The Winterthur Library

The Winterthur Archives

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

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Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

 

OVERVIEW OF COLLECTION

 

    

     Title:             Chestertown House Corporation

     Dates:           1930-1951

     Call No.        Archives 7

     Quantity:      1 box

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

The Chestertown House Corporation was a non-profit organization established in New York State on March 12, 1930.  The purpose of the organization was to further benevolent causes, to promote science, literature, art, history, and other departments of knowledge, and to maintain and administer real and personal property for museums.  The administrative office was located in New York City and meetings were held at the law offices of Milbank, Tweed, Hope, & Webb in Manhattan.  The corporation officially dissolved on April 12, 1951.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Consists of certificate of incorporation, by-laws, minute books, and annual meeting notices documenting the formation and dissolution of the Chestertown Corporation and, to a limited extent, the operations of the corporation.  The names of its members and officers include: Beverley R. Robinson, George W. Jacques, George E. Hite, Jr., Sinclair Hamilton, Donald MacKenzie, Henry Francis du Pont, J. Frank Otwell, and Henry K. Greer.  The 1930 incorporation papers document Henry Francis du Pont’s intentions to establish Chestertown House, his Southampton, Long Island residence, as a museum.

 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Arranged alphabetically, sub-arranged chronologically.

 

 

PROVENANCE

 

Transferred from the clerical and financial offices of Henry Francis du Pont.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969

Robinson, Beverley Randolph, 1876-1951

Jacques, George

Hite, George E., Jr., 1886-1950

Hamilton, Sinclair

MacKenzie, Donald A.

Otwell, J. Frank

Greer, Henry K.

Millbank, Tweed, Hope & Webb

Chestertown House (Southampton, N.Y.)

Museums – Management

Business records (New York, N.Y.)

Nonprofit organizations

Article of incorporation

Minutes

Bylaws

 

 

 

Table1

Folder title

Series

Box

Subject

Minutes book, 1930-1938

69CHC2

1

Minutes book, 1939-1949

69CHC2

1

Minutes book, 1950-1951

69CHC2

1

Robinson, Beverley R. (1937-1947)

69CHC2

1

meeting notices

Chestertown House Corp. (1930)

70CHC2

1

incorporation, by-laws