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Pusey & Jones Corporation. Bankruptcy papers, 1959-1962.

Title: Bankruptcy papers, 1959-1962.

The records are files of John Biggs III of Wilmington, attorney to Trustee Jessup. They include court orders, trustee's reports and affidavits, lists of claims, property appraisals and correspondence covering the entire liquidation process. Subjects include the settling of claims, including back wages, the sale of the property, and the termination of the company's Blue Cross and retirement plans. There is also a clipping scrapbook kept by Ruth F. Hanna (d. 1987), a company secretary, covering the years 1950-60 and a handwritten chronology/necrology of the firm for the years 1927-48.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122333757 View

Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954. Papers, 1880-1954.

Title: Papers, 1880-1954.

The personal and business papers document Pierre S. du Pont's business career and political activities. There is a significant body of material describing the history of the Du Pont Company and the General Motors Corporation which trace the transformation of these two firms into modern, centrally administered corporations during the early years of the twentieth century. The evolving relationship between business strategy and corporate structure is documented, as is the role that research and development played in shaping the success of these two companies.

ArchivalResource: 1,000 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86134093 View

Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. Records, 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954).

Title: Records, 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954).

The records contain some information on the workings of the Trust Dept., but are more useful for the information they contain on the individual companies in which the department invested.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122370789 View

Christiana Securities Company. Records, 1915-77.

Title: Records, 1915-77.

Because the Christiana Securities Company served as a relatively passive instrument of family control rather than pursuing and aggressive investment strategy, its records are relatively routine. The exceptions are those records dealing with the three big controversies that marked its career.

ArchivalResource: 64 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122292283 View

Roscoe Pound Papers

Title: Roscoe Pound Papers

Correspondence, writings, speeches, lectures, teaching notes, reports, minutes of meetings, legal briefs, scientific drawings, pamphlets and other printed material, newspaper clippings, maps, photos, memorabilie, miscellaneous honorary degrees, and other papers, chiefly 1910-1964. Includes material pertaining to Pound's participation in the Boston and Cleveland crime surveys (1920's), as a member of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement or Wickersham Commission (1929-1931), as a member of the American Bar Association and with various Masonic chapters, and as advisor to the Ministry of Justice in Nanking, China (1940's). Also two typed, bound journals recounting camping trips in West Virginia and to Civil War battlefields (1898, 1912-1917).

ArchivalResource: 1 collection (257 Boxes, 14 Paige boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990006015990203941/catalog View

Cross, Bill, Captain. H. Lee White, 1974-[ongoing].

Title: H. Lee White, 1974-[ongoing].

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21426168 View

Bay Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.). Burns Harbor.

Title: Burns Harbor.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20022286 View

MCI Communications Corporation. Financial records, 1967-1992 (bulk: 1971-1988).

Title: Financial records, 1967-1992 (bulk: 1971-1988).

This series is comprised of records from a number of individuals, offices and functional groups responsible for aspects of MCI's financial operations. Records dealing with MCI's relations with institutional and individual investors are particularly well represented.

ArchivalResource: 14 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122554777 View

Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976. Personal papers, 1917-1976.

Title: Personal papers, 1917-1976.

This collection contains the personal papers of Walter S. Carpenter. Correspondence files consist primarily of letters to family, friends, and business associates. There is some correspondence with Carpenter's colleagues at the Du Pont Company which describe his career and business activities. Letters to family mostly concern personal matters (trips abroad, contributions to charity, and the education of his children). The collection also documents Carpenter's personal finances, investments, land sales, and the establishment of trust accounts for his children. Contribution files trace his continuing interest in Cornell University, the University of Delaware, and the Republican National Committee.

ArchivalResource: 20 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122405915 View

Henry Belin du Pont, Jr., papers, 1920-1970.

Title: Henry Belin du Pont, Jr., papers, 1920-1970.

The papers document Henry Belin du Pont's career with the Du Pont Company and General Motors Corporation, as well as his interests in aviation and the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation. Du Pont Company materials include records of stock transfers and bonuses. Also, included are reports from company economist, E. E. Lincoln.

ArchivalResource: 62 linear ft.

http://h92010.eos-intl.net/H92010/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?BibCode=2671021 View