The Winterthur Archives

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Louise du Pont Crowninshield

Title: Papers

Dates: 1926-1958

Call No.: Arc. 21

Quantity: 8 boxes

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Louise du Pont Crowninshield (1877-1958) was the daughter of Col. Henry Algernon du Pont and Mary Pauline Foster and sister to Henry Francis du Pont. On June 28, 1900, she married Francis Boardman Crowninshield. They lived in Boston and at Eleutherian Mills near Wilmington, Del. Louise was active on church and charitable committees, and as an ardent gardener, she was a member of many horticultural organizations. Interested in historic preservation, she restored the du Pont family house at Eleutherian Mills, collected antiques, and belonged to many historical societies. During the Truman administration, she was on the committee to redecorate the White House. Louise was a founding trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1949 and was vice-chairman of the board in 1953.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Collection contains correspondence with friends and relatives, banking records, a will, advertisements, agreements, speeches, genealogical notes, diaries, photographs, publications, addresses, invitations, a baptism certificate, and telegrams.

ORGANIZATION

Collection is arranged in ten series and within each box, folders are arranged alphabetically by folder title. Series 2 contains corporate records such as bills and banking records; series 3 holds correspondence; series 4 is governmental in that it contains customs documents; series 5 has handwritten manuscripts; series 6 holds objects; series 7 has photographic items; series 8 holds publications, such as books; series 9 holds the social items; series 10 telegrams; and series 11 holds miscellaneous items. Series 1 is 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, but housed at Hagley Museum and Library. It was assembled from 1969-1979 by transfers and gifts from various sources: in 1969, from the clerical division of the Wilmington, Del. office of Henry Francis du Pont and the H.F. du Pont House; in 1971, from the main museum building; in 1972, from the office of the properties and gardens divisions at Winterthur; in 1973, from the H.F. du Pont House and the main museum building; in 1974, from the Coach House, the Gray Building, the H.F. du Pont House, and the office of the properties and gardens divisions; and in 1979, from the office of the properties and gardens division.

RELATED MATERIALS

Papers of Col. Henry A. du Pont and Francis B. Crowninshield, also owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, are also housed at the Hagley Museum and Library.

