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Rowe family photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1969-046
Abstract:

Aloysius F. Rowe (1905-1940) worked for the New Bridge Station followed by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad for eighteen years, he then was employed by the DuPont Company. This collection includes eight copy photographic prints of Rowe family photographs, featuring large group portraits in unidentified settings, presumably the Village of Henry Clay area.

Dates: circa 1920s

S. Hallock du Pont collection of du Pont family photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1975-280
Abstract:

Lammot du Pont (1831-1884) was a chemist and inventor, he was the grandson of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, more commonly known as the DuPont Company. This collection contains photographs of Brandywine, Hagley area, and the family of Lammot du Pont and Mary Belin du Pont (1839-1913).

Dates: 1883-1913

Samuel Eldon Homsey and Victorine du Pont Homsey portrait

 Collection
Accession: 1989-281
Abstract:

The architectural firm of Victorine & Samuel Homsey, Inc. was founded in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1935. It was one of the first husband-and-wife architectural practices in the U.S.

Dates: circa 1943

Stephanie Kwolek photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2014-202
Abstract:

Famous chemist and Kevlar inventor Stephanie L. Kwolek (1923-2014) was a research associate at DuPont for forty years. These photographs document her career.

Dates: 1938-1995

Stephanie Kwolek photographs and videotapes

 Collection
Accession: 2014-248
Abstract:

Stephanie Louise Kwolek (1923-2014) was an American chemist known for inventing Kevlar. She worked for the DuPont Company for forty years. Kwolek's main area of research was polymers, including high-performance fibers. This collection contains photographs, albums, slides and videotapes related to Kwolek's career and achievements, including her work on Kevlar.

Dates: circa 1920; 1948-2010; Majority of material found within 1970-1997

Thomas C. Marshall photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1990-270
Abstract:

The collection primarily consists of images featuring the Marshall family and their relatives and friends, both in formal group portraits and more casual poses.

Dates: 1900-1950

Thomas J. Godson collection of DuPont Company photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2011-202
Abstract:

Thomas J. Godson (1894-1992) was an employee of the DuPont Company for thirty four years, primarily working in the Paint and Varnish Division. This collection consists primarily of photographs of DuPont's Buffalo, New York Refinish Service Warehouse and group portraits of the office staff, salesmen, and warehouse crew working there.

Dates: circa 1925; 1943-1960

Unidentified male workers group photograph

 Collection
Accession: 1989-277
Abstract:

The railroad in Pennsylvania expanded greatly throughout late nineteenth century. This item is a photographic print showing posed group of twelve laborers photographed by industrial building near railroad track.

Dates: circa 1885-1895

Wallace Hume Carothers photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2001-224
Abstract:

Wallace Hume Carothers (1896-1937) was chemist and inventor of Neoprene artificial rubber and Nylon synthetic fiber. He worked as a chemist in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company's Fundamental Research Program from 1928 until his death in 1937. These items consist of four photographs preserved by Wilko Gustad Machetanz (1895-1973), Carothers's Tarkio College roommate and lifelong friend.

Dates: 1915-1925

William du Pont family photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2007-205
Abstract:

William du Pont, Sr. (1855-1928) was an industrialist and member of the prominent du Pont family of Delaware, whose family business was the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, also known as the DuPont Company which was a large manufacturer of gunpowder. He worked for the first DuPont dynamite manufacturer, Repauno Chemical Company, as secretary and treasurer (1880-1884) and after the tragic death of Lammot du Pont (1831-1884), as president (1884-1892). William du Pont, Jr. was the youngest child of du Pont, Sr. and Annie Rogers Zinn du Pont (1858-1827). Du Pont Jr. became the president of Delaware Trust Company in 1929, the youngest bank president in Wilmington at that time. In 1952, he became chairman of the board, retaining both positions until his death in 1965. This collections consists of photographic material mostly relating to the U.S.F. Powder Company, together with the Ball Grain Explosives Company which was in a way U.S.F. Powder Company predecessor. It also includes William du Pont's family photographs and negatives.

Dates: 1898-1962

William E. Mullestein collection of Luken's Steel Company photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1987-258
Abstract:

William E. Mullestein (1911-2005) was president of the Lukens Steel Company from 1969 to 1974 and chairman from 1974 to 1978. These seven photographs relate to his career at Lukens Steel.

Dates: circa 1945-1960

William G. Ramsay photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1992-239
Abstract:

At the time of his death, William G. Ramsay (1866-1916) was chief engineer, a director and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. This is a small collection of photographs of executives of the DuPont Company. Most of them are copies of other photographs. All but one is identified.

Dates: 1912-1950

William Hilles Ward papers

 Collection
Accession: 2278
Abstract:

William Hilles Ward (1892-1961) was a chemist, who specialized in explosives serving in high positions at the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company and the Remington Arms Company, Inc. The collection includes press clippings, speeches, photographs of Ward and the DuPont Board of Directors, birth and death certificates for Ward and his wife Sophie Hodges Ward (1894-1968), obituaries and memorials.

