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Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School (BMSS) records
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0389
Abstract:
The Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School (BMSS) was organized in 1817 as a non-sectarian school for the children of the local factory workers, with instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion. Éleuthère Irénée du Ponts (1771-1834), founder of the DuPont Company, was one of its chief subscribers, and the school building was located on his property. Primarily generated and maintained by the du Pont women, the BMSS records include the school's constitution, and financial records such as bills and receipts and accounts. Most of the records pertain to students with information about premiums which were given as rewards for attendance and scholarly excellence.
Dates:
1817-1899
Du Pont, Kemble, De Forest family correspondence
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2156
Abstract:
This collection of family correspondence encompasses several generations of the du Pont, Kemble, and de Forest families. Victorine du Pont (1825-1887), the eldest child of Alfred Victor du Pont (1798-1856), senior partner in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and Margaretta Elizabeth (Lammot) du Pont (1807-1898), married Peter Kemble (1825-1887), son of William Kemble the company's New York business agent. One of their daughters, Meta Kemble (1852-1933), married New York artist Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932).
Dates:
1840-1882
Eugene Shallcross Ferguson papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2249
Abstract:
Eugene S. Ferguson (1916-2004) was one of the founders of the discipline of the history of technology, both through teaching at Iowa State University and the University of Delaware and by working at the Smithsonian Institution and the Hagley Museum. This collection documents the first twenty years of the history of technology as an academic discipline, and networking among its practitioners.
Dates:
1937-2001; Majority of material found within 1960-1995
Henry du Pont letter to John M. Clayton
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0403
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). In 1854, du Pont wrote a letter to Senator John M. Clayton (1796-1856), requesting assistance in securing an appointment for his son, Henry A. du Pont (1838-1926), to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Dates:
1854 March 23
Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0789
Abstract:
Joshua Gilpin (1765-1841) was a merchant and paper manufacturer in Delaware. This collection is a microfilm of letters in a scrapbook, including correspondence from Gilpin, Thomas Gilpin (1776-1853), and others.
Dates:
1770-1848
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