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....
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for Joseph Bancroft and Sons Company, licensing records. Much of the collection covers Ban-Lon and Everglaze, and many of the files are
concerned with foreign activities or events. The collection is divided into 18 series.
Collection guide for Brown Instrument Company records. The records consist mostly of engineering reports on the research, development,
production, and installation of the company’s control and measuring systems.
Correspondence and internal...
Collection guide; Electric utilities and appliances; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for RCA/Victor records. This series of
records was assembled primarily by B.L. Aldridge, who functioned part-time as a company historian from the early 1950s to 1959. Prior to that, Aldridge was Manager of Sales and...
Collection guide for Singer Company records. The company was once the leading producer of sewing machines. This collection includes materials from its
Trademark Department.
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors; Transportation
Collection guide for The Budd Company was a pioneering manufacturer of all-steel transportation vehicles. The manuscript historical files include biographical information about the company’s founder, Edward G. Budd, and clippings, tear sheets,...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for the Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada records. The company was incorporated in
1901 for the purpose of developing and gold and silver ore
property in Tonopah, Nevada. The collection includes records
of absorbed and subsidiary...
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...
This collection helps to document the history of Singer Manufacturing Company during the period 1860 through 1880. After success in forming one of the first U.S. patent pools the Singer Company was ready to capitalize and built several new...
Military organizations; Clothing & dress; Military officers
Resolution of thanks from Company A, 1st Regiment Delaware Volunteers to Captain Febeker, Company A, 1st Regiment Home Guards, for a donation of gloves. A letter from E. Y. Watson, Captain of Company A, 1st Delaware Volunteers, is included. Both...
Soldiers; Military demobilizations; Military discharges; Military organizations
Muster-out roll for Company B, 5th Delaware Volunteer infantry, on their release from active service in July 1863. Lammot du Pont commanded the company which consisted primarily of workers from the DuPont powder yards and other nearby mills. The...
Collection guide; Insurance and financial industry
Collection guide for the Provident Mutual Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia records. The records include administrative
correspondence, general agents' files, personnel records, and
advertising and sales materials.
James Danforth was informed by William Leonard, agent for the Plymouth Cotton Mill Company, that DuPlanty, McCall and Company have erected a cotton mill. Danforth is writing to inquire about a job at this cotton mill.
