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...
Table of Contents: A recipe for change; Of mice and men; Monster green; Hot times, cool answers; No grass dare skirt this barrier; Unrolling the future of flooring; Fresh hope for a mature problem; More power; Up close and personal, and safe; News...
Letter from William du Pont to his secretary, Charles K. Lennig regarding the purchase of the Montpelier Estate. He does not wish to close off negotiations but believes the property lacks too much to be worth more than the $50 per acre he is...
Published transcript of the speech Henry Algernon du Pont delivered at the unveiling of the monument to Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur on the Cedar Creek Battlefield in Virginia. Du Pont gave the address on 16 September, 1920. Ramseur, a...
A little country church, Sharps Stations M.E. Church near Loyston, Tennessee. Congregation leaving at close of service. This church will be submerged by the waters of the Norris Dam reservoir.
Close up of south face of Brookhaven Reactor-Through these holes in the south face of the Brookhaven reactor are introduced tons of pure uranium metal. Once in the graphite moderator of the reactor proper, uranium atoms fission, or spilt, in a...
These ten women are among the 28 who now work for the Long Island Railroad as engine cleaners. Here they are at the close of the day, returning to their locker room at the Morris Park yards near Jamaica. Grimy and tired, they are happy in the...
I was sent to attend the first drill of the Womens Independent Rifle Club, of Cincinnati, the members of which are training themselves to guard our homes against the enemy if we go away to war. Go said the editor and find out what sort of a...
Machining-further transforms the propeller so that by the time its ready to ship it weighs 22,000 pounds. Tolerances must be infinitely close in width and pitch. It must also go through a fine balancing operation. Cramp Brass craftsmen check also...
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry;
Washington sends a letter of recommendation to Alexander Spotswood of Kentucky for E. I. du Pont de Nemours or Peter Bauduy during their trip to Virginia and Kentucky in search of domestic saltpeter sources. Washington notes that du Pont is a...
Berry discusses his efforts to close his agency with the DuPont Company and transfer the agency to William Wilson, Jr. He discusses shipments of powder from Pittsburgh.
Close up of random quality checks of Orlon acrylic fiber, before it goes to inspection room. Here, bobbins of Orlon are selected at random before rack is wheeled into inspection room. These racks will beheld in this area until final check is made....
Close scrutiny to guard against a score or more of possible defects is given to every bobbin of yarn before shipping at the DuPont Company's May Plant, near Camden, South Carolina where Orlon is manufactured.
Close scrutiny to guard against a score or more of possible defects is given to every bobbin of yarn before shipping at the DuPont Company's May Plant, near Camden, South Carolina where Orlon is manufactured.