Dates: 1894-1970

William Wallace Atterbury photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1994-309
Abstract:

William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) was a career officer on the Pennsylvania Railroad and its president from 1925 to 1935. The collection consists of photographs and other materials relating to William Wallace Atterbury. Many of the photographs are portraits and other pictures of Atterbury and his family, friends, and associates, including his Yale classmates, business leaders, and notable figures such as President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Charles Lindburgh.

Dates: circa 1880-1935

Wilmington Trapshooting Association photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2013-204
Abstract:

The Wilmington Trapshooting Association (WTA) was organized in 1910 and continues to be active today. This collection consists of photographs of members of the Wilmington Trapshooting Association at various events from the early 1900s through the 1980s.

Dates: 1913-1987

Wilson family photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2013-218
Abstract:

The Wilson family were owners of the Wilson Line, a steamboat company that was popular for traveling between Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, Wilmington, Delaware and Riverview Beach, New Jersey. This collection contains portraits of groups and individuals, as well as snapshot of family members and their estate and documents related to Frances W. Richardson's volunteer work for hospitals and the American Red Cross.

Dates: circa 1860s-1971

Wilson family photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2014-247
Abstract:

Andrew Gray Wilson (1844-1905) was well-known among shipbuilders as a preeminent marine engineer and naval architect. This small collection consists primarily of individual and group portraits and snapshots of the Wilson family and the family of one of the daughters, Natalie Wilson du Pont. The collection is organized into three series; family photographs; home interiors and exteriors; and family cars and dogs photographs.

Dates: circa 1860s-1942

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Du Pont family 17
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Pioneering Research Laboratory 2
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 2
Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014 2
Lea family 2
Remington Arms Company 2
Amalgamated Leather Companies, Inc 1
Atlantic Aviation Corporation 1
Atterbury family 1
Atterbury, William Wallace, 1866-1935 1
Baker family 1
Baldwin Locomotive Works 1
Ball, L. Heisler (Lewis Heisler), 1861-1932 1
Bannerman family 1
Bannerman's Island Arsenal (Fishkill, N.Y.) 1
Bannerman, Francis, 1851-1918 1
Bellanca Aircraft Corporation 1
Bruinier, Ansco G., Jr., 1898-1993 1
Canby, James, 1781-1858 1
Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937 1
Carpenter, Donald F. (Donald Fell), 1899-1985 1
Conner, Joshua C. (Joshua Christy), 1883-1964 1
Conner, Joshua, 1842-1917 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Copeland family 1
Copeland, Charles, 1867-1944 1
Copeland, Lammot du Pont, 1905-1983 1
Copeland, Pamela C. (Pamela Cunningham), 1906-2001 1
Du Pont American Industries, Inc 1
Du Pont, Alexis I. (Alexis Irénée), 1816-1857 1
Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935 1
Du Pont, Ernest, 1903-1982 1
Du Pont, Francis I. (Francis Irénée), 1873-1942 1
Du Pont, Henry Belin, 1898-1970 1
Du Pont, Lammot, 1880-1952 1
Du Pont, Natalie Wilson, 1877-1918 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 1
Du Pont, S. Hallock (Samuel Hallock), 1901-1974 1
Du Pont, William, 1855-1928 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Central Research Department 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Engineering Department 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Fabrikoid Division 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Film Department 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Organic Chemicals Department 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Paint and Varnish Division 1
Edens, Hazle 1
Erie City Iron Works 1
F. Blumenthal & Company 1
F.J. Blatz & Brother Company 1
Farquhar, Karen 1
Frebert, George J., 1929-2002 1
GM Photographic Studio 1
Godson, Thomas J., 1894-1992 1
Green family 1
Gutekunst, F. 1
Homsey, Samuel E. (Samuel Eldon), 1904-1994 1
Homsey, Victorine du Pont, 1900-1998 1
Horn & Hardart 1
Horn, Joseph, 1861-1941 1
Indiana Ordnance Works 1
International Fur and Leather Workers Union of the United States and Canada 1
Jackson Laboratory (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) 1
Jacobs, Charles M. (Charles Mattathias), 1850-1919 1
Joshua Conner & Son 1
Joy Manufacturing Company 1
Kline, Gordon M. (Gordon Mabey), 1903-1996 1
Layton, Greta B., 1924-2014 1
LeCarpentier family 1
Lea, Anna, 1849-1927 1
Lee family 1
Lee, Marguerite du Pont, 1862-1936 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Lukens Steel Company 1
Lukens, Rebecca W. (Rebecca Webb), 1794-1854 1
Machentanz, Wilko Gustard, 1895-1973 1
Marshall family 1
Marshall, Thomas Clarence, 1885-1969 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
McBey, James, 1883-1959 1
Milprint, Inc 1
Montpelier (Va. : Estate) 1
Mullestein, W. E. (William Ernest), 1911-2005 1
National Industrial Conference Board 1
North Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1
Packer, James, 1920-2008 1
Pennsylvania Railroad 1
Pierce, Harry M. (Harry Morrow), 1873-1943 1
Pusey, Lea, 1820-1896 1
Ramsay, William G. (William Gouverneur), 1866 - 1916 1
Read, Granville M. 1
Richardson, Frances W., Mrs. 1
Rothrock, Henry S. 1
Rowe family 1
Sanborn Studio 1
Sanborn, A. N. (Arthur Nelson), 1869-1959 1
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