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William Adams Delano papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 178

Scope and Contents

The William Adams Delano Collection contains social and professional correspondence, various papers, and assorted printed material relating to the personal life and architectural career of William Adams Delano (1874-1960). The collection spans the period 1902-1960, with the majority of the material falling between the years 1939-1959.

The social correspondnece pertains to Delano's personal relationships, including friends and family. A frequent subject of this correspondence is the various clubs to which he belonged, especially the Coffee House, the Knickerbocker Club, and the Century Association. There is also a considerable amount of correspondence with the Yale Alumni Association and Delano's classmates in the Class of 1895.

The professional correspondence deals with various projects of Delano's architectural career, including public and office buildings and private homes. Especially noteworthy is his work on the White House and West Point, and his design of LaGuardia Field. His participation and leadership in various organizations, including the National Commission on Fine Arts and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, are also covered in the correspondence section.

Nearly all printed material is enclosed with related letters, usuallly with no separated notation being made. There are several pieces, however, for which no origin is discernible; there have been filed in a separate box, likewise uncatalogued. Also in the same box is the unpublished autobiography: "The Reminiscences of William Adams Delano."

Dates

  • 1902-1960
  • Majority of material found within 1939 - 1960

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of William A. Delano, 1954, and Josephine B. Manning, 1960 and 1962.

Extent

6.5 Linear Feet (16 boxes, 1 folio)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0178

Abstract

The papers consist almost entirely of social and professional correspondence. They also include an unpublished autobiography, The Reminiscences of William Adams Delano; printed matter; and a drawing made for the 46th anniversary of The Record. Much of the personal correspondence concerns Delano's membership in various New York clubs and his classmates in the Yale College class of 1895. His professional correspondence relates in part to important commissions, among them his work on the White House, West Point, and his design for La Guardia airport in New York. His participation in the work of the National Commission on Fine Arts and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission is also documented. Prominent correspondents include Dean Acheson, Frederick L. Allen, Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Hiram Bingham, Charles C. Burlingham, George Parmly Day, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Charles Dana Gibson, Joseph Grew, M. A. DeWolfe Howe, Walter Lippmann, Allan Nevins, Arthur Upham Pope, Elihu Root, Jr., Henry Lewis Stimson, Charles Warren, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Biographical / Historical

William Adams Delano was born in New York City on January 21, 1874. His father, Eugene Delano, was a partner in the banking firm Brown Brothers & Company; his mother, the former Susan Magoun Adams, was the daughter of the Reverend Mr. William Adams. In 1887, William Adams Delano entered the Lawrenceville School, from which he graduated in 1891. In the fall of that year he enrolled in Yale College, obtaining his A.B. In 1895. After graduation from Yale, Delano spent two years in the Columbia University School of Architecture and two years as a draftsman in the architectural office of Hastings Carrère. He then went to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, from which he received a diploma in 1902. In 1901 Delano had been awarded the Jean Leclaire Prize, an honor bestowed by the Institut de France upon the member of the First Class who receives the greatest number of values. This had been a particularly meaningful award to Delano, since this was the first time the prize had been given to other than a Frenchman. After over five years in Paris he returned to New York where, in 1903, he and Chester H. Aldrich founded the firm of Delano and Aldrich. Until 1910, Delano also served as a professor of design at Columbia University's School of Architecture.

In 1924, Delano was appointed for a four year term to the National Commission of Fine Arts by President Coolidge. In 1927 Secretary Mellon appointed him a member of the Board of Architectural Consultants of the United States Treasury Department, a position Delano held for six years. In 1929, by president Hoover's request, Delano became the architectural representative on the National Park and Planning Commission, being re-appointed by succeeding Presidents and serving in his capacity until 1946 when he resigned.

In 1908, Delano was awarded the degree of B.F.A., and in 1939 he received an honorary M.A. -- both from Yale. He became, in 1930, a corresponding member of the Academic des Beaux Arts Institut de France, having served as President of the Society of Beaux Arts Architects from 1927 to 1929; also in 1930, Delano became an officer in the Legion d'Honneur. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and from 1928 to 1930 he served as president of the New York Chapter; in 1953 Delano received the Institute's Gold Medal for excellence in Architecture. A member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, he had received their Gold Medal for architecture in 1940. Delano also belonged to the Architectural League of New York, the National Academy of Design, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was a trustee of the New York Orthopaedic Dispensary and the New York Public Library; he was vice president of the Grenfell Association of America and the New York Hotocultural Society. He was a member of the Century Association, the Coffee House, India House, The Brook, and the Yale University Knickerbocker, and Piping Rock Clubs in New York; he was also a member of the Metropolitan Club in Washington and the Graduates Club in New Haven.

