The Winterthur Library

The Winterthur Archives

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735

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

 

 

 

OVERVIEW OF COLLECTION

 

     Creator:      Edward LaFond

     Title:            Papers

     Dates:          1964-1989

     Call No.       Archives 16

     Quantity:    21 boxes

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Edward LaFond was a 1964 graduate of the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture after which he became a curator at the Chester County Historical Society.  After working for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, he went into business restoring and selling antiques.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

These research notes document the clocks owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.  Information includes makers’ biographies, construction details for each clock, photographs and negatives of overall views and details. Introductory essays for tall clocks, wall and shelf clocks, bracket clocks are also included as well as a glossary and bibliography, catalog entries, LaFond’s thesis, and correspondence.

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The papers are arranged according to media and the type of clock.

 

 

PROVENANCE

 

Collection is owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum and is housed in the Winterthur Archives.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

LaFond, Edward, 1938-2015

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

Clocks and watches

Clock and watch makers

Lantern clocks

Shelf clocks

Wall clocks

Longcase clocks

 

 

LaFond

FOLDER TITLE

SERIES

BOX

Tall clocks #1, Gawen Brown, Boston, 1755, 55.96.3

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #2, Simon Willard, 53.155.64

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #3, Elnathan Taber, 86.53

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #4, James Wady, 51.28

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #5, David Williams, 59.802

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #6, Macok Ward, 69.228

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #7, John Whitear, Sr., 58.2430

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #8, Daniel Burnap, 69.585

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #9, Nathaniel Dominy, IV, 81.18

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #10, Nathaniel Dominy, IV, 57.34.1

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #11, Felix Dominy, 86.134

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #12, Joseph Lawrence, 63.625

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #13, Anthony Ward, 54.15

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 394

Tall clocks #14, Pearsall & Embree, 77.61

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #15, Elon Andrews, 57.1013

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #16, Isaac Brokaw, 69.210

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #17, Isaac Pearson, 52.252

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #18, Isaac Pearson, 71.580

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #19, Jacob Graff, 65.2261

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #20, Jacob Godshalk, 67.1728

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #21, Jacob Godshalk, 57.971

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #22, Edward Duffield, 52.247

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #23, Thomas Wagstaff, 52.246

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #24, Thomas Wagstaff, 60.1149

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #25, Daniel Oyster, 59.2807

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #25, Thomas Coats, 73.310 [2 numbered 25]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 395

Tall clocks #26, George Hoff, Sr., 57.1026

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 396

Tall clock #27, Daniel Rose, 65.2

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 396

Tall clocks #28, Daniel Oyster, 59.2807

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 396

Tall clocks #29, Jacob Eby, 57.627

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 396

Tall clocks #30, John Paul, Jr., 58.2874

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 396

Tall clocks #31, unknown maker, 67.1704

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 396

Tall clocks #32, Thomas Crow, 64.968

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 396

Tall clocks #33, Duncan Beard, 58.3203

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 396

Tall clocks #34, Duncan Beard, 73.119

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 396

Tall clocks #35, unknown maker, 64.175

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 396

Tall clocks #36, Thomas Clagett, 54.19.2

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Tall clocks #37, Reuben Tower, 55.622

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Tall clocks #38, Joshua Wilder, 59.769

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Bracket clocks essay

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Bracket clocks #39, Thomas Parker, 59.641

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Bracket clocks #40, Effingham Embree, 68.668

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Bracket clocks #41, Stephen Van Wyck, 57.1091

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Bracket clocks #42, Aaron Willard, 57.1081

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Bracket clocks #43, Burrows Dowdney, 61.516

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Bracket clocks #44, Benjamin Rittenhouse, 61.1655

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Bracket clocks #45, Robert Wood, 66.511

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Bracket clocks #47, parlor table timepiece, 59.578

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Bracket clocks #48, candlestick timepiece, 59.1139

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Introduction & preface

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Wall & shelf clock essay

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #49, Simon Willard, 58.2987

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #50, Simon Willard, 65.2275

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #51, Daniel Balch, Jr., 57.628

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #52, Paine Wingate, 57.1089

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #53, Aaron Willard, 57.920

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #54, Aaron Willard, 61.1732

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #55, David Wood, 57.1092

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #56, David Wood, 57.801

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #57, David Wood, 57.995

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #58, Paul Rogers, 59.1494

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #59, Oliver Brackett, 57.574

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 397

Shelf clocks #60, Simon Willard, 57.1011

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Shelf clocks #61, Willard & Sons, 58.590

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Shelf clocks #62, Seth Thomas, 71.598

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Shelf clocks #63, E. Terry & Sons, 69.118

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Lantern clock #64, 65.2442

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clock #65, Aaron Richard Miller, 65.2033

