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Carter Litchfield collection on the history of fatty materials

 Collection
Accession: 2413
Abstract:

Carter Litchfield (1932-2007) an organic chemist who studied and specialized in edible fats and oils. In the course of his career Litchfield also built an interesting and significant collection of books, manuscripts, and ephemera relating to the history of fatty materials. The collection is arranged into seven series and includes his research with animal fats and fatty materials, collecting activities, research and publication on the history of oil mills around the world; the papers of Julius Lewkowitsch, the first authority on fats and fatty materials; the papers of Ellsworth C. Warner, founder of the Midland Linseed Products Company; and the correspondence of Frech Chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul

Dates: 1707-2007; Majority of material found within 1970-2000

Carter & Scattergood records

 Collection
Accession: 0376
Abstract:

The Philadelphia chemical manufacturing firm of Carter & Scattergood was founded in 1834. It continued to do business under that name until 1911, when it was sold to the Henry Bower Chemical Manufacturing Company. Their records include day books, ledgers, receipt books, laboratory books containing records of wages, materials, processes and apparatus; production tables; correspondence including one describing in detail the first four years of the firm's operations; and receipts and bills.

Dates: 1826-1903

Caspar Wistar estate book

 Collection
Accession: 2146
Abstract:

Caspar Wistar (1696–1752) was a German-born Philadelphia merchant and brass button maker. He also founded the first glassworks in America near Salem, New Jersey, in 1739. The single volume contains a cash book of receipts of Wistar's estate (1752-1765).

Dates: 1752-1765

Castolite Company promotional mailers

 Collection
Accession: 2845
Abstract:

The Castolite Company was a retail wholesaler of a clear, liquid plastic (or polyester resin) called "Castolite," which was used for casting, embedding, laminating, molding, or coating. The company was founded in 1948 by William Weers (1906-1976). Initially, the scientific community used Castolite for embedding biological specimens into clear, liquid plastic, among other scientific applications. The process became popular in the arts and crafts community, and hobby shops frequently sold Castolite. This small collection includes 1952 promotional sales materials for Castolite and its uses for making jewelry and other homemade creations; the purchaser could then sell their products for personal profit.

Dates: 1952

Catalyst Inc. records

 Collection
Accession: 2728
Abstract:

Catalyst Inc. is a global nonprofit headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing women in the workplace through research, consulting and advisory services, and outreach initiatives geared toward driving positive change. It was founded in 1962 by feminist author and advocate Felice N. Schwartz (1925-1996). Areas of focus have included workplace flexibility, dual-career families, and childcare; women on corporate boards and in leadership positions; diversity, equity, and inclusion issues; sexual harassment; the gender pay gap; and unconscious bias. This collection consists of records dating from Catalyst's early days in the 1960s until 2018. These materials include administrative and presidential papers, materials documenting Catalyst's founding and early activities, original research, publications and reports, marketing and publicity materials, media clippings, and files connected to the organization's work with Catalyst Supporters. The collection also includes documentation of the Catalyst Awards. Of note is an extensive vertical subject file originally maintained by Catalyst's library (later called the Information Center) that offers insight into topics of interest to the organization.

Dates: 1950-2019

Catherine Irving letter to W.W. Laird

 Collection
Accession: 1378
Abstract:

Catherine C. Irving (1884-1982) was the wife of Alexander Duer Irving (1873-1941). He was an aide to President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) at the Versailles peace treaty negotiations in 1919 after World War I. The letter from Irving to W.W. Laird (1910-1989), she recounts an anecdote about Col. H.A. du Pont (1838-1926).

Dates: 1973 January 14

Centennial Exhibition pass

 Collection
Accession: 1351
Abstract:

The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 was the first official World's Fair to be held in the United States, and was held in Philadelphia to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Joseph Shields Wilson (1835-1903), founder of the Wilmington Steamboat Company, attended and this collection includes his pass and a photograph.

Dates: 1876

Central District and Printing Telegraph Company list of subscribers

 Collection
Accession: 2831
Abstract:

The Central District and Printing Telegraph Company (CD and PT) was the Pittsburgh business community's first local printing telegraph network. This item is an 1878 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, telephone subscriber list labeled, "Telephone Room copy which all corrections and additions must appear." The booklet's entries consist of business or personal name, business type or residence, and street address.

