Papers 1885-1932.

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Papers 1885-1932.

This collection contains correspondence with family and friends, banking records, bills, books, invitations, clippings, and telegrams.

19 boxes (2.7 cu.ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7172733

Winterthur Library

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There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Wales, Ruth, 1889-1967.

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Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969

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Curator of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum; Winterthur, Delaware. From the description of Henry F. Du Pont interview, 1962 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502900 Henry Francis du Pont was born at Winterthur, Del., on May 27, 1880, the son of Henry Algernon du Pont and the great-grandson of E. I. du Pont, the founder of the Du Pont Company. He was a director of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1915 until his death in 1969, and a member of its ...

Hawks, Ruth Holmes, 1862-1932.

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Ruth Holmes Hawks was born in New York City. On December 17, 1885, she married Edward Howe Wales in Providence, Rhode Island. Their only child, Ruth Wales, married Henry Farncis du Pont in 1916. From the description of Papers 1885-1932. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 269369474 ...

Wales, Edward Howe, 1856-1922.

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Edward Howe Wales was the son of Salem Howe Wales and Frances Elizabeth Johnson and was born in New York City on May 28, 1856. He attend a private day school in the city and graduated from Columbia University in 1877. On December 17, 1885 he married Ruth Holmes Hawks; they had one daughter, Ruth, who married Henry Francis du Pont. Wales was associated with his father in patent work and became an assistant examiner in the U.S. Patent Office. About 1880, he became a stockbrocker. During World War ...

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...