A corner of the magazine rack in the Lavoisier Library at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station shows just a portion of the hundreds of current technical journals available for reference. In addition, this library has more than 55,000...
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...
Catalog of printed materials featuring Volland Art offered by John Wanamaker. Includes calendars, gift books, and placecards. Includes illustrations, descriptions, and prices.
Collection guide for [abstract]. The records of Lanman & Kemp document the operations of the wholesale drug business in the years before the development of modern
pharmaceuticals. They also show the importance of New York City as a center for the...
Collection guide for Brandywine Manufacturers' Sunday School Papers, a nonsectarian school offering classes in reading, writing, arithmetic, and Bible lessons, was incorporated in 1817. Papers include student attendance forms, registration books,...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for Henry Disston & Sons account books. Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. was a major manufacturer of saws and other woodworking tools and one of the largest industrial firms in Philadelphia. The records, 1824-1918 (bulk, 1867-1907),...
Collection guide for John F. Tucker Collection. The collection consists of official documents, reports, brochures, publications, and ephemera from SEPTA and its predecessors, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and the Philadelphia...
Correspondence in which Xanthus Smith lists books Sophie DuPont purchased for him in return for the restoration of a painting. The letter also contains personal information about the Smith family.
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...
Every comfort is provided for visiting, out-of-town customers who wish to place orders with the John B. Stetson Company while in Philadelphia. In the magnificient [sic] salesroom hundreds of hats are shown in all qualities and an almost unlimited...
From title page: "Industrial History of the United States, from the earliest settlements to the present time: a complete survey of American Industries, embracing Agriculture and Horticulture; Including the Cultivation of Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat; The...
Grace Ottey holding Shaw print at her retirement party in the Rare Books Room (later the Copeland Room) at Eleutherian Mills Historical Library (later Hagley Library).
Hildegard Rink and movers shelve books in the stack area at the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library during the library's move from Longwood. Library was founded by Pierre S. du Pont, and was housed in the Peirce-du Pont House on the Longwood...
In the attic of the Roosevelt Library are these files of Roosevelt's documents and papers. They are part of the National Archives. Waiting to be classified by a staff of ten librarians are 400 tons of manuscripts. There are also 15,000 books,...
