The records of the Secretary's Department are a group of fragments arranged in six series.

The first series consists of stenographic transcripts of the annual stockholder's meetings (1948-1967). Copes for years preceding 1948 may be found in the records of the Legal Department (Accession 1729).

The second series consists of a small lot of leases and agreements, mostly with railroads governing shipments and sidings to DuPont plants and for the lease of tank cars for transporting chemicals.

The third series consists of a partial file on deceased board members. Each file contains a draft or final copy of the memorial adopted by the board of directors and usually a biographical sketch.

The fourth series is a set of files from the Records Division covering the construction, expansion, and operation of the Hall of Records from 1913 to 1953, including some information on the development of records retention schedules.

The fifth series consists of stock transfer books of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, showing the numbers of shares held by stockholders and the dates of purchase and sale.

The sixth series consists of microfilm of eight of thirteen files of the Special Committee on the company's 150th anniversary. The files are primarily concerned with the arrangements and logistics of the celebration, which included the erection of a monument and the burial of a time capsule on the site of the original Eleutherian Mills of 1802. There are lists of all DuPont plants and offices with the names of the nearest newspaper and television stations for the purposes of coordinating publicity, invitations, guest lists, site maps, a short chronology, and other historical notes.