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	Hope Diamond - the one-of-a-kind Evalyn Walsh McLean
		Evalyn Walsh McLean was one of a kind, the feisty daughter of an Irish immigrant who struck gold – lots of gold – during the height of the rush for riches in the wild west at the turn of the century.
		Evalyn's wild tomboy days were over, and her grooming as a debutante began.
		Evalyn changed her wardrobe and hairdo with the days of the week, returning from one trip with an outrageous new look.
	www.pbs.org /treasuresoftheworld/hope/hlevel_1/h3_ewm.html (495 words)

	Edward Beale McLean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Married in 1908 to Evalyn Walsh, the only surviving child and sole heiress of mining millionaire Thomas Walsh, Ned McLean purchased the Hope Diamond for his bride on a whim.
		The McLeans' frivolous spending accelerated during their marriage and their inability to understand the basics of money management resulted in their virtual bankruptcy towards the end of their lives.
		McLean and his wife were avid supporters of Warren G. Harding, whom they met through Nicholas and Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Beale_McLean (366 words)

	:: KBRI - Washington DC - USA
		Walsh married the former Miss Carrie Bell Reed when he was a prospector, and toward the end of the century, the Walshes moved from Colorado to Washington, D.C. They purchased the present site of the Embassy for their residence on April 30, 1901.
		Carrie Walsh occupied the house until her death in 1932, although the property’s title was passed earlier on to her daughter, Evalyn.
		Evalyn Walsh was also distinguished as the last private owner of the fabulous 44 1/2 carat Hope Diamond the sale of which was negotiated at the Walsh residence by Pierre Cartier, the American representative of the jewelry firm of Cartier Freres, Paris.
	www.embassyofindonesia.org /detail/building.php (1605 words)

	Gaston Means - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However in a 1933 edition of Liberty Magazine Means “authorship” was exposed when Mae Dicker Thacker (a part-time tabloid journalist) stepped forward announcing that not only had she had ghosted the book for Means, but also that Means had bilked her out of her share of the books profits.
		Means final flirtation with America was in 1932, when he convinced Harding friend and confident Evalyn Walsh McLean, owner of the Hope Diamond, that he knew the whereabouts of the Lindbergh baby.
		McLean advanced Means the sum of $100,000 which he had promised would afford access to the kidnappers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaston_Means (634 words)

	Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Evalyn's son, Vinson, is hit by an automobile in front of his home and dies shortly thereafter.
		Evalyn's only daughter dies of a drug overdose at the age of twenty-five.
		Evalyn Walsh McLean dies at the age of sixty.
	clps.k12.mi.us /platte/research/05/lapointe/Timeline.htm (700 words)

	Ancestors of Evalyn Lucille Walsh
		McLean had previously told Pierre Cartier that objects usually considered bad luck turned into good luck for her, Cartier made sure to emphasize the Hope diamond's negative history.
		In addition to all this, Evalyn McLean's husband was declared insane and confined to a mental institution until his death in 1941.
		Though Evalyn McLean had wanted her jewelry to go to her grandchildren when they were older, her jewelry was put on sale in 1949, two years after her death, in order to settle debts from her estate.
	www.siteservers.net /family/tree/6505.htm (1830 words)

	Williams Diamond Center - Famous Diamonds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Evalyn Walsh McLean of Washington, D.C. Some researchers believe it was Pierre Cartier who popularized the story that the stone brought misfortune to its owners - and anyone who touched it.
		McLean was the daughter of Thomas F. Walsh, who amassed a fortune in gold mining.
		McLean refused to believe in the legendary Hope "curse" she also endured a number of family tragedies.
	www.williamsdiamond.com /famousdiamonds.html (4091 words)

