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:      Ruth Ellen Lord

     Title:            Papers

     Dates:          1924-2014

     Call No.       Archives 33

     Quantity:    16 boxes

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Ruth Ellen du Pont was the youngest daughter of Henry Francis and Ruth Wales du Pont.  After attending the Foxcroft School, she entered Vassar College and later received her master’s degree in education from Yale University where she became a research associate at Yale’s Child Study Center.  In 1947 she married George deForest Lord, Jr.  Her biography of her father, Henry F. du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter’s Portrait, was well received.  At the time of her death, she was working on a biography of her mother.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

This collection consists of correspondence, copies of talks that she gave, and a large amount of research for her books.  There are also seven volumes of compliments on her book about her father.

 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Collection is arranged in ten series and within the box, arranged alphabetically by folder title.  Series 2 holds corporate records from businesses; series 3 holds correspondence; series 4 holds government records such as tax material; series 5 contains Mrs. Lord’s talks; series 8 holds publications; series 9 holds social items; series 10 holds telegrams; series 11 is miscellaneous and series 12 holds all the research notes.  Series 1, 7 are not represented.

 

PROVENANCE

 

This collection was gifted to the Winterthur Archives over a number of years. Collection is owned by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum and is housed in the Winterthur Archives.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Du Pont, Henry Francis

Du Pont, Ruth Wales

Harrison, Pauline Louise

Crowninshield, Louise

Murphy, Margaret

Sweeney, John

Lord, Edith

Vassar College

Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt

Sasson, Siefried

Research

Taxation

Invoices

Speeches, addresses, etc.

Condolence notes

Compliments

 

 

R E Lord

Folder title

Series

BOX

Names cited

Subjects

Ackerman & Sons, Arthur (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Bird-Speakman (n.d.)

69RL2

RL 1

Boca Grande (1924-1956)

69RL2

RL 1

Boots & Saddles Riding School (n.d.)

69RL2

RL 1

Caldwell & Co., J.E. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Carbone, Inc. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Collamore & Co. (1950)

69RL2

RL 1

Conover, Inc., Sarah Potter (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Duxbury, Paul Coates (1931)

69RL2

RL 1

Ellegood, R.E. (1926)

69RL2

RL 1

Ensko, Inc., Robert (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Francklyn, Doris (1925-1932)

69RL2

RL 1

Freeborn & Co. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Greenwood Book Shop (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Hammacher Schlemmer (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Higgs, Inc., Miss (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Jackson-Morse Co. (1938-1951)

69RL2

RL 1

Knoedler & Co., M. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Lloyd-Collins, Grace (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Lukens, Savage & Washburn (1958)

69RL2

RL 1

Mackinstry (n.d.)

69RL2

RL 1

Mapelsden, Madolin (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Marks, Inc., Alice H. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Norton, N.R. (1925-1926)

69RL2

RL 1

Plummer, Ltd., William H. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Randall, Floyd H. (1926)

69RL2

RL 1

Robinson, Beverly R. (1940-1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Salzburg (n.d.)

69RL2

RL 1

Schmitt Bros. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Shreve, Crump & Low Co. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Simonton, F.H., Inc. (1948-1965)

69RL2

RL 1

Steuben Glass, Inc. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Sussel, Arthur J. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Tiffany & Co. (1947)

69RL2

RL 1

Wilmington Trust Co. (1958)

71RL2

RL 1

Golf Cottage (1966)

79RL2

RL 1

American Museum in Britain (1962)

69RL3

RL 1

Barott, Peter (1939)

69RL3

RL 1

Beidler-Viken (1943)

69RL3

RL 1

Bissell, Bud (n.d.)

69RL3

RL 1

Black, Starr & Gorham (1945, 1947)

69RL3

RL 1

Blagden, Lydia (n.d.)

69RL3

RL 1

Bretherton, Thomas O. (1939)

69RL3

RL 1

Burton, Tara (1939)

69RL3

RL 1

Christ Church (1939)

69RL3

RL 1

Crowninshield, Louise (n.d.)

69RL3

RL 1

Dale (n.d.)

