Delaware Miscellany collection 1825–1958 1920–1958

Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.)

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Wilmington (Ship)

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Metten, John F. (John Farrell), 1873-1968

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Marine engineer and shipbuilding industry executive. John Farrell Metten was born in Kent County, Del., on December 15, 1873. He began work at the age of 21 as a draftsman and soon found employment in the engineering department of the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company in Philadelphia. Metten rose to be chief engineer at Cramp's (1909-1925) and vice president in charge of engineering (1925-1927). When Cramp's ceased shipbuilding in 1927, Metten b...

University of Delaware Research Foundation

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Long, David J.

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Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993

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Crawford H. Greenewalt was an executive with the Du Pont Company and president of the firm from 1948 to 1962. He joined the company in 1922 and served as a supervisor on the nylon project in the 1930s and during the war as technical liason on the Manhattan Project. He was an accomplished amateur photographer and ornithologist and author of a study of hummingbirds (1960). After his retirement from Du Pont, Greenewalt served on a number of corporate boards, business, political, scientific, civic a...

Hullihen, Walter

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Delaware College

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No, Kum-Sok

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Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972

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Henry Clay Reed, historian and University of Delaware professor, was born 15 May 1899, in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. He served the University of Delaware for forty years, researching, teaching, writing, and editing numerous articles and books. He helped create and guide the American Studies program at the University, serving as the first chairman of the program and helping to improve the climate for interdisciplinary study. He was also involved with a number of library, h...

Brown, H. Fletcher (Harry Fletcher), 1867-1944

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Harry Fletcher Brown (1867-1944) left an enormous legacy to the state of Delaware. As a chemist and industrialist, most of his career was with the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company where he began as a technical director and rose to the position of vice president. After his retirement in 1930 he dedicated his personal fortune and time to public service and philanthropy. At his death in 1944, Harry Fletcher Brown left $4,500, 000, in eleven bequests, all benefiting public institut...

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur museum

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Lewis, William Ditto.

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Morris, Hugh M.

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Rickards, J. E. (John Ezra), 1848-1927

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Perkins, John A. (John Alanson), 1914-1982

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Vallandigham, Edward Noble, 1854-1930

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Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955

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Wilber Owen Sypherd was a former professor of English literature and university administrator at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, from 1906 to 1947. From the description of Wilber Owens Sypherd papers, 1939-1953. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 663904244 Wilber Owen Sypherd was a former professor of English literature and university administrator at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, from 1906 to ...

Delaware (Ship)

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University of Delaware. Marine Laboratory

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

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The family firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 and during the 19th century it became one of the United States' most important manufacturers of black powder. In 1902 three younger du Pont cousins: T. Coleman, Alfred I., and Pierre S. took over the company and within three years succeeded in bringing 75% of the American explosives industry (which at that time included black powder, dynamite, and smokeless powder) under their control. During the first decade of the...

Messick, Charles P.

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The relationship between Fred Telford and Charles Polk Messick began in 1917. The pair, relatively new to public administration, met while working for separate firms on a project in Canada. For the next 50 years, Telford and Messick collaborated on numerous occasions to help advance the theory and practice of public personnel administration. Fred Telford, born in 1881, received a philosophy degree from the University of Chicago in 1918 and a ...

Whitaker, Epher, 1820-1916

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Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Southold from 1851 to 1892. From the description of Papers, 1846-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155554264 Minister, Southold Presbyterian Church; Vice President, Suffolk County Historical Society. From the description of Papers, 1850-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155558617 Epher Whitaker (1820-1916) was a Presbyterian minister born in Fairfield, Cumberland County, NJ in 1820. He graduated from Delaware College ...

Hagley Museum

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The Hagley Museum was established in the aftermath of the Du Pont Company's sesquicentennial in 1952. The museum preserved and partially restored the site of the original Du Pont powder yards, which had closed 30 years before. It also documented and presented the early industrial history of the Brandywine Valley. From the description of Research reports, 1953-1978. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86094021 ...

Purnell, William Henry, 1826-1902

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Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948

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Samuel Chiles Mitchell was born in Coffeeville, Mississippi on 24 December 1864. A noted educator, Mitchell received an M.A. from Georgetown (Tennessee) College in 1888. From 1889-1891, Mitchell taught history and Greek at Mississippi College, then returned to his alma mater in 1892 to teach Latin. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1899. Mitchell first became associated with Richmond, Virginia after 1895 where he taught history at the University of Richmond. Mitchell becomes ...