	Travel Channel :: Mysterious Journeys: Spooky Cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Evalyn was not ignorant of the dark stories that shrouded the famous diamond before she bought it; she was simply unimpressed.
		Not long afterward, the McLeans became embroiled in a bitter divorce, and in 1933 Evalyn persuaded the court to commit her husband to an asylum.
		Evalyn McLean is gone, but she seems to have lost none of her glamor.
	travel.discovery.com /convergence/hauntedtravels/interactives/washingtondc/embassy.html (454 words)

	embassy.org: Virtual Gallery: Historical Buildings of the Washington D.C. Embassy Community: The Indonesian Embassy/The ...
		Constructed for Thomas F. Walsh, the mansion that now serves as the Indonesian Embassy was once the social center for Dupont Circle and Washington itself, as it was the most expensive private house built to date, at the cost of $835,000.
		Walsh's daughter and socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean indicated in her 1936 memoirs entitled "Father Struck it Rich," that the family referred to the mansion simply as "2020," "as if to compensate for its regal size and splendor." Indeed, the mansion boasted 60 rooms and four stories behind a Beaux-Arts facade.
		Evalyn Walsh McLean, the last private owner of the Hope diamond, inherited the mansion upon the death of her mother in 1932.
	www.embassy.org /gallery/historical/history004.html (480 words)

	Eccentric Jewelry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At the turn of the century, in 1911 the diamond was purchased by a young American socialite heiress named Evalyn Walsh McLean who bought the Hope Diamond from Cartier for $185.000.00.
		She was ultimately convinced that the true power of the Hope Diamond came from the joy and awe which filled the faces of those who gazed upon it.
		McLean, was the longest private owner and she owned the diamond for 36 years until her death in 1947.
	www.kooltown.com /eccentric/information/jewelry_info_03_1.jsp (959 words)

	Mclean House
		McLean Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts noted in part for the large number of famous people who have been treated there, including mathematician John Nash, poets Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath and singer-songwriter James Taylor.
		The grounds of McLean Hospital were originally laid out by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead, who was eventually a resident at the hospital for some time.
		McLean is located at 40°18'54" North, 89°10'14" West (40.315032, -89.170645).
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/134/mclean-house.html (1473 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Evalyn Walsh married Washington Post heir Edward McLean in 1908, and a decade later the couple purchased a suburban home -- Friendship, on the site now occupied by McLean Gardens.
		For the next five years, McLean continued her tradition as a serious hostess, presiding over her notable party guests while wearing the famous Hope diamond, which she reportedly bought in 1911 for $150,000.
		When McLean died in 1947, she left the house to her son, former North Carolina Sen. Robert Reynolds, who sold it to the Georgetown Development Corp. The estate was subdivided in 1962.
	www.georgetowndc.com /georgetowncurrent/index.php?id=12 (715 words)

	Hope Diamond Introduction
		On holiday in Paris in 1911, Evalyn and her husband Ned are at the Hotel Bristol receiving a visit from the Prince of Jewelers himself, Pierre Cartier, who carries with him a curious little package with a wax seal.
		No stranger to the rich and powerful of Washington's elite, Evalyn builds her reputation as the town's most flamboyant and exuberant hostess; her parties are the talk of DC society.
		Evalyn tries to make her good luck charm work for the good of others, but it can't keep tragedy from her own back door.
	www.pbs.org /treasuresoftheworld/hope/hmain.html (1234 words)

	A girl's best friend?
		McLean had previously told Pierre Cartier that objects usually considered bad luck turned into good luck for her, Cartier made sure to emphasize the Hope diamond's negative history.
		In addition to all this, Evalyn McLean's husband was declared insane and confined to a mental institution until his death in 1941.
		Though Evalyn McLean had wanted her jewelry to go to her grandchildren when they were older, her jewelry was put on sale in 1949, two years after her death, in order to settle debts from her estate.
	www.ancientworlds.net /408350 (1862 words)

	Official Tourism Site of Washington, DC - Home
		Patterson was one of a triumvirate of powerful women, including Evalyn Walsh McLean and Alice Longworth, who ruled the age's lavish social scene with velvet gloves.
		Evalyn Walsh McLean lost her son in a car accident and grew a bit too fond of morphine.
		Her marriage to Edward McLean (heir to The Washington Post fortune) ended in divorce, and her husband (tarnished by the Teapot Dome scandal) later had a mental breakdown.
	www.washington.org /Action/act_GetContent.cfm?ID=1937&PAGE=0&TYPE=505&eWebEditPro=yes (2774 words)

