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...
Collection guide for Expo 67 miscellany. The materials collected by Elizabeth Marion DeBlois include a variety of publications and ephemera associated with Expo 67.
The collection includes many of the official guides and maps issued by the fair,...
Group of American tourists in the midst of utter desolation in the town of Nieuport, Belgium. The Belgian frontier, the Ypres section in particular, is already fairly crowded with sightseers from the world over.
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry
General Mason requests the company to prepare powder for use in the Indian Factory at Fort Wayne. He discusses the particular demands of Native Americans in that region.
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry;
Mason and E. I. du Pont de Nemours have met recently to discuss a particular matter, and Mason reports on his discussions with gentleman in Washington on this business. The letter does not offer details on this matter, though Mason's June 6, 1817...
Gibbons reports on the San Francisco powder market and sales. In particular he outlines an agreement he has made with the agent for the Hazard Powder Company to set prices for blasting powder. Includes an account of sales for April and an account...
Gibbons reports on the San Francisco powder market, and he discusses in particular the role that power and kegs play in mining. Gibbons also reports on competition from Sacramento merchants. Includes an account of sales for April and May.
Kemble offers his thoughts on potential contacts to start a DuPont agency in Chicago. He discusses A.W. Spies & Company and Tuckermann & Higginson in particular.
Berry encloses a check (not included) and reports on the Pittsburgh powder market. He reports in particular on competitors Andrew Watson and Messrs. J. W. Burbridge & Company. Berry also discusses shipping powder to and from Pittsburgh.
Correspondence in which Smith discusses current debates about military matters and his own opinions of them. He mentions an article by Admiral Rodgers and, in particular, a debate about the monitor class vessels.
Dr. Paul W. Morgan of DuPont's Textile Fibers Pioneering Research Laboratory demonstrates the making of nylon, instantaneously, at room temperature, without any apparatus other than a drinking glass, a small jar or beaker. Practical commercial...
Nylon carpeting, paradoxically the most luxurious yet in terms of wear life and upkeep, the most economical ever made, was shown at a press meeting held recently in New York by the Nye-Wait Company. Almost 100 different samples were displayed were...
For the most part, textile fibers-natural and man made- have wide varying physical and chemical properties. The differences are apparent in the types of dye which adhere to the fibers. By mixing or blending fibers with different dyeing...
A metallic material with unique on and off magnetic characteristics has been discovered by DuPont scientists doing fundamental research on magnetic substances. Above a specific temperature the compound chromium manganese antimonides, is strongly...
This 2500 ton, half block long extrusion press is a feature of the new DuPont Metals Center at Baltimore, where commercial production of mill products of columbium metal and alloys recently got underway. The big press has unique heating and...
Winding rayon yarn into cones at plants of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company. Each operator has been trained to tie the thread with a particular kind of knot, called waver's knot, and to place all knots on the face of the cone.
Hendrick writes to say that he is shipping his automobile to them today. He also discusses at length the design of the valve on the engine, a matter that he is very particular about but forgot to mention during his visit to Lockport. Hendrick...
Collection guide for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records. The records are arranged into 3 series: Series A contains correspondence (1802-1891, bulk 1802-1815) with over 500 individuals and firms,
including customers, suppliers, sales agents...
