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2 unusual facts about New York Society Library


Alice Gore King

Alice was born in New York City on July 17, 1914 to Marion Morrison King (An Assistant Librarian at the New York Society Library for many years and relative to Elizabeth Cady Stanton) and Frederick Gore King (A banker and great grandson of Rufus King - American lawyer, politician, diplomat and signer of the US Constitution).

Phillip Lopate

His anthology Writing New York received an honorable mention from the Municipal Art Society's Brendan Gill Award, and a citation from the New York Society Library.



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