The Winterthur Library

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Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

           

            Creator:       Hawks, Ruth Holmes

            Title:             Papers

            Dates:           1885-1932

            Call No.:       Arc. 27

            Quantity:      19 boxes

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Ruth Holmes Hawks was born in New York City. On December 17, 1885, she married Edward Howe Wales in Providence, Rhode Island. Their only child, Ruth Wales, married Henry Francis du Pont in 1916.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

This collection contains correspondence with family and friends, banking records, bills, books, invitations, clippings, and telegrams.

 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Collection is arranged in 11 series: series 1 contains a drawing; series 2 holds corporate records such as bills; series 3 is correspondence; series 4 contains government records; series 5 has original manuscript items; series 6 is objects; series 7 has photographs; series 8 has publications such as books; series 9 holds social forms; series 10 contains telegrams, and series 11 holds miscellaneous items.

 

 

PROVENANCE

 

Collection is owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.  It was assembled over years, from 1969-1975 by transfers and gifts from various sources: in 1969, from the clerical division of the Wilmington, DE office of Henry Francis du Pont and the H.F. du Pont House; in 1970 from the financial division of the Wilmington, DE office of Henry Francis du Pont; in 1972 from the office of properties and gardens; in 1973 from the H.F. du Pont House; in 1974 from the Coach House and in 1975 from the main museum building.

RELATED MATERIALS

 

The papers of Edward Howe Wales, owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, are housed at the Hagley Museum and Library.  The papers of Ruth Wales, also owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, are housed in the Winterthur Archives.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

 

Wales, Ruth, 1889-1967. 

Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969. 

Wales, Edward Howe, 1856-1922. 

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937. 

Correspondence. 

Books. 

Photoprints. 

Telegrams. 

Invoices. 

Taxes. 

 

                      

RHHAWKS

FOLDER_TITLE

INFO & DATE

SERIES

BOX_NO_

Fifth Avenue

lease, 1924

2

A19

Hawks, Gertrude - estate

testimony, 1919

2

A19

Wales, Edward H. (Mrs.)

income journal, real estate, 1924

2

A19

Wales, Edward H. (Mrs.)

n, journal, 1896-1903

2

A19

Wales, Edward H. (Mrs.)

n, journal, n.d., 1925-1931

2

A19

Irving National Bank

checks, 1922

2

A19

Post, William

affidavit, 1919

2

A19

American Historical Society

form, n.d.

3

A19

Du Pont, R. W.

s, n.d., 1904-1907

3

A19

Du Pont, R. W.

s, 1912-1931

3

A19

Du Pont, R. W.

s, 1916, 1930-1931

3

A19

Hawks, Montgomery

s, 1916-1922

3

A19

Unknown

s, n.d., 1912-1917

3

A19

Hawks, Gertrude - estate

list of articles, n.d.

11

A19

Addresses

ad, n.d.

2

A20

Anderson Galleries

sale cat., 1925

2

A20

Bennett, Thomas L.

bill, 1909

2

A20

Buzzini, Walter J., Inc.

bill, 1922

2

A20

Charles & Co.

bill, 1922

2

A20

Darling & Co.

bills, 1922

2

A20

Dietz, Julius, Inc.

bills, 1922

2

A20

Fifth Avenue

n, n.d.

2

A20

Handwork Shop

ad, 1921

2

A20

Hindley, Thomas & Son, Inc.

bill, 1922

2

A20

Keane, T. T., Co.

bill, 1910

2

A20

Lincoln Safe Deposit Co.

bill, 1922

2

A20

N. Y. School of Applied Design for Women

receipt, 1924

2

A20

Park Hotel

bill, 1919

2

A20

Salom Royal, Inc.

ad, 1928

2

A20

Tuttle, George M.

m, 1909, 1911

2

A20

Udall & Ballou

bill, 1921

2

A20

Altman & Co., B.

bill, 1911

2

A20

Bronson, Dr. Edward

bill, 1911

2

A20

Caldwell & Co., Edward

bill, 1909

2

A20

Colony Club

bills, 1909-1911

2

A20

O'Connor, T.