Dates: 1878

Central Railroad Company of New Jersey records

 Collection
Accession: 1869
Abstract:

The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey operated a main line between New York and Scranton with numerous branches within the state of New Jersey. It was one of the more important anthracite-carrying railroads, with important commuter and terminal facilities in the New York area. The collection primarily consists a set of incomplete minutes of parent, predecessor, and subsidiary companies.

Dates: 1839-1973

Chamber of Commerce of the United States records

 Collection
Accession: 1960
Abstract:

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States has matured into the largest lobbying group in Washington. Formed in April of 1912 at the request of President William Howard Taft (1857-1930), the Chamber's commitment to be the voice of business is well documented. The records contain articles of incorporation, bylaws, resolutions and minutes of annual meetings. Presentations to Congress, speeches by members, and conferences hosted by the Chamber. Numerous publications give insight into the concerns facing American businesses in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Dates: 1912-2015

Charles A. Rosencrans lab notebooks

 Collection
Accession: 2549
Abstract:

Charles A. Rosencrans (1908-1991) was an RCA engineer who specialized in radio transmission. His notebooks largely consist of fragmentary handwritten notes from both his career at RCA and from his studies in electrical and mechanical engineering at Lehigh University.

Dates: 1929-1959

Charles Brelsford McCoy papers

 Collection
Accession: 1815
Abstract:

Charles Brelsford McCoy (1909-1995) served as the president of the DuPont Company from 1967 to 1973 and as chairman of its board of directors from 1971 to 1973. The collection documents McCoy's tenure in these positions, and they reflect the public role that McCoy played while chief executive officer at DuPont. The files document his involvement in the Business Roundtable, interchanges between DuPont and the federal government, and the role that the DuPont Company played in easing tensions and facilitating the integration of Wilmington, Delaware, in the aftermath of the 1968 riots.

Dates: 1967-1974

Charles DeMirjian oral history interview transcript

 Collection
Accession: 2269
Abstract:

Charles H. DeMirjian (1925-) was a packaging design manager with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. The record consists of a thirteen-page transcript of a taped interview of DeMirjian conducted by then-director of the Hagley Museum and Library Glenn Porter. In his reminiscences, DeMirjian recounts his training and career history, plus some observations on his mode of work.

Dates: 1997 May 23

Charles Dutilh letters

 Collection
Accession: 0879
Abstract:

Charles Dutilh (1803-1882) was prominent in the work of commerce in Philadelphia and served as the president of the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance. This collection includes three autograph-signed letters from or to Charles Dutilh during the mid-nineteenth century. The letters concern Charles Dutilh's involvement in Philadelphia societies, such as the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society and the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances.

Dates: 1857-1858; 1862

Charles H. DeMirjian collection of DuPont Company records on STAINMASTER®

 Collection
Accession: 2563
Abstract:

Charles H. DeMirjian (1925-) was a packaging design manager with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Accompanied by creative marketing with the assistance of DeMirjian and his team, DuPont launched the largest advertising and promotion campaign in the history of the carpeting industry. This collection consists of materials related to the marketing and success of DuPont STAINMASTER® carpet fiber.

Dates: 1985-1992

Charles H. DeMirjian DuPont Consumer Products Division records

 Collection
Accession: 2566
Abstract:

Charles H. DeMirjian (1925-) was a packaging design manager with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Records are primarily related to the marketing success and issues realted to Corian, DuPont Car Care products, Zerex, as well as Duco and Lucite paints.

Dates: 1956-1991

Charles H. DeMirjian speeches

 Collection
Accession: 2481
Abstract:

Charles H. DeMirjian (1925-) was a packaging design manager with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. This collection consists of texts of two speeches given by DeMirjian on package design at National Packaging Week in 1975 and 1976.

Dates: 1975 October 28; 1976 October 27

Charles H. Mason and Marguerite L. Mason journals

 Collection
Accession: 2833
Abstract:

Charles H. Mason (1886–1949) was employed for thirty-five years by Pierre S. "P.S." du Pont (1870-1954), the industrialist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and horticulturalist who developed Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Mason worked as chief chauffeur and garage manager for du Pont. He lived with his family in a residence called "The Anvil" on the property at Longwood Gardens. This small collection includes Charles H. Mason and Marguerite Mason's journals (dictated by them and handwritten by Ann Mason, Charles Mason's sister) describing their early years in Lewes, Delaware.