	Tug Of War For Harding's Soul
		She intersected with "Doc" Sawyer (image left, holding hat over his heart), "Madame X", a Washington, DC astrologer and seer, Evalyn McLean, morphine-addicted wife of the owner of the Washington Post newspaper, Gaston Means, shady bagman and fixer for the gang which surrounded President Harding, Harry Daugherty, gang leader, and of course with Warren G.
		By her mid-teens Evalyn began to be afflicted with "the Irish curse" and was drinking alcohol daily and surreptitiously.
		In Paris, Evalyn purchased the legendary Hope Diamond, once owned by Marie Antoinette and said to carry a curse: "all those dear to the owner will perish suddenly and horribly." Within a year of buying the gem, Evalyn's mother-in-law was dead.
	www.shout.net /~bigred/TugOfWar.htm (1222 words)

	The Star of the East Diamond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Among the countries they visited was Turkey where Evalyn McLean expressed a wish to see the treasures of the jewelry-loving Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Abd al-Hamid II.
		McLean was able to buy the wedding present which her father had told her to get.
		McLean pointed out the diamond's merits as an investment and that she could tell her own father that it represented a double gift to cover both her wedding and Christmas presents.
	famousdiamonds.tripod.com /staroftheeastdiamond.html (580 words)

	National Postal Museum
		Evalyn Walsh McLean, a Washington D.C. socialite and wife of the former owner of the Washington Post, acquired the diamond in 1911 for $180,000.
		She, too, suffered the curse of the diamond: her husband died in a mental institution, her eldest son was killed in a car accident, and her daughter overdosed on sleeping pills.
		McLean’s death in 1947 the diamond was found, along with $4 million worth of other jewels, stored in shoeboxes in Mrs.
	www.postalmuseum.si.edu /museum/1d_Hope_Diamond.html (484 words)

	McLean Gardens - History
		The McLean Gardens condominiums and ballroom complex is situated in northwest Washington, D.C. on 43 acres of land that was originally part of a 3,000 acre tract of land granted to Colonel Thomas Addison and James Stoddert in 1695.
		Evalyn and Ned, their children, and their children's children suffered many misfortunes that were often blamed on the curse of the Hope Diamond, which was passed on from generation to generation.
		Evalyn was forced to move out of the estate and made her home in Georgetown, where she continued to entertain, albeit in a much less spectacular manner.
	www.mcleangardens.com /sub_category_list.asp?category=20&title=History (685 words)

	Diamond Design Newsletter
		The last one, Evalyn Walsh McLean bought the diamond in 1910 from Pierre Cartier.
		McLean's daughter, age 25, died from an overdose.
		This famous diamond was the central attraction in the "Court of Jewels," an exhibition coordinated by Harry Winston, which toured the United States from 1949 to 1953.
	www.diamonddesign.com /newsletter/2001/march/hope.html (242 words)

	The List in Memoriam - John Galliher
		By the time he was a teen-ager, the coltishly handsome young man was a favorite of one of Washington’s leading hostesses Evalyn Walsh McLean, the fabled owner of the Hope Diamond, and her daughter, also named Evalyn.
		He and young Evalyn often went out together, and if the evening were formal, her mother would often insist that she wear the Hope Diamond.
		By his early twenties, mainly through his early relationships with the McLeans (young Evalyn committed suicide with an overdose in 1946 and the elder Evalyn lost most of her fortune by then), and with Diana Barrymore, John’s path in life was beginning to take direction.
	www.newyorksocialdiary.com /list/im/104im.php (2827 words)

	Amazon.com: Queen of Diamonds: The Fabled Legacy of Evalyn Walsh McLean: Books: Evalyn Walsh McLean,Joseph ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Queen of Diamonds is the story of Evalyn Walsh McLean, a remarkable and flamboyant woman of the early 20th century.
		Her husband, Ned McLean, wealthy publisher of the Washington Post, purchased the Hope Diamond for her, and she delighted in flaunting a jewel that many considered to be cursed.
		Evalyn Walsh McLean originally wrote her autobiography, entitled Father Struck it Rich, with the help of Boyden Sparkes in 1936.
	www.amazon.com /Queen-Diamonds-Fabled-Legacy-Evalyn/dp/157736192X (1065 words)

