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Allen family papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1978
Abstract:
Horatio Allen (1802-1889) was a noted civil engineer and inventor, who worked with the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company, the Croton Aqueduct, and the New York & Erie Railroad. The bulk of his the papers is personal correspondence (1818-1864), and biographical materials collected by his family. Also included is a small collection of Allen's business papers, particularly concerning his work on the New York & Erie Railroad.
Dates:
1818-1925
Budd Company historical files
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2411
Abstract:
The collection consists of a synthetic historical file assembled for public relations purposes at Budd Company's Michigan headquarters.
Dates:
1914-1993; Majority of material found within 1929-1982
Francoise du Pont de Nemours letters to Madame Aublay and cousin Albert
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0032
Abstract:
Francoise Robin du Pont (1748-1841) was the second wife of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) a promienent French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. The letters are from du Pont to Madame Clarice Aublay (nee Hortode) and cousin Albert.
Dates:
1834-1835
Helen Baker Cushman business papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2175
Abstract:
Helen Baker Cushman (1922-) was the founder and manager of H.M. Baker Associates, consultants in business archives and records from 1958 to 1993, headquartered in Westfield, New Jersey. Her papers consist primarily of correspondence with clients and potential clients; notes, drafts and printer's mechanicals and negatives for her publications; data files created in the course of her work; and some business publications and ephemera.
Dates:
1853-1992
Henry du Pont letters (photocopies) and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours autobiography (typescript)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1903
Abstract:
Henry du Pont (1812-1889) was an American military officer and son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828). The collection consists of photocopied letters from Henry du Pont (1812-1889) and typescript of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) autobiography he wrote in 1792. The letters are from sisters Eleuthera du Pont Smith (1806-1876) and Sophie Madeleine du Pont (1810-1888), as well as William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) and M. Saito of the Japanese Navy.
Dates:
1811-1887; 1792
"Love for life: a self-portrait of the first three generations of du Ponts in America, 1791-1834" by Gertrude Ruhnka
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2001
Abstract:
Gertrude Ruhnka (1891-1981) was a research librarian at the Huntington Library in California. The collection contains her unpublished manuscript, "Love for life: a self-portrait of the first three generations of du Ponts in America, 1791-1834," and two letters from Ruhnka to J.B. Lippincott Company and Dr. Walter J. Heacock of the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation.
Dates:
1976
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