69RL3

RL 1

De Paris, Inc., Rosemary (1946)

69RL3

RL 1

Donations (1939)

69RL3

RL 1

Du Pont, H.F. (1939)

69RL3

RL 1

Du Pont, H.F. , estate, A-E (1969)

69RL3

RL 1

Du Pont, H.F. , estate, F-N (1969)

69RL3

RL 1

Du Pont, H.F. , estate, O-S (1969)

69RL3

RL 1

Du Pont, H.F. , estate, T-W (1969)

69RL3

RL 1

Du Pont, H.F. , estate (1969)

69RL3

RL 2

Du Pont, H.F. , estate (1969)

69RL3

RL 2

Du Pont, H.F. , estate (1969)

69RL3

RL 2

Du Pont, Ruth Ellen (n.d., 1922)

69RL3

RL 2

Du Pont, Ruth W. (1937, 1954)

69RL3

RL 2

Ely, Henry C. (1943)

69RL3

RL 2

Feerry, John (1941)

69RL3

RL 2

Foxcroft (1936-1942)

69RL3

RL 2

Harrison, Mrs. Alfred C. (1940-1950)

69RL3

RL 2

Henry, T. Charlton (1968)

69RL3

RL 2

Hickok, Becky (n.d.)

69RL3

RL 2

Hoppin, Catharine (n.d.)

69RL3

RL 2

Jensen, Inc., George (1947)

69RL3

RL 2

Lewis & Conger (1944)

69RL3

RL 2

Lipps family (1937)

69RL3

RL 2

Hodge, Peter (2005)

06RL3

RL 5

Little Folks Studio (1947)

69RL3

RL 2

Lord, Edith S. (1954)

69RL3

RL 2

Martin, Beth (1947)

69RL3

RL 2

McGrath, Gordon (1939)

69RL3

RL 2

Milliken, William Mathewson (1967)

69RL3

RL 2

Munds, William C. (1947)

69RL3

RL 2

Murphy, Margaret (1970)

69RL3

RL 2

New York - misc. (1943)

69RL3

RL 2

'New Yorker' (1941, 1947)

69RL3

RL 2

'Newsweek' (1941-1942)

69RL3

RL 2

Periodical Sales Co. (1946)

69RL3

RL 2

Phyfe, Hal (1939)

69RL3

RL 2

Romanes & Paterson (1942)

69RL3

RL 2

Roosevelt Hospital (1941)

69RL3

RL 2

Root, Edward W. (1961)

69RL3

RL 2

St. Lawrence, William (1951)

69RL3

RL 2

Saltford Flower Shop (1941)

69RL3

RL 2

Smith, Nancy M. (1941)

69RL3

RL 2

Social Register (1944)

69RL3

RL 2

Steinway & Sons (1943, 1956)

69RL3

RL 2

Swan, Joseph R. (n.d.)

69RL3

RL 2

Tatman (1947)

69RL3

RL 2

Thursby, Nath (1969)

69RL3

RL 2

Travel - International (1935-1936)

69RL3

RL 2

Vantine Studio, Warren Kay (1942)

69RL3

RL 2

Vassar (1939-1943)

69RL3

RL 2

Wagner & Sons, John (1938-1943)

69RL3

RL 2

Watson, Paul R. (1936-1937)

69RL3

RL 2

Weir, Henderson (Mrs.) (1968)

69RL3

RL 2

Winant, Constance (n.d.)

69RL3

RL 2

Wines & liquors (1944)

69RL3

RL 2

Du Pont, R.W. (1967)

71RL3

RL 2

Winterthur Museum (1959)

71RL3

RL 2

Du Pont, H.F.; Richard Wunder (1969)

72RL3

RL 2

Hammacher Schlemmer (1966)

73RL3

RL 2

Du Pont, R.W. (1941-1942)

75RL3

RL 2

Du Pont, R.E. (1941-1947)

79RL3

RL 2

Fishers Island (1967)

79RL3

RL 2

Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt (n.d., 1955-1964)

79RL3

RL 2

World War II

69RL5

RL 2

Du Pont, Ruth Ellen (n.d.)

69RL5

RL 2

Lord, Henry du Pont (1969)

73RL3

RL 2

Delaware, State of (1924-1946)

69RL4

RL 3 (ovsz)

U.S. Treasury Dept. (1923-1949)

69RL4

RL 3 (ovsz)

Montgomery, J.A., Inc. (1939-1946)

69RL2

RL 4

Park Ave. (1934-1969)

69RL2

RL 4

Wilmington Trust Co. (1930-1948)

69RL2

RL 4

Zutz, M. (1942, 1947-1948)

69RL2

RL 4

Du Pont, H.F. , estate (1967-1970)

69RL3

RL 4

McCollum, R.P. (1936-1963)

69RL3

RL 4

Sassoon, Siegfried (1943)

69RL3

RL 4

Taxes (1924-1951)

69RL4

RL 4

RWD book: misc. research notes (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 4

RWD book: private scribbles (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 4

RWD book: Margaret Graham (1928)

14RL12

RL 4

Social data (1936-1940)

69RL9

RL 5

Wedding (1947) [3]

69RL9

RL 5

Bunyard, A.T. (n.d.)

