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Cazenove Gardner Lee, Jr. photographs and negatives
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1969-085
Abstract:
Cazenove Gardner Lee, Jr. (1882-1945) was a genealogist and prolific writer, who founded the Society of Lees of Virginia. This collection conists of photographs and negatives relating to family and career of Cazenove Gardner Lee, Jr. The images are primarily of various gunpowder mills and machinery.
Dates:
circa 1900-1925
C.W. Huff architectural plans for Eugene du Pont's Windsor Farm, Virginia home, copies
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2518
Abstract:
Windsor Farms is one of Richmond's first planned neighborhood, primarily of Colonial Revival design. Architects included Duncan Lee, William Lawrence Bottomley, and C.W. Huff Jr. This collection includes plans, elevations, details, and typed specifications for a house built for Eugene E. du Pont (1914-1995) by architect C.W. Huff Jr.
Dates:
1936
Delaware Construction Co. blueprints
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1088
Abstract:
The Delaware Construction Company was a building company, constructing residential houses in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded in 1909 as a subsidiary of the National Real Estate Trust Company, which provided loans and financing for the properties. This small collection consists of five blueprints of houses by E. Olney Sherman, dated 1910 for Delaware Construction Co.
Dates:
1910
Delaware Construction Company houses in Wilmington, Delaware
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1968-023
Abstract:
Horace Holden Thayer, Jr. (1878-1959) was a naval architect, mechinical engineer, and businessman. Between 1909 and 1914 Thayer worked for the Delaware Construction Company which was a building company, constructing residential homes in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. This collection contains photographs of fifteen homes taken between 1910 and 1914. The images are of exterior views only.
Dates:
circa 1910-1914
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. Guncotton plant panoramic photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1969-145
Abstract:
The DuPont Company purchased a site near City Point, Virginia on the James River in 1912 in order to build a dynamite plant located closer to the southern market. The panoramic photographs show exteriors of the plant, views of the workers' housing, the town (including the African American section), and a photograph of the Hopewell China Corporation, a post-war reuse of one of the facilities.
Dates:
1918-circa 1920
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. Old Hickory plant panoramic photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1969-159
Abstract:
The War Department of the United States Government contracted with the DuPont Company to build and run a smokeless powder plant called the Old Hickory plant on the Cumberland River near Nashville, Tennessee during World War I. These panoramic photographs show overall views of DuPont Company's Old Hickory smokeless powder plant, also views of exterior and interior details.
Dates:
1918
Eleutherian Mills property restoration miscellany
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1238
Abstract:
Eleutherian Mills is the house built by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), above his gunpowder mills, the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. It served as a home to the du Pont family for generations, the last being Louise du Pont Crowninshield (1877-1958). The collection contains material related to the restoration of the home prior to Crowninshield occupying it. Also included are materials related to a road to the Eleutherian Mills and Nemours residences, repairs to the iron bridge across the Brandywine, and description of E.I. du Pont's garden.
Dates:
1922-1926
Frank R. Zebley photograph albums
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1968-012
Abstract:
Frank R. Zebley (1883-1960) was a Delaware native collector, photographer, author, and one-time speaker of the Delaware House of Representatives. He published Along the Brandywine and The Churches of Delaware. The Frank R. Zebley photograph albums includes nearly 1500 black and white photographs from the city of Wilmington, locations around Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania, and other places of interest in the mid-Atlantic region.
Dates:
1918-1944
Greenville, Delaware house exteriors transparencies
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1991-231
Abstract:
Rare documentation of wooden 2-story house in Greenville, Delaware (New Castle County).
Dates:
circa 1955
Houses in Elsmere, Delaware photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1993-254
Abstract:
Elsmere is a town in New Castle County in Delaware. This collection consists of six photographs of miscellaneous houses in Elsmere, which were loaned to the Hagley Museum and Library for copy.
Dates:
circa 1900-1920
John A. Bader II business papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0407
Abstract:
John A. Bader II (1895-1961) was a Wilmington, Delaware, building contractor active during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. The records are primarily Bader's business papers. The collection includes engineer's field books, diaries of trips, and job notes. Eight volumes contain profit and loss statements, cost accounting for jobs, records of checks paid, and files on individual construction jobs.
Dates:
1932-1960
LeCarpentier, Green and Baker family photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1985-256
Abstract:
This collection contains photographs of the LeCarpentier, Green and Baker families who were farmers and merchants in the Delaware valley area. The majority of the collection consists of formal portraits of family members, a small number of which are identified, as well as views of various locations around Wilmington, Delaware.
