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Fitz Water Wheel Company. Records, 1897-1966.

Title: Records, 1897-1966.

The records of the Fitz Water Wheel Company date from 1897 to 1966 and consist of correspondence, receipts, bids and proposals, contracts and agreements, production records, sales records, engineers' notebooks, and a small group of advertising materials. A large selection of company trade catalogues is available in the Imprints Department. The primary emphasis of the collection is on sales, as the company spent most of its effort in trying to maintain its specialized market niche. The records document the variety and persistence of low-head hydro power installations.

ArchivalResource: 285 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122458646 View

Copeland family. Real property records, 1921-1951.

Title: Real property records, 1921-1951.

Legal files on property purchased from the Rokeby Realty Company by a family syndicate headed by Charles Copeland in 1923. This property was originally part of the abandoned Brandywine Works of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and portions of it are now part of the property of the Hagley Museum and Library. The first file contains correspondence relating to the purchase, copies of deeds, descriptions of parcels by metes and bounds, and schedules of former workers' houses on the property. The second file contains an appraisal of the real property of the estate of Mrs. Charles Copeland made in 1951. There is also an 1950 survey showing the exchange of property between Lammot du Pont Copeland and Christ Church.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122558770 View

Jefferson, Edward Graham, 1921-2006. Edward Graham Jefferson papers, 1962-1992 (bulk, 1979-1987)

Title: Edward Graham Jefferson papers, 1962-1992, (bulk, 1979-1987).

Edward Jefferson's papers consist of his "personal" business files, and do not include his official correspondence as CEO of DuPont. The papers primarily reflect Jefferson's "Head of State" role at DuPont and his membership on the boards of numerous business, trade and educational organizations. The DuPont and personal activities files document the more ceremonial aspects of Jefferson's role as DuPont CEO, representing the company in meetings with world leaders, other corporate CEO's and media representatives and serving on various state and federal panels. The records include travel arrangements, records of meetings, agendas, briefing books, biographies of dignitaries, presentation books, programs and menus. The major topic, and the major event of Jefferson's tenure, is the bidding war between DuPont and Seagram for control of Conoco Inc., which ended in DuPont's control of Conoco and Seagram's acquisition of the largest single block of DuPont. There are records of frequent ceremonial trips to DuPont and Conoco facilities around the world and notes on both companies' activities in Europe and the Far East. The files document Jefferson's devotion to promoting industrial research and development, including his sponsorship of David Hounshell's and John K. Smith's full-length study of R&D at DuPont, "Science and Corporate Strategy". Other topics include the promotion of energy conservation, industrial competitiveness​, and the international balance of trade. There is a 50th anniversary history of DuPont's Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Industrial Medicine and materials relating to General Motors' announcement of the Saturn automobile. The outside boards files consist of minutes, agendas, annual reports and financial statements for the many organizations of which Jefferson was a director, committee member, or trustee. Business corporations include AT&T, Chemical New York Company (a bank holding company), and the Seagram Company, Ltd. Trade associations include the Business Council, the Conference Board, the Government-​University-​Industry Research Roundtable, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Research Council (particularly the process for choosing a site for the proposed superconductive supercollider), and the President's Export Council. Educational institutions include the Center for the History of Chemistry, Columbia University, Tuskegee University, and the Universities Research Association. Jefferson also sat on the board of the Winterthur Museum, and there are extensive files on its management in the early 1980s.

ArchivalResource: 41 linear ft.

http://h92010.eos-intl.net/H92010/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?BibCode=4254537 View

Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993. Personal papers, 1948-1992.

Title: Personal papers, 1948-1992.

Crawford Greenewalt's personal papers are primarily focused on his retirement years and his avocational interests. His official business correspondence as president of Du Pont is contained in Hagley Museum and Library Accession 1814.

ArchivalResource: 44 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122558916 View

Wilmington (Del.). Water Dept. Map of water pipes on Du Pont properties along the Brandywine.

Title: Map of water pipes on Du Pont properties along the Brandywine.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : blue line print ; 126 x 96 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741759612 View

Papers of Gerda Lerner, 1924-2006

Title: Papers of Gerda Lerner, 1924-2006

Papers of historian and feminist Gerda Lerner reflecting her professional career, writings, and lectures.

ArchivalResource: 18.77 linear feet ((45 file boxes) plus 1 folio+ folder, 7 photograph folders, 9 audiotapes, electronic records)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00275/catalog View

Hagley Museum and Library : vertical file.

Title: Hagley Museum and Library : vertical file.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82179453 View

Hagley Museum and Library. Lists of Du Pont Company sales agents, 1890-1918.

Title: Lists of Du Pont Company sales agents, 1890-1918.

The records consist of four lists of Du Pont Company sales agents compiled by the Hagley Museum and Library from company sales directories and other original records.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122579391 View

Beer, John Joseph, 1927-. Papers, 1835-1991 [bulk, 1961-1991].

Title: Papers, 1835-1991 [bulk, 1961-1991].

The papers are a series of fragments representing Dr. Beer's research and administrative duties at the university. Minutes of the Hagley Fellowship Program Committee (1979-1991) describe the major changes that occurred during the 1980s. Another file details the abortive effort to have "Technology and Culture," the journal of the Society for the History of Technology, edited at the Hagley Museum and Library. The bulk of the papers consists of correspondence, notes, research materials, and drafts for a projected book or article on "Russia iron", a highly finished, wear resistant iron produced in Russia in the 19th century. Some of the materials are copies from Hagley Museum and Library Accession 340, describing how Charles L. Gilpin travelled to Russia in 1880 in an attempt to discover the secret of "Russia iron" for American ironmaster W. Dewees Wood. Wood later succeeded in manufacturing a "planished" iron supposedly equal or superior to "Russia iron." Beer's notes include material on both Wood and Gilpin. Beer also attempted modern chemical analysis on surviving samples of "Russia iron" in an attempt to discover the supposed secret process of its manufacture. There are also a small quantity of notes on an earlier research project on theories of dyeing, and a series of posters on technological landmarks and technological progress.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122370763 View

Copeland family. Papers, 1637-1998 (bulk, 1950-1998).

Title: Papers, 1637-1998 (bulk, 1950-1998).

The papers of Lammot du Pont and Pamela Cunningham Copeland document the lives and interests of a wealthy American couple in the twentieth century. In particular, the papers of Mrs. Copeland are an important source of information on the activities of upper class women in the areas of historic preservation, horticulture and philanthropy.

ArchivalResource: 14 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122640927 View