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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Correspondence, 1805-1901.

Title: Correspondence, 1805-1901.

This series contains the Du Pont Company's correspondence with suppliers, attorneys, customers, labor agents, and sales agents. The files document the importation of saltpeter and nitrate for the manufacture of black powder, the selling of gun powder to the government and blasting powder to coal mine operators and railroad contractors. The process by which Irish workers were recruited with the assistance of Philadelphia agents is described. There is also some correspondence with competing powder manufacturers and makers of powder machinery. Letters describe the organization and operation of the Gunpowder Trade Association between 1872 and 1901.

ArchivalResource: 191 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123685 View

Du Pont, Lammot, 1831-1884. Papers, 1850-1884.

Title: Papers, 1850-1884.

The papers of Lammot du Pont describe his innovative work in the explosives industry, his outside investments in coal mines and railroads, and correspondence with family members.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86134314 View

Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954,. The Longwood Manuscripts, 1438-1954.

Title: The Longwood Manuscripts, 1438-1954.

The Longwood Manuscripts comprise the manuscript collections of P.S. du Pont. They formed the core collection of the Longwood Library, established as an independent research library in the year of his death. In 1961 the Longwood Library merged with the Hagley Musuem, and the collection became known as The Longwood Manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 1,065 linear ft.

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Copeland, Lammot du Pont, 1905-1983,. Belin-du Pont-Copeland family papers, 1788-1972.

Title: Belin-du Pont-Copeland family papers, 1788-1972.

The collection consists primarily of personal papers of the Belin, Copeland and du Pont families. Letters of Henry Hedrick Belin (1804-1891) describe his employment by the Du Pont Company. Letters of Henry Belin, Jr. (1843-1917) include descriptions of service and events during the Civil War. Other Civil War news and descriptions of campaigns and camp life can be found among the letters of Mary Belin du Pont (1839-1913), John Underwood (1835-1892), Robert Underwood (1842-1874) and John P. Wales (1831-1912).

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123379519 View

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Office of the president. Records, 1909-1952 (bulk 1914-1948).

Title: Records, 1909-1952 (bulk 1914-1948).

The records primarily document the presidency of Lammot du Pont (1926-1940), with some fragmentary records from the Irénée du Pont period (1919-26). The records describe the Du Pont Company's transformation into a diversified chemical company in the years after the First World War. Records document the organization of the Chemical Department under the leadership of Dr. Charles Lee Reese. The collection describes Du Pont's research and development program which during these years focused on dyes, celluloid, cellophane, plastics, ammonia, textile fibers, and artificial rubber. The evolving relationship between corporate strategy, organizational structure, research and development is described. The records also trace the company's post World War I public relations campaign during which it sought to overcome the "Merchant of Death" label. Du Pont's response to the Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, and the C.I.O.'s organizing campaigns are also described in these records. There is also much information on company advertising, participation in the New York World's Fair of 1939-1940, and attempts to market Du Pont products or establish plants in foreign countries, particularly Chile, China, Japan, and in Russia both before and after the revolution.

ArchivalResource: 39 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503516 View

E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company. Records, 1858-1955 (bulk 1903-1926).

Title: Records, 1858-1955 (bulk 1903-1926).

The administrative papers of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company are from the office of president T. Coleman du Pont who presided over the firm from 1903 until 1915. These records document the transformation of the Du Pont Powder Company into a modern centrally administered corporation that would do its own marketing and purchasing and would sell large quantities of all three of the industry's products, black powder, smokeless powder, and dynamite. In order to achieve this goal the company modernized its existing administrative organization. The records describe the establishment of clear-cut functional departments for sales, purchasing, traffic, engineering, personnel and accounting. The records also document all aspects of the powder companies' operations during these years: production, sales, personnel, accounting, and the importation of nitrate from Chile. There is also considerable information on the government's investigations leading to the antitrust suit (including correspondence with company attorneys).

ArchivalResource: 25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122458765 View

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Secretary's Dept. Records, 1904-1967.

Title: Records, 1904-1967.

The records of the Secretary's Dept. are a group of fragments arranged in six series.

ArchivalResource: Mss: 6 linear ft.Microfilm: 1 reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122292362 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

Du Pont, Eugene, 1840-1902. Papers, 1859-1920.

Title: Papers, 1859-1920.

Papers relating to Du Pont Company affairs describe improvements in black powder manufacturing operations and technical innovations. There is also some correspondence relating to the Gunpowder Trade Association. Letters from Henry Belin, Jr. document the operation of the Du Pont powder agency in Scranton, Pa. Reports from Pinkerton's National Detective Agency contain reports by undercover agents who infiltrated a secret society of powder workers in 1891 that was protesting the fact that the Du Pont Company had begun to contract out some craft jobs. These reports document episodes of barnburning and other worker protest.

ArchivalResource: 4.2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122568033 View

Du Pont, Mary Belin, 1839-1913. Papers, 1862-1891.

Title: Papers, 1862-1891.

The papers are primarily incoming correspondence from family members, including her father, aunts, and cousins. The letters from her mother-in-law, Margaretta Lammot du Pont, discuss family news and health and show the relationships among female family members. Letters from her brother, Henry Belin, Jr., are primarily about financial matters. The papers also include a list of stocks.

ArchivalResource: 147 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122555376 View