Dates:
circa 1865-1928
Longwood Gardens bungalows architectural drawings
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2717
Abstract:
Longwood Gardens is a series of formal display gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania that was developed by Pierre S. du Pont (1870-1954) after he purchased the site from the Peirce family in 1906. The collection includes two 1925 blueprints for two of the three bungalows that were built at Longwood.
Dates:
1925
Maurice du Pont Lee photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1975-271
Abstract:
Maurice du Pont Lee (1885-1974) was the General Advisor to the Chief Engineer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. The collection includes photographs of Maurice du Pont Lee's family members. The collection also includes a group of public relations photographs of Maurice du Pont Lee, dating from 1950 to 1969.
Dates:
circa 1895-1970
Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1970-370
Abstract:
The collection comprises approximately 200 oral history interviews with 152 individuals conducted by museum staff between 1954 and 1990. The majority of the individuals interviewed had either worked at the DuPont Company powder yards on Brandywine Creek during the yards’ final decades of operation or had lived in the surrounding communities, although the collection also includes interviews with those who worked in other local industries. The interviews are largely biographical in nature covering a period from about 1900 to 1960 and address a wide range of subjects relating to daily life and work in the Brandywine Valley.
Dates:
1954-1990
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours correspondence and documents, copies
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0393
Abstract:
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) was a French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. He was an advocate for a national educational system and promoted Franco-American trade relations. This small collection consists of copies of letters and documents concerning du Pont de Nemours' apartments in Paris, France. There is also one copy of a letter from Emmanuel Crétet (1747-1809), Ministre de l'Intérieur.
Dates:
1798-1812
T. Coleman du Pont's estate "Old Mill Farm" photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1993-237
Abstract:
T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman) du Pont (1863-1930) was President of the DuPont Company from 1902 to 1915, and a U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1921 to 1928. He married Alice du Pont (1863-1937) in 1891. The "Old Mill" was constructed in 1909 to 1910 as a weekend home for T. Coleman du Pont in an area near Greenville, Delaware. These photographs document the Old Mill, retreat of T. Coleman du Pont, and the surrounding gardens planted by his wife, Alice.
Dates:
1908-1940
"The Story of Modern Home Comfort" film
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 2014-255
Abstract:
The Johns Manville Corporation is an American insulation manufacturer. This film is a rare post-war era industrial film from Johns-Manville, Luther Reed productions about the importance of insulating your home.
Dates:
1940
Thomas C. Marshall photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1990-270
Abstract:
The collection primarily consists of images featuring the Marshall family and their relatives and friends, both in formal group portraits and more casual poses.
Dates:
1900-1950
Wawaset Park photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1969-162
Abstract:
Wawaset Park was a planned residential community built by the DuPont Company around 1918 for its executives in Wilmington, Delaware. These panoramic photographs depict construction of homes and overall views of area, street scenes, and pictures of individual houses.
Dates:
1919
Wawaset Park records
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2638
Abstract:
Wawaset Park was a planned community, commissioned by the DuPont Company for its company executives. The records describe the park, its residents, and history through corporate records, maps and deeds of the property, lists of corporate officers and residents, as well as histories of the park, the City of Wilmington, and the state of Delaware.
Dates:
1658-2011
Whitaker family photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1982-253
Abstract:
The Whitaker family of Philadelphia founded and operated William Whitaker & Sons, Inc., one of the oldest Philadelphia textile mills. The collection consists of photographs related to the family of William Whitaker. A number of the photographs feature buildings and bridges in and around Cedar Grove, Pennsylvania, now a part of Philadelphia. William Whitaker's mansion is featured in several of these images, with family gathered on the porch.
Dates:
1860-1913
Wilson family photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 2014-247
Abstract:
Andrew Gray Wilson (1844-1905) was well-known among shipbuilders as a preeminent marine engineer and naval architect. This small collection consists primarily of individual and group portraits and snapshots of the Wilson family and the family of one of the daughters, Natalie Wilson du Pont. The collection is organized into three series; family photographs; home interiors and exteriors; and family cars and dogs photographs.
Dates:
circa 1860s-1942
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- Du Pont, H. A. (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926 1
- Du Pont, Lammot, 1880-1952 1
- Du Pont, Natalie Wilson, 1877-1918 1
- Du Pont, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1863-1930 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Brandywine Works 1
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- Green family 1
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- LeCarpentier family 1
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- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
- Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.) 1
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- Marshall, Thomas Clarence, 1885-1969 1
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- Whitaker, Henry, 1763-1849 1
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