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David A. Hounshell and John K. Smith research notes for "Science and Corporate Strategy"
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 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
George Levitt laboratory notebooks
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 2316
Abstract:
George Levitt (1925-), a DuPont Company chemist working at the Experimental Station, discovered sulfonylurea (SU) herbicides in 1976 after two decades of experimentation. This collection consists of six of Levitt's laboratory notebooks documenting milestones in herbicide discovery.
Dates:
1956-1980