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 |