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Textile industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Donald R. Hull photograph collection

 Collection
Accession: 1996-307
Abstract:

Donald Robert Hull (1911-1995) was a longtime employee at the DuPont Company mainly working with nylon and textile fibers. The collection consists of four scrapbook albums of material from Donald Hull's career with the Du Pont Company.

Dates: 1934-1978

John E. Hansen papers

 Collection
Accession: 2891
Abstract:

John Edward Hansen (1917-2006) worked at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station for more than thirty years as a monofilament scientist, beginning in the early 1950s. He was best known for his work on the Stern fishing line. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont Company. The DuPont Experimental Station is a large industrial research facility founded in 1903, focusing on chemistry research. This small collection of papers from Hansen's career consists primarily of scientific papers he wrote. Topics include melt spinning, monofilaments, and Stern fishing line. The materials date from 1942 to 1983.

Dates: 1942-1983