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DuPont Company Experimental Station organizational charts

Creation: 1942-1982
 Collection
Accession: 2474

Abstract

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont Company. The DuPont Experimental Station is a large industrial research facility founded in 1903; it is focused on chemistry research. This small collection consists of organizational charts arranged chronologically, dating between 1942 and 1982.

Dates

  • Creation: 1942-1982

Creator

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet

Physical Description

1 folder in a carton.

Historical Note

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont Company. The company was established in 1802 by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) and his son Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834). The company began with the production of gunpowder.

In 1903, the DuPont Company's Executive Committee established the Experimental Station, a research facility located on the banks of the Brandywine River, across from DuPont's first black powder works. Initially, the Experimental Station was to be a small laboratory to screen inventions that were coming into the company from outside independent inventors, but soon its mission was altered and it became a large industrial research facility focused on innovative advancements in chemistry.

The DuPont Company's Central Research and Development Department was created in 1975 from elements of the Development Department and the Central Research Department. The Development Department was formed in 1903, and has operated as the company's research arm at the Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. The Central Research Department was formed in 1911 as the Chemical Department and was renamed in 1958.

Scope and Contents

This small collection consists of organizational charts arranged chronologically, dating between 1942 and 1982.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Language of Materials

English

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
DuPont Company Experimental Station organizational charts
Description rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description:
English
Script of description:
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2020: Laurie Sather

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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