Dates: 1934

Charles H. Rutledge papers

 Collection
Accession: 1193
Abstract:

Charles H. Rutledge (1901-1978) was the manager of the Product Information section for the Textile Fibers Department at the DuPont Company from 1944 to 1966. He authored numerous papers and was a contributor to textbooks and encyclopedias on textile fibers. This collection consists of two sets of files, those Rutledge maintained while at DuPont and those he compiled for a book he had planned to write following his retirement about the history of fibers.

Dates: 1933-1971; Majority of material found within 1931-1977

Charles I. Du Pont & Company invoices

 Collection
Accession: 0844
Abstract:

Charles I. du Pont & Company was a woolen factory. The firm was initially established as Du Pont, Bauduy & Co., but after its dissolution in 1815, it became the partnership of Victor & Charles I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. In 1827, the firm transitioned into Charles I. du Pont and Company and operated as such until 1856. This small collection includes twelve letter invoices for sky-blue cloth, dated 1840 and 1856.

Dates: 1840, 1856

Charles J. Pedersen lab notebooks

 Collection
Accession: 2270
Abstract:

Charles J. Pedersen (1904-1989) was a research chemist with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company who spent most of his career at the Jackson Laboratory in Deepwater, New Jersey, and the Elastomer Chemicals Department in Wilmington, Delaware. This collection consists of two laboratory notebooks from Jackson Laboratory from 1956.

Dates: 1956

Charles J. Pedersen notebook on Amine oxides and N-oxides

 Collection
Accession: 2545
Abstract:

Charles J. Pedersen (1904-1989) was a research chemist with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company who spent most of his career at the Jackson Laboratory in Deepwater, New Jersey, and the Elastomer Chemicals Department at Wilmington, Delaware. This notebook consists of notes in Pedersen's own hand, with extensive chemical formulas and diagrams of molecules, interspersed with copies of journal articles.

Dates: 1951-1957

Charles J. Pedersen papers

 Collection
Accession: 1956
Abstract:

Charles J. Pedersen (1904-1989) spent more than forty years as a DuPont research chemist in the Organic Chemicals and Elastomer Chemicals departments. Pedersen’s early investigations led to the development of a dramatically improved process for manufacturing tetraethyl lead, an important gasoline additive. His discoveries relating to the degradative effects of heavy metals on petroleum products resulted in thirty patents for antioxidants and other related products. Pedersen’s greatest achievement, however, came toward the end of his career when he discovered a new class of molecules that he called "crown compounds." Twenty years after his ground-breaking discovery was first disclosed publicly, Pedersen shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Pedersen’s research notebooks provide detailed accounts of laboratory preparations and analytical procedures. Also included in this collection are files compiled by Pedersen relating to his original research on crown compounds, as well as his earlier research.

Dates: 1928-1988

Charles L. Huston, Inc. records

 Collection
Accession: 1727
Abstract:

Charles L. Huston, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on December 28, 1923, as a general holding and investment company for the family of Charles Lukens Huston (1856-1951), an executive and part owner of the Lukens Steel Company of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. The company's first board meeting was in 1924, and it was dissolved in 1939. This collection includes five volumes, as well as paper correspondence regarding the business endeavors and financial matters of Charles L. Huston, Inc. The files in this collection document several stages of the company's development during the 1920s and 1930s, including meeting minutes, the acquisition of stock shares, and the liquidation process.

Dates: 1923-1939

Charles L. Reese laboratory notebooks

 Collection
Accession: 2266
Abstract:

Charles Lee Reese Sr. (1862-1940) was a chemist and scientist at the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1902 to 1931. Until 1900 he taught chemistry in several American schools, and then began his career in industrial research with the New Jersey Zinc Company. The collection consists of nineteen volumes of Reese's laboratory notebooks, most dating from his tenure at New Jersey Zinc. A minority of the notebooks cover some of his early work for DuPont.

Dates: 1900-1927

Charles Lee Reese papers

 Collection
Accession: 1590
Abstract:

Charles Lee Reese, Sr. (1862-1940) was a chemist and scientist at the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1902 to 1931. The Charles L. Reese papers are a group of material from his student days, the texts of lectures and articles, biographical materials and genealogical notes.

Dates: 1831-1947; Majority of material found within 1880-1936

Charles Lukens Huston papers

 Collection
Accession: 1174
Abstract:

Charles L. Huston (1856-1951) was an executive in the family business, Lukens Steel, and was active in religious and civic affairs. His papers are primarily personal in nature and include fragmentary Lukens Steel records.

