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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Hall of Records images

Creation: circa 1906-1975
 Collection
Accession: 1998-258

Abstract

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) and his son Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834). The du Ponts purchased a mill site on the banks of the Brandywine River just North of Wilmington, Delaware. The pulp keg mill, after the powder yards closed, was used for record storage by the DuPont Company. (Currently, it is a Hagley Museum and Library property, the Hall of Records.) In 1903, the DuPont Company's Executive Committee established the Experimental Station, a research facility located on the banks of the Brandywine Creek across from the du Pont's first black powder works. This collection consists of photographs and negatives from the DuPont Company's Secretary's Department showing the Hall of Records at various times and one aerial view of the Experimental Station.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1906-1975

Creator

Extent

23 item(s)

General Physical Description

19 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. 4 negatives : b&w ; 35mm.

Historical Note

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) and his son Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834). The du Ponts purchased a mill site on the banks of the Brandywine River just North of Wilmington, Delaware. During wartime the company was a major supplier for the United States government. During peacetime, the company marketed their product towards sportsmen and hunters.

The Secretary's Office was raised to departmental rank on June 1, 1947. The Secretary's Dept. was merged into the Legal Dept. on Jan. 1, 1974. The pulp keg mill near Squirrel Run which, after the powder yards closed, was used for record storage by the DuPont Company. (Currently, it is a Hagley Museum and Library property, the Hall of Records.)

Scope and Content

This small collection consists of photographs from the DuPont Company's Secretary's Department showing the Hall of Records at various times. Included are images of the construction of the pulp keg mill, circa 1906, interiors of the Hall of Records (now building #2) from 1930, and building #5 after completion, circa 1945.There are photographs of the wooden crates which were used to ship records to the site. Also included is one circa 1930 aerial view of the Experimental Station which is a Dupont Company's research facility in Wilmington, Delaware.

Location

GL Box 1.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Separated Material

Records of the Secretary's Department of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (accession 1460), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Hall of Records images
Date:
2016
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

Contact:
PO Box 3630
Wilmington Delaware 19807 USA
302-658-2400