Politics, 1909/1935
- Scope and content:
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Records contain correspondence regarding the operation of the Wilmington Morning News and other newspapers and their duPont influenced editorial policy. Other records related to E. M. Davis and T. W. Jakes, political informants on the duPont payroll, and Alfred's views on women's suffrage, World War I, welfare reform, and a host of other topics.
- Language:
- English
- Names:
- Wilmington Morning News
Every Evening Wilmington
Wilmington (Del.). Department of Police
E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
Delaware Ledger
Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935
Pizek, Stanley R., b. ca. 1885
Goldsborough, Phillips Lee, 1865-1946
Reybold, F. K. (Frederick K.), 1874-1969
Allee, J. Frank (James Frank), 1857-1938
Buck, Clayton Douglass, 1890-1965
Griffenberg, E. B. (Elwood Bryan), Senator, 1875-1963
Bradford, E. G. (Edward Green), Jr., Representative, 1878-1927
Hilles, Florence Bayard, 1866-1954
Pennewill, Simeon S. (Simeon Selby), Governor, 1867-1935
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Davis, E. M. (Edward Milford), b.1887
Layton, Daniel J. (Daniel John), 1879-1960
Short, I. D. (Isaac Dolphus), 1875-1953
Du Pont, H. A. (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926
Hurley, Patrick J. (Patrick Jay), 1883-1963
Jakes, T. W. (Thomas Webber) (Thomas Webber Jakes ), 1867-1945
Coolidge, Calvin (John Calvin), 1872-1933
Walls, J. E.
Black, George, 1868-1942
Maxwell, George T. (Gee Tee), 1895-1965
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections and ArchivesJames G. Leyburn LibraryWashington and Lee University204 W. Washington StreetLexington, VA 24450
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