E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Biochemicals Department
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
David A. Hounshell and John K. Smith research notes for "Science and Corporate Strategy"
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Manuscripts and Archives
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David A. Hounshell and John K. Smith research notes for "Science and Corporate Strategy"
Collection
Accession: 1850
Abstract:
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.
Dates:
1903-1986
George Levitt laboratory notebooks
Collection
Accession: 2316
Abstract:
George Levitt (1925-), a DuPont Company chemist working at the Experimental Station, discovered sulfonylurea (SU) herbicides in 1976 after two decades of experimentation. This collection consists of six of Levitt's laboratory notebooks documenting milestones in herbicide discovery.
Dates:
1956-1980
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- Agricultural chemicals 1
- Antifreeze solutions 1
- Chemical industry 1
- Gunpowder, Smokeless 1
- Laboratory notebooks 1
- Lucite 1
- Polyester films 1
- Polyethylene 1
- Polyethylene terephthalate 1
- Research, Industrial 1
- Rubber, Artificial 1
- Tetraethyllead 1
- Textile fibers, Synthetic 1 + ∧ less
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