Transcription of the handwritten accounts of explosions in the DuPont powder yards between 1815 and 1885. Original is handwritten by Francis Gurney du Pont between 1860 and 1885.
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...
Ernest Dichter (1907-1991) was a Vienna-trained psychologist who came to New York in 1938 to escape the Nazis. He became a pioneer in the development of motivational research, a marketing tool that used psychological techniques to probe...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for the Allen D. Cardwell Manufacturing Corporation Records. The collection consists of 2.5 linear feet of records, photographs, and scrapbooks. The records are divided into three series. Series I -- Technical Records. Series II --...
Collection guide for the William du Pont Family Papers. The William du Pont family papers, 450 linear feet, consist of correspondence, financial records and printed materials, which document the personal and business activities of the father and...
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...
