The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
The records consist of photocopies of miscellaneous documents of the Empire Steel and Iron Company, the originals of which are in the possession of the National Canal Museum at Easton, Pa. Most of them seem to have come from the Mount Hope site....
Letter from Frank S. Peer, importer of farm stock, to William du Pont advertising a lot of Jersey Cattle. Peer offers du Pont eight heifers for his farm.
Lobbying brochure published by the Horse Racing Amendment Association of New Jersey urging support for a law for making Pari-Mutuel wagering on horse races legal in New Jersey.
Chemical industry; Defense contracts; Explosives; Factories; Gunpowder; Paint industry; Plastics industry
Excerpt from The Indicator, a newsletter published by the New York and New Jersey sections of the American Chemical Society. Explores the history of DuPont's New Jersey facilities and their contributions to the defense industry. Includes a two-page...
This building , used as a laboratory at the Repauno dynamite plant, Gibbstown, New Jersey was forerunner of DuPont Company's first formal research unit, the Eastern Laboratory, established in 1902 at Gibbstown. Lammot du Pont, father of the three...
The Explosives Department's Eastern Laboratory (foreground) at Gibbstown, New Jersey. The winding road in the center of the photograph running to the dock divides the laboratory from the Repauno Works. This pioneer research laboratory, one of the...
Burnside Laboratory at Carney's Point, New Jersey. Here the DuPont Company does research on smokeless powder and other propellants, ballistics, nitro-cellulose and other cellulose products, as well as on polymer intermediates.
New organic research building at the Eastern Laboratory of the DuPont Company at Gibbstown, New Jersey increases facilities for studies in the field of organic chemistry. Aim of the work is to develop new processes and products.
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for the papers of Samuel G. Wright documenting his activities as a New Jersey gentleman farmer, a Philadelphia merchant, an ironmaster,
and a member of the New Jersey Legislature, as well as his private investments in land. It is...
Written caption: "Occupied by du Pont family shortly after arrival in US." Printed caption to another copy: "This home, located on the Kill van Kull at Bergen Point, New Jersey, was purchased by Madame du Pont de Nemours and Bureau de Pusy, her...
Letter from Ernest R. Shaw, general manager of the Horse Racing Amendment Association, Inc., to William du Pont, Jr. in regards to horse racing lobbying efforts in New Jersey.
Artificial rubber industry; Chemical industry; Explosives; Factories; Nylon; Paint industry; Plastics industry; Rayon; Research; Textile industry
Booklet documenting the expansion of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company's manufacturing facilities during the post-World War II period. Includes information and images related to the following projects: expansion of the Experimental Station in...
