Records of the Legal Department include copies of the 1899 dissolution agreement and the 1902 incorporation correspondence. Also included are syndicate agreements between T. Coleman, Pierre, and Alfred I. du Pont that document the founding of the modern DuPont Company.

Series I. Administrative papers contains corporate records that designate the formal organization and define the legal existence of companies operated as subsidiaries or absorbed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, as well as records of the parent company itself. These records include letters patent; bylaws; certificates of organization, incorporation, and dissolution; minutes of board of directors and stockholders meetings; proxies; and stockholder subscriptions.

Series II. Litigation includes documentation of briefs, exhibits, reports, and court decisions and opinions of lawsuits involving the DuPont Company.

Series III. Vital records contains legal agreements pertaining to the acquisition of companies operated as subsidiaries or absorbed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. These records were considered crucial to establishing a company’s existence and its legal relationship with DuPont.

Series IV. Stockholder files includes material on E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, General Motors antitrust suit and divestiture (1957-1971), and the Christiana Securities Company merger.

Series V. Historical files includes copies of the DuPont Company's original partnership agreements between E.I. du Pont and Peter Bauduy (1801); stock ledger book, stock transfer book, growth statistics, and a history of General Motors Security Company liquidation.

Series VI. Patent Board files includes the minutes of the Patent Board from 1919 to 1955. The Patent Board was established in 1919 by order of the Executive Committee to serve in an advisory capacity to all departments concerning patent matters. The creation of an interdepartmental body was designed to provide a centralized authority over patents through the creation of uniform policies and procedures rather than allowing individual departments to handle these matters on an ad hoc basis.

Series VII. Reports to the Executive Committee contains the Legal Department’s annual, semi-annual, and quarterly reports to the Executive Committee, Executive Committee actions, and related correspondence. These reports provide detailed summaries of the department’s activities and proposed operating budgets for the following year.