DuPont Company President Crawford Greenewalt's office transparencies
Creation: circa 1948-1962Abstract
Crawford Hallock Greenewalt (1902-1993) was a chemist and President of the DuPont Company from 1948 to 1962. This collection consists of five color transparencies of the DuPont Company President's office interiors, (previously identified as Pierre S. du Pont's office, but now believed to be Crawford Greenewalt's office).
Dates
- Creation: circa 1948-1962
Creator
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (Organization)
Extent
5 item(s)
General Physcial Description
5 transparencies, color, 4 x 5 in.
Biographical Note
Crawford Hallock Greenewalt (1902-1993) was a chemist and President of the DuPont Company from 1948 to 1962. Born August 16, 1902 in Cummington, Massachusetts, Crawford H. Greenewalt was the son of Frank Lindsay and Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt. He graduated from William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia and earned a BS in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1922. Immediately after graduating from MIT, Greenewalt began a life long career with the DuPont Company. He began working as a control chemist in the Philadelphia Works of the Paint, Lacquer and Heavy Chemicals Department. He went on to be elected as Vice President of the DuPont Company on May 19, 1947 and as President of the DuPont Company on January 19, 1948.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of five color transparencies of the DuPont Company President's office interiors, (previously identified as P.S. du Pont's office, but now believed to be Crawford Greenewalt's office).
Location
GL Box 2
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- DuPont Company President Crawford Greenewalt's office transparencies
- Date:
- 2013
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository