CONTENTS

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Preface

Acknowledgments

I

Early Years and Education

II

Grand Tour 1888-1889 and Artistic Proclivities

III

Independence in Farmington

IV

Hill-Stead

V

Westover

VI

An English Summer and a New Direction

VII

The Death of Alfred Pope

VIII

Theodate's Survival of the Lusitania Disaster

IX

Avon Old Farms: Pursuit of the Final Dream

X

Avon Old Farms:Realization of the Dream

XI

Troubled Times for Avon

Chronology

Appendices

A

Letter from Theodate to McKim, Mead & White

B

Letter from Theodate to William Rutherford Mead dated September 17, 1898

C

Letter to Harris Whittemore dated July 8, 1914

D

Construction Notes for Avon Old Farms School dated December 23, 1923

E

Letter from Theodate to Lee Lawrie dated September 9, 1941

Catalogue of Buildings

Notes

Selected Bibliography

List of Illustrations