The Winterthur Archives

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Francis Boardman Crowninshield

Title: Papers

Dates: 1907-1948

Call No.: Arc. 6

Quantity: 1 box

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Francis Boardman Crowninshield was born in New York on April 22, 1869. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. and graduated from Harvard University in 1891. In 1898, Crowninshield joined Troop K of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders and took part in the Cuban campaign of the Spanish American War. On June 28, 1900, he married Louise Evelina du Pont. His interests were painting, architecture and design, and boat racing. He was one of the country's leading yachtsmen and was part of the American team that won the King of Spain's cup in 1910.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Consists of correspondence and corporate and social records that document Francis Crowninshield's activities in Boca Grande, Fla. and Marblehead, Mass. Correspondents include William Marshall Bullitt, Boca Grande Corporation, Boca Grande Mercantile Company, and Chauncey Nash. Of particular interest is a letter to Crowninshield from Franz Preuschen of Germany, discussing America's possible entry into World War I. Also of note is a catalog of the Francis Boardman Crowninshield Exhibition at the Ferargil Galleries in New York City in 1944.

ORGANIZATION

Collection is arranged in five series and within each box, folders are arranged alphabetically by folder title. Series 2 contains corporate records; series 3 correspondence; series 4 governmental forms; and series 9 social forms. Series 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11 are not represented. The original finding aid to the collection, done in MSAccess, appears at the end of this finding aid.

PROVENANCE

Collection is owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, but housed at Hagley Museum and Library. It was assembled from 1969-1974 by transfers and gifts from various sources: in 1969, from the clerical division of the Wilmington, Del. office of Henry Francis du Pont; in 1972, from the office of the properties and gardens divisions at Winterthur; in 1973, from the main museum building, and in 1974, as a gift.

RELATED MATERIALS

Papers of Louise du Pont Crowninshield, also owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, are also housed at the Hagley Museum and Library.

ACCESS POINTS

Ickes, Harold L., 1874-1952

Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1889-1969

Bullitt, William Marshall, 1873-1957

Nash, Chauncey

Preuschen, Franz

Francis B. Crowninshield Exhibition – New York, NY

Washington Riding Company

Walpole Society – United States

Feragil Galleries

Boca Grande Corporation

Upper class – United States – social life and customs

World War, 1914-1918 – public opinion

Exhibition catalogs

Yachts

Indiantown Gap, PA – description and travel

Boca Grande, FL – description and travel

Marblehead, MA – description and travel

Correspondence

Catalogs

Boca Grande Mercantile Company

Camp Pickett, VA – description and travel

Francis B. Crowninshield
Folder title	Information and date	Series	Box
Automobile data	notes, business, 1925-1926	2	A9
Boca Grande	business, 1931	3	A9
Brewer & Co., Cyrus	business, 1907	3	A9
Bullitt, William M.	social, 1943	3	A9
Crowninshield, Francis B.	business, 1927	3	A9
Ferargil Galleries	exhibition catalog, 1944	9	A9
Hawkins, Walter	business, 1924	3	A9
Peabody, W. Rodman	business, 1918	3	A9
Preuschen, F.	social, 1914	3	A9
Tedesco Country Club	social, 1918	3	A9
U. S. Express Co.	business, 1909	2	A9
Washington, D. C.	taxes, 1913-1914	4	A9
Washington Riding Co.	stock, 1911	2	A9
Wines & liquors	business, 1947	2	A9
Winterthur	social, 1948	3	A9