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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:          Salem Howe Wales                                                     

Title:               Papers

Dates:             1837-1908

Call No.:         Arc. 4

Quantity:        7 boxes

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Salem Howe Wales was a journalist, politician, and philanthropist.  Born in Wales, MA on October 4, 1825, he attended the Academy of Attica in New York.  In 1846, Wales began his career as a clerk in a New York importing house.  From 1848 to 1871 he served as managing editor of Scientific American.  Wales was a commissioner to the Paris Exposition (1855), a member of the executive committee of the Christian Commission during the Civil War era, and a member of the Union League Club.  In 1873 he became President of the New York City Department of Parks and in 1874 ran as the Republican candidate for mayor of the city.  From 1874 to 1876, Wales served as President of the Department of Docks; he was the New York City Park Commissioner from 1880 to 1885.  Wales was a founder and trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Director of the National Bank of North America.  He married Frances Elizabeth Johnson on February 12, 1851 and they had two children; he was the grandfather of Mrs. Henry Francis du Pont.

 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Consists of correspondence, corporate records, manuscripts, a scrapbook, a guest book, travel diaries, and photographs that reflect Wales' career in journalism and his interests in business, politics, civic and social affairs, urban reform, park development, and philanthropy.  Correspondents include Chester A. Arthur, P.T. Barnum, Henry Ward Beecher, Andrew Carnegie, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Cyrus W. Field, Hamilton Fish, Horace Greeley, William McKinley, Frederick Law Olmstead, Josiah Quincy, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, William H. Seward, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.  In addition, he corresponded with California King Gold Mines Company, Fifth Avenue Bank of New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Bank of North America, New England Society, New York State Bar Association, South Yuba Water Company, Union League Club, and the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Record group organized into nine series: series 1 contains architectural drawings; series 2 holds corporate items such as invoices; series 3 correspondence; series 5 has original manuscripts; series 6 has objects; series 7 contains photographs; series 8 publications; series 9 has social forms; and series 11 holds miscellaneous items.  Series 4 and 10 are not represented.  Within each box, folders are arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 

 

 

PROVENANCE

 

Collection is owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.  It was assembled over years, from 1969-1976 by transfers and gifts from various sources: in 1969 and 1976, from the H.F. du Pont House; in 1972, from the office of the properties and gardens divisions at Winterthur; in 1973, from the H.F. du Pont House and gift; in 1974, from the Coach House, Gray Building and gift.

 

           

RELATED MATERIALS

 

The papers of Ruth Wales du Pont are housed in the Winterthur Archives.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

            Dix, John A (John Adams), 1798-1879

            Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886

            Barnum, P.T., 1810-1891

            Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

            Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

            Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

            Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888

            Field, Cyrus W., 1819-1892

            Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

            Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

            McKinley, William, 1843-1901

            Quincy, Josiah, 1802-1882

            Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

            Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

            Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

            Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877

            Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902

            Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883

            Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874

            Unites States Civil Service Commission

            Republican Party – United States

            Commissioners of Public Parks

            New York Medical College

            National Temperance Society

            California King Gold Mines Company

            Fifth Avenue Bank of New York

            Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York

            National bank of North America

            New England Society in the City of New York

            New York State Bar Assn.

            South Yuba Water Company

            Union League Club

            Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery

            Journalism – scientific

            Social problems

            Social reformers

            Parks – management

            Temperance – societies

            Charities

            Upper class – United States – social life and customs

            Parks – New York, New York

            United States – politics and government

            Central Park - New York

            Southampton, New York - description and travel

            England – description and travel

            Europe – description and travel

            Philippines – description and travel

            Correspondence

            Scrapbooks

            Photographs

            Diaries

            Journalists

            Politicians

            Philanthropists

            Editors

 

 

 

           

Salem Howe Wales

Folder title

Information and date

Series

Box

Adams, W.

social, 1874

3

A52

Andrews, W. L.

social, 1901

3

A52

Arthur, Chester

business, social, 1879, 1886

3

A52

Auld, Robert

business, 1881

3

A52

Barney, H.

social, 1880

3

A52

Barnum, P. T.

notes, social, publication, photos, 1859-1890

3, 8, 7

A51, AP15

Bartell, Willard, M/M

social, n.d., 1887-1895

3

A52

Beach, M. S.

social, 1855, 1872

3

A51

Beall, I. A.

social, 1881

3

A52

Beecher, Henry Ward

social, 1874

3

A52

Bellows, Henry

social, 1867-1879

3

A52

Bible

1851

8

A54

Bishop, Nathan

social, 1863

3

A52

Blake, Charles M.

genealogy, 1880, 1882

3

A52

Bliss, C. N.

social, 1885

3

A52

Bliss, George

social, n.d.

9

A55

Blodgett, W. M.

social, 1870

3

A52

Boutwell, George

politics, 1902

3

A52

Brady, John R.

social, n.d.