ACCESS POINTS

Du Pont, Col. Henry Algernon, 1846-1926

Foster, Mary Pauline, 1849-1902

Du Pont, Henry F., 1880-1969

Francis B. Crowninshield, 1869-1950

Correspondence

Books

Manuscripts

Advertisements

Photoprints

Invitations

Speeches

Baptismal certificates

Telegrams

Diaries

Invoices

Genealogy

Louise du Pont Crowninshield
Folder title	Information and dates	Series	Box
Addresses	n.d.	9	B16
Alfonso (Don)	social, n.d.	3	B14
Aileman, Everett (Mrs.)	social, n.d.	3	B14
Allerton, Robert	social, 1950	3	B14
American Craftsmen's Educational Council	social, 1949	3	B14
American Films Foundation	social, 1939	3	B14
American Scenic & Historic Preservation Society	award, 1947	5	B15
Andrews, G. Murray (Mrs.)	social, 1944	3	B14
Attwill, J. Sanger	social, 1947	3	B14
Barnes, John W.	bill, 1924; business, 1923-1924	2; 3	B14
Barteele, Amy W.	social, n.d.	3	B15
Beacom, Bess	social, 1940-1941	3	B14
Beer, G.	bill, 1912	2	B14
Belknap, Waldron P. (Mrs.)	social, 1956	3	B14
Benkard Memorial Fund	social, 1945	3	B14
Benkard, H.H. (Mrs.)	social, 1931	3	B14
Black Family	business, social, 1928	3	B14
Black, Donald F.	social, 1953	3	B14
Boca Grande	social, business, 1926-1958	3	B14
Boca Grande	business, 1936, 1950	10	B16
Bodine, Helen	social, 1958	3	B14
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.	checkbooks, 1926-1938	2	B13
Bradlee, F.J.	social, 1946	3	B14
Brewster, George W. W.	social, 1957	3	B14
Bullitt, Priscilla	social, 1958?	3	B14
Bullitt, William M. (Mrs.)	social, n.d.	3	B14
Buzzini, Walter J.	business, 1924	3	B12
Cadolle	bill, 1954	2	B14
Camilli, Mr.	business, 1955	3	B14
'Campaign of 1864'	social, 1925	3	B14
Carolina, Alma	social, 1943	3	B14
Catheart, J. R.	social, 1904	3	B15
Christ Church	baptism copy, 1878	11	B16
Cleopatra's Barge	photo	7	BP6
Coffin, Marian C.	notes, social, n.d.	3	B14
Compagnie de Navigation Cyprien Fabre	packing slip, 1952	2	B11
Creighton, Dave	social, 1955; photo	3; 7	B14; BP6
Crowninshield, Benjamin	social, 1951	3	B14
Crowninshield, Louise	memoir, 1958	5	B15
Crowninshield, Louise	social, 1937-1938, 1953-1955	3	B14
Crowninshield, Louise	photo	7	BP6, BP7
Customs, Bureau of	business, 1952	4	B15
Dauphin, M. M. (Mrs.)	in French, n.d.	3	B14
Dauphin, Marguerite	social, 1953	3	B14
De Beust, L. M.	social, n.d.	3	B15
De Jessey Family	social, 1936, 1948-1952	3	B14
De la Motte Rouge, Jr.	in French, 1952-1953	3	B14
De la Motte Rouge	photo	7	BP6
De Logeres	social, 1952	3	B14
De Pelleport Family	social, 1951	3	B14
De Stael von Holstein, Rene (Baron)	social, 1947	3	B14
De Terreros	social, 1954	3	B14
De Verdiere	in French, 1952	3	B14
Delaware Society for the Preservation Antiquities	social, business, n.d., 1938-1941	3	B14
Delaware, State of, Board of Health	business, 1950	3	B14
Dickson, William C.	lease, 1924	2	B12
Donaldson, John (Mrs.)	social, n.d.	3	B14
Donations	1933	3	B14
Du Pont Family data	genealogy, n.d.	5	B15
Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery Co.	business, 1926	2	B14
Du Pont de Nemours & Co., E. I.	business, 1948	3	B14
Du Pont, B. G. (Mrs.)	social, n.d.	3	B14
Du Pont, Col. H. A.	social, 1902	3; 6	B15; BO11
Du Pont, E. Paul	social, 1957	3	B14
Du Pont, Eleuthere I.	social, n.d.	3	B14
Du Pont, H. F.	social, 1893-1897, 1936 (3 folders)	3	B14, B15
Du Pont, Henry B.	social, 1949, 1954	3	B14
Du Pont, Mrs. H. A.	social, 1895, 1897	3	B15
Du Pont, P. S.	social, 1950	3	B14
Eleutherian Mills	business, social, 1924, 1958	3	B14
Ellis, R. W.	business, 1928	3	B14
Employment agencies	business, 1954	3	B14
Employment applications for men	social, 1948	3	B14
Essex Institute	social, 1954	3	B14
Evans, Lena	social, n.d.	3	B14
'Famous Impostors'	publication, 1910	8	B15
First National Bank of Tampa	business, 1950	3	B14
Foreign receipts	1952	2	B14
Foster, A. L. (Mrs.), estate	business, 1935	3	B14
Garden Club of America	reports, n.d.; business, n.d.	2; 3	B14
Garrett, Lottie	social, 1927	3	B14
Gavin, Michael	social, 1958	3	B14
Gilbert Co., John, Jr.	business, 1913	3	B15
Gorman-Anderson Corp.	business, 1952	3	B14
Greener, George	social, 1942	3	B14
Gregomam, Mmde.	in French, 1914	3	B15
Hammacher Schlemmer	social, 1954	3	B14
Hammond, Grace	social, n.d.	3	B14
Harvard	social, 1954-1957	3	B14
Haskins, George (Mrs.)	social, 1947	3	B14
Heacock, Walter	social, 1956	3	B14
Higgins, Clara	social, 1947	10	B16
Hipkiss, Edwin J.	social, 1953	3	B14
Historic Annapolis	social, 1954	3	B14
Horticultural Society of New York	social, 1958	3	B14
'Horticulture'	social, 1944	3	B14
Houghton, Arthur, Jr.	social, 1953	2	B14
'Imitation of Christ'	publication, 1890	8	B15
'In Unknown Tuscany'	publication, 1909	8	B15
Irving, A. Duer	social, 1941	10	B16
Irving, A. Duer (Mrs.)	social, 1945	3	B14
Irving, Louis du Pont	social, 1939	3	B14
Jamison, Marian?	social, n.d.	3	B14
Jennings, Alvin R.	social, 1958	3	B14
Keith, Elmer	social, 1949	3	B14
Kemble, John H.	social, 1953	3	B14
Kendall, Evelyn W.	social, 1953	3	B14
Kenmore Assn.	speech, n.d.	5	B15
Laird, W. J.	social, n.d.	3