Sweeney, John

Sweeney, John Gordon III./o so and the Psychology of Public Theater. Princeton Princeton University Press, 1985. 

It is assumed that the reader has had an introductory course on materials science and perhaps on polymers such as e.g. An Introduction to the Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers by I. M. Ward and J. Sweeney, John Wiley Sons, second edition 2004. 

When Winterthur was a private residence prior to 1951, many guests were entertained on weekends at which times special bedspreads, usually of modern fabrics, replaced the historic bedspreads. A delightful story is told by John Sweeney, then Curator, of how Mr. du Pont arranged to have a newly acquired antique bedspread placed on the bed of Miss Mary Allis, a friend and an antiques dealer especially interested in textiles. At dinner, Mr. du Pont asked Miss Mary Allis how she had spent her afternoon. She replied cheerfully that she had had a lovely nap. Henry Francis du Pont paled. Miss Mary Allis then added (4), Oh, don t worry. I didn t sleep on the bed. I took a pillow and slept in the bath tub. ... 

In gathering material for this article, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those individuals who kindly shared their knowledge of Henry Francis du Pont and Winterthur as it developed over the years, especially John Sweeney, George Colman, Everett Boyce, Charles Hummel, Mrs. Edmond du Pont, and Mrs. Leslie Potts. Also I would like to acknowledge the kind assistance of Barbara Hearn, former Museum Archivist Paul Hensley, current Museum Archivist Catherine Hutchins, Associate Editor, Publications Office Ann Clapp, former Paper Conservator Joyce Hill Stoner, Director, Winterthur-University of Delaware Program in Conservation of Artistic and Historic Objects and Mrs. Charles Montgomery, former Assistant Curator of Textiles. 

Notes of interview with John Sweeney by Margaret Fikioris (March 2,1983) on file in the Textile Conservator s Office. John A. H. Sweeney was in the first class of fellows in the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture. He wrote Winterthur Illustrated (A Winterthur Book, 1963), the first comprehensive guide to the collection. He was Curator of the museum from 1960 to 1965, Deputy Director from 1966 to 1967, and then Senior Deputy Director for the Collections and Interpretations from 1968 to 1974. He served as Coordinator of Research from 1975 to 1979 and then became Assistant to the Director in 1979 to the present. 

Minshew NJ, Sweeney JA, Bauman M (1997) Neurological Aspects of Autism. In Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (Cohen D and Volkmar F eds) pp. 344-369, John Wiley Sons New York. 

W. Sorenson, F. Sweeney, and T.W. Campbell, Preparative Methods of Polymer Chemistry, 3rd edn, John Wiley Sons, New York, 2001, pp. 181-185. 

Ward I.M. and Sweeney J. The Mechanical Properties of Polymers, John Wiley Sons, Chichester, 2008. 

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