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du Pont family photographs

Creation: 1871-1925, undated
 Collection
Accession: 1969-043

Abstract

Alexis I. du Pont (1816-1857) was proprieter of his family business, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, which began in the manufacture of gunpowder in 1802. He was the youngest child of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), the founder of the DuPont Company. This collection contains thirteen photographic items, mostly portraits of Alexis I. du Pont and other du Pont family members.

Dates

  • Creation: 1871-1925, undated

Creator

Extent

12 item(s)

General Physical Description

1 album: 5.625 x 5 in. 13 carte-de-visites. 9 tintypes : various sizes. 1 collodion POP print mounted : 5.5 x 4.125 in. 3 photographic prints : b&w ; 12 x 9 in. 1 collodion POP print: oval ; 3 x 4 in. 1 photographic print mounted : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. 2 photographic prints : b&w ; 10.5 x 13.75 in. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 6 x 4.25 in. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 9.375 x 4.75 in. 1 photographic print: b&w ; 9.5 x 7.5 in.

Biographical Note

Alexis I. du Pont (1816-1857) was proprieter of his family business, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, which began in the manufacture of gunpowder in 1802. He was the youngest child of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), the founder of the DuPont Company. He was educated at Mt. Airy College in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and at the New Haven Gymnasium from 1829 to 1831, where his nephew, James Eleuthère Bidermann (1790-1865), was a classmate. In 1831, he entered the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his scientific studies in 1835, but did not earn a degree.

In 1836, he married Joanna Maria Smith (1815-1876), the daughter of Francis Gurney Smith (1784–1873) of Philadelphia and a sister of Dr. Thomas Mackie Smith (1809-1852), who had married Alexis I. du Pont's sister Eleuthera du Pont Smith (1806-1876). Alexis I. du Pont and Joanna Maria Smith du Pont had eight children.

Alexis I. du Pont became a partner in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company in 1837 and continued as such until his death on August 23rd, having been fatally injured in an explosion of the powder mills on the preceding day.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of thirteen photographic items, including a small album containing tintypes, sepia-tone photographs, and photographic prints of Dr. Alexis Irénée du Pont and unidentified men, women and children.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Gift of Maurice du Pont Lee

Separated Materials

du Pont family materials, (Accession 1128), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library

Related Names

Subject

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
du Pont family photographs
Author:
Chase Markee
Date:
2013
Description rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description:
English
Script of description:
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository

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