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National Horse Show Association of America. [A collection of printed information pertaining to the National Horse Show Association of America].

Title: [A collection of printed information pertaining to the National Horse Show Association of America]. [1890-1921]

Programs, form.

ArchivalResource: 4 pieces : ill. ; 17-30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58781424 View

Du Pont, William 1855-1928. William du Pont papers, 1863-1945 (bulk 1880-1928).

Title: William du Pont papers, 1863-1945 (bulk 1880-1928).

William du Pont's papers primarily encompass the years of his active business life from the early 1880s to his death in 1928, with a gap in his correspondence and invoices and receipts for the first decade of the 20th century. There are also some early personal correspondence, land purchasing agreements and papers pertaining to companies whose activities started before William du Pont involvement or lasted after his death. Family correspondence includes letters to and from his parents, sisters, daughter Marion and son William, second wife Annie Rogers du Pont and cousin Alfred I. du Pont. They discuss both family and business matters and are contained in Series I. Personal correspondence and Series II. General correspondence. Series I contains also 1892-1900 correspondence between William du Pont and his personal secretary in the United States, C.K. Lennig, which documents activities related to du Pont estate maintenance and businesses during the family's stay in England, including purchase of the "Montpelier" estate. Business-related correspondence of William du Pont collected in Series II. General correspondence reflects his major activities: involvement with powder and dynamite companies; investments in railroads, transportation, utilities and banking enterprises; membership in horse and cattle breeding societies and clubs, horse show organizations and hunting clubs; contacts with horse breeders and dealers; and construction, renovations and repairs at personal properties and business buildings. Materials of companies which William du Pont operated or invested in compose Series IV. Business papers. Papers of the du Pont high explosives enterprise Repauno Chemical Co. contain financial, technical and operational documents, Gunpowder Trade Association agreements and correspondence of the company first presidents Lammot du Pont (1880-1884) and William du Pont (1884-1892.) Another well-documented family business is U.S.F. Powder Company which papers (1919-1945) are probably the most comprehensive source of information on the development and manufacture of flashless powder by du Ponts. Records of the Hinckley Brake Co. and Miller Train Control Corporation, manufacturers of railroad car brake and stop control devices, contain patents for the devices with related correspondence, promotion and reference materials, minute books and bookkeeping records. The collection contains some papers of the Montpelier Supply Company which was organized in 1911 by William du Pont at his estate in Montpelier, Va. to resell general merchandise to the employees and farmers. Papers include minute book, store inventories, monthly farm payrolls and correspondence of William du Pont on financial and operational matters. Papers of William du Pont contain numerous enclosures. They include financial statements of many companies, prospectuses of banks and investment firms, more than 50 issues of informational leaflets of the Horse Association of America (1921-1927) and National Parks Association (1922-1923), catalogs and advertisements for agricultural products and domestic goods, horse and cattle show programs, photographs, blueprints and newspaper clippings. 17 photographs and 66 glass negatives of firing tests from papers of the U.S.F. Powder Co., together with other visual material from the collection have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections Department, Acc. 2007.205.

ArchivalResource: 84 linear feet, 13 oversize folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/615808393 View

Balfe, Harry. Letters and documents of Harry Balfe, 1837-1935.

Title: Letters and documents of Harry Balfe, 1837-1935.

The majority of the items are about the Panama Canal. There are nine letters; which were written by William McKinley's secretary George B. Courtelyou; chief engineer of the Panama Canal George W. Goethals; Admiral George Dewey; President Theodore Roosevelt; William Howard Taft (as Secretary of War); Reverend J. F. Carson of Brooklyn, New York; and Will Rogers. The letters are arranged alphabetically by author (some of them are facsimile copies). There are a few items about horse showing including a photograph of a horse and two awards won by Balfe's horse "Maximum" in 1915 (given by the National Horse Show Association of America). The ephemera includes Balfe's passport (1914), a newspaper clipping, and a document appointing Tom Wentz Balfe to Captain in the US Army Chemical Warfare Service (1918).

ArchivalResource: 16 items, several are facsimiles.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/772215754 View