Finance, Personal

Scope and Contents Consists of three diaries kept by Clarence Seal from 1899 to 1900 (acc. 90x99.1-.3), two diaries kept by Martha Seal in 1903 and 1905 (acc. 90x99.4-5.), and a volume with an inventory of possessions in boxes and drawers belonging to the Talley family in 1872, updated to 1892 (acc. 90x99.6). Martha preserved the volume because it recorded two marriages in her family. The diaries provide brief notes about the daily activities of both Clarence and Martha, their courtship, engagement, and...

Content Description The Ruth Holmes Hawks papers contain correspondence with family and friends, most prominently with her daughter Ruth Wales du Pont. In Ruth du Pont’s correspondence with Ruth Holmes Hawks, she addresses Ruth Holmes Hawks using several different nicknames, such as “baby dove,” “charfor darlen,” and “mamady,” and she signs her correspondence using "Pettie", "Pett", and "Lou T." Ruth Holmes Hawks’ correspondence with her lawyers and Henry Francis du Pont primarily details banking and investment...