Dates: 1806-1951; bulk 1870-1951

Charles M. Cooper papers

 Collection
Accession: 2275
Abstract:

Charles Milton Cooper (1900-1971) was a chemical engineer and an executive at the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. His papers primarily include notes and photographs produced during his time conducting bubble formation experiments at the DuPont Company’s Belle Plant, in Charleston, West Virginia.

Dates: 1925-1968

Charles M.A. Stine papers

 Collection
Accession: 1706
Abstract:

Charles M.A. Stine (1882-1954) was one of the leading research chemists employed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The collection contains Stine's published articles and speeches in which he advocated the importance of fundamental chemical research.

Dates: 1925-1946

Charles M.A. Stine papers

 Collection
Accession: 2521
Abstract:

Charles M.A. Stine (1882-1954) was one of the leading research chemists employed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The collection a small sample of Stine's papers preserved by his family, primarily some of his awards with copies of acceptance speeches, biographical information, and a bibliography of his books and articles.

Dates: 1924-1949

Charles Shambelan patents and scientific publications

 Collection
Accession: 2764
Abstract:

Charles Shambelan (1930-2018) was a chemist and senior research fellow at the DuPont Company's Pioneering Research Laboratory from 1959 to 1990. Throughout his career at the DuPont Company, Shambelan made signifcant contributions to the development of Sontara, for which he holds several patents, and Kevlar. This collection consists of two items: a bound volume of Shambelan's patents and publications, and one group photograph of Pioneering Research Laboratory staff in January 1981.

Dates: 1959-1990

Christ Church Christiana Hundred records

 Collection
Accession: 2437
Abstract:

Founded in 1848 by Reverend Samuel Brincklé (1796-1863) and members of the du Pont family, Christ Church Christian Hundred located in Greenville, Delaware is one of the oldest Episcopal churches in the Diocese of Delaware. Their records chronicle the activities of Christ Church over a span of nearly one hundred fifty years and include administrative and vital records.

Dates: 1831-1998; Majority of material found within 1888-1987

Christiana Bank & Trust Company records

 Collection
Accession: 2710
Abstract:

The Christiana Bank & Trust Company formed in 1992 to conduct a banking and trust business for Greenville, Delaware, and nearby communities in New Castle County, Delaware, and Chester County, Pennsylvania. The records include initial business and organizational plans, including stock offerings; annual reports; shareholder and directors lists; board minutes; quarterly financial reports, and documents covering the merger of the bank with National Penn Bancshares, Inc.

Dates: 1988-2007

Christiana Machine Company records

 Collection
Accession: 2496
Abstract:

The Christiana Machine Company was a small, general purpose machine shop and foundry located in Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This small collection includes incoming and outgoing correspondence related to orders following the buyout of Nathan F. Burnham's interest by the Broomells in January 1889.

Dates: 1889-1912

Christiana Machine Company records

 Collection
Accession: 2135
Abstract:

The Christiana Machine Company is a small, general purpose machine shop and foundry located in Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Their records cover the operation of the company under the Broomells and Burnham from 1877 to 1915 and are typical of the records of a small machine shop.

Dates: 1877-1929; Majority of material found within 1877-1915

Christopher T. Baer's research notes on nineteenth century toll roads

 Collection
Accession: 2686
Abstract:

Notes and maps from an unfinished project to map the turnpike and plank road networks of the states from New York to Virginia/West Virginia down to 1860 and for two completed journal articles on the turnpikes and plank roads of New York State during the same period.

Dates: 1981-1993

Clarita V. Stubenbord design portfolio

 Collection
Accession: 2499
Abstract:

Clarita Violet Stubenbord (1909-2010) was an artist and designer working in the 1930s through the 1960s in New York. Her design work was primarily packaging design for the cosmetics industry. This collection is Stubenbord's portfolio of design work for major cosmetics houses, primarily Dorothy Gray, but also Elizabeth Arden and Estee Lauder.