During his architectural career, Delano designed many buildings of note. Among them at Yale were Wright Hall, Sterling Chemical Laboratory, and the Divinity School. His buildings at Washington include the Japanese Embassy, the Post Office Building and Circular Plaza. In New York City, Delano designed the University Club and the Brook, and LaGuardia and Idlewild Airports. A commission which had given Delano particular professional satisfaction was the American Embassy on the Place de la Concorde in Paris. At West Point Delano succeeded in winning the contract for the enlargement of the United States Military Academy. However, Delano is probably best known for his work on the renovation of the White House, including the balcony addition he designed.

A member of that stylistic persuasion in architecture called the "Beaux Arts School," Delano's designs are today often unfavorably criticized and largely ignored. However, in his time, many thought very highly of his architectural artistry. President Truman, for one, expressed his admiration in this note he sent Delano: "On all sides we find noble works whose artistic merits reflect the fine taste and judgment which you have exercised."

William Delano died on January 12, 1960 in New York City at the age of 85.

CHRONOLOGICAL NOTE

1874 Born, New York City, on January 21

1887-1891 Lawrenceville School

1895 A.B. From Yale

1902 Diploma from Ecole des Beaux-Arts

1903-1910 Professor of Design at Columbia

1903 Firm of Delano and Aldrich established

1905 Trustee, New York Orthapaedic Dispensary and Hospital

1907 Married, to Louisa Millicent Potter (Sheffield), May 23

1908 B.F.A. From Yale

1909 Born, a son, William Richard Potter Delano, on July 31

1924-1928 Member, National Commission of Fine Arts

1927-1933 Member, Board of Architectural Consultants, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C.

1929-1946 Member, National Park and Planning Commission

1930 Corresponding member, Academie des Beaux-Arts, L'Institut de France

1933 Operation on neck

1937-1943 Designed LaGuardia Airport

1939 Hon. M.A. From Yale

1939 Member, Board of Design for World's Fair

1940 Awarded Gold Medal of National Institute of Arts and Letters

1945 Won competition for enlarging West Point facilities

1948 Added balcony to White House

1949 Appointed Architectural Consultant to the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion

1950 Retired from active partnership in Delano & Aldrich (January 1)

1953 Received Gold Medal of American Institute of Architects

1960 Died, January 12; memorial service held on February 1 at the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City.

For a listing of selected correspondents with William Adams Delano, and a chart outlining the genealogical relations of the Delano family, please consult the Correspondents Index and Genealogical Chart.

Other Finding Aids

For a listing of selected correspondents with William Adams Delano, and a chart outlining the genealogical relations of the Delano family, please consult the Correspondents Index and Genealogical Chart.