3

A52

Brady, R.

social, 1895

3

A52

Bright, J.

social, 1868

3

A52

Bromley, Isaac

tribute, 1898

8

A54

Brownell, W. C.

business, 1897

3

A52

Buckingham, William

social, 1865-1866

3

A56 (oversize)

Buiton, B. H.

social, 1876, 1882

3

A52

Burns, Thomas

business, 1882

3

A52

Burr, Jane A.

social, n.d., 1867

3

A53

Buss, R. U.

photo

7

AP15

California King Gold Mines Co.

business, 1901

3

A52

Cane

object

6

AO20

Cantor, Jacob

social, 1901

3

A52

Carnegie, Andrew

social, 1901

3

A52

Chandler, C.

social, 1870

3

A52

Chandler, Dr.

social, 1876

3

A52

Chase, S. P.

social, 1863

3

A52

Choate, Joseph H.

social, 1969-1870

3

A52

Clarke, George

social, 1896

3

A52

Colfax, Schuyler [2]

publication, social, politics, 1865-1872

3, 8

A52, A51

Conkling, Roscoe

social, 1875-1878

3

A52

Corbin, Austin

social, 1882

3

A52

Cornell, A. B.

social, 1869

9

A55

Courtney, F.

social, 1876

3

A52

Crosby, Howard

social, 1866

3

A52

Cummings, A.

social, 1886

3

A52

Curtis, George Wm.

social, 1878

3

A52

Dalif, E. T.

social, 1880

3

A52

Davis, Jefferson

social, 1888

3

A52

Davis, Noah

social, 1876

3

A52

Diaries (travel)

1867-1868

5

A53, A54 (4 folders)

Dillon, Judge

social, n.d.

3

A52

Doane, W. C.

n.d.

5

A53

Dodge, W. E.

social, 1870, 1879, 1882

3

A52

Duell, R. H.

social, 1876

3

A52

Di Cesnola, L. B.

social, 1880, 1900

3

A52

Edson, Franklin

bsiness, 1884

3

A52

Elections

notice, 1884

8

A54

Erungh, U.

social, 1889

3

A52

Evarts, William M.

social, 1879-1883

3

A52

Fairchild, Charles

politics, 1895

3

A52

Field, Cyrus W.

social, 1879, 1884

3

A52

Field, David D.

business, 1884

3

A52

Field, H.

social, 1872

3

A52

Field, Kate

social, 1889, 1894

3

A52

Fifth Avenue Bank of New York

notes, n.d.

3

A52

Fish, Hamilton

social, 1879-1884

3

A52

Fitch, Littleton

social, 1937

9

A55

Fogg, William

social, 1870

9

A55

Folger, C.

social, 1882

3

A52

Foord, John

social, 1881

3

A52

Foote, Rear Admiral

social, 1863

3

A52

Fordham, Henry A.

deeds, title, 1881, 1883

2

A56

Fourteenth Street Church

bu, 1863

3

A52

Fraham, P. K.

social, 1875

3

A52

Gibbons, Cardinal

social, 1897

3

A52

Grace, William

social, business, 1880, 1885

3

A52

Grady, Thomas F.

social, 1898

3

A52

Grand Jury

social, 1880

9

A55

Grant, Frederick

social, 1885, 1895

3

A52

Grant, William H.

business, 1881

3

A52

Greeley, Horace (2)

social, 1864-1872

3, 9

A51, A55

Hall, J. H.

social, business, 1882-1884

3

A52

Ham, F. F.

social, 1883

3

A52

Hamilton, John

social, 1879

3

A52

Harlan, Joseph

politics, 1870

3

A52

Hastings, Thomas

social, 1896

3

A52

Havemeyer, William F.

business, 1873-1874

3

A52

Hawley, J. R.

social, 1866, 1872

3

A52

Hay, John

social, 1868-1869

3

A52

Hewitt, A.

social, n.d., 1879, 1882

3

A52

Hobart, Garret

social, 1896

3

A52

Hoffman, J.

business, 1880

3

A52

Hornblower, William

social, 1900

3

A52

Hulbert, William H.

social, n.d., 1881

3

A52

Hurry & Condit wedding

publication, 1883

8

A56

James, F. L.

social, 1881

3

A52

Jennings, J. W.

social, 1874

3

A52

Jones, George

social, 1870-1876

3

A52

Kellogg, Clara L.

social, 1872

3

A52

Kelly, John

business, 1880-1883

3

A52

Kern, John

business, 1883

3

A52

Lamb, Charles

excerpt, n.d.

11

A55

Lane, T. E.

social, 1882

3

A52

Lenox, S.

business, 1880

3

A52

Loew, Edward

social, 1885

3

A52

Marble, Manton

s, n.d.

