Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town Paperback – December 3, 2014
by Esther Newton
Partner John Mosher, Wife Agnes Rindge
Queer Places:
Beach Walk, Yaphank, NY 11980
Philip Wadsworth Claflin (November 9, 1906 - September 18, 1990) was the companion of John Mosher, American short story writer as well as the first regularly assigned film critic for The New Yorker. The life of this person has been researched by Esther Newton for her essay: "Cherry Grove, Fire Island", published by Duke University Press.
Philip Wadsworth Claflin was the son of Allen Avery Claflin (born 1873) and Mabel Gertrude Nash (born 1871). Following the suddent death of Mosher in 1942, Claflin enlisted in the army, and in 1945 married Agnes Rindge, arts administrator, collector, and educator who spent the majority of her career at Vassar College as a professor and serving as director of its art gallery for 28 years. She was close friends with Allen Porter and Monroe Wheeler.
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