Vanderbilt family

Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin’s jewelry collection for HSN at TOWN Residential in NYC. This event, hosted by Avenue magazine, showcased everything Consuelo has been working on for the past year. This exclusive collection, inspired by five generations of the “America’s Royal Family” include a wide variety of pearl and diamond jewelry guaranteed turn you into a princess. This luxurious collection counts with one-of-a-kind 24 pieces that reflect the historic jewelry worn by the Vandebilt family, and…

Frederick W. Vanderbilt, the sixth son of William. At the time of its construction, it was the largest house in Newport, RI and occupied a site of approximately 11 acres which overlooked the craggy rocks and cliffs at the end of Aquidneck Island. Built in the English Manorial style, it was furnished to project the mood of an English country house. The grounds and gardens were designed by the firm of F.L. and J.C. Olmsted. Apparently, life in Newport did not agree with Mr. Vanderbilt, and he sold…

you are forced to start over. People begin to look at you strange and you soon wonder if you will ever belong in this new, unfamiliar environment. My father ,Acee Chapman Jr., along with his family made the choice to move to America when he was just a little boy. The move caused several struggles within the family that eventually led to some life changing decisions. These decisions and struggles helped shape my dad into the person he is today and changed his perception on the life he lives. In…

ambitions, did we ever dream that I would be in a position to potentially guide other individuals trying to navigate this place we all call home. One of my biggest childhood dreams came into fruition a short while ago when I was admitted into Vanderbilt University. The experience so far has been nothing short of spectacular. The core purpose of academia is to guide students to discovering new things about the world as well as themselves. One of the classes I took, Applied Human and…

PA, on May 11, 1894 to Dr. George Graham and Jane Beers. Dr. Graham had a great deal of influence on Martha’s life. Dr. Graham specialized in nervous disorders who used physical movements to treat his patients. By the age of 14, Martha and her family moved all the way across the United States to Santa Barbara, CA. It was in California that Martha saw a Ruth St. Denis performance. She immediately fell in love with dance and begged her parents to allow her to study dance. However, being…

News with Linda Ellerbee, and NBC News Overnight. She has spent her childhood life quietly as she attended the River Oaks Elementary School, Lanier Middle School and went to Lamar High School located in Houston. In the year 1194, she went to the Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee but she then dropped out from there and started concentrated more on her…

Everyone has parents. Humans come with two, whether the individuals mentioned are in the child's life is a different matter. The focus however is: What is the best parenting style? One of the most debated topics in the current society. A common scapegoat used is that "good" parenting is perspective based. However how can these perspectives account for the effects on the child? Nature versus Nurture theory has been thrown into the mix regarding how children turn out as they are. Francis Dalton…

age. She received very little formal education as a child, and by eleven years of age she had only received three years of formal education. Her teachers found her extremely smart and intelligent. She was forced to leave school and home with her family when her father burned the…

to this country. Supposedly, he arrived in New York with an engineering degree, a portfolio, and $8 in his pocket. He stayed with a friend and walked New York, using his degree until he was able to send for his wife and daughter in India. When the family was finally together, they moved everywhere in the U.S., eventually gaining a second child, a son, and both children grew to gain degrees in a land of opportunity. My grandparents were determined to give future generations of their clan less…

The moment a child takes their first breathe, they are a blank slate ready to molded by the surroundings of the world they have just entered. They have no concept of what is right and wrong or how they are supposed to act in public. Children are like a blank canvas meaning that when they are born they have no sins, no conception of life, they do not know how to handle life until they experience it for themselves. The way experiences affect children can change the way a child turns out for better…