Dates: approximately 1960

Clement S. Brinton collection on the early iron industry

 Collection
Accession: 0692
Abstract:

Clement S. Brinton (1875-1963) was a trained chemist who spent his entire career with the Food & Drug Administration designing and directing food inspection laboratories in the Philadelphia area. Brinton was also a local amateur historian and was particularly interested in the history of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century iron industry. The Brinton Collection is a useful source on the early iron industry in the northeastern states. The materials are, in many cases, not unique, including such items as postcards, newspaper clippings, souvenir booklets and brochures, and extracts from published articles. The collection focuses on old iron works in New Jersey, southeastern Pennsylvania, and northeastern Maryland.

Dates: 1889-1957

Clinton Blackburn work papers

 Collection
Accession: 2177
Abstract:

Clinton H. Blackburn (1916-1993) was a mechanical engineer with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Blackburn's papers are a sample of work-related materials he retained upon retirement.

Dates: 1945-1982

Collection of Mid-Atlantic account books

 Collection
Accession: 1186
Abstract:

Account books were maintained by individuals and business as a way to keep track of financial transactions. This collection includes thirty-eight account books from twenty-five different businesses and individuals in the Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania area, with one additional account book from San Francisco County, California.

Dates: 1806-1920

Collection of Philadelphia merchants records

 Collection
Accession: 0095
Abstract:

The Collection of Philadelphia merchants records comprises the papers of major and minor merchant houses in Philadelphia throughout the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and primarily documents trade with major port cities in Western Europe and the West Indies. Included are the papers of merchants Andrew Clow & Co., Dutilh & Wachsmuth, Manuel Eyre, and George Louis de Stockar, along with records of other miscellaneous merchants from the Philadelphia area. The records include correspondence, accounts, bills, orders, invoices and other material that give insight into the rise of capitalism in the Early Republic.

Dates: 1750-1850

Color Association of the United States records

 Collection
Accession: 1983
Abstract:

The Color Association of the United States (CAUS) was organized on February 19, 1915 as the Textile Color Card Association (TCCA) for the purpose of standardizing colors for the textile trade. Their records include minutes; reports; staff and membership files; publications; advertisements; cloth samples; seasonal bulletins; and color cards. Color standardization services for the government and various industries are documented as well.

Dates: 1915-1983

Complaints to du Pont de Nemours in France (photocopies)

 Collection
Accession: 1094
Abstract:

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) was a French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. This collection contains photocopies of five complaints submitted to du Pont de Nemours when he was a deputy from Chevannes to the Assemblee des Trois Ordres du Bailliage de Nemours.

Dates: 1789 March

Computer & Communications Industry Association collection of IBM antitrust trial records

 Collection
Accession: 1912
Abstract:

The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) was involved in duplicating and making available court documents of interest to their members. CCIA assembled documents, assigned their own numbering scheme, and in some cases created microfiche copies of the records. The IBM antitrust trial records consists of CCIA photocopies and microfiche copies of trial transcripts, trial exhibits, depositions, legal memoranda, motions, subpoenas, and other documents relating to antitrust suits brought against IBM throughout the 1970s.

Dates: 1969-1982

Conoco files on IMAX films "To Fly" and "Flyers" Files

 Collection
Accession: 2527
Abstract:

The records consists of contract and production documents for two celebrated IMAX films sponsored by Conoco, Inc., and made for the National Air and Space Museum, with an accompanying juvenile storybook.

Dates: 1974-1996; Majority of material found within 1978-1985

Conrail advertising portfolio

 Collection
Accession: 2514
Abstract:

The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) was incorporated in October 1974. It was formed under the auspices of the United States Railway Association, a quasi-public agency established for the purpose of solving the problems of bankrupt railroads in the Northeast and Midwest. The portfolio contains sixty-eight examples of proof copies of advertisements created by the advertising agency of Ogilvy & Mather, Inc. (later Ogilvy & Mather Partners, Inc.), between Conrail's start up in April 1976 and 1990. There are also two pages of proxy instructions that appear to date from the first CSX takeover bid in 1997.

Dates: 1976-1997; Majority of material found within 1976-1990

Consumer electronics history collection

 Collection
Accession: 2464-79
Abstract:

The Radio Corporation of America (renamed RCA Corporation in 1969) was best known for its pioneering radio and television development and manufacturing. This small collection consists of non-RCA material collected by the David Sarnoff Library, as well as clippings relating to the library's closure.

