This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Furnishings Enhance Official U.N. Mansion
U N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim and wife Elisabeth move into a furnished Sutton Place residence. Paintings on loan from the Metropolitan Museum including Renoir Monet and Chagall adorn rooms donated or furnished by private benefactors. The couple hosts small gatherings and values quiet, neighborly life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Elisabeth
Metropolitan Museum of New York
Elisabeth Waldheim
Cissy
Sutton Place
Manhattan
East River
Arthur A. Houghton Jr
Steuben Glass
Waldheim
Christa
Liselotte
United Nations
Geneva
Gerhard
Harvard
Amir Abbas Hoveyda
Iran
Fereydoun Hoveyda
China
New York
Angelica Kaufmanns
Austria
Cecilia Beaux