Skip to main content
Notice: The Library is open for research by appointment only, please visit our research services page for more information.

Career development

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the occupational and professional growth of individuals within their chosen fields and on that aspect of personnel management concerned with increasing an employee's potential for advancement and career changes within related fields.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Herman Schroeder collection of DuPont Company audiovisual materials

 Collection
Accession: 2010-204
Abstract:

Herman Schroeder joined the DuPont Company's Chemical Department in 1938 and held various positions at the Organic Chemistry Department at Jackson Laboratory and the Elastomer Chemicals Department. This collection consists primarily of materials related to Schroeder's professional activities after his retirement from the DuPont Company in 1980.

Dates: 1938-1993

Levi C. Stang scrapbook

 Collection
Accession: 2697
Abstract:

Levi C. Stang (1890-1962) was an electrical engineer and general manager of several electric companies throughout the Midwest. His scrapbook chronicles his career and employment as an electrical engineer through selected letters and correspondence, newspaper and other clippings, blueprints, and photographs.

Dates: 1911-1945

Oral history interview with Marshall Johnson

 Collection
Accession: 2023-204
Abstract:

Marshall B. Johnson (1938-) is an industrial designer who worked for some of the most well-known small appliance companies and designed many popular consumer products, as well as often doing their graphic and packaging design. This is an interview with Marshall Johnson in which he talks about his life and career as an industrial designer.

Dates: 2018 October 24

Other professional activities, 1957-2005, bulk 1976-2009

 Series
Accession: 2377Identifier: 2377-IV.
Dates: 1957-2005; bulk 1976-2009

Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

 Collection
Accession: 2018-222
Abstract:

'Sponsored film' defines a variety of motion picture productions funded by businesses, organizations, or governments that dictate the film's point of view, audience, and intent. Industrial or business films are a subgenre of sponsored films with content that markets products and ideas, touts a particular company or industry, trains employees, and explains manufacturing or transactional processes around creating and selling products and ideas. The Sponsored and Industrial Motion Picture Film Collection at Hagley is an artificial collection compiled by curators that includes single motion picture films or small sets of films acquired via purchase or donation.

Dates: circa 1910-1997

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