bill, 1911

2

A20

St, Mary's Orphanage

bu, 1911

2

A20

Burdett, Gregory & Laidlaw

bu, 1923

2

A20

Colony Club

membership card, 1908

2

A20

Fifth Avenue Bank

bu, 1923-1924

2

A20

Guaranty Trust Co. of New York

bu, 1923

2

A20

Post Office Dept.

bu, 1923

2

A20

Altman & Co., B.

bills, 1915-1916

2

A20

Andrews & Winsten, Inc.

bill, 1918

2

A20

Aquidneck Cottage Industries

bill, 1915

2

A20

Arnold, Constable & Co.

bill, 1915

2

A20

Burklin, Achille E.

bill, 1916

2

A20

Chronicle (The)

bu, 1915

2

A20

Colony Club

bills, 1913-1918

2

A20

Crown Packing Co.

bu, 1914

2

A20

Dards

bill, 1916

2

A20

Decorative Arts Society

bill, 1916

2

A20

Dein, Charles W.

bills, 1913

2

A20

Du Pont Studio, Aime

bill, 1916

2

A20

Fifth Avenue Bank

bu, 1920

2

A20

Fuechs

bill, 1913

2

A20

Furman, Inc., Alice

bill, 1918

2

A20

Gentlewoman's League

bill, 1916

2

A20

Gerry, K. R.

bu, 1910

2

A20

Grenfell Assn.

bu, 1916

2

A20

Hooker, E. E., Jr.

bill, 1913

2

A20

Irving National Bank

bu, 1921

2

A20

Jacquet, Mme. Jeanne

bill, 1916

2

A20

Kernaghan, Mrs. M. A.

bill, 1915

2

A20

Kiefer, Mme. Louise

bill,1916

2

A20

Lazarus, Alice

bills, 1915-1916

2

A20

Lutz & Co.

bill, 1916

2

A20

McCarthy, Annie E.

bill, 1916

2

A20

McCreery & Co., James

bill, 1913-1916

2

A20

McLeiman, J.

bill, n.d.

2

A20

Misc. notes

bu, n.d.

2

A20

Moses & SOns, W. B.

bill, 1914

2

A20

Old Dutch Market

bill, n.d.

2

A20

Ovington Brother Co.

bill, 1915

2

A20

Potomac Electric Power Co.

bill, 1913

2

A20

Rugs

ad, n.d.

2

A20

St. Mary's Orphanage

bu, n.d.

2

A20

St. Marys Works

bu, n.d.

2

A20

St. Sylvia's Cottage Industries

bill, 1918

2

A20

Shaffer, George

bill, 1915-1916

2

A20

Slater, J. & J.

bill, 1913

2

A20

Stinemetz & Son

bill, 1916

2

A20

Udall & Ballou

bill, 1913

2

A20

Ullman, S.

bill, 1918

2

A20

U. S. Express Co.

bill, 1913-1914

2

A20

U. S. Post Office

bu, n.d.

2

A20

Van Horn & Sawtell

bill, 1916

2

A20

American Historical Society

s, 1922

3

A20

Bristol Female Charitable Society

bu, 1928

3

A20

Church Historical Society

genealogy, 1927

3

A20

Du Pont, Ruth Ellen

s, 1928

3

A20

Ehrhardt, George L.

bu, 1931

3

A20

Genealogy

s, 1923-1927

3

A20

Grant, U. S. III (Mrs.)

s, 1923

3

A20

Hackett, John

s, 1914

3

A20

Hawks, Gertrude - estate

bu, 1919

3

A20

Holmes House

s, 1922

3

A20

Johnston, Harry F.

genealogy, 1924

3

A20

Metropolitan Museum of Art

s, 1923

3

A20

(Miss) Maynard's Secretarial Bureau

s, n.d.

3

A20

National Cyclopedia of American Biograph

s, 1922

3

A20

N. Y. School of Applied Design for Women

bu, 1924

3

A20

Root, Clark, Buckner, Howland & Ballanti

bu, 1924-1928

3

A20

Root, Elihu

s, bu, 1925-1928

3

A20

Root, Elihu, Jr.

bu, 1928

3

A20

Shears, H. C.

bu, 1924

3

A20

Society of Mayflower Descendants

s, 1922

3

A20

Southampton Cemetery Assn.

bu, 1925

3

A20

Tyng, Lucien H.

bu, 1929

3

A20

Wales, Edward H. - estate

s, 1922-1923

3

A20

Wales, Ruth

s, n.d.