Dates: 1920-2015

Continental Oil Company revaluation of assets and change of capital structure

 Collection
Accession: 1989
Abstract:

Isaac Elder Blake (1844-1906) founded the Continental Oil and Transportation Company in 1875 in Utah as a distributor of oil, kerosene, and other products. In 1929, the company merged with the Marland Oil Company, continuing to operate using the name Continental Oil Company. This volume contains extracts of minutes and auditor's reports concerning a revision of the company's finances during the Great Depression and an analysis of the company's financial position and prospects.

Dates: 1933

Cooper & Hewitt records

 Collection
Accession: 1754
Abstract:

Cooper & Hewitt partners were iron businessmen who purchased ironworks, property, and iron mines. In 1845, a rolling mill complex was incorporated as the Trenton Iron Company, and in 1847 iron mines at Andover, New Jersey, were purchased. The records consist of two payroll sheets from 1848, as well as eighty-two inbound letters, mostly from 1849 to 1850. The letters are primarily operating reports from the superintendent of the Andover mine.

Dates: 1848-1870

Copeland family papers

 Collection
Accession: 2203
Abstract:

Consists of the family papers of former DuPont CEO Lammot du Pont Copeland (1905-1983) and his wife Pamela Cunningham Copeland (1906-2001). The Copelands' papers document the lives and interests of a wealthy American couple in the twentieth century. In particular, the papers of Pamela C. Copeland are an important source of information about the public activities of women in the areas of historic preservation, gardening and horticulture, and philanthropy.

Dates: 1637-1998; Majority of material found within 1950-1998

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Du Pont de Nemours, Francoise Robin Poivre, 1748-1841 14
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station 12
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Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co 11
Pusey and Jones Company 11
Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827 10
Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904 9
Du Pont, Henry, 1812-1889 9
Pusey & Jones Corporation 9
Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937 8
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Textile Fibers Department 8
Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.) 8
Crowninshield, Louise du Pont, 1877-1958 7
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Organic Chemicals Department 7
Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1841 7
Jackson Laboratory (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) 7
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co 7
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 7
Unknown 7
Bethlehem Steel Corporation 6
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Grasselli Chemicals Department 6
General Electric Company 6
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 6
Loewy, Raymond, 1893-1986 6
Manhattan Project (U.S.) 6
Maxim, Hudson, 1853-1927 6
National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.) 6
Young, William, 1755-1829 6
Amtrak 5
Baldwin Locomotive Works 5
Bauduy, Peter, 1769-1833 5
Bauduy, Victorine du Pont, 1792-1861 5
Du Pont, Alfred Victor, 1798-1856 5
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Central Research and Development Department 5
Hanford Engineer Works 5
International Business Machines Corporation 5
Lukens Steel Company 5
Penn Central Transportation Company 5
Radio Corporation of America 5
Smith, Eleuthera du Pont, 1806-1876 5
Sperry Rand (Corporation). Univac Division 5
Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817 5
Thayer, Horace H., 1878-1959 5
University of Delaware 5
Bradford, Phoebe George, 1794-1840 4
Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School 4
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 4
Central Railroad of New Jersey 4
DeMirjian, Charles H., 1925-2021 4
Du Pont, Bauduy & Company 4
Du Pont, Irénée, 1876-1963 4
Du Pont, Margaretta Lammot, 1807-1898 4
Du pont, Sophie Dalmas, 1775-1828 4
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Brandywine Works 4
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Development Department 4
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Engineering Department 4
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Executive Committee 4
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Explosives Department 4
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Pioneering Research Laboratory 4
Eddystone Manufacturing Company 4
General Motors Corporation 4
Hagley Museum and Library 4
Krider, John 4
Laird, W. W. (William Winder), 1910-1989 4
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company 4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4
May, Sophie du Pont, 1900-2001 4
Reading Company 4
Savery, William H., 1865-1949 4
Singer Manufacturing Company 4
Victor Talking Machine Company 4
William Sellers & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 4
American Iron and Steel Institute 3
American Telephone and Telegraph Company 3
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 3
Baughman, James P. 3
Bell Telephone Laboratories 3
Bethlehem Steel Company 3
Bidermann, Evelina du Pont, 1796-1863 3
Brandywine Hundred (Del.) 3
Budd Company 3
Christiana Hundred (Del.) 3
Copeland, Lammot du Pont, 1905-1983 3
Curtis Paper Company 3
David Sarnoff Library 3
Du Pont de Nemours, Pere et Fils & Cie 3
Du Pont, Alexis I. (Alexis Irénée), 1843-1904 3
Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935 3
Du Pont, Amelia, 1796-1869 3
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