69RL10

RL 5

Butler, Arthur (Mrs.) (n.d.)

69RL10

RL 5

Griswold, Whitney (1963)

69RL10

RL 5

Hoopes, George (1942)

69RL10

RL 5

Western Union (1947)

69RL10

RL 5

Fotterall, Walter L. (Mrs.)

69RL6

RL 5

Landig, L. (n.d.)

69RL11

RL 5

Park Ave. (n.d.)

73RL11

RL 5

Articles (n.d., 1969-1995)

06RL8

RL 5

Antiquarian & Landmark Society - Bill Hosley (2004)

14RL3

RL 5

Bliss, Laurel (1998)

14RL3

RL 5

Dorius, Joel (2003)

14RL3

RL 5

Du Pont family reunion (2000)

14RL3

RL 5

J. Kirby Simon Foreign Service Trust (2013)

14RL3

RL 5

Joyce, Ruth (1999, 2003)

14RL3

RL 5

Lidz, Maggie (1998)

14RL3

RL 5

Lord, Amelia (after 2012)

14RL3

RL 5

Lyman Allyn Art Museum (2014)

14RL3

RL 5

Petri, Ann Emmons (2004)

14RL3

RL 5

genealogy

Sweeney, John (2005)

14RL3

RL 5

Vassar (2013)

14RL3

RL 5

Winterthur Library - Richard McKinstry (2012)

14RL3

RL 5

Cox, Brian (1993)

14RL8

RL 5

Invitations (n.d.)

14RL9

RL 5

'New England Romance' (n.d.)

14RL11

RL 5

Stationery (n.d.)

14RL11

RL 5

Misc. (n.d.)

14RL11

RL 5

Talks - Athenaeum, Philadelphia

14RL5

RL 5

Talks - Boca Grande Historical Society (2000)

14RL5

RL 5

Talks - Bridgehampton Library (1999)

14RL5

RL 5

Talks - Chilton Club (2000)

14RL5

RL 5

Talks - Golf Cottage, Chic it up conference (2008)

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - Ellis Memorial Antique Show (2000)

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - Engelwood Garden Club (2005)

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - Lenox, MA, The Mount (2004) [2]

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts (2005)

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - misc. (n.d., 2005)

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - New Haven Garden Club (2003)

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - New London Garden Club (2000)

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - New Jersey (n.d.)

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - Waterford Library (n.d.)

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - Weeders Garden Club (2005)

14RL5

RL 6

Talks - Winterthur (2004)

14RL5

RL 7

Talks - Winterthur Design Conference (2007)

14RL5

RL 7

Talks - Greenwich Garden Education Center (1999?)

14RL5

RL 7

HFD book: Arthur Gordon corresp. (1994)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Bill Elder corresp., White House (1995)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Charels Hummel corresp. (1997)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: David A. Carlson corresp. (1993)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Dept. of the Army corresp. (1992)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Douglas Brown corresp., Groton (1996-2000)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Dwight Lanmon corresp. (1996)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Florence Montgomery corresp. (1996)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: FDR Library corresp., Raymond Teichman (1996-1998)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Heather D'Auria corresp. (2000)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Jay Cantor corresp. (199?)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: John Sweeney corresp. (1991-1997)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Mrs. Jonathan Lovell corresp. (1995)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Maggie Lidz corresp. (2000)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Nicolas F. Weber corresp. (1995)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Peabody Essex Museum, Crowninshields (1998)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Ruth Joyce corresp. (1998)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Shelburne Farms corresp., Julie Bressor (1996)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Stanley Jackson corresp. (1994)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Thomas N. Byrne corresp. (1992)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Gary Kulik (1997)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Winterthur, Switzerland (1996)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Virginia Military Inst. corresp. (2000)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: research notes (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Anna Robinson, Pauline du Pont (various)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Beverley Robinson (1930-1933)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: blurbs (1998, 2000)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Col. H.A. du Pont (1916, 1923, various)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: DuPont Co. (1920?)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Edith Wharton (various)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: family information (various)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Foster family (various)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Hagley Library guide (1970)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Groton letters to home (1893-1897)