Select List of Correspondents

  1. Acheson, Dean Gooderham, 1893-1971
  2. Acheson, Patrick, 1915-
  3. Adams, Frederick Baldwin, Jr., 1910-
  4. Adams, James Donald, 1891
  5. Adams, James T., 1878-1949
  6. Adams, Lewis Greenleaf, 1897-
  7. Adams, William
  8. Adee, George Townsend, 1874-1948
  9. Alaux, Jean Paul
  10. Albright, Horace Marden, 1890-
  11. Aldrich, Amey
  12. Aldrich, Harriet (Alexander)
  13. Aldrich, William T., 1880-
  14. Aldrich, Withrop, 1885-
  15. Allen, Frederick, Lewis, 1890-1954
  16. Alsop, Corinne (Robinson)
  17. Alsop, Stewart Johonnot Oliver, 1913-
  18. Altschul, Frank, 1887-
  19. Anastasy, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church, Outside of Russia
  20. Andrews, John Williams, 1898-
  21. Angell, James Rowland, 1869-
  22. Arents, George, 1875-
  23. Armour, Norman, 1887-
  24. Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1954
  25. Armstrong, Hamilton, Fish, 1893-
  26. Arnaud, Leopold, 1895-
  27. Astor, Nancy Whicher (Langhorne) Viscountess, 1879-
  28. Atterbury, Grosvenor, 1869-1956
  29. Auchincloss, Charles Crooke, 1881-
  30. Auchincloss, Janet (house)
  31. Babb, James Tinkham, 1899-
  32. Bach, Richard, F., 1887-
  33. Bacon, Leonard, 1887-1954
  34. Bacon, Virginia (Murray)
  35. Baker, Sir Herbert, 1862-1946
  36. Baker, Lady
  37. Baker, John Hopkinson, 1894-
  38. Baldwin, Henry DeForest, 1862-1947
  39. Baldwin, Joseph Clark, 1897-1957
  40. Balfour, Gertrude (Norman)
  41. Barlow, Samuel, L.M., 1892-
  42. Beal, Gifford, Reynolds, 1879-1956
  43. Beals, Ralph Albert, 1899-
  44. Bechtel, Edwin Deturck, 1880-
  45. Bédard, Pierre, 1895-
  46. Beebe, William, 1877-
  47. Bell, Ulric, 1891-
  48. Belmont, Eleanor Robson, no date
  49. Benet, Rosemary (Carr), 1900
  50. Benét, William Rose, 1886-
  51. Bennett, Edward H., 1874-1954
  52. Bernstein, Henri, 1876
  53. Bertelli, Riccardo, no date
  54. Binger, Walter D., 1888
  55. Bingham, Clarissa, 1931-
  56. Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956
  57. Birnhaum, Martin, 1878-
  58. Blaine, James Gillespie, 1888
  59. Blake, Theodore Evernghim, 1869-
  60. Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-
  61. Bohlen, Charles Eustis, 1904-
  62. Bolton, Theodore, 1889-
  63. Bonnet, Henri, no date
  64. Bori, Luerezia, 1887-
  65. Bosworth, Welles, 1869
  66. Boutet de Monvel, Bernard
  67. Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897
  68. Bowman, William McKnight
  69. Brand, Lord Robert, 1910-
  70. Breasted, Charles, 1897-
  71. Brewster, Robert D.
  72. Brock, Henry Irving, 1876
  73. Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956
  74. Bronson, Francis Woolsey, 1901-
  75. Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963
  76. Brown, Alexander Crosby, 1905-
  77. Brown, Arthur, Jr., 1874-1957
  78. Brown, Caro (Noyes)
  79. Brown, Daniel N., 1900
  80. Brown, Mary
  81. Brown, Moreau Delano, 1905
  82. Brown, Thatcher Magoun, 1876-1954
  83. Brown, William Adams, 1865-1943
  84. Brownell, Herbert, Jr., 1904
  85. Bruce, David K.E., 1898
  86. Bruce, James, 1892
  87. Bruére, Henry, 1882-
  88. Bulfinch, Francis Vaughan, 1879
  89. Bull, Harry, 1904-
  90. Bull, Ludlow, 1886-
  91. Bullitt, William Christian, 1891-
  92. Bullitt, William Marshall, 1873-1957
  93. Burdon-Muller, Rowland, no date
  94. Burlingame, William Roger, 1889-
  95. Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-
  96. Burton, Harold Hitz, 1888-
  97. Bush, Dr. Vannevar, 1890-
  98. Butler, Arthur Stanley George, 1888-
  99. Butler, Charles, 1870-
  100. Butler, Senator Hugh Alfred, 1878
  101. Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
  102. Butterworth, Frank Seiler, 1870-1950
  103. Cadogan, Sir Alexander George Montagu, 1884-
  104. Cadogan, Lady Theodosia (Gosford)
  105. Caemmerer, Hans Paul, 1884-
  106. Calder, A. Sterling, 1870-1945
  107. Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961
  108. Canfield, Cass, 1897-
  109. Carle, Robert W., 1897-
  110. Carter, Bernard Shirley, 1893-
  111. Carter, Leslie Hope (Thatcher)
  112. Cervin, Olof Z.
