Series A contains personnel record cards that document the employment and wage histories of workers from the company's industrial departments in the early twentieth century. The face of the card contains the employee's name, address, date, and place of birth, nationality, marital status, plant location, job title, and pay scale. The back of the card lists previous employment and next of kin to be notified in case of emergency. The cards also record changes in position or wages and date and cause of discharge. All plants and occupations appear to be represented, not merely the Brandywine Works. The cards reflect the boom in employment caused by expanded munitions production during World War I. This period saw the increased, if often temporary, employment of African Americans, particularly at southern plants such as Hopewell, Virginia.

Filed alphabetically by employee’s last name.