A guide to primary material at the Hagley Museum and Library. For access to the contents of this collection contact Hagley at research@hagley.org or 302-654-2800.
The DuPont Company's new May Plant at Camden, South Carolina for the manufacture of Orlon acrylic fiber. About 20 acres of an 800 acre plot have been utilized for this unit which will produced Orlon in the form of continuous multifilament yarn. To...
DuPont's Textile Fibers Department's Orlon acrylic fiber manufacturing facilities are shown in this aerial view of the May plant located at Camden, South Carolina. In the foreground is the large plant which makes Orlon fiber in staple form and the...
DuPont's Textile Fibers Department's Orlon acrylic fiber manufacturing facilities are shown in this aerial view of the May plant located at Camden, South Carolina. The plant went into commercial operation in May of 1952.
DuPont's Textile Fibers Department's Orlon acrylic fiber manufacturing facilities are shown in this aerial view of the May plant located at Camden , South Carolina. The plant went into commercial operation in May of 1952.
The nation's first full scale plant for the manufacture of hyper pure silicon constructed by the DuPont Company at Brevard, North Carolina. Silicon, developed by the DuPont for use in radar during Worked War II, is a vital raw material in the...
H.A. du Pont on rumor of fighting in Charleston, South Carolina the border states, Lincoln and John Pelham leaving West Point for appointment in Confederate Army
Correspondence from wife to husband regarding every day life, which she says she condenses on account of bad eyesight. She discusses the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard and others, and comments on the letters he has sent her. Sophia laments over not...
Campaigns & battles; Naval warfare; Naval prints; Government vessels; Military officers; Sheet music covers; Music
Sheet music commemorating the U.S. Navy's successful attacks on Forts Walker and Beauregard at Port Royal, South Carolina, 7 November 1861. This attack was carried out by the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under the command of Commodore Samuel...
Civil wars; Military facilities; Military officers
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island, South Carolina
Location also known as Battery Wagner. Image depicts Brigadier General Quincy A. Gillmore (1825-1888) and his staff.
Civil wars; Military facilities; Military officers; Soldiers
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island, South Carolina
Location also known as Battery Wagner. Image depicts the headquarters of Brigadier General Quincy A. Gillmore (1825-1888).