Edith Wharton's New York City: A Backward Glance October 12, 2012

'Edith Wharton's New York City' celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton. This exhibition, curated by Head of Exhibitions Harriet Shapiro, will reveal for the first time the intimate links between Wharton's world and the Society Library. Edith's father George Frederic Jones, was a Library shareholder who often took out books for himself and his family. Many of Wharton's other relatives were also members, including her niece Beatrix Farrand, a well-known landscape architect. 'Edith Wharton's New York City' will showcase family photographs from various collections and books by Wharton, including several from the collection of Martin Hutner. The Mount, Wharton's home in Lenox, Massachusetts is lending historic family portraits and books Wharton read as a child. A catalog with essays by Ms. Shapiro and authors David Garrard Lowe and Roxana Robinson will accompany the exhibition.