Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Biographies; Life histories; Memoirs.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Victorine E. Foster memoir
Collection
Accession: 0428
Abstract:
Victorine du Pont Foster (1849-1934) was the granddaughter of Eleuthère Irénée "E.I." du Pont (1771-1834) who founded the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, a chemical company which began with the production of gunpowder. Her husband was Antoine Foster (1847-1928). The collection contains a typescript of Foster's memoir, "A Lost Garden" which describes the former garden at Eleutherian Mills.
Dates:
1921