3

A52

Marsh, Luther

bu, 1885

3

A52

Martin, William

s, 1882

3

A52

McKinley, William

s, 1896-1902

3

A52

McLaurin, John L.

s, 1900

3

A52

Meadow Club

bu, 1895

3

A52

Menaggio, Portezza

bu, 1867

2

A51

Metropolitan Museum of Art

s, 1881

9

A55

Morgan, E. D.

bu, 1876, 1881

3

A52

Morgan, William F.

s, 1880

3

A52

Morning Exercises

pub, 1837

8

A54

Morris, Fordham

s, 1885

3

A52

Morris, L.

s, 1880-1881

3

A52

Morton, L. P.

politics, 1878-1895

3

A52

Murphy, Thomas

politics, 1874

3

A52

Nast, Thomas

photo

7

AP15

National Bank of North America

bu, 1894

3

A52

National Loan

bu, 1861

2

A56 (oversize)

New England Society

minutes, 1881

3

A56 (oversize)

Newman, John

social, 1879

3

A52

New York State Bar Assn.

social, 1883

3

A52

Olmsted, F. L.

social, business, 1880-1884

3

A56 (oversize)

Parks

business, 1885

3

A53

Parrish, T. L.

social, 1897

3

A53

Peckham, Wheeler

social, 1883

3

A53

Pepoon, Marshall

social, 1874

3

A56 (oversize)

Phillips, E.

social, 1884

3

A53

Phillips, W. S.

social, 1857

3

A56 (oversize)

Poetry

n.d.

5

A53

Politics

correspondence, 1884

3

A53

Potter, H. C.

social, 1874, 1876, 1883

3

A53

Powers, Hiram

social, 1869

3

A53

Quincy, Josiah

social, 1877

3

A53

Ralph, Julian

social, 1891

3

A53

Reed, N. B.

social, 1898

3

A53

Reid, Whitelaw

politics, social, 1870-1892

3

A51

Rhoades, John

social, n.d.

3

A53

Rives, George

social, 1901

3

A53

Roberts, C. D.

social, n.d.

3

A53

Rollins, David

social, 1881, 1883

3

A53

Rooh, Sidney

social, 1890

3

A53

Roosevelt, C.

social, 1872

3

A53

Roosevelt, Theodore

social, politics, 1899-1900

3

A53, AP15 (oversize)

Root, Clara

social, n.d.

3

A53

Root, Elihu

notice, n.d.

8

A56 (oversize)

Rusk, J.

social, 1889

3

A53

Sage, Robert

stocks, n.d.

2

A52

Sage, Russell

social, 1879, 1886

3

A53

Schruz, C.

social, 1879

3

A53

Scrapbook

clippings, n.d.

8

A56 (oversize)

Seward, William H.

social, 1854?

3

A53

Shepard, Elliot F.

social, 1879-1880

3

A53

Sloan, George

social, 1889

3

A53

Smith, C. S.

social, 1878-1880

3

A53

Smith, Henrietta H.

social, 1878

3

A53

Smith, Sarah S.

social, 1876

3

A52

South Yuba Water Co.

business, 1894

2

A56 (oversize)

Southampton

business, photos, correspondence, objects, drawings, publication, social, 1880-1908

1-3, 6-9

A51, A53-56, AP15, AO18, AC6-7

Speeches

publication, n.d., 1867-1883

5

A51

Sperry, Watson

social, 1880

3

A53

Stewart, A.

business, n.d.

3

A53

Stewart & Co., Alexander

business, 1870

2

A52

Stuart, Alexander

social, n.d., 1877

9

A55

Stuart, Robert

social 1870-1881

3

A53

Thompson, E.

birds, business, 1896-1897

3

A53

Tilton, T.

social, n.d.

3

A53

Tracy, B. F.

social, 1889

3

A53

Travel

diary, n.d.

5

A53

Tweed, W. M.

social, 1890

3

A53

Union League Club

social, 1883-1885

3

A53, A56 (oversize)

United Traction & Electric Co.

notes, 1890s?

2

A51

Unknown

social, notes, business, photos, 1868-1903

3, 7

A52-53, A56, AP15

Van Brunt, Judge

social, n.d.

3

A53

Van Wyck, Robert

social, 1897

3

A53

Vanderbilt, C.

business, 1884-1885

3

A53

Vanderbilt, William A.

social, 1880

3

A53

Verbockhoven, E.

business, 1867

3

A53

Vixon, S.

social, n.d.

3

A53

Waite, M. R.

social, 1879

3

A53

Wales Assn.

notice, n.d.

8

A54

Wales, Bradford

genealogy, 1882

3

A53

Wales family

notes, n.d.

3

A52

Wales house

photo

7

AP15

Wales, Ruth, Jr.

social, 1902

3

A53

Wales, Salem

biography, 1893; photo, object

6, 7, 8

A54, AP15, AO19 (4 folders)

Wales & Son, S. H.

business card, n.d.

2

A52

Wales, Mrs. Salem H.

photo

7

AP15

Wales, Salem & Frances

business, 1900

2

A51

Ward, E. C.

social, n.d, 1874

9, 3

A55, A53

Ward, G. C.

business, n.d.

3

A52

Watch

notes, n.d.

11

A51

Webb, M. S.

social, 1884

3

A53

Whitaker, Edward G.

business, 1899

3

A52

Whitney, W.

business, 1880

3

A53

Whitridge, W.

business, 1870

3

A53

Will

1900

2

A51

Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery

business, 1893

2

A56 (oversize)

Winslow, Lanier & Co.

business, 1878

3

A52

Wood, Fernando

business, 1880

3

A53

Woodford, Stewart

social, 1870-1871

3

A53

Gifford, S. R.

social, bu, 1870, 1880

3

A52

Low, Seth

social, 1901

3

A53