Letters to husband Irénée du Pont, 1921-1936.

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Letters to husband Irénée du Pont, 1921-1936.

The letters contain mostly family and domestic news and were written when Irénée was away on business or when one was at the Cuban estate, Xanadu, and the other at Granogue in Delaware.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114177

Hagley Museum & Library

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Du Pont, Irene S. (Irene Sophie), 1877-1961

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Du Pont, Irénée, 1876-1963

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Irénée du Pont (1876-1963) was born at Nemours, near Eleutherian Mills, New Castle County, Delaware. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He began work for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in 1903 in the Construction Division of the Black Powder Operating Department. After gaining experience, he was named Assistant Treasurer in 1905 and manager of the Development Department three years later. In 1915 he joined w...