Personal

Scope and content:

Intimate details of the duPont family are documented. Subjects include: deafness, storage of furs, jewels, purchase of antiques, intimate articles, home furnishings, clubs, personal views, poetry, and musical compositions by Alfred.

Language:
English
Names:
Crosby and Hill Company
General Acoustic Company
George Tiemann and Company
Miller and Cleghorn
E. A. Myers and Sons
Sonotone Corporation
Auratone Incorporated
William F. Murphy's Sons
Mercantile Printing Company
The Dreka Company
Cann Brothers and Kinding Incorporated
Hughes and Muller Tailoring
Mann and Dilks
Buckeye Shirt Company
Gene-Vall Cigar Company, Incorporated
Jung Arch Brace Company
Rand McNally and Company
H. W. Fisher and Company
J.E. Caldwell & Co
Waltham Watch Company
Wall and Ochs
Bonschur and Holmes
Franklin Simon & Co
Boué Soeurs
Grande Maison de Blanc
Faultless Manufacturing Company
George L. Starks and Company
National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
New Process Company
John Morrell & Co
Pathéscope (Firm)
Bell & Howell Co
Montana State Prison
Unexcelled Manufacturing Company
Ritz-Carlton Hotels (Firm)
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.)
United States. Post Office Department
National Horse Show Association of America
United States Lines Company
Social Register Association (U.S.)
Du Pont Bridge Club
G. Schirmer, Inc
Kny-Scheerer Company
Robinson Electric Manufacturing Company
Westchester Country Club (Rye, N.Y.)
Bankers Club of America
Beaver Lake Club
Congressional Country Club
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Remington Arms Company
National Rifle Association of America
Jonas Bros. Taxidermy
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company
A.G. Spalding & Bros
Abercrombie & Fitch
Graybar Electric Company inc
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency
League of Nations
United States Naval Academy
Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935
Lyell, Robert O. (Robert Oliver), MD, Dr., 1878-1968
Burnam, Curtis F. (Curtis Field), MD, Dr., 1877-1947
Lawton, Thomas, 1878-1947
Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954
Bradfield, Edna T. (Edna Turner), 1881-1946
Dodge, Edwin R. (Edwin Rouse), 1860-1934
Brereton, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1887-1964
Lutkin, James, b. 1866
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Bartlett, Jane, 1843-1928
Coffin, Rachel J., b. 1876
Hardy, S. D. (Samuel Drury), 1883-1966
Barthman, F. William (Frederick William), 1865-1935
Macdonald, Arthur Nelson, 1866-1940
Lee, John Thomas, 1875-1953
Evans, Lynwood Ingerville, 1889-1949
Griffith, Eugene Artemus, 1903-1980
Du Pont, Jessie Ball, 1884-1970
Harris, Herrman H. (Herrman Hirsch), Dr., 1883-1936
Brereton, Ruth , 1891-1951
Jannicelli, F. Francis (Francesco Francis), b. 1896
Du Pont, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1863-1930
Robinson, J. N. (John Norris), 1865-1960
Fischer, Carl, 1849-1923
Jayne, Horace H. F. (Horace Howard Furness), 1898-1975
Newell, Edward Theodore, 1886-1941
Gravino, Adam, 1889-1962
McCurdy, M. L.
McCurdy, William T.
Hutchison, Miller Reese, Sr., 1876-1944
Carroll, Edward R. (Edward Rotchford), 1887-1952
Carroll, Cosette M., b. 1910
Hoover, Herbert (Herbert Clark), 1874-1964
Buck, Clayton Douglass, 1890-1965
Shakespeare, Frank H. (Franklin Heverin), 1879-1950
Du Pont, Marcella Miller (1903-09-09-1985-09)
Preston, Lelia Harrison Dew, 1893-1984
Montague, James J. (James Jackson), 1873-1941
Gravely, J. Bland (Judith Bland), 1918-1998
Doty, William Kavanaugh, 1886-1956
Hull, George H. (George Henry), Jr., b. 1867
Hurley, Patrick J. (Patrick Jay), 1883-1963

Access and use

Location of collection:
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Parent terms of access:
The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.

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