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Alfred I. Du Pont, Alicia Du Pont, Correspondence, 1918 - 1921. File — Box 4: [Barcode: 35101013592691], Folder: 14. Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This series contains correspondence and legal documents relating to Alfred's relationship with his three wives and his children.
In this brilliantly written, in-depth biography, Joseph Frazier Wall ranges from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours's spectacular rise in pre-Revolutionary France, to the family's migration to...
- Joseph Frazier Wall
- Oxford University Press, 1990
- illustrated
- Alfred I. Du Pont: The Man and His Family
- The "I" in Alfred I. duPont stands for "Irenee," meaning "peace." Alfred shares his middle name with Eleuthere Irenee, founder of the DuPont gunpowder works, for whom Alfred's father was named.
- In his lifetime, Alfred played all the family roles more commonly seen in contemporary men. He was: son, brother, father, stepfather, foster-father, godfather, uncle, single, married, divorced and widowed.
- Alfred visited an unusual health spa in Battle Creek, Michigan, run by the eccentric health guru of the time, Dr. J.H. Kellogg, of cereal fame. He was impressed enough to pay for an overweight niece to be a resident there for a few months.
- Alfred's executive assistant, Laura Walls, consistently would drew his attention to the daily correspondence from the elderly, raising his interest in their needs.
Alfred Victor du Pont died on October 4, 1856 at his home in Delaware. The du Pont family connection with the College was remembered in 1950, when his grandson Irenee du Pont, donated 500 shares in the Christiana Securities Company to endow the Alfred Victor du Pont Chair of Chemistry.
After the war, the DuPont Company actively diversified as an entrepreneurial research firm, continuing a strategy of modernization begun in 1902 after purchase of the firm by cousins Pierre duPont (1870-1954), T. Coleman duPont (1863-1930), and Alfred I. duPont (1864-1935).
The bulk of the material dates from 1915 to 1935 and reflects the business, financial, and family affairs of Alfred I. duPont (1864-1935). In addition, the Papers include some of the records of Alfred's second wife, Alicia Bradford Maddox duPont (1875-1920), and his third wife,... See more.
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Alfred Victor du Pont died on October 4, 1856 at his home in Delaware. The du Pont family connection with the College was remembered in 1950, when his grandson Irenee du Pont, donated 500 shares in the Christiana Securities Company to endow the Alfred Victor du Pont Chair of Chemistry.
