The Winterthur Archives

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Evelina du Pont

Title: Papers

Dates: 1794-1824, 1856-1936

Call No.: Arc. 8

Quantity: 3 boxes

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Evelina du Pont was born on October 9, 1840 to Henry du Pont and Louisa Gerhard. She attended Miss Bayard's school in Philadelphia, PA. She was interested in civic and community affairs and she belonged to Christ Church, Christiana Hundred, DE.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Consists of correspondence, postcards, and invitations that reflect the family relationship of Evelina du Pont with Henry Francis du Pont, Ruth Wales du Pont, Ruth Ellen du Pont, and Pauline Louise du Pont. Much of the correspondence describes a trip the three latter du Ponts took around the world in 1936 on the Cunard White Star liner, Franconia, as they recounted it to Evelina. The trip included visits to Ceylon, Trinidad, India, China, Japan, and Brazil. The collection also contains early letters written by Evelina's great grandfather, Jechonias Wood, and other members of the Wood family. Also present is an invitation to Evelina from Louisa d'Andelot du Pont to join the family for breakfast at St. Amour to honor the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours in America. In addition, the collection contains several printed titles, most of which are inscribed to Evelina du Pont, covering such topics as religion, medicine, and travel.

ORGANIZATION

Collection is arranged in four series and within each box, folders are arranged alphabetically by folder title. Series 3 holds correspondence; series 7 photographs; series 8 holds publications; and series 9 social forms. Series 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 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. It was assembled over years, 1969 and 1974 by transfers from various sources: in 1969, from the H.F. du Pont House; and in 1974, from the Gray Building.

RELATED MATERIALS

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

ACCESS POINTS

Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1889-1969

Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817

Du Pont, Pauline Louise, 1918-

Du Pont, Louisa d’Andelot, 1868-1926

Du Pont, Ruth Ellen, 1922-

Cunard White Star, Ltd.

St. Armour, Wilmington, DE

Voyages and travels

Upper class – United States – social life and customs

Sri Lanka – description and travel

Trinidad – description and travel

India – description and travel

China – description and travel

Japan – description and travel

Correspondence

Postcards

Invitations

Wood, Jechonias

EVELINA DU PONT
Folder title	Series	Box	Names cited	Subjects
Du Pont, H. F. (1936) [handwriting hard to read]	69E3	A2	Ceylon	travel, illness, food, elephants
Du Pont, Louisa d'A. (1900)	69E9	A2	Alfred V. du Pont; Margarette E. du Pont	invitation
Du Pont, Pauline Louise (1936)	69E3	A2	India; R.E. du Pont	travel, weather, elephants
Du Pont, Ruth Ellen (1936)	69E3	A2	India; Ceylon; Peking	travel, weather, dust storm, ship
Du Pont, Ruth Wales (1936)	69E3	A2	Louise Crowninshield	travel, ship, food, gardens, hotels, beaches
'History of the American Episcopal Church' (1890)	74E8	A3	Louisa du Pont; S.D. McConnell	book, inscribed
'Lyra Germanica' (1856)	74E8	A3	Louisa du Pont; Catherine Winkworth	book, inscribed
'Memories' (1899)	74E8	A3	C. Kegan Paul	book
'Monks & Monasteries' (1900)	74E8	A3	Alfred Wesley Wishart	book
'More Memories' (1894)	74E8	A3	Dean S. Reynolds Hole Pole	book
'Religion & Medicine' (1908)	74E8	A3	Elwood Worcester; Samuel McComb; Isador H. Coriat	book
'The Daily Round' (1893)	74E8	A3	Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe	book, inscribed
'The Memories of Dean Hole' (1894)	74E8	A3	Louisa du Pont;	book, inscribed
'Old Testament from Modern Point of View" (1899)	74E8	A3	Rev. L.W. Batten	book
'The Servant in the House' (1908)	74E8	A3	Chales Rann Kennedy	book, play
Wood family (1794-1824)	69E3	A2		family history, battles, death, garden
'La Hollande' (1878)	69E8	A2	Frederic Bernard	book, inscribed [in French]