The Winterthur Archives

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Henry Algernon du Pont

Title: Papers

Dates: 1848-1926

Call No.: Arc. 12

Quantity: 53 boxes

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Henry Algernon du Pont, son of Henry and Louisa Gerhard du Pont, was born on July 30, 1838 at Eleutherian Mills, near Wilmington, Del. After attending the University of Pennsylvania from 1855-1856, he enrolled at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. and graduated at the head of his class in 1861. By 1864, du Pont was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army. He won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic efforts at the Battle of Cedar Creek during the Civil War. From 1906-1917, H.A. du Pont was a U.S. Senator. Du Pont was a staunch Republican and served on many committees in Washington. He was the author of several military reminiscences and was the family’s historian. He was also a farmer and had one of the most valuable private Holstein herds in the United States. Du Pont resided on an estate named Winterthur, located near Wilmington, Del.

On July 15, 1874, du Pont married Mary Pauline Foster of New York City. Only two of their children survived into adulthood, Henry Francis du Pont and Louise du Pont Crowninshield. Upon H.A. du Pont's death on Dec. 31, 1926, his son inherited the Winterthur estate.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Consists of correspondence, bills, manuscripts, cartographic and pictorial items, and social materials dealing with politics, society, corporations, and the Winterthur estate. Much of the correspondence is corporate in nature; it relates to various financial interests, including local railroad companies.

ORGANIZATION

Collection is arranged in eleven series and within each box, folders are arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Series 1: Cartographic

Series 2: Corporate records

Series 3: Correspondence

Series 4: Governmental records

Series 5: Original manuscripts

Series 6: Objects

Series 7: Pictorial

Series 8: Publications

Series 9: Social forms

Series 10: Telegrams

Series 11: Miscellaneous

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 is housed at Hagley Museum and Library. It was assembled in 1980 by transfers from various sources: from the clerical division of the Wilmington, Del. office of Henry Francis du Pont and from the H.F. du Pont House at Winterthur.

RELATED MATERIALS

Records of Col. H. A. du Pont Company, 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, 1880-1969