	Queen of Diamonds: The Fabled Legacy of Evalyn Walsh McLean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Book Description: Queen of Diamonds is the story of Evalyn Walsh McLean, a remarkable and flamboyant woman of the early 20th century.
		Her husband, Ned McLean, wealthy publisher of the Washington Post, purchased the Hope Diamond for her, and she delighted in flaunting a jewel that many considered to be cursed.
		Evalyn Walsh McLean originally wrote her autobiography, entitled Father Struck it Rich, with the help of Boyden Sparkes in 1936.
	isbn.nu /157736192X (519 words)

	Sparkling Tales, Deadly Gems (Part I)
		Cartier knew that the wealthy and eccentric Evalyn Walsh McLean felt that bad luck objects became good luck in her possession, so he emphasized the Hope Diamond's negative history.
		McLean's doctor had to plead with her to remove the necklace before goiter surgery.
		McLean's nine year old son, Vinson, died in a car accident; her daughter committed suicide at age 25; her husband was committed to a mental hospital until his death in 1941.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/historical_myths/81679/2 (557 words)

	The Washington Post: Bios of Publishers
		Under John McLean's son Ned, who took over the paper upon his father's death, the paper began to deteriorate financially as well as spiritually.
		Edward Beale McLean, Ned to one and all, was the third generation in the worst sense.
		On June 1, outside the historic Post building on E Street, the final bidders were an attorney representing Evalyn Walsh McLean, who hoped to save the paper for her two boys; a representative of Hearst, and George E. Hamilton, Jr., "an attorney representing an undisclosed principal" who made the final bid of $825,000.
	washpost.com /gen_info/history/publish2.shtml (994 words)

	cheetah_girls_fan_site's Xanga Site
		Evalyn's son, Vinson, is hit by an automobile in front of his home and dies shortly thereafter.
		Ned McLean dies in a sanatorium from brain atrophy due to alcohol saturation.
		Evalyn Walsh McLean dies at the age of sixty.
	www.xanga.com /cheetah_girls_fan_site (2745 words)

	Smithsonian Education - Students - Secrets of the Smithsonian
		Evalyn Walsh McLean brought it to the United States.
		She added its current setting—it is now surrounded by 16 white diamonds and hangs on a chain of 45 diamonds.
		McLean died, jeweler Harry Winston bought the diamond and donated it to the Smithsonian.
	www.smithsonianeducation.org /students/secrets_of_the_Smithsonian/history_hope_diamond.html (275 words)

	CARTIER - The renowned French jeweller and watchmaker
		Around 1910, Pierre Cartier shows the stone to Mrs Evalyn Walsh McLean, well-known American personality and heiress to the Washington Post she is one of Cartier’s great customers, and her name will always be associated to that of the stone.
		The jewel is lent to Mrs McLean for a weekend and from them on she refuses to part with it.
		Evalyn Walsh McLean wearing the Hope diamond, set as a pendant.
	www.cartier.com /en/The_Maison_Cartier/history/1910 (276 words)

	Cultural Tourism DC - Attraction Management
		Walsh had the main interior staircase constructed to resemble that found on an ocean liner.
		It is said that Walsh embedded a gold slab in the arch of the main entrance to celebrate the source of his wealth.
		This was the childhood home of Evalyn Walsh, owner of the “jinxed” Hope Diamond who married Edward Beale McLean, heir to Washington's hometown newspaper, the Washington Post.
	www.culturaltourismdc.org /dch_tourism2608/dch_tourism_show.htm?doc_id=222461 (3331 words)

	Diamonds-A girls best friend
		Evalyn sported the diamond everywhere -- for instance, wearing it in the swimming pool, allowing her great Dane to wear it around the house to protect, loaning it to brides for their special day and allowing her granddaughter, Mamie, to play with it in her sand box and teething on it.
		She was ultimately convinced that the true power of the Hope Diamond came from the joy and awe which filled the faces of those who gazed upon it.
		In 1958, the Hope was given a permanent home at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. Today, the Hope Diamond can be enjoyed be millions of people who can see the most sought after exhibit in the world and the most valuable stone in the world.
	www.gomegapath.net /jewelry/ahistoryofdiamonds (1486 words)

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