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Title: Annie Keister to Nora Edwards, 1895-12-04
Date(s): 1895-12-04
Contributor(s): Keister, Annie Edwards, 1867-1945 (correspondent), Edwards, Nora C. (correspondent), Edwards Skirt Supporter Company (associated name)
Description: Keister apologizes to her sister for failing to write sooner, explaining that she has been busy with housework and sewing. She gives updates on her children and ask that Edwards send her a recipe for making candy so that she can try it before Christmas.
Collection ID: Nora C. Edwards papers (Accession 2036)
Hagley ID: 2036_01_02_11
Collection: Nora C. Edwards papers

Title: Bell(vue) Floors
Date(s): 1957
Contributor(s): Du Pont, William, 1896-1965 (former owner), Bellevue Hall, Inc. (originator)
Description: Recipe and procedure for cleaning and maintaining the floor surfaces at Bellevue estate in Wilmington, Delaware.
Collection ID: William du Pont, Jr. papers (Accession 2317.II)
Hagley ID: 2317_2_1430
Collection: William du Pont, Jr. papers

Title: Annie Keister to Nora Edwards, 1911-04-13
Date(s): 1911-04-13
Contributor(s): Keister, Annie Edwards, 1867-1945 (correspondent), Edwards, Nora C. (correspondent), Edwards Skirt Supporter Company (associated name)
Description: In a letter to her sister, Keister thanks Edwards for the skirt-gauge and says she may take orders for it after the spring rush. Among other personal matters, Keister mentions her husband has not had any recent shop work and that her daughter Mabel and her husband, Bert, are moving back to Rockford, where Bert will work for an automobile company.
Collection ID: Nora C. Edwards papers (Accession 2036)
Hagley ID: 2036_01_12_03
Collection: Nora C. Edwards papers

Title: Room list for Fisher's Island Mansion House Cottage No. 10
Date(s): 1940?, 1940
Contributor(s): Du Pont, William, 1896-1965 (former owner)
Description: Description of the Mansion House Cottage No. 10 where William du Pont Jr. and his family vacationed on Fishers Island, New York in the summer of 1940.
Collection ID: William du Pont, Jr. papers (Accession 2317.II)
Hagley ID: 2317_2_0032
Collection: William du Pont, Jr. papers

Title: William du Pont, Jr. to Margaret Osborne, 1957-03-26
Date(s): 1957-03-26
Contributor(s): Du Pont, William, 1896-1965 (correspondent), Du Pont, Margaret Evelyn Osborne, 1918-2012 (correspondent)
Description: Letter from William du Pont, Jr. to his second wife Margaret Osborne discussing everyday events at Bellevue and at the farms in Virginia. du Pont mentions classifying the Santa Gertrudis cattle, one of his last special projects in cattle breeding.
Collection ID: William du Pont, Jr. papers (Accession 2317.II)
Hagley ID: 2317_2_0067
Collection: William du Pont, Jr. papers