Crowninshield, Louise du Pont, 1877-1958

Du Pont, Mary Pauline Foster, 1849-1902

Wilmington Northern Railroad

Reading Company

Political science – Delaware

Holstein-Friesian cattle

Finance – personal

Railroads – management

United States – history, Civil War, 1861-1865

Correspondence

Bills of sale

Wills

Reminiscences

Farmers

Authors

Henry Algernon du Pont
Folder title	Information and date	Series	Box
A La Paix	business, 1908, 1912	2	HA 2
A La Paix	business, 1909	3	HA 17
A. P. W. Paper Co.	business, 1916	3	HA 4
Aaggie Cornucopia Johanna Lad 7th	farms, 1912	11	HA 34
Abel & Co., C. C.	business, horticulture, 1907	3	HA 17
'Ad Tiberim or Fall of Gracchi: Epic Ballad of Roman Republic'	publication, 1911	8	HA 28
Addresses	notes, n.d.	11	HA 35, 36, 33
Adger & Co., John	social, 1926	3	HA 4
Admiral Urmagel Burke	farms, after 1913	11	HA 34
Agricultural Digest	social, 1921	3	HA 4
Ainsworth, F. C.	social, 1923	3	HA 4
Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co.	business, 1907	3	HA 17
Albina Butter Boy	farms, 1913	11	HA 34
American Art Assn.	business, 1913-1914	2	HA 2
American Cotton Oil Co.	business, 1902	2	HA 1
American Five & Ten cent Stores	business, 1913-1914	2	HA 1
American Geographic Society	notes, 1912	3	HA 17
American Railway Express Co.	business, 1919	3	HA 4
Ames, Adelbert	social, 1925-1926	3	HA 4
Ames, Adelbert	publication, n.d.	8	HA 22
Ancient Order of Hibernians	speech, 1909	5	HA 21
Anderson the Florist	business, 1913-1914	2	HA 2
Anderson the Florist	business, horticulture, 1913	3	HA 17
Anderson, J. F.	business, 1914	2	HA 2
Andorra Nurseries	business, 1915	2	HA 2
Andrews & Winsten	business, 1922	2	HA 1
'Antigone of Sophocles, The'	publication, 1854	8	HA 28
Antique bills	business, 1910-1922	2	HA 1
Arden Studios, Inc.	business, 1919	2	HA 1
Army Athletic Assn.	social, 1907	3	HA 17
Army & Navy Club: By-Laws & House Rules	publication, 1917	8	HA 28
Arnold, Constable & Co.	business, 1905	3	HA 17
Artindale & Son, William	business, horticulture, 1912	2	HA 2
'Atlas, Reference Atlas for Colleges, Libraries, Families'	publication, 1865	8	HA 38 (oversize)
Auger, Paul	business, 1906-1913	3	HA 17
Augur, Paul	business, 1906-1910	2	HA 1
Aux Trois Quartiers	business, 1911	2	HA 1
Aux Trois Quartiers	business, 1911	2	HA 2
Backhouse & Son, Ltd., James	horticulture, business, 1912-1914	2	HA 2
Baily, J. R.	business, 1915	2	HA 4
Baltes, Lawrence J.	business, 1916	3	HA 20
Bankers Club of America	publication, 1916	8	HA 28
Banking notes	notes, n.d.	2	HA 2
Banking notes	notes, n.d.	2	HA 4
Barbedienne, F.	business, 1906	3	HA 17
Barnes, John W.	business, greenhouse, 1923	2	HA 1
Barnes, John W.	business, 1923	3	HA 4
Barney, J. P.	business, 1922	3	HA 4
Barnwell, Joseph W.	social, 1923	3	HA 4
Barr & Sons	horticulture, business, 1909-1915	2	HA 10
Barr & Sons	business, 1907	2	HA 2
Barr & Sons	business, horticulture, 1907-1915	3	HA 17
Barrett, A. & Sons	business, 1914	2	HA 1
Batholomew, A. C.	business, horticulture, 1912	2	HA 2
Bath, Ltd., R. H.	business, horticulture, 1912-1914	2	HA 2
Bath, R. H.	business, horticulture, 1912	3	HA 17
Battle of Newmarket, The	publication, 1923	8	HA 23
Bauduy, Victorine E. du Pont ['Religion in Common Life']	publication, 1856	8	HA 23
Baugh & Sons Co.	social, 1915	3	HA 20
Bayersdorfer & Co.	business, 1915	2	HA 2
Bayersdorfer & Co., H.	business, 1905	2	HA 4
Bees Ltd.	horticulture, business, 1912-1914	2	HA 2
Bees Ltd.	horticulture, business, 1912	3	HA 17
Ben-Simon, E.	business, 1912	2	HA 2
Benson & Co., W. A. S.	business, 1907	3	HA 17
Benson & Hedges	business, 1910	3	HA 17
Berger & Co., H. H.	business, horticulture, 1910-1914	2	HA 2
Berger & Co., H. H.	business, horticulture, 1912	3	HA 17
Berry & Whitmore Co.	business, 1908	3	HA 17
Bianchi, Attilio	business, 1908-1909	2	HA 2
Bianchi, Attilio	business, 1909	3	HA 17
Bidermann, Gabrielle C. B.	business, 1899	2	HA 5
Bidermann, James I. , estate of	business, 1891	2	HA 1
'Biographical Sketch of Sir Henry Havelock'	publication, 1867	8	HA 28
Bishop-Babcock-Becker Co.	business, 1915-1917	2	HA 1
Bishopstead Improvement Committee	social, 1920	3	HA 4
Bitard, Antoinette C. E. B.	business, 1902	2	HA 5
Bizet, Wierre & Co.	business, 1908	3	HA 17
Black, Louis E.	social, 1926	3	HA 4
Bobbink & Atkins	horticulture, business, 1909-1915	2	HA 2
Bobbink & Atkins	horticulture, business, 1906-1911	3	HA 17
Boddington, Arthur	horticulture, business, 1912-1913	3	HA 17
Boddington, Arthur T.	horticulture, business, 1907-1915	2	HA 2
Bogert, J. W.	business, 1925	3	HA 4
Boler & Co.	business, 1905	3	HA 17
BonaLevo Farm	farms, 1913	11	HA 39 (oversize)
'Book of Common Prayer'	publication, 1850	8	HA 26
Books	notes, n.d.	11	HA 34
'Boston, Port of'	publication, 1916	8	HA 23
Bowditch, James H.	business, horticulture, 1915	2	HA 2
Bowers, Lucy A.	business, 1900-1904	2	HA 1
Box, James	business, horticulture, 1914	2	HA 2
Boyce's Specialty Shop	business, 1911	3	HA 17
Bradford, Edward, Jr.	business, 1904	3	HA 17
Bradlee, Francis B. C.	social, 1923-1926	3	HA 4
Bradlee, Francis B. C.	publication, 1924-1925	8	HA 22
Brandywine Realty Co.	business, 1902-1918	3	HA 4
Brandywine Realty Co.	notes, 1881-1902	2	HA 5