Guggenheim Family

The Guggenheim family refers to a number of descendants of Meyer Guggenheim who were known for their successes in mining and smelting, and later for their philanthropy in diverse areas such as modern art and aviation, including several Guggenheim Museums as well as the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory and I. M. Pei's Guggenheim Pavilion at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. wiki

Resources and articles

Books

• Harvey O'Connor, The Guggenheims; The Making of an American Dynasty (New York, NY: Covici, Friede, 1937).
• Milton Lomask, Seed Money: The Guggenheim Story (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, 1964).
• Edwin P. Hoyt, Jr., The Guggenheims and the American Dream (New York, NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967).
• John H. Davis, The Guggenheims: An American Epic (New York, NY: Morrow, 1978).

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