Biddle, Walt (Walter Arthur), 1925-1995,

Walter Arthur Biddle was a gardener in the household of Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Crowninshield of Marblehead, Mass., and Greenville, Del. The Crowninshields occupied Eleutherian Mills, the oldest of the du Pont mansions, in 1922 and resided there for serveral months every spring and fall. When the estate became part of the Hagley Museum and Library after Mrs. Crowninshield's death in 1958, Biddle joined the Hagley staff. He retired on June 30, 1985.

From the description of Oral history interview, 1994 [transcript]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122396945