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Research, Industrial

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

David A. Hounshell and John K. Smith research notes for "Science and Corporate Strategy"

 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

DuPont Company, Central Research and Development Department records

 Collection
Accession: 1784
Abstract:

The Central Research and Development Department was the main research arm of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., also known as the DuPont Company. It had its origins in the Development Department, which formed in 1903 and operated at the Experimental Station (the company's main research and development facility) in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1911, the Chemical Department was formed, renamed in 1958 as the Central Research Department. All company research came under its jurisdiction. In 1975, these two departments merged to become the Central Research and Development Department. This collection represents fairly complete documentation of the Central Research and Development Department's research activities, particularly during the 1930s when neoprene and nylon were developed.

Dates: 1902-1985

Edwin A. Gee papers

 Collection
Accession: 2232
Abstract:

Edwin A. Gee (1920-2013) was trained as a chemical engineer and worked as a metallurgist for the United States Bureau of Mines before joining the DuPont Company in 1948. The papers of Edwin A. Gee are incomplete and represent only a small portion of his work in the Development Department and as a member of the Executive Committee. The surviving records have been arranged in two series that document Gee's involvement in important phases of the company's history: Patent documentation and Diversification and research and development strategy.

Dates: 1958-1978

Hounshell and Smith oral history transcripts

 Collection
Accession: 1878
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-). As part of their research, Hounshell and Smith conducted sixty-one oral history interviews with forty-seven current and former chemical engineers involved in DuPont's R & D programs. The interviews constitute an exhaustive first-person account of DuPont's research programs with special emphasis on personalities and the organizational culture of the various DuPont research facilities.

Dates: 1981-1988

Parry Norling collection of DuPont Company audiovisual materials

 Collection
Accession: 2012-205
Abstract:

Parry Norling (1939-) was a career research chemist and manager with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. This small collection consists of DuPont Company-related videotapes and slides accumulated by Parry Norling while in his role as Planning Director at DuPont's Central Research and Development during the 1990s.

Dates: 1990-1996