E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records
Collection
Accession: LMSS-V
Abstract:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was organized in Paris in 1801 by Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) and his son Eleuthère Irénée "E.I." du Pont (1771-1834) for the manufacture of gunpowder. Included here are records of the firm collected by P.S. du Pont and separated from the main body of company records.
Dates:
1782-1902; Majority of material found within 1802-1830
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books
Collection
Accession: 2530
Abstract:
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 under the leadership of cousins T. Coleman du Pont, Alfred I. du Pont, and Pierre S. du Pont.
Dates:
1899-1940