Nemours
- Scope and content:
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Alfred's Delaware estate, Nemours, was another lifelong project. These records document earliest plans and stages of construction. Correspondence with contractors describes details of decorations, placement of monuments, water systems, supervision of staff, purchase of antiques, decorating, landscaping, supplies, and operation of the "Blue Ball" farm as part of the estate.
- Language:
- English
- Names:
- Nemours (Greenville, Del. : Dwelling)
The Universal Horticultural Establishment, Incorporated
Winslow Bros. Company
Booth, Garrett and Blair
Carrère & Hastings
Otis Elevator Company
J.L. Mott Iron Works
Wilmington (Del.). Water Department
The Spur
James Boyd and Brothers
Ajax Fire Engine Works
Saks & Company (New York, N.Y.)
Remington Machine Company
Polar Water Still Company
Vacuum Engineering Company
Spencer Turbine Cleaner Company
Diamond Ice and Coal Company
Delaware Trust Company
Huyler's (Firm)
Robinson and Payne
Pitt and Scott
Armstrong Seatag Corporation
J. L. Kraft and Brothers Company
G. Washington Coffee Refining Company
James Rowland and Company
C. V. Floyd Fruit Company
Henry R. Hallowell and Son
Belle Meade Farm
Hearn Brothers
Mouquin, incorporated
Walter Hawkins Fruit
Maerose Fruit Corporation of Texas
Chappel Brothers Incorporated
Magasins du Louvre
E. Gimpel and Wildenstein
Steinway & Sons
W. & J. Sloane
E.F. Hodgson Co
Tiffany and Company
Theodore B. Starr
George F. Barnes, Incorporated
Gilman Collamore and Company
William T. Stuart, Incorporated
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Seth Thomas Clock Company
Litchfield and Company
Aero Service Corporation
Rau Studios, Incorporated
Lewis & Conger
Samuel Kirk and Son
Davis Collamore and Company
Edmondson Warrin
Universal Appraisal Company
C. J. Benson and Company, Incorporated
S. P. Sulo Furniture Company
Bryant and Heffernan, Incorporated
Port Clinton Fish Company
Henry F. Michell Co
William H. Moon Company
Pierson U-Bar Company
Hitchings & Co
Wadley and Smythe
Skinner Irrigation Company
A.G. Spalding & Bros
Ideal Power Lawn Mower Company
Coldwell Lawn Mower Company
Philadelphia Lawn Mower Company
Campbell Irrigation Company
John Polachek Bronze and Iron Works Company
Glen Brothers, Incorporated
Munson Whitaker Company
United States. Bureau of Forestry
Du Pont Gun Club
B. Ridgway and Son
Architectural Decorating Company
Johnson Service Company
Frigidaire Corporation
Tirrill Gas Machine Lighting Company
Manning Manufacturing Company
Oliver Oil Gas Burner and Machine Company
George W. McCaulley and Son Company
American Ironing Machine Co
Geyser Electric Washing Machine Company
Savage firearms
Church Art Work Company
Aladdin Company
Permutit Company
Smyth Construction Company
E. T. Burrowes
Wolfe and Adams
The Master Company
Bliss Exterminator Company
Verm-O-Spray
United Cork Flooring Company
Loomis-Manning Filter Distributing Company
Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company
Blue Ball Farm (Wilmington, DE)
Andover Ambulance Corps.
Phillips Academy
Ward, Gray, and Neary
Young Men's Christian Association (Wilmington, De.)
Cambridge Maternity Hospital
National Organization for Public Health Nursing (U.S.)
St. John's Rectory (Milford, DE)
Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935
Moody, Edmund P., 1857-1931
Price, Francis A., 1857-1937
Duveen, C. J. (Charles Joel), 1871-1940
Smith, Harry A., 1878-1960
Harton, J. Howard (John Howard), 1887-1935
Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929
Smyth, James M. (James McKane), 1860-1943
Mack, Edward R. (Edward Resolved), 1876-1944
Brereton, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1887-1964
Horncastle, Thomas, b. ca. 1871
Perry, Roland Hinton, 1870-1941
Tartoue, Pierre, 1888-1974
Du Pont, Mary Alicia Heyward Bradford, 1875-1920
Archibald, S. G. (Samuel G.), Judge, b. 1875
Salvatore, Victor, 1884-1965
Danton, V. E. (Van Eaton), Dr.
Linding, H. M. (Herman Magnuson), b. 1880
Arthur Edwin, Bye, Dr., 1885-1968
Maugans, J. C. (John Clifford), 1878-1969
Glynn, Elizabeth Frances, 1895-1954
Keller, Ferdinand Hyskull, b. ca. 1870
Schmauk, B. T. (Benjamin Tyson), b. 1853
Judd, Joseph A., 1889-1937
Du Pont, Jessie Ball, 1884-1970
Edwards, Anne C. F.
Du Pont, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1863-1930
Potamkin, Barney, b. 1878
Ross, Howard D. (Howard DeHaven), b. 1872
Horty, William H., 1861-1931
Manda, W. A. (William A.), b. 1862
McClure, R. L.
Mackensen, William J.
Conwell, H. Ernest (Henry), 1887-1964
Bateman, St. Elmo, 1877-1959
Fullarton, Andrew D. (Anderew Darling), 1878-1939
Davis, E. M. (Edward Milford), b.1887
Roemer, Louise Frances Schenkel, 1894-1985
De Garis, F.
Du Pont Swift, Charles, 1875-1917
Levett, Edith E., b. ca. 1881
Simmonds, Helena Linck, 1882-1954
Goldsborough, Phillips Lee, 1865-1946
Goldsborough, Brice W. (Brice Worthington), Dr., 1859-1929
Chinn, J. W. (Joseph W.), Jr., Judge, 1866-1936
Earll, Irene B., b. 1888
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