Charities
- Scope and content:
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The wide variety of duPont charities is documented. The record begins with Alfred's earliest doling out of small payments to the needy in his community to the establishment of hospitals and the reform of the welfare system for the state of Delaware. Alfred's increased interest in charities during the Great Depression is documented.
- Language:
- English
- Names:
- 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)
University of Delaware
Staunton Military Academy
Wharton Grove Camp Ground
College of William & Mary
Kent General Hospital (Dover, DE)
Cathedral School of St. John the Divine
American Association for Old Age Security
Delaware Old Age Welfare Commission
Delaware Old Age Pension Fund
Delaware. Department of Public Instruction
Alfred I. Du Pont School (Talleyville, DE)
Delaware. State Board of Education
Industrial Trust Company
Delaware State Aid Society
Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation
Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935
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
Davis, E. M. (Edward Milford), b.1887
Seiss, Ralph W. (Ralph William), Dr., 1861-1926
Wharton, H. M. (Henry Marvin), Rev., 1848-1928
Combs, L.R. (Laurence Rosseau), Rev., 1858-1937
Kay, H. Tyler, b. 1889
Tucker, Beverly R. (Beverly Randolph), Dr., 1874-1945
Robbins, Howard C. (Howard Chandler), 1876-1952
Schulz, Otto
Buck, Clayton Douglass, 1890-1965
Rossell, John S., 1856-1934
Lee, Baker P. (Baker Perkins), Rev., 1870-1942
Walls, Laura J. C. (Laura J. Calhoun), 1882-1967
DeShields, Henry C. (Henry Carrington), 1870-1937
Hill, Jacob V. (Jacob Vincent), 1893-1942
Kaighn, Herbert E. (Herbert Eugene), 1875-1934
Wickes, James C., Col., b. 1868
Wilson, D. Mifflin (Daniel Mifflin), 1856-1948
Access and use
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