  113. Chadbourne, Marjorie (Curtis)
  114. Chadbourne, William Merriam, 1879-
  115. Chandler, H. Daland, 1883-
  116. Chanler, William Clift, 1887
  117. Chapin, Cornelia Van A, no date
  118. Chapman, Oscar Littleton, 1896
  119. Chase, Harry Woodburn, 1883-
  120. Chatelain, Leon, Jr., 1902-
  121. Cheney, Ward, 1899-1963
  122. Clark, Cameron, 1887-
  123. Clark, Eliot Candee, 1883-
  124. Clark, Lady Jane Perry, 1898-
  125. Clark, Sir Kenneth K.C.B., 1903-
  126. Clarke, Gilmore David, 1892-
  127. Clay, Sir Henry, 1883-1954
  128. Cleland, Thomas Maitland, 1880-
  129. Colby, Charles, William, 1867-
  130. Coletax, Lady Sibyl
  131. Collet, Sir Mark, 1864-1944
  132. Comstock, Leonard Atwood, 1871-1954
  133. Connelly, Matthew J., 1907-
  134. Cooper, Charles Proctor, 1884-
  135. Corbett, Harvey Wiley, 1873-1954
  136. Cornell, Katherine, 1898-
  137. Coudert, Frederic R., Jr., 1898-1955
  138. Coverdale, William Hugh, 1871-
  139. Covery, Arthur, 1877-1960
  140. Coward, Thomas Ridgway, 1896-
  141. Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-
  142. Crampton, Henry E., 1875-1956
  143. Crane, Percy Waldron, 1873-1964
  144. Cret, Paul Phillippe, 1876-1945
  145. Crisp, Arthur, 1881-
  146. Cromwell, Lincoln, 1865-
  147. Cross, Katherine Hoyte (Mather)
  148. Cross, John Walter, 1878-1951
  149. Cross, Wilbur Lucius, 1862
  150. Crowninshield, Frank, 1872-1947
  151. Curie, Eve, 1904-
  152. Curran, Henry Hastings, 1877-
  153. Curtis, James Freeman, 1878-
  154. Damrosch, Walter Johannes, 1862-1952
  155. Darrach, William, 1876-1948
  156. Davidson, Florence Gertrude (Lucius)
  157. Davidson, Jo, 1883-1952
  158. Davis, Clifford, 1897-
  159. Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-
  160. Davis, John William, 1873-1955
  161. Davis, Norman H., 1878-
  162. Davison, Anne (Stillman), 1871-
  163. Day, George Parmly, 1876-1959
  164. Debevoise, Thomas M., 1874-1956
  165. Delano, Aldrich, no date
  166. Delano, Frederick Adrian, 1863-1953
  167. Delano, Preston, 1886-
  168. Delano, Richard Potter, no date
  169. Delano, Mrs. William Richard Potter
  170. Delavin, David Bryson, 1850-
  171. Demaray, Arthir, 1887-
  172. Dennison, Ethan Allen, 1881-
  173. Derby, Harry Leigh, 1882-
  174. Derby, Ethel Carow (Roosevelt)
  175. Derby, Richard, 1881-
  176. Dewey, Charles Schuveldt, 1880-
  177. Dillon, Clarence, 1882-
  178. Dillon, Mary Elizabeth, 1885-
  179. Dodd, Frank Courtway, 1875-
  180. Dodge, Marshall, no date
  181. Donaldson, Norman Vaux, 1891-
  182. Dougherty, Paul, 1877-
  183. Dougherty, Richard Erwin, 1880-
  184. Douglas, Archibald, Jr., 1904-
  185. Downey, Glanville, 1908-
  186. Draper, Ruth, 1884-
  187. Duggan, Stephen Pierce Hayden, 1870-1950
  188. duMond, Francis Vincent, no date
  189. Dunn, James Clement, 1890-
  190. Dunn, Gano, 1870-1953
  191. duPont, Henry Francis, 1880-
  192. Easby, Dudley Tate, Jr., 1905-
  193. Eberstadt, Ferdinand, 1890-
  194. Edgell, George Harold, 1887-
  195. Edgerton, Gen. Glen Edgar, 1887-
  196. Edison, Charles, 1890-
  197. Eggers, Otto R., 1882-
  198. Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-
  199. Ellett, Thomas Harlan, 1880-
  200. Elmhirst, Dorothy Whitney, 1887-
  201. Ely, Gertrude, no date
  202. Embury, Aumar II, 1880-
  203. Emerson, William, 1873-1957
  204. Emery, John Josiah, 1898-
  205. Erakine, John, 1899-1951
  206. Everitt, Samuel Alexander, 1871-1953
  207. Farish, William Stamps, 1881-1942
  208. Farnam, Thomas Wells, 1877-1943
  209. Farrand, Beatrix (Jones) 1872-
  210. Farrand, Max, 1869-1945
  211. Farrar, John, 1896-
  212. Faulkner, Barry, 1881-
  213. Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-
  214. Finch, Edward Kidley, 1873-
  215. Finletter, Gretchen (Damrosch), no date
  216. Finletter, Thomas Knight, 1893-
  217. Finley, David Edward, 1890-
  218. Fisher, Frank Cyril, 1893-
  219. Flagg, Ernest, 1857-
  220. Flanagan, John Patrick, 1874
  221. Forbes, William Cameron, 1870-
  222. Forrestal, James 1892-1949
  223. Fosdick, Raymond Blaine, 1883-
  224. Fox, John Pierce, 1872-
