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36. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.
37. York, Going Strong, pp. 152, 155.
38. Ibid., p. 152.
39. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.
40. Los Angeles Times, August 13, 1999, “Earle Jorgensen, Wealthy Reagan Confidant, Dies.”
41. Los Angeles Times, October 26, 1961, “Earle M. Jorgensen Earnings Reported Up.”
42. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.
43. Frances Bergen, to author, March 30, 2000.
44. Author’s diary, March 29, 2003.
45. Bill Wilson, to author, November 7, 1997.
46. Marcia Hobbs, to author, November 8, 1997.
47. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 3, 2004, January 2, 2004.
48. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 1, 1997.
49. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 2, 2004.
50. David Jones, to author, March 12, 2000.
51. Bloomingdale with Whitney, Entertaining with Betsy Bloomingdale, p. 10.
52. New York Times, December 29, 1941, “Gloria Vanderbilt Is Wed While 1,000
Wait in Rain.”
53. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 2, 2004.
54. Fred de Cordova, to author, April 5, 2000.
55. Federal Bureau of Investigation file on Alfred S. Bloomingdale, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, December 22, 2000; New York Times, February 8, 1944, “New Treasurer Chosen by Tammany Committee.”
56. New York Times, April 4, 1941, “Play and Ice Show Opening Tonight”; New York Times, April 11, 1941, “News of the Stage: Alfred Bloomingdale to Be Independent Producer”; New York Times, August 31, 1941, “News and Gossip of the Rialto.”
57. Fred de Cordova, to author, April 5, 2000.
58. New York Times, September 26, 1943, “Reno Decree to Dancer.”
59. New York Times, February 8, 1944, “New Treasurer Chosen by Tammany Committee.”
60. New York Times, May 4, 1944, “ ‘Allah Be Praised’ to Close Saturday.”
61. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.
62. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 1, 1997, January 2, 2004.
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63. About.com, 20th Century History, “Just Charge It! The Invention of the First Credit Card,” by Jennifer Rosenberg, http://history1900s.about.com/library/
weekly/aa081601a.htm; Milton and Bardach, Vicki, p. 43.
64. Richard Gully, to author, October 1, 1999.
65. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 1, 1997; Nancy Reagan, to author, October 27, 1997.
66. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 3, 2004.
67. Patti Davis, to author, May 30, 2003.
68. Nancy Reagan, to author, June 4, 2000, June 28, 2001.
69. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 23.
70. Lanetta Wahlgren, to author, November 20, 1999.
71. Betty Adams, to author, October 12, 1999.
72. Mary Jane Wick, to author, October 14, 1999.
73. Charles Wick, to author, November 3, 1997.
74. Mary Jane Wick, to author, November 3, 1997.
75. Betty Adams, to author, October 12, 1999.
76. C. Z. Wick, to author, October 19, 1999.
77. Lanetta Wahlgren, to author, November 20, 1999.
78. Betty Adams, to author, October 12, 1999.
79. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 1, 1997.
80. Collins in Vanity Fair, July 1991, p. 131.
81. P. Davis, The Way I See It, pp. 28–29.
82. Ibid., p. 27.
83. Ibid., pp. 39–40.
84. Ibid., p. 66.
85. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 22, 1999.
86. George, February 1999, “To Sir with Love,” p. 72.
87. Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, pp. 41–48.
88. Ibid., p. 71.
89. Ibid., pp. 74, 76.
90. Ibid., pp. 79–80.
91. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 49.
92. Ibid., p. 53.
93. Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, pp. 76–77.
94. Nancy Reagan, to author, June 4, 2000.
95. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, pp. 114–31.
96. Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, p. 89.
97. Ibid., p. 91.
98. Ibid., p. 92.
99. Ibid., pp. 92–93.
100. E. Morris, Dutch, p. 301.
101. Angelo, First Mothers, p. 331.
102. E. Morris, Dutch, p. 754.
103. Angelo, First Mothers, p. 329.
104. Edwards, The Reagans, Appendix III, p. 370.
105. Bess Reagan, to author, November 2, 2000.
106. Neil Reagan oral history, p. 4.
107. Erlenne Sprague, to author, October 21, 1999.
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