Robert "Butch" C. Brown (1899-1978) was a dyestuff sales manager working in exports for the DuPont Company's Organic Chemicals Department. DuPont (China), Inc. was a firm established to manage the exports of dyestuffs manufactured in China by the DuPont Company's Organic Chemicals Department. This small collection primarily consists of correspondence between Brown and other branch managers stationed in China at the time of the Second Sino-Japanese war, as well as with executives in the home office of Wilmington, Delaware. Topics include evacuation plans for their families, the current status of circumstances in their cities, and DuPont policies regarding selling the remaining stock and collecting on outstanding accounts.