  225. Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-
  226. Franklin, Lindley Murray, 1874-
  227. Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953
  228. Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-
  229. Fuller, Paul, Jr., 1878-1947
  230. Gade, John Allyne, 1875-
  231. Garfield, Abram, 1872-
  232. Garfield, Helen Grannis (Matthews)
  233. Gavin, Michael, 1873-1960
  234. Geer, William Drennan, 1905-
  235. Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944
  236. Gibson, Harvey D., 1882-1950
  237. Gibson, Hugh, 1883-
  238. Gifford, Walter Sherman, 1885-
  239. Gosford, Mildred Acheson (Carter) Countess of
  240. Gotlieb, Albert, no date
  241. Grant, Gordon, 1875-
  242. Grant, Ulysses Simpson 3rd., 1881-
  243. Granville-Barker, Helen, _-1950
  244. Gray, David, 1870-1941
  245. Greene, Belle d’Acosta
  246. Greene, Theodore Ainsworth, 1890-
  247. Greenley, Howard, 1874-
  248. Greenough, William, 1874-
  249. Greenway, George Lauder, 1904-
  250. Grenfell, Sir Wilfred T., 1865-1940
  251. Grew, Joseph Clark, 1880-
  252. Grimm, Peter, 1886-
  253. Grimson, Malvina (Hoffman), 1887-
  254. Griscom, Lloyd Carpenter, 1872-
  255. Griswold, Alfred Whitney, 1906-1963
  256. Griswold, William Edward Schenck, 1877-
  257. Grossman, Max R., 1904-
  258. Gruppe, Karl Heinrich, 1893-
  259. Guardabassi, Count Francesco, no date
  260. Gugler, Eric, no date In Who’s Who
  261. Gunther, Franklin Matt, 1885-
  262. Hadley, Hamilton, 1896-
  263. Hadley, Morris, 1894-
  264. Haggard, Howard Wilcox, 1891-
  265. Hamer, Philip May, 1891-
  266. Hamlin, Talbot Faulkner, 1889-
  267. Hammond, Charles Herrick, 1892-
  268. Hammond, Paul Lyman, 1882-
  269. Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-
  270. Hand, Learned, 1872-
  271. Harbeson, John Frederick, 1888-
  272. Harkness, Albert, 1886-
  273. Harkness, William Hale, 1900-
  274. Harriman, Florence Jaffray (Hurst), 1870-
  275. Harris, Murray George, 1886-
  276. Harrison, George Leslie, 1887-
  277. Harrison, Wallace Kirkman, 1895-
  278. Haseltine, Herbert, 1877-
  279. Hassett, William D., 1880-
  280. Hay, Clarence Leonard, 1884-
  281. Heely, Alan Vanderhoef, 1897-
  282. Heiser, Victor George, 1873-
  283. Hellman, Geoffrey Theodore, 1907-
  284. Hemingway, Samuel Burdett, 1883-
  285. Henry, Barklie, McKee, 1902-
  286. Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-
  287. Hewitt, Edward Shepard, 1877-
  288. Higgins, Daniel Paul, 1886-
  289. Hill, Patrick Champain, 1903-
  290. Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-
  291. Hodges, Gilbert Tennent, 1872-
  292. Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-
  293. Holden, Arthur Cort, 1890-
  294. Holt, Henry Chandler, 1881-1955
  295. Homsey, Samuel E., 1904-
  296. Hooker, James Fisk, 1873-1953
  297. Hoover, Herbert 31st U.S. President., 1874-
  298. Hope, Walter Ewing, 1879-
  299. Hopkins, Ernest Martin, 1877-
  300. Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-
  301. Hopper, Franklin Ferguson, 1878-
  302. Houghteling, Laura (delano)
  303. Howard, Cecil de Blaquiere, 1888-
  304. Howard, Ernest Emmanuel, 1880-
  305. Howe, George, 1876-
  306. Howe, Mark Anthony DeWolfe, 1864-
  307. Howells, John Mead, 1868-
  308. Hoyt, Charles Wilson, 1872-
  309. Hubbard, Henry Vincent, 1875-1947
  310. Hupper, Roscoe Henderson, 1883-
  311. Husted, Ellery Spaulding, 1901-
  312. Hutchins, Robert Senger, 1907-
  313. Hyde, Charles Cheney, 1873-
  314. Hyde, James Hazen, 1876-
  315. Ide, John Fay, 1892-
  316. Ingham, Charles T., no date
  317. Iselin, Ernest, 1876-1954
  318. James, Dorothea Blagden (Draper)
  319. James, Henry, 1879-1947
  320. Jaulmes, G.L., no date
  321. Jay, Nelson Dean, 1883-
  322. Jay, Louisa Shaw (Barlow)
  323. Jellicoe, Geoffrey Allen, 1900-
  324. Jennewein, Carl Paul, 1890-
  325. Johnson, William Templeton, 1877-1957
  326. Jones, Bassett, 1877-
  327. Josephs, Devereux Cott, 1893-
  328. Keally, Francis, no date In Who’s Who
  329. Kebbon, Eric, 1890-
  330. Kemp, Arthur Tryon, 1871-1945
  331. Kemper, Edward Crawford, 1886-
