Handwritten on back: "When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay." From L to R: Bella du Pont (Sharp) [Isabella d'Andelot (du Pont) Sharp], Lucy Powell, Peggy du Pont (Carpenter) [Margaretta Lammot (du Pont) Carpenter]
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...
Maryland staying in the Union, first battle had taken place, Mrs. Du Pont had still hoped bloodshed was avoidable, but its clear war will take place. Letter goes into her fears for young men, the country, and her husband
Correspondence from wife to husband regarding every day life while he is away at war. Sophie mentions Captain Davis, Henry Winter Davis, Mrs. Welsh, General Anderson, and Clementina and Harriet Smith. Parts of the letter are written in French....
Hendrick orders a two seated automobile. He adds that if he likes the carriage he might sell them and encourage the young men who work with him to sell them, too. There is a handwritten postscript.
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Rubber; Plastics industry; Nylon; Textile industry;
Table of Contents: I remember rubber; Lighting up with lucite; Coming, better protein from cereal foods; These paper profits are real; Business's economic forecasters; Precision machining of teflon; fit for a sporting life, mycoban chases cheese...
Table of Contents: Fluorine:halogen on the move; Longer lasting house paint; Roads that stay young longer; Hamlet, 1959, the play's still the thing; It's new; Home sewing circle widens; A satellite's snapshot album; It's strong in any language;...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Conservation & restoration; Bedspreads; Infants; Health care; Plastics industry; Fishing; Art; Boots;
Table of Contents: A grand facade; Sleeping in satin; Purity to the highest power; Before time runs out; An alliance for excellence; A catchy idea; Making old documents young again; Where ya been? Out for a walk; The solid brass lab assistant; News...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Pots & pans; Cookery; Mass transit; Vandalism; Sailing; Sailboats; Deaf persons; Blind persons; Peanuts; Agriculture; Cookery; Postal service; Envelopes; Packaging; Plastics industry; Cafeterias;
Table of Contents: Now you're cookin' inn-style; Moving targets; The young men and the sea; giving deaf/blind people a hand; The profit in peanuts; A cook's tour of the future; The long and winding road; Neither tears, nopunctures, nor tiniest of...
