The records are divided into five series. This arrangement reflects the diverse functions for which the department and its predecessor components were responsible and contains material representing several periods in the department's history.

Series I contains the records of the Marketing Services Division. This series is divided into two sub-series. Sub-Series A contains the files of Morton N. Rabinowitz, Manager for Marketing Research. These files consist of background material, project plans, consultants' proposals, and related correspondence and work papers used to prepare market research studies. Sub-Series B consists of a set of completed marketing research reports arranged in chronological order.

Series II contains the records of the Experimental Station Research Files. Sub-Series A contains a set of patent files consisting of literature searches, patent surveys, and a court transcript from a patent infringement case. Sub-Series B contains the polymer research files which document the development and commercialization of various polymer products. Also included in this sub-series are several departmental histories describing DuPont's involvement in the plastics industry and the growth of the departments involved in polymer research and development.

Series III contains the records of the Plastics Department's Polymer Products Division. These records consist of the "Elvax" D Product Files documenting the development of dispersed polymer technology. A number of different grades of "Elvax" D specialty coating resins were produced, with principal commercial applications as heat-seal coatings and laminating adhesives for the flexible packaging industry and binders for woven textiles. These files include sales and operating reports prepared for the Adhesives Manufacturers Association by Dun & Bradstreet and a venture appraisal report, sales forecast, and finished product specifications for "Elvax" D resins. Also included in this series are the files of the Specialty Coating Resins Product Planning Committee, which contain long-range business plans, price schedules, and memoranda regarding the termination of the dispersed polymers venture.

Series IV contains the records of the Fabrics and Finishes Department. These records, which are quite fragmentary in nature, include a department policy manual, an organization chart for the Sales Section of the Finishes Division, a book of trade sales labels for DuPont paints, a payroll account book for the J. W. Hoffman Company, a history of the Everett, Massachusetts paint finishing plant, and a scrapbook compiled by DuPont paint distributor J. N. Sutton.

Series V contains the records of the Specialty Polymers Division. Sub-Series A consists of market studies and housing information used to research a prospective project which was eventually named Signature Place. Sub-Series B contains the records of Signature Place, a collaboration between Deck House, Inc. and the DuPont Company to build a model home for the purpose of showcasing Deck House homes and DuPont products with applications in the home construction industry. These records consist of the initial agreement, decisions on which DuPont products to use, a public relations program, blueprints and floor plans, and correspondence between the companies regarding an extensive range of project details.