3

A20

Walls, Mary

bu, 1923

3

A20

Watson Manufacturing Co.

bu, 1922

3

A20

Wales, Edward H. (Mrs.)

n, bu, n.d., 1919-1925

3

A20

Burr, Rosamond

s, n.d.

3

A21

Du Pont, P. L.

s, n.d.

3

A21

Du Pont, Mrs. R. W.

s, 1900-1910 [8]

3

A21

Du Pont, Mrs. R. W.

s, n. d., 1911, 1922, 1925 [5]

3

A22

Du Pont wedding

s, 1916

3

A22

Graham, Margaret

s, n.d., 1910, 1925

3

A22

Latrobe, M.

s, n.d.

3

A22

Wales, Edward

s, 1910-1911

3

A22

Baylis & Co.

bu, 1923

3

A23

Burdett, Gregory & Laidlaw

bu, 1923

3

A23

Du Pont, Ruth W.

s, n.d., 1900

3

A23

Fifth Avenue Bank

bu, 1923-1924

3

A23

Frayer & Ehrhardt

bu, 1928

3

A23

Internal Revenue Service

bu, 1929

3

A23

Irving National Bank

bu, 1922-1923

3

A23

Metropolitan Museum of Art

n, 1923

3

A23

Misc. envelopes

1923

3

A23

New York Genealogical & Biographical Soc

s, 1923

3

A23

Olson, C. A.

bu, 1923

3

A23

Rare Book Shop

bu,1923

3

A23

Robbins, William A.

s, 1923

3

A23

Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland

bu, 1923

3

A23

Shears, H. C.

bu, 1922

3

A23

Wicker, J. D.

bu, 1923-1924

3

A23

Angill, Bessie

s, 1930

3

A23

Ashton, Margaret

s, 1916

3

A23

Barker, Eleanor

s, 1916

3

A23

Benjamin, Marcus

genealogy, 1923

3

A23

Benson, Mary

s, 1916

3

A23

Crowninshield, Louise

s, 1916-1917

3

A23

Dixon, S. P.

s, 1916-1917

3

A23

Douglass, Annie

s, 1916?

3

A23

Du Pont, H. A.

s, 1922, 1926

3

A23

Du Pont, H. F.

s, n.d., 1916-1921

3

A23

Du Pont, P. L.

s, n.d., 1921, 1930-1932

3

A23

Du Pont, R. E.

s, n.d., 1930-1932

3

A23

Du Pont, R. W.

s, 1901-1903 [2]

3

A23

Du Pont, R. W.

s, 1907-1914 [8]

3

A24

Du Pont, R. W.

s, 1915-1917 [4]

3

A25

Du Pont, R. W.

s, 1917-1918 [5]

3

A26

Du Pont, R. W.

s, 1919-1920 [6]

3

A27

Du Pont, R. W.

s, 1920-1925 [7]

3

A28

Du Pont, R. W.

s, 1926-1932 [8]

3

A29

Du Pont, R. W.

s, n.d. [2]

3

A30

Fifth Avenue Bank

bu, 1923

3

A30

Foster, Mary

s, 1916

3

A30

Frazer, Margaret

s, after 1922

3

A30

Grant, Ida

s, 1916

3

A30

Hawks, Gertrude

s, n.d., 1914-1918

3

A30

Hawks, Montgomery

s, 1915-1916

3

A30

Henshaw, D.

marriage certificate, 1885

3

A30

Holmes-Harcourt, J.

s, 1916

3

A30

Hoyt, Winfield

s, 1916

3

A30

Leale, Loyal

bu, 1923

3

A30

Leonard, Sarah

s, 1916

3

A30

Marcus, Anna R.

s, 1916

3

A30

Payne, Lillian

s, n.d.

3

A30

Perry, Sallie

s, n.d., 1915-1916

3

A30

Plummer, Harry, M. D.

m, 1918

3

A30

Post, W.?

s, 1916

3

A30

Robinson, Anna Foster

s, 1916

3

A30

Rogers, Anne

s, 1916

3

A30

Root, Clara

s, n.d.