14RL12

RL 7

HFD book: Harlan Phillips interview (1962)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: Harvard University (1993)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: misc. letters (varios)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: misc. notes & articles (n.d., various)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: Montmorenci (various)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: notes to executors, Wint. Corp. (1930, various)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: photocopies of photos, Winterthur (various)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: Ruth Wales du Pont letters (1911-1916)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: staff (1931-1999)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: Vanderbilts (1918-1997)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: White House, E. Rice thesis (1961-1993)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: Winterthur Portfolio (1964)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: Nancy Tuckerman corresp. (1994-1998)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: Shirley Moskow (2003)

14RL12

RL 8

HFD book: Groton letters to home (1897-1899)

14RL12

RL 9

RWD book: undated letters, RWD to mother

14RL12

RL 9

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1901)

14RL12

RL 9

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1902)

14RL12

RL 9

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1903)

14RL12

RL 9

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1904) [2]

14RL12

RL 9

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1905)

14RL12

RL 9

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1906)

14RL12

RL 9

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1907)

14RL12

RL 9

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1908)

14RL12

RL 9

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1909)

14RL12

RL 10

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1910)

14RL12

RL 10

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1911)

14RL12

RL 10

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1912)

14RL12

RL 10

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1913)

14RL12

RL 10

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1914)

14RL12

RL 10

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1915)

14RL12

RL 10

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1916)

14RL12

RL 10

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1917) [2]

14RL12

RL 10

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1918)

14RL12

RL 11

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1919)

14RL12

RL 11

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1920) [2]

14RL12

RL 11

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1921) [2]

14RL12

RL 11

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1922)

14RL12

RL 12

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1923)

14RL12

RL 12

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1924)

14RL12

RL 12

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1925)

14RL12

RL 12

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1926)

14RL12

RL 12

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1927) [2]

14RL12

RL 12

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1928)

14RL12

RL 12

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1929) [2]

14RL12

RL 12

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1930) [3]

14RL12

RL 13

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1931) [2]

14RL12

RL 13

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1932) [2]

14RL12

RL 13

RWD book: RWD letters to mother (1932)

14RL12

RL 14

RWD book: RWD letters to HFD (n.d., 1915-1948)

14RL12

RL 14

RWD book: RWD letters to father, Ed. Wales (n.d., 1903-1927)

14RL12

RL 14

RWD book: RWD letters to mother, 'nil here' (1907-1928)

14RL12

RL 14

RWD book: RWD letters to mother, 'nil here' (1918)

14RL12

RL 14

RWD book: RWD letters to mother, 'nil here' (1925)

14RL12

RL 14

RWD book: Franconia world cruise (1936)

14RL12

RL 14

RWD book: unimportant letters from Boca Grande (1931)

14RL12

RL 14

RWD book: RWD letters to mother, 'nothing' (Apr-Dec. 1931)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: letters with worries (1912-1932)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: letters from abroad (1910)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: good letters, nothing special (1931-1932)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: 'Non Accepto' (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: Maggie Lidz corresp. & notes (2006-2013)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: staff (1913-1961)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: genealogy (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: research notes on worry & emotions (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: piano (2007)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: letters to mother, chronological (1916-1932)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: Ruth H. Wales to HFD (1916)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: rough drafts, incomplete (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: excerpts from letters (1913-1915)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: excerpts from letters (1904-1911)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: excerpts from letters (1916)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: excerpts from letters (1917)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: excerpts from letters (1918)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: excerpts from letters (1919)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: excerpts from letters (1920)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: excerpts from letters (1921-1925)

14RL12

RL 15

RWD book: Lippit family (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: poetry (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Reminiscence by PL & RE (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Louis B. Wright, Walter M. Whitehill (1972)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: misc. research notes (n.d.) [2]

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: notes on HFD (n.d.)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: West Point (1992)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Hawks family (1942)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: M/M Winthrop Aldrich (1955)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Maude (Mrs. Ray) Atherton (1952)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Constantin Alajalov (1958)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Don Alfonso, Gerri d'Orleans (1960, 1963)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Mrs. Charles R. Blyth (1945-1953)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Roosevelt dime (1954)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Debra Shedrick corresp. (2011)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Mrs. John McGee (1930s-1943)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Mrs. Howard F. Smith (1964)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Margaret Frazer (1933, 1939, 1952)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: Louise Crowninshield (1916)

14RL12

RL 16

RWD book: misc. articles & notes (various)

14RL12

RL 16

HFD book: 7 volumes of kudos

14RL12

open shelf

Moore, Honor (2003)

14RL8

RL 5

death, illness, reprint

Lord, George de Forest, Jr. (1995)

15RL3

RL 5

H.F. du Pont