  332. Kennedy, Foster, 1884-
  333. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, U.S. President, 1917-1963
  334. Keppel, David, 1877-
  335. Kieffer, Paul, 1881-
  336. Kilham, Walter H., Jr., 1904-
  337. Kimball, Richard Arthur, 1899-
  338. King, Frederic Rhinelander, 1887-
  339. Kirk, Alexander Constock, 1888-
  340. Knowlton, Hugh, 1893-
  341. Knox, Sir Geoffrey George, 1884-
  342. Kohn, Robert David, 1870-
  343. Kountze, de Lancey, 1878-1946
  344. Koyl, George Simpson, 1885-
  345. Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-
  346. Labatut, Jean, 1899-
  347. La Beaume, Louis, 1873-
  348. LaFarge, John, 1880-
  349. LaGuardia, Fiorello Henry, 1882-1947
  350. Laird, Warren Powers, 1861-
  351. Laloux, Camille
  352. Laloux, Victor
  353. Lamb, William Frederick, 1883-
  354. Lamont, Thomas W., 1870-1948
  355. Lawrie, Lee, 1877-
  356. Lay, Charles Downing, 1877-
  357. Ledoux, Louis Vernon, 1880-
  358. LeFevre, Jay, 1893-
  359. Leffingwell, Russell Cornell, 1878-
  360. Lehman, Herbert Henry, 1878-1963
  361. Lehman, Robert, 1892-
  362. Lescaze, William, 1896-
  363. Lewis, Wilmarth Sheldon, 1895-
  364. Licht, George Augustus, 1878-
  365. Lindbergh, Anne Spencer (Morrow)
  366. Lindbergh, Harrie Thomas, 1880-
  367. Lindsay, Lady Elizabeth (Hoty), 1885-1954
  368. Lindsay, Sir Ronald, 1877-
  369. Lippmann, Walter, 1889-
  370. Litell, Robert, 1896-
  371. Lobenstine, Edwin Carlyle, 1872-
  372. Lober, George John, no date
  373. Lockman, DeWitt McClellan, 1870-
  374. Lockwood, Luke Vincent, no date
  375. Longcope, Warfield Theobald, 1877-
  376. Lord, George DeForest, 1891-
  377. Lothian, Lord Philip Henry Kerr, 1882-1940
  378. Lovett, Robert Abercrombie, 1895-
  379. Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-
  380. Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-
  381. Luneau, Henry Heinz, 1910-
  382. Lydenberg, Harry Miller, 1874-
  383. MacAlister, Ian Sir, 1878-
  384. McAneny, George, 1869-1953
  385. McBride, Henry, 1867-
  386. McCarton, Edward, 1878-1947
  387. McCoy, Frank Rose, 1874-1953
  388. McGoldrick, Joseph Daniel, 1901-
  389. McKee, Lanier, 1872-1943
  390. McKelvey, Susan (Delano)
  391. MacKenzie, James Cameron, 1887-
  392. McKinney, Laurence, 1891-
  393. McLaughlin, Robert William, 1900-
  394. MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-
  395. McMillan, William, 1905-
  396. MacNeil, Herman Atkins, 1866-
  397. Maginnis, Charles Donagh, 1867-1955
  398. Mallory, Walter Hampton, 1892-
  399. Manning, William Thomas, 1866-
  400. Manship, Paul, 1885-
  401. Markel, Lester, 1894-
  402. Marshall, Charles Henry, 1891-1952
  403. Martin, George Whitney, 1887-
  404. Martin, Walton, 1969-
  405. Maunoury, Jean, no date
  406. Meeks, Everett Victor, 1879-
  407. Meiere, M. Hildreth, no date In Who’s Who
  408. Mellon, Elearnor Mary, 1894-
  409. Mellon, Paul, 1907-
  410. Melville, Ward, 1887-
  411. Menconi, Ralph Joseph, 1915-
  412. Meyer, Eugenes, 1875-
  413. Milles, Carl Wilhelm Emil, 1875-
  414. Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-
  415. Moffat, John, (1891?)
  416. Moore, Charles, 1855-1942
  417. Moore, John Crosby Brown, 1897-
  418. Moore, Marianne Craig, 1887-
  419. Moratinos, Almiro, P.
  420. Morcell, Admiral Ben, 1892-
  421. Morgan, Emma (Leavitt)
  422. Morgan, John Hill, 1870-1945
  423. Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-
  424. Morris, Benjamin Wistar III, 1870-1944
  425. Morris, Charles Gould, 1871-
  426. Morris, Newbold, 1902-
  427. Morris, Ray, 1878-
  428. Morrow, Elizabeth Reeve (Cutter)
  429. Moses, Robert, 1888
  430. Mosler, Orval McKinley, 1897-
  431. Murphy, Fred Towsley, 1872-1948
  432. Nettleton, George Henry, 1874-1959
  433. Nevins, Allan, 1890-
  434. Nichols, Hobart, Jr., 1869-
  435. Nichols, Jesse Clyde, 1880-
  436. Nichols, William Ichabod, 1905-
  437. Nicholson, Harold George, 1886-
  438. Nieburh, Reinhold, 1892-
  439. Nock, Arthur Darby, 1902-
  440. Norman, Lina Susan Penelope (Collet)
  441. Norman, Lord Montagu Collet, 1871-1950