3

A30

Russell, John M.

bu, 1919

3

A30

Sharps, Ellen D.

s, 1916

3

A30

Slade, Jeanett

s, 1916

3

A31

Smith, Martha

s, 1916

3

A31

Society of Mayflower Descendants

s, 1922

3

A31

Sprague, Aleci

s, 1916

3

A31

Swift, Cleora

s, 1916

3

A31

Taft, Eleanor

s, n.d., 1901-1906

3

A31

Toland, E. D.

s, 1915

3

A31

Vanderbilt, F. W.

s, n.d.

3

A31

Visscleu, M.

s, 1916

3

A31

Wales, Edward

s, bu, n.d., 1914-1920

3

A31

Wood, Alice

s, 1916, 1930

3

A31

Wright, Sally

s, 1917

3

A31

Wyman, Loraine

s, 1916

3

A31

Unknown

s, n.d., 1912, 1915-1916

3

A31

Du Pont, R. E.

s, 1929

3

A31

Du Pont, R. W.

s, 1924-1934

3

A31

Root, Elihu

s, 1928-1932

3

A31

Hawks, Gertrude, estate

n, 1919

4

A31

Wales, Edward H., estate

navla record, 1922

4

A31

Taxes

1923-1924

4

A31

Du Pont, R. W.

pub, n.d.

8

A31

Wales, Edward H.

obit, 1922

8

A31

Clippings - religion

n.d., 1931

8

A31

Irving Bank-Columbia Trust Co.

pub, 1923

8

A31

Clippings - books

1919

8

A31

Clippings - Du Pont, H. A.

n.d.

8

A31

Clippings - medical

n.d.

8

A31

Clippings - music

n.d.

8

A31

Clippings - people

various

8

A31

Clippings - poetry

n.d.

8

A31

Shasta Limited

pub, n.d.

8

A31

Clippings - war

1918

8

A31

Van Alen, James L. (Mrs.)

wedding, 1931

9

A31

Wales, Ruth

wedding, 1916

9

A31

Du Pont wedding

s, invitations, 1916

9

A31

Du Pont wedding

replies, 1916 [5]

9

A32

Du Pont wedding - gift cards

1916

9

A33

Wales, Salem (Mr. & Mrs.)

invitations, 1901, 1916

9

A34

Wilson, President & Mrs.

invitations, 1917

9

A34

Du Pont, Ruth W.

s, 1921

10

A34

Wales, Edward H. (Mrs.)

bu, 1919, 1921

10

A34

Du Pont, Mrs. Ruth W.

s, 1907, 1910

10

A34

Du Pont, R. W.

s, n.d., 1916-1931

10

A34

Root, Clara W.

s, 1916

10

A34

Cookbook

n.d.

5

A34

Du Pont wedding

replies, 1916

9

A34

Munn, Charles A. (Mrs.)

invitations, n.d.

9

A34

Spence School for Girls

invitation, 1904

9

A34

Garland, Hugh A.

reply, n.d.

9

A34

Social data

n, invitations, n.d., 1918-1921

9

A34

Spence School

invitation, 1902

9

A34

Stationary

 

9

A34

Taft, President & Mrs.

invitation, 1911

9

A34

Prescription

n.d.

11

A34

Marcus & Co.

ring size card

11

A34

Wales, Edward H. (Mrs.)

stock ledger, 1924-1931

2

A35 (ovsz)

Society of Mayflower Descendants

application, n.d.

2

A35 (ovsz)

Barton, Henry (Mrs.)

clipping, 1930

8

A35 (ovsz)

Wales, Edward (Mrs.)

stocks, 1919-1925

2

A36 (ovsz)

Wales, Edward (Mrs.)

taxes, 1921

4

A36 (ovsz)

Du Pont, R. W.

clippings, n.d.

8

A36 (ovsz)

Clippings - du Pont, R. W.

various

8

A36 (ovsz)

Du Pont, Ruth Wales

s, 1922-1928 [3]

3

A34

Du Pont, Ruth Wales

s, 1929-1932 [4]

3

A34a

Addresses

books, n.d.

11

A34

Vanderbilt, Mrs. F.W.

s, 1912-1915

3

A31