The Winterthur Archives

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Frances Elizabeth Johnson

Title: Papers

Dates: 1836-1906

Call No.: Arc. 23

Quantity: 6 boxes

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Frances Elizabeth Johnson (1832-1908) married Salem Howe Wales on February 12, 1851. They had two children, including a son, Edward, who was the father of Ruth Wales du Pont (Mrs. Henry Francis du Pont).

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Collection contains invoices, correspondence to family and friends, photographs, books, social forms, deeds, and a poem.

ORGANIZATION

Collection is arranged in six series and within each box, folders are arranged alphabetically by folder title. Series 2 holds corporate items such as bills; series 3 holds correspondence; series 5 handwritten manuscripts; series 7 contains photographs; series 8 holds publications, such as books; and series 9 holds social forms. Series 1, 4, 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, but housed at Hagley Museum and Library. It was assembled over the years, from 1969-1974, by transfers and gifts from various sources: in 1969, from the H.F. du Pont House; in 1973, from the H.F. du Pont House and by gift; in 1974, from the Coach House and Gray Building at Winterthur and as a gift.

RELATED MATERIALS

Papers of Salem Howe Wales and Edward Wales, also owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, are housed at the Hagley Museum and Library.

ACCESS POINTS

Wales, Salem, 1825-1902

Wales, Edward, 1856-1922

Du Pont, Ruth Wales, 1889-1967

Barnum, P.T., 1810-1891

Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906

Vanderbilt, Frederick W., 1856-1938

Invoices

Correspondence

Photographs

Books

Invitations

Deeds

Frances Johnson
Folder title	Information and date	Series	Box
Barnum, P. T.	social, 1874, 1882, 1889	3	A14
Courtney, F.	social, 1906-1908	3	A14
Denison, Rev. F.	poem, 1869	5	A13
Du Pont, R. W.	social, 1895-1900	3	A14
Finn, Mary	social, 1902	3, 7	A13, AP4
Fordham, Henry A.	deed, 1880	2	A17 (oversize)
Harland, A.	social, n.d.	3	A14
'Holy Bible'	1844, 1854, 1856	8	A13, A15, A16 (oversize)
Ives, Abram	social, 1860	3	A14
Johnson, Eastman	social, n.d.	3	A14
McKinley, Mrs. William	social, 1900	3	A14
Milburn, W. H.	social, 1882	3	A14
Morgan, William	social, n.d.	3	A14
Munn, O. D.	business, 1874	3	A13
'Polyglot Bible'	1836	8	A16 (oversize)
Ralli & Co., P. C.	business, 1905	2	A13
Rogers, Harriet J.	deed, 1886	2	A13
Skinner & Co., I. F.	business, 1905	2	A13
Spence School	invitation, 1906	9	A14
Unknown	social, n.d., 1886	3	A14
Vanderbilt, F. W.	social, n.d.	3	A14
Wales, Frances E. Johnson	photo	7	AP4
Wales, Salem	memorial publications, 1903	9	A14 (2 folders)
Wales wedding	invitations, 1885	9	A14