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Shelf clock #66, Simon Willard, 57.1080

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clocks #67, Aaron Willard, 57.519

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clocks #68, Benjamin C. Gilman, 57.605

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clocks #69, Willard Patent, 57.952

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clocks #70, Jabez Baldwin, 57.645

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clocks #71, Willard Patent, 57.1062

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clocks #72, Willard by Taber, 57.978

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clocks #73, Willard Patent, 59.2716

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clocks #74, Lemuel Curtis, 67.1449

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clocks #75, Willard Patent, 57.1090

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Study collection

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Study collection #76, Best bracket clock, 58.1929

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Study collection #77, dwarf tall clock, 68.684

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Study collection #78, Gideon Roberts, 69.1954

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Study collection #79, tall clock, 64.884

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Wall clock #80, imitation Willard Patent, 59.3673

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Study collection #81, Willard Patent, 57.908

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Study collection #82, fake Willard wall, 57.1010

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Study collection #83, David Rittenhouse, 66.694

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Study collection #84, imitation David Wood, 53.155.63

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 398

Glossary - clock book

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 399

Clock book - provenance

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 399

Good candidates for glossary

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 399

Clock book bibliography

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 399

Tall - New England; G. Brown - 1; S. Willard - 2

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 399

New #3

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 399

Tall - New England; J. Wady - 3; D. Williams - 4

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 399

J. Whitear - 5; M. Ward - 6; D. Burnap - 7

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 399

8

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 400

New #9 & 11

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 400

Lawrence, Joseph - 9

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 400

Ward, Anthony - 10

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 400

Pearsall & Embree - 11

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 400

Tall - New Jersey; I. Brokaw (Hagy) - 12; I. Pearson - 13; I. Pearson - 14

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 400

Rittenhouse, David - 15

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 400

Graff, Jacob - 16

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 401

Tall; J. Godshalk - 17, 18

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 401

Tall - Pennsylvania; E. Duffield - 19

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 401

Tall - T. Wagstaffe, 52.246 - 20

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 401

Tall - Pennsylvania; T. Wagstaffe - 21; T. Coats - 22

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 401

Tall - Pennsylvania; G. Hoff - 23

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 401

Tall; D. Rose - 24; D. Oyster - 25

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 401

Tall; Jacob Ely - 26

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 402

John Paul - 27

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 402

Tall, Pennsylvania German (unidentified) - 28; T. Crow, Delaware - 29

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 402

Tall, Delaware - 30; Duncan Beard - 31

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 402

Janvier - 32; Jones, George - 33

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 402

Dwarf tall; T. Clagett - 34; J. Wilder - 35; R. Tower - 36

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 402

Bracket; John Lloyd - 39; S. Van Wyck - 40; A. Willard - 41

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 402

Bracket; E. Duffield - 37; T. Parker - 38

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 403

Bracket clocks - 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47; shelf clock - 48 [3]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 403

Shelf clocks - 49, 50, 51, 52 [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 403

Shelf clocks - 53, 54, 55, 56 [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 404

Shelf clocks - 57, 58, 59, 60 [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 404

Shelf clocks - 61, 62; lantern clock - 63; wall clock - 64 [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 404

Wall clocks - 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 405

Wall clocks - 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 405

SC 1 through 9 (10) (75-79) [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 405

35mm negatives, rolls A-Z [3]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 406

35mm negatives, rolls AA-OO [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 406

Misc. comparisons

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 406

SC 80-82

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 406

Clock negatives - accession numbers 51.28-57.1080

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 407

Clock negatives - accession numbers 57.1081-64.968

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 408

Clock negatives - accession numbers 65.2-69.210

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 409

Clock negatives - accession numbers 69.228-77.61

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 410

Thesis (1964)

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 411

Entries no longer in

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 411

Clocks - entry numbers

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 411

Clock book - wood analysis; corresp. with Harry Alden (1982-1989)

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 411

Cross references to LaFond's clock book

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 411

[Misc. notes]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 411

Clocks - to be done 1989

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 411

Contents of the clock book

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 411

Wood analysis

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 411

Clock book - photography (1987-1990)

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 412

Michie's bibliography chapter on clocks

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 412

[Information cards on clocks]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 412

[Text & photos out of catalogue] (1987)

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 412

[Word Processing - essays]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 412

Lives of clockmakers

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 412

Correspondence with LaFond & Baily 1988-1989

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 412

Clockmakers biographies [3]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 413

[Bracket, shelf & wall clocks essays] [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 413

[Tall clock essays] [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 414

[Tall clock essay] [2]

97WC11 (LaFond)

WC 414

LaFond- Tall Clocks at Winterthur

05WC11 (LaFond)

WC 412