Atlas Powder Company
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Atlas Powder Company records
Incorporated in 1912, Atlas Powder Company functioned as an independent explosives and chemicals company until 1971, when it was purchased by Imperial Chemical Industries Limited (U.K.) and became its American affiliate under the name ICI Americas, Inc. The collection consists of minutes, reports, and correspondence from Atlas in addition to both predecessor and subsidiary companies.
David A. Hounshell and John K. Smith research notes for "Science and Corporate Strategy"
Science and Corporate Strategy is a scholarly history of Research and Development at the DuPont Company authored by David A. Hounshell (1950-) and John Kenly Smith (1951-). The collection consists of research files compiled by Hounshell Smith for the purpose of writing the book. Research files include copies of correspondence, articles, reports, patents, chronologies, organizational charts, and contracts from the DuPont Company from 1903 though 1980.
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- Antifreeze solutions 1
- Automobiles -- Equipment and supplies 1
- Defense contracts 1
- Defense industries 1
- Dynamite 1
- Explosives industry 1
- Finishes and finishing 1
- Guncotton industry 1
- Gunpowder industry 1
- Gunpowder, Smokeless 1
- Industrial safety 1
- Leather, Artificial 1
- Lucite 1
- Manpower utilization 1
- Military-industrial complex 1
- Ordnance -- Manufacture 1
- Personnel management 1
- Polyester films 1
- Polyethylene 1
- Polyethylene terephthalate 1
- Rayon industry and trade 1
- Rubber, Artificial 1
- Sugar manufacturing and refining -- Equipment and supplies 1
- Sutro Tunnel (Nev.) 1
- Tetraethyllead 1
- Textile fibers, Synthetic 1 + ∧ less
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