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David A. Hounshell and John K. Smith research notes for "Science and Corporate Strategy"
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1850
Abstract:
Science and Corporate Strategy is a scholarly history of Research and Development at the DuPont Company authored by David A. Hounshell (1950-) and John Kenly Smith (1951-). The collection consists of research files compiled by Hounshell Smith for the purpose of writing the book. Research files include copies of correspondence, articles, reports, patents, chronologies, organizational charts, and contracts from the DuPont Company from 1903 though 1980.
Dates:
1903-1986
Irénée du Pont photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1986-252
Abstract:
Irénée du Pont (1876-1963) was a chemical engineer. He began work for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in 1903 in the Construction Division of the Black Powder Operating Department. After holding several positions within the company he went on to be the president of the DuPont Company. He served in this capacity from 1919 until 1926. The collection consists of photographs related to Irénée du Pont's family, personal interests, and involvement with organizations such as the Delaware Safety Council.
Dates:
circa 1860-1960
Natrona Alkali Company records
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2475
Abstract:
The Natrona Alkali Company was incorporated to hold title to 1,600 acres of sodium carbonate deposits in Natrona County by the descendants of chemist, Lammot du Pont (1831-1884), who developed B blasting powder, using Chilean sodium nitrate and had hoped that the sodium carbonate might become a substitute for imported sodium nitrate in the manufacture of explosives, but the deposits turned out to have no commercial application. The Natrona Alkali Company records are primarily the corporate records related to a second incorporation of the company due to a clerical oversight, the materials date from 1950 to 1980, though there are some documents from the ealier company.
Dates:
1876-1978; Majority of material found within 1950-1978
Nye Committee munitions investigations photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1982-227
Abstract:
In the spring of 1934 the Senate's Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry chaired by Senator Gerald P. Nye (1892-1971) began to examine the role that the munitions manufacturers had played during the First World War. This collection consists of photographs of P. S. du Pont, Irénée du Pont, Lammot du Pont, and A. Felix du Pont testifying before the Nye Committee in September of 1934.
Dates:
1934
Sophie du Pont May papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2402
Abstract:
Irene "Sophie" Sophie du Pont May (1900-2001) was a churchwoman, a philanthropist, and a descendant of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) who founded the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company with his son Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) in 1802. The E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. The collection consists of Sophie du Pont May's family correspondence and financial correspondence as well as correspondence between her father Irénée du Pont (1876-1963) and his older sister Louisa d'Andelot du Pont Copeland (1868-1926).
Dates:
1892-1998; Majority of material found within 1960-1995
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- Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 2
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- May, Ernest N. (Ernest Nugent), 1900-1985 2
- American Telephone and Telegraph Company 1
- Atlas Powder Company 1
- Beyer-Semsan Company 1
- Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937 1
- Copeland, Louisa d'A du Pont (Louisa d'Andelot du Pont), 1868-1926 1
- Directors of Industrial Research (U.S.) 1
- Du Pont, A. Felix (Alexis Felix), 1879-1948 1
- Du Pont, Irénée, 1920- 1
- Du Pont, Lammot, 1831-1884 1
- Du Pont, Lammot, 1880-1952 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Biochemicals Department 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Central Research and Development Department 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Chemicals and Pigments Department 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Development Department 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Executive Committee 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Grasselli Chemicals Department 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Organic Chemicals Department 1
- General Electric Company 1
- General Motors Corporation 1
- Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
- Hayden, Oliver M. (Oliver Mills), 1893-1991 1
- Hercules Powder Company 1
- Hounshell, David A. 1
- Hueper, Wilhelm 1
- Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd 1
- Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft 1
- Jackson, Oscar R. (Oscar Raymond), 1855-1916 1
- Krebs Pigment & Chemical Company 1
- Maxim, Hudson, 1853-1927 1
- May, J. Eric (John Eric), 1935-2004 1
- May, Sophie du Pont, 1900-2001 1
- Natrona Alkali Company 1
- Runge, Otto 1
- Schupphaus, Robert C. 1
- Smith, John K. (John Kenly) 1
- Sparre, Fin, 1879-1944 1
- Stearns, Irving A. (Irving Ariel), 1845-1920 1
- United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate the Munitions Industry 1
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