Mechanical

Scope and content:

This series deals with Alfred's vast interest and knowledge of automobiles, pumps, machinery, and gadgets. It documents his lifelong preoccupation with the design and construction of yachts, particularly the Nenemoosha.

Language:
English
Names:
Delaware Automobile Association
International Harvester Company
Foss-Hughes Company
Rushmore Dynamo Works
Ford Motor Company
New York Edison Company
E. Rosenfeld and Company
Miniature Breaker Company
Packard Motor Car Company
Rolls-Royce of America
New York (State). Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Fortune Magazine
Toppan Boat Manufacturing Company
Waltham Watch Company
Shelton Electric Company
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.)
General Electric Company
Consilidated Gas and Gasoline Engine Company
Harding Peeling Machine Company
Automatic Electrical Devices Company
New York Yacht Club
Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping (Firm)
Schenck and Schenck Insurance Agents and Brokers
Cambridge Yacht Club
United States. Hydrographic Office
Cox and Stevens
New London Ship and Engine Company
Wilmington Sunday Star
Western Pump Company
American Car and Foundry Company
Kelvinator
William J. Highfield General Insurance
Fire Association of Philadelphia
Marine Basin Company
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Scott & Fowles (Firm)
Marine Construction Company
Yorktown Yacht Club
Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation
Cooper-Bessemer Corporation
Henry J. Gielow, Incorporated
Mathis Yacht Building Company
Earl H. Croft, Incorporated
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Broward County Port Authority
Keil Motor Company
Huckins Yacht Corporation
Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935
Brandenberger, Clarence R. (Clarence Richard), 1892-1976
Bowman, Sidney B., b. ca. 1867
Glendinning, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1867-1936
Carey, James L. (James Lucius), b. 1881
Goldsborough, Phillips Lee, 1865-1946
Kummerlowe, O. W. (Oscar Waldemar), 1884-1946
Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929
Songdahl, Peder Pedersen, Captain, b. 1873
Carroll, Edward R. (Edward Rotchford), 1887-1952
C., McKnight-Smith
Mathewson, S. Frank (Samuel Francis), 1865-1945
Smith, Jesse, Jr., Captain
Bowes, Thomas D. (Thomas David), Jr., 1883-1965
Kaighn, Herbert E. (Herbert Eugene), 1875-1934

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Parent terms of access:
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