E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont Company. DuPont's Experimental Station is a large industrial research facility founded in 1903 that is focused on chemistry research. Centralized research at the DuPont Company resulted from the company's need to diversify its product base after its 1902 reorganization. The Chemical Department was renamed the Central Research Department in 1958. This small collection consists mainly of customer-focused training manuals on the topics of managing, marketing, and selling. Of particular interest are DuPont Sorona carpet samples. The materials date from 1983 to 2017. The collection has been organized into two series: General files and Training manuals.

The firm of E.C. Beetem & Co. was established in 1901, incorporated as E.C. Beetem & Son, Inc. in 1923, and for a time was one of the leading carpet manufacturers in the United States. The company employed women in the finishing and materials departments, in the office, and at home assembling rag rugs; men were employed as weavers. This collection includes administrative records, correspondence with customers, selling agents, and rag dealers which document marketing strategies and pricing. Also included in this collection are some samples and drawings of rug patterns.

Floyd Hamilton Fish Jr. (1923-2009) was a mechanical engineer and inventor at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company between 1954 and 1986. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont Company. Fish helped invent pneumacel, an inflated polyester foam. These records are a small group of documents relating to Fish's role in the pneumacel project and his attempt to revive it after his retirement, as well as the hiring process for engineers at DuPont and the activities of the Kennett Pike Association.