener and her second husband lived in the 30,000 square-foot Miramar mansion in Rhode Island.
She was interred in the Widener Family Mausoleum in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Harry Elkins Widener
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Harry Elkins Widener was an American businessman and bibliophile, and a member of the Widener family. His mother built Harvard University's Widener Memorial Library in his memory, after his death on t
Eleanor Elkins Widener
…Dunton Widener, the son of wealthy businessman Peter Arrell Browne Widener. She survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic but George and their son, Harry, did not. She renovated St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, as a memorial to George and donated $2 million to Harvard University…
A 1913 painting of Harry Elkins Widener by Gabriel Ferrier
Widener's 1908 bookplate
Widener Library at Harvard University, named in his honor
Letter to his friend, Luther S. Livingston: "We ... return on April 10th on the maiden voyage of the Titanic ..."