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Jackson Laboratory Library collection

Creation: 1931-1997 Creation: bulk 1944-1963
 Collection
Accession: 2678

Abstract

A collection of bulletins and reports from the library of DuPont's Jackson Laboratory. Most were generated by the Organic Chemicals Department, which operated Jackson Laboratory, but others come from other DuPont Departments and their laboratories.

Dates

  • Creation: 1931-1997
  • Creation: bulk 1944-1963

Creator

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet

Historical Note

Jackson Laboratory was created in 1917 to serve the needs of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company in its move to enter the manufacture of dyes and related intermediates. It was located within the Dye Works at Deepwater Point, N.J., later renamed the Chambers Works after its first superintendent in 1945. It was originally a unit of the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Department (1917-1921), then the Dyestuffs Department (1921-1932) and then the Organic Chemicals Department (1932-1978). The laboratory's staff helped develop several of the company's leading products, including Neoprene, Teflon, Nomex, Kevlar, Permasep, and Stainmaster, and played an important role in the Manhattan Project. DuPont's only Nobel laureate, Dr. Charles Pedersen, worked at Jackson Laboratory for 35 years before being transferred to the Experimental Station near Wilmington.

Scope and Content

Organic Chemicals Department New Product Reports contain reports on the new products of other companies (1955-1992). Reports are arranged under the NPR number assigned to each company or division. There is an index to company names and numbers at the front of the series. Orchem's New Product Bulletins (1944-1966) are confidential reports circulated to company personnel to alert them to the results of new experiments. The bulletins typically contain the chemical formula, the molecular structure of newly synthesized polymers, and lists of their physical properties and potential uses. There is also a large single volume of R&D reports relating to fluorine chemistry (1961-1963).

The Jackson Laboratory Library also collected similar bulletins and reports from the Fabrics & Finishes Department, the Explosives Department, the Electrochemicals Department, the Elastomer Chemicals Department, the Grasselli Chemicals Department, and scattered bulletins from the Experimental Station. There is also a file of Eastern Laboratory product formulae, a code of Beyer-Semesan disinfectant formulae, and a 50th-anniversary booklet and membership directory (1997) of the DuPont Women's Service Club.

Access Restrictions

Du Pont "Veteranettes" directory is closed until 2072. All other records are open for research.

Language of Materials

English

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
Jackson Laboratory Library collection
Author:
Rainer Naus & Christopher T. Baer
Date:
2016
Description rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description:
English
Script of description:
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
PO Box 3630
Wilmington Delaware 19807 USA
302-658-2400