Papers relating to Delaware social services, 1897-1954.

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Papers relating to Delaware social services, 1897-1954.

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Service Citizens of Delaware records document its 1918 organization and the survey of state schools which defined Pierre S. du Pont's educational agenda. Files document the state of education in Delaware, sources of financial support for the schools, teacher salaries and pensions, and descriptions of physical facilities. Correspondence and annual reports (1918-1927) describe Pierre S. du Pont's reform proposal. There is also substantial material on the Americanization program and the ways in which it attempted to shape school curricula in order to acculturate the immigrant population and instill an incentive-based work ethic. Service Citizen's adult education and public health programs are described in the records as is the school construction program of the Delaware School Auxiliary Association. There are also extensive records and photographic files documenting the building program that was put in place for the black schools.

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Miller, George B. (George Brooke), 1861- .

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Delaware School Auxiliary Association.

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Service Citizens of Delaware.

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Delaware School Foundation.

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Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950

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John Raskob was born in Lockport, N.Y. on March 19, 1879. He was educated in the area's public schools and after holding a number of positions as a stenographer and secretary went to work for The Johnson Company of Lorain, Ohio, in August 1900. The Johnson Company had been recently purchased by Pierre S. du Pont. Two years later he became Pierre S. du Pont's private secretary, and when du Pont became treasurer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on March 4, 1904, Raskob became his ...

Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954

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P. S. du Pont was president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. from 1915 to 1919 and chairman of the board from 1919 to 1940. He was also president of General Motors (1920-1923) and chairman (1920-1929), as well as a member of many other major corporate boards. He was also an avid collector of documents on the early history of the Du Pont family and company. From the description of The P. S. du Pont Office Collection, 1749-1939. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 16...

Burnett, Marguerite H. (Marguerite Hill).

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