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Box 17

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

Stock certificates and quotations, 1896-1916

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 105
Accession: 0501Identifier: 0501-IV.
Scope and Contents:

Stock Certificates of the Gholson Gold and Copper Mining and Smelting Co, 1896; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. - common, 1915; E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co. - preferred, 1903; and Du Pont Chemical Co. - capital, 1918; and stock quotations on powder securities, 1915, 1916.

Dates: 1896-1916

Appraisals, 1926

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 106
Accession: 0501Identifier: 0501-IV.
Scope and Contents:

Typescript Report of the Appraisal of the Service Pin Plan by the Industrial Relations Division, Service Department, with covering letter, 1926.

Dates: 1926

Inventories, 1808-1817, undated

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 107
Accession: 0501Identifier: 0501-IV.
Scope and Contents:

Includes:

  • Signed by Delmas & Parent to manufacture gunpowder in Louisiana, 1808
  • General inventory of the possessions of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in raw materials, finished products, liquid assets, real capital, moveable and fixed assets and other active debts, 10 pp. in French with translation (1 p.) summarized, 1814
  • Gunpowder inventories of U. S. Arsenals, 1817
  • General inventory and statement of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., with loose items, 1817
  • Inventory of part of the personal property of Victor & Charles du Pont & Co., on the Brandywine, undated
  • Dates: 1808-1817; undated

    Orders, 1813-1867

     File — Box: 17, Folder: 108
    Accession: 0501Identifier: 0501-IV.
    Scope and Contents:

    Includes:

  • For money from John Bird (employee) addressed to Mr. Dupont, 1813
  • For powder from Grinnell, Minturn & Co. to E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1855
  • For shipment of boards to B. Simmons & Co. from E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1867
  • Of purchase for 3500 shingles to B. Simmons & Co. from E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1867
  • Dates: 1813-1867

    Account books of Samuel Kirk, 1825-1826

     File — Box: 17, Folder: 111
    Accession: 0501Identifier: 0501-IV.
    Scope and Contents:

    Includes account books of building the barley mill, 1825-1826; Memorandum of the Contracts and Expenditures of the barley mill establishment on the Brandywine, 1825; and "Samuel Kirk's old book & vouchers relative to building the Barley Mill", with thirteen loose items, 1825-1826.

    Dates: 1825-1826

    Reports of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1928-1936

     File — Box: 17, Folder: 112
    Accession: 0501Identifier: 0501-IV.
    Scope and Contents:

    Includes: "A Study Covering the Purchase of Commodities by Companies for employees, by the" Industrial Relations Division, 12 pp. typescript, 1928; "Cancer Research" by Dr. W. H. Kraemer, submitted to Mr. Pierre S. du Pont., 18 pp. mimeograph, 1931; and "AZ-4 Resin (Methyl Methacrylate Polymer)", product report giving its properties and prospective uses, 4 pp. mimeograph; (with covering letter from H. R. Dittmar to Charles Copeland, 1936), 1936.

    Dates: 1928-1936

    Statements and memoranda of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1869-1870

     File — Box: 17, Folder: 113
    Accession: 0501Identifier: 0501-IV.
    Scope and Contents:

    Includes statement of the value of the casks in which the Powder was packed, sold by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, by their agents and delivered to Government, 1804-1814; of powder sent out to Different Agents, with copy of same, 1804-1814; concerning receipt of saltpeter and sulfur from the U.S. Government, sales of powder to the government, through the Indian Department, 1805-1814. Also contains memorandum of powder made, sold, and on hand, 1869-1874.

    Dates: 1869-1870

    Rules, 1897-1916, undated

     File — Box: 17, Folder: 114
    Accession: 0501Identifier: 0501-IV.
    Scope and Contents:

    Includes Compendium of Rules in Force, Gunpowder Trade Association, typed, 1897; General Rules for Handling Orders, 28 pp. typescript, 1916; and set of rules relative to carrying and handing powder on boats and barges, written on E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company New York Office Letterhead, undated.

    Dates: 1897-1916; undated

    Data on the site of the office building of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1888-1931

     File — Box: 17, Folder: 115
    Accession: 0501Identifier: 0501-IV.
    Scope and Contents:

    Typescript recollection of site of Du Pont building, 10th & Market, in 1860, two copies with blueprint sketch for each; one newspaper clipping of article and picture for same site in 1888, in the Every Evening.

    Dates: 1888-1931

    Testimonials and certificates, 1920-1935

     File — Box: 17, Folder: 116
    Accession: 0501Identifier: 0501-IV.
    Scope and Contents:

    Includes Certificate of Equitable Life Assurance Society to effect that E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has total and permanent disability provision for all employees, 1920; testimonials to E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Inc., from the Chicago International Exposition, and the Chicago World's Fair Centennial, 1933; Certificate of merit awarded to twelve Du Pont plants by the president of Du Pont Co., for preventing personal injuries, 1934; and certificate of participation in the 300th anniversary of founding of American Chemical Industries; seven sheets of non-official stamps commemorating same, 1935.

    Dates: 1920-1935