This collection consists of two albums documenting the history of the DuPont Company's Chestnut Run facility between 1954 and 1961. One album contains primarily photographs taken of the facilities between 1955 and 1958. The photographs show the development of the research complex through a series of images of building exteriors from various viewpoints. There are a few interior shots of people at work within the laboratories. The second album contains mostly newspaper clippings between 1954 and 1961, with one item dating from 1965 and another from 1979. The newspaper clippings are stories related to the expansion of research facilities, department changes, the company's safety record, notable visitors touring facilities, participation in Red Cross and United Way campaigns, and employee promotions, appointments, honors, and retirements. The album also has a few brochures, booklets, a magazine cover, maps, and photographs of workers in a laboratory, a display on poisons, and an employee safety event. There are several aerial photographs of the entire complex in both albums.

There is a small set of photographs that were not in the albums. These include historical photographs, aerial views of Chestnut Run Laboratory, an Open House event, and group portraits taken at the fiftieth anniversary of Nylon.