Descriptive Summary
DuPont, Henry Belin
Henry Belin DuPont
Photographs
ca.
1930-1947
Materials are written in
English.
19 mounted silver
gelatin prints
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History,The University of Texas at
Austin
Henry Belin DuPont
(1898-1970) was an amateur photographer and the vice present of E. I. du Pont
de Nemours and Company. This collection includes aerial and ground photographs
of the Big Bend Region of Texas, especially along the Rio Grande border with
Mexico.
Biographical NoteHenry Belin DuPont (1898-1970) was an
amateur photographer and the vice present of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company. During the 1930s and 40s he made aerial and boat trips to the Big Bend
Region of Texas.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes aerial and ground photographs of the Big Bend
Region of Texas, especially along the Rio Grande border with Mexico. Taken
during trips to the region in the 1930s, 1941, 1946 and 1947, these photographs
may have been displayed at an October 1952 meeting in Houston of the American
Association for State and Local History and may have been acquired at that
time.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted access.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
DuPont, Henry Belin,
1898-1970--Photographer
Subjects
Aerial photographs
Cactus
Places
Big Bend Region
(Tex.)
Carmen Mountains
(Mex.)
Mariscal Canyon (Brewster
County, Tex.)
Reagan Canyon (Brewster
County, Tex.)
Rio Grande
Santa Elena Canyon
(Brewster County, Tex.)
Preferred CitationHenry Belin DuPont Photographs, ca.
1930-1947, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas
at Austin.
Processing InformationBasic processing and cataloging of
this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s
History Revealed: Bringing Collections to
Light project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
3S236
Photographs