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....
Naaman's Tea House after a fire. The original home was built in 1723 and acquired by Colonel Thomas Robinson in 1738. The blockhouse may have been built by Johan Rising in the 1650s. Later the house was a studio and residence for artists -...
Naaman's Tea House after a fire. The original home was built in 1723 and acquired by Colonel Thomas Robinson in 1738. The blockhouse may have been built by Johan Rising in the 1650s. Later the house was a studio and residence for artists -...
"Foxcatcher Farm's, The Satrap, Acquired by Virginia Sportsman" newspaper article detailing the sale of Foxcatcher Farms horses at auction in Boyce, Virginia.
Scrapbook of gunpowder labels and advertisements from the DuPont Company's American competitors and companies DuPont acquired. Companies include: Rogers' Orange Gunpowder of New York; Eden Park Mills; Whipple Powder; King's Mill Gunpowder; Hazard...
Aerial view of DuPont's pigments plant at new Johnsonville, Tennessee. The 1,500 acre site on Kentucky Lake was acquired in 1952 and the plant was formally opened in September, 1959. Land once covered with brush and scrub is now attractively...
Collection guide for the Technitrol lawsuit records, a lawsuit (1967-1968) that revolved around the
question of who developed the magnetic storage drum. These records acquired from Seymour Yutter, the lawyer for Technitrol, include trial...
This guide includes manuscripts acquired by the Hagley Library through the year 1965. The guide was created by John Beverley Riggs, Hagley's former Curator of Manuscripts. It was published in 1970.
Collection guide; Consumer products; Industrial products and design; Manufacturing and related sectors
As a scientist Carter Litchfield (1932-2007) studied and specialized in edible
fats. During the mid- to late 1950s Litchfield worked in the Edible Research Section of
the Chemical Division of Proctor & Gamble. His work there centered on...
Memo regarding the positioning of building with respect to older buildings and the "tail race." The author discusses the amount of horse power that could be acquired from wheel size and placement.
The school, located on Vandever Avenue near Market Street, was founded in 1798. The land was donated by John Dickinson and Dr. John Welsh. Seventy-nine persons contributed $443.13 to erect the building. It was an English and Classical academy...
Copy of painting, ""The Boatgirl of Macao"" by Chinery. Written caption: "Location: 1973 - Admiral S.F. du Pont Library, Eleutherian Mills Residence. Acquired by Adm S.F. du Pont during a voyage to China, Japan, and India, 1857-1859."
Male and female workers in Fabrikoid factory.Written caption: "Fabrikoid Company, Newburgh, NY; acquired by Du Pont in 1910, makers of pyroxylin coated textiles."
Part one (left side) of two-part photograph. Written caption: This plant acquired about 1867. Former Abraham Eshback Mills in Perkionen region, Plymouth Township, near Norristown."
Part two (right side) of two-part photograph. Written caption: This plant acquired about 1867. Former Abraham Eshback Mills in Perkionen region, Plymouth Township, near Norristown."