  442. Norman, Lady Priscilla, (Reyntiens)
  443. Norman, Thomas Paul, 1893-
  444. O’Connor, Basil, 1892-
  445. Olds, Irving Sands, 1887-
  446. Oliphant, Richard Henry
  447. Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-
  448. Orr, Douglas William, 1892-
  449. Osborn, Alexander Perry, 1884-
  450. Osborn, Fairfield, 1887-
  451. Osborn, William Church, 1862-1951
  452. Osgood, Alfred Townsend
  453. Page, Arthur Wilson, 1883-
  454. Palmer, Walter Walker, 1882-
  455. Paris, W. Francklyn, 1871-
  456. Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-
  457. Parsons, Geoffrey, 1879-
  458. Parsons, William Edward, 1872-1939
  459. Partridge, William, 1866-
  460. Patchin, Robert Halsey, 1881
  461. Patterson, Robert, 1891-
  462. Peabody, Roger, no date
  463. Perkins, Maxwell Evarts, 1884-1947
  464. Perry, Lewis, 1877-
  465. Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943
  466. Phelps, Ziba Bennett, 1870-1961
  467. Phillips, John Marshall, 1905-1953
  468. Phipps, Paul, 1880-
  469. Pier, Arthur Stanwood, 1874-
  470. Pinchot, Cornelia (Bryce), 1881-
  471. Polk, Frank Lyon, 1871-1943
  472. Poole, Ernest, 1880-1950
  473. Pope, Arthur Upham, 1881-
  474. Praeger, Emil Hugh, 1892-
  475. Price, Walter Winston, 1866-1943
  476. Proffitt, Charles G., 1896-
  477. Purves, Edmond Randolph, 1897-
  478. Putnam, Brenda, 1890-
  479. Putnam, Herbert, 1861-
  480. Ravendale, Lady, no date
  481. Rayburn, Samuel, 1882-
  482. Redmond, Roland, Livingston, 1892-
  483. Reid, Helen (Rogers), 1882-
  484. Reynal, Eugene, 1902-
  485. Reynolds, James, 1891-
  486. Reynolds, W. Englebert, 1887-
  487. Rich, Lorimer, 1891-
  488. Roberts, George, 1884-
  489. Robins, Thomas, 1868-
  490. Roche, Edward P. Archbishop R.C., 1874-
  491. Rockefeller, David, 1915-
  492. Rockefeller, John Davison, Jr., 1874-
  493. Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, 1908-
  494. Rogers, Francis Day, 1912-
  495. Rogers, Hugo Edward, 1899-
  496. Rogers, James Gamble, 1867-1947
  497. Rollins, Carl Purington, 1880-
  498. Roosevelt, Archibald B., 1894-
  499. Roosevelt, Eleanor B., no date
  500. Roosevelt, Eleanor (Roosevelt), 1884-1962
  501. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
  502. Roosevelt, Grace (Lockwood), no date
  503. Roosevelt, Nicholas, 1893-
  504. Root, Elihu, Jr., 1881-
  505. Rosenauer, Michael, no date
  506. Roudebush, Francis Wilshire, 1899-
  507. Rousseau, Theodore Duncan, Jr., 1912-
  508. Saint-Quentin, Count Rene de, 1883-
  509. Salvatore, Victor, 1884-
  510. Sanchez, Elia Santiago, no date
  511. Santacillia, Carlos Obregon, 1896-
  512. Savage, Eugene Francis, 1883-
  513. Sawyer, Charles Henry, 1906-
  514. Saylor, Henry Hodgman, 1880-
  515. Schieffelin, William Jay, 1866-
  516. Scoville, William Herbert, 1873-1943
  517. Seversky de, Alexander P., 1894-
  518. Seymour, Charles, 1885-
  519. Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950
  520. Sheean, Vincent, 1899-
  521. Shepard, Donald D’Arcy, 1894-
  522. Shepardson, Whitney Hart, 1890-
  523. Sheply, Henry Richardson, 1887-
  524. Sherwood, Robert Emmet, 1896-
  525. Shirer, William Lawrence, 1904-
  526. Shreve, Richmond Harold, 1877-
  527. Simon, Louis A., no date
  528. Simons, Albert, 1890-
  529. Sinkler, John P.B., 1874-
  530. Sitwell, Sir Osbert, 1892-
  531. Siser, Theordore, 1892-
  532. Skidmore, Louis, 1897-
  533. Sloane, John, 1883-
  534. Smith, Howard Caswell, 1871-
  535. Smith, Livingston, 1879-
  536. Snow, Carmel (White), 1890-
  537. Somervell, Gen. Brehon Burke, 1892-1955
  538. Sparks, Sir Thomas Ashley, 1877-
  539. Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-
  540. Sprague, John Russell, 1886-
  541. Stanton, A. Glenn, 1895-
  542. Stauffer, John Keim, 1874-1952
  543. Steinway, Theodore, E., 1883-
  544. Stetson, Eugene W. Jr., 1911-
  545. Stewart, Walter W., 1885-
  546. Stimson, Henry Lewis, 1867-1950
  547. Stimson, Mabel Wellington (White), no date
  548. Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-
  549. Stone, Shepard, 1908-
  550. Stookey, Dr. Byron (Polk), 1887-
  551. Straight, Willard
  552. Strong, Austin, 1881-
  553. Strong, Benjamin, 1896-
  554. Sturgis, Richard Clipson, 1860-
  555. Sulzberger, Iphigene B., (Ochs), no date
  556. Summerlin, George T., 1872-
  557. Sunderland, Edwin Sherwood Stowell, 1887-
  558. Swan, Joseph Rockwell, 1878-
  559. Swartwout, Egerton, 1870-1943
  560. Swingle, William S., 1891-
  561. Tatlor, Francis Henry, 1903-1957
  562. Taylor, Henry C., 1894-
  563. Teaque, Walter Dorwin, 1883-
  564. Thatcher, Thomas D. Jr., 1881-1950
  565. Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-
  566. Thorpe, Malcolm Rutherford, 1891-1958
  567. Tighe, Laurence Gotzain, 1894-1934
  568. Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876-1963
  569. Tobin, Richard Montgomery, 1866-1952
  570. Townsend, Reginald Townsend, 1890-
  571. Train, Arthur Cheney, 1875-1945
  572. Tree, Nancy Perkins (Field), no date
  573. Tree, Ronald Field, no date
  574. Trowbridge, Alexander Buel, 1868-
  575. Treux, Van Day, 1904-
  576. Truman, Bess (Wallace) no date In Who’s Who
  577. Truman, Harry S., 1884-
  578. Tuck, Sommerville Pinkney, 1891-
  579. Tuck, William Hallam, 1890-
  580. Tuttle, Emerson, 1890-1946
  581. Tuttle, Roger Walker, 1875-1947
  582. Tvedo, Mogens, no date
  583. Tweed, Harrison, 1885-
  584. Tyler, Victor Morris, 1875-
  585. Vail, Robert William Glenroie, 1890-
  586. Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1898-
  587. Vanderbilt, Gloria, no date
  588. Van der Gracht, Ides, no date
  589. Van der Woude, Reinier Gerrit Anton, 1885-
  590. Villa, Alfonso P., no date
  591. Voochess, Stephen Francis, 1878-
  592. Wadsworth, Augustus Baldwin, Jr., 1872-
  593. Wadsworth, Eliot, 1876-
  594. Wadsworth, Eugene Delano, no date
  595. Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1877-
  596. Wadsworth, Lina (Delano)
  597. Wagner, Robert Ferdinand, 1910-
  598. Walcott, Frederick Collin, 1869-1949
  599. Walker, Ralph Thomas, 1889-
  600. Walker, George Platt, 1889-
  601. Wardwell, Allen, 1873-1953
  602. Warren, Charles, 1868-
  603. Warren, Whitney, 1887-1943
  604. Wasson, Robert Gordon, 1898-
  605. Watson, Gen. Edwin M., 1883-1945
  606. Watson, Thomas J., Jr., 1914-
  607. Waugh, Sidney, 1904-
  608. Weeks, Edward Augustus, 1898-
  609. Weinman, Adolph Alexander, 1870-
  610. Welch, Congressman Richard Joseph, 1869-1949
  611. Weld, Francis Minot, 1875-
  612. Welldon, Samuel Alfred, 1882-
  613. Wellesley, Gerald, 1885-
  614. Whalen, Grover Aloysius, 1886-
  615. Wheeler, Monroe, 1900-
  616. Whipple, Allen Oldfather, 1881-
  617. White, Lawrence Grant, 1887-1956
  618. Whitehouse, Sheldon, 1883-1965
  619. Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1899-
  620. Whitney, Eleanor (Searle), 1899-
  621. Whitney, George, 1874-1960
  622. Wickes, Forsyth, 1876-1964
  623. Wilby, Gen. Francis Bowditch, 1883-
  624. Wilder, Isabel, no date
  625. Wilder, Thornton Niven, 1897-
  626. Wilgus, William John, 1865-
  627. Williams, Edgar I., 1884-
  628. Williams, Roger, 1879-
  629. Williams, Wheeler, 1897-
  630. Wilmerdeng, Mrs. Lucius, 1906-
  631. Winthrop, Bronson, 1863-1944
  632. Wittouck, Jean, no date
  633. Wittouck, Margot, no date
  634. Wolfe, Paul Austin, 1898-
  635. Woodbridge, Frederick James, 1900-
  636. Woods, George R., no date
  637. Woodward, Stanley, 1895-
  638. Woodward, William, 1876
  639. Woolsey, John Munro, 1877-1945
  640. Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1869-
  641. Wright, Richardson Little, 1887-
  642. Wurster, William Wilson, 1895-
  643. Wyeth, Nathan C., no date In Who’s Who
  644. Yebes, (Count) Edwardo, 1900-
  645. Yellin, Samuel, 1885-
  646. Young, Mahonri Mackintosh, 1877-1957
  647. Young, Stark, 1881-
  648. Zantzinger, Clarence Clark, 1872-1954
  649. Zeeland, Paul van, 1893-
  650. Zogbaum, Harry St. Clair, no date
Title
Guide to the William Adams Delano Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
Date
March 1983
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

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