Records, 1904-1967.

Ward, William H. 1892-1961.

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Reese, Charles L. (Charles Lee), 1862-1940

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Charles L. Reese was a research chemist who received his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1886. After teaching, he developed a second career in industrial research with the New Jersey Zinc Company in 1900. In 1902 he became chief chemist at the Repauno Works of the Eastern Dynamite Company, controlled by the du Pont interests. From the description of Laboratory notebooks, 1900-1927. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122392308 Charles L...

McCoy, J. W. 1882-1961.

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Patterson, Charles L. (Charles Loeser), 1855-1930

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Haskell, Harry G. (Harry Garner), 1870-1951

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company was incorporated on May 19, 1903. It was organized as an operating company to consolidate approximately 100 explosives manufacturers controlled by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. These firms represented 95 percent of the powder business in the United States. In 1907, the United States government brought a suit to dissolve the company as an illegal combination under the antitrust law. In 1911 the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the government, which accept...

Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950

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John Raskob was born in Lockport, N.Y. on March 19, 1879. He was educated in the area's public schools and after holding a number of positions as a stenographer and secretary went to work for The Johnson Company of Lorain, Ohio, in August 1900. The Johnson Company had been recently purchased by Pierre S. du Pont. Two years later he became Pierre S. du Pont's private secretary, and when du Pont became treasurer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on March 4, 1904, Raskob became his ...

Daley, John F. (John Francis), 1895-1967

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Pierce, Harry M. 1873-1943.

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Belin, Henry, 1843-1917

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Allen, William P. (William Porter), 1881-1941

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William Porter Allen was born in Philadelphia on August 21, 1881. He attended Rutgers University, graduating with a B.S. degree in chemistry. His first job was with the New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Station. In 1906 he joined E.I. du Pont de Nemours as a research chemist, going to work at the company's Eastern Laboratory. Three years later he joined the High Explosives Operating Department, and in 1914 he became superintendent of the Hopewell, Va. dynamite plant. When this war plant close...

Haskell, J. Amory (Jonathan Amory), 1861-1923

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Lee, Maurice du Pont, 1885-1974

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Maurice du Pont Lee was born on January 10, 1885, the son of Cazenove Gardner Lee and Marguerite Lammot du Pont, a great-granddaughter of E. I. du Pont, the founder of the Du Pont Company. After retiring in 1950 as General Advisor to the Chief Engineer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Lee took an active interest in Wilmington civic affairs, especially in the Board of Park Commissioners, of which he was president (1950-1965). He was active in other charitable and civic affairs, on matter...

Patterson, Charles

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Echols, Angus B. (Angus Blakey), 1889-1967

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Wardenburg, Frederic A., 1881-1966.

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Davis, T. C. 1900-1964.

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Du Pont, William, 1896-1965

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William du Pont, Jr., the second child of William du Pont and Annie Rogers du Pont, was born February 11, 1896 at Losely Park, Surrey, England. In 1902 the family moved to Montpelier, Va., the former residence of President Madison. In 1919, William du Pont, Jr. maried Jean Liseter Austin of Pennsylvania and the couple resided in "Rosemont," near Newtown Square, Pa. They had four children. In 1941, they divorced, and William du Pont, Jr., moved to his estate "Bellevue Hall" north of ...

Richter, William, 1886-1949.

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Evans, Elwyn, 1895-1948

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Pickard, Frederick W. 1871-1952.

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Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966

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Eliason, James B. (James Bayard), 1885-1962

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Hall of Records (Newbridge, Del.).

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Mudge, Claire R.. 1879-1959.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

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The family firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 and during the 19th century it became one of the United States' most important manufacturers of black powder. In 1902 three younger du Pont cousins: T. Coleman, Alfred I., and Pierre S. took over the company and within three years succeeded in bringing 75% of the American explosives industry (which at that time included black powder, dynamite, and smokeless powder) under their control. During the first decade of the...

Laffey, John P. 1863-1937.

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Grasselli, Thomas S. (Thomas Saxton), 1874-1942

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Sparre, Fin, 1879-1944

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Yancey, Edward B., 1888-1948.

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Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935

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William C. Spruance, Jr., was an electrical engineer, an executive with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and a civic leader in Wilmington, Del. With the rank of colonel, he was chief of the Explosives and Loading Division of the Ordnance Department during World War I. Spruance amassed a collection of papers dealing with the history of his own family and that of his wife, Alice Moore Lea. The Lea family were among the largest flour mill operators at the Brandywine F...

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

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P. S. du Pont was president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. from 1915 to 1919 and chairman of the board from 1919 to 1940. He was also president of General Motors (1920-1923) and chairman (1920-1929), as well as a member of many other major corporate boards. He was also an avid collector of documents on the early history of the Du Pont family and company. From the description of The P. S. du Pont Office Collection, 1749-1939. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 16...

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Secretary's Dept.

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The Secretary's Office was raised to departmental rank on June 1, 1947. The Secretary's Dept. was merged into the Legal Dept. on Jan. 1, 1974. From the description of Records, 1904-1967. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122292362 ...

Gillet, Edmond, 1873-1931

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Du Pont, Lammot, 1880-1952

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Brown, Donaldson, 1885-1965

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Donaldson Brown (1885-1965) was an industrialist and business executive with E.I. du Pont de Nemours and the General Motors Corporation. Brown was the Du Pont Company's treasurer from 1918-1921. He was an expert in internal financial procedures. In 1921 when Pierre S. du Pont reorganized the General Motors' Executive Committee and Advisory Staff he nominated Donaldson Brown to head G.M.'s Financial Staff. Brown was chairman of the G.M. Finance Committee until his retirement in 1946. From 1937-19...

Bruckner, Edmund G., d. 1920.

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Du Pont, A. Felix (Alexis Felix), 1879-1948

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Du Pont, Eugene, 1873-1954

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Eugene du Pont, Jr., was born on July 7, 1873, the second son of Eugene du Pont and Amelia Elizabeth du Pont. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. Subsequently he was an executive in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, of which his father was president, and also vice president of the Standard Stoker Company, a manufacturer of automatic stokers for locomotives. He died on December 15, 1954. From the description of Papers, 1835-1956. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat...

Du Pont, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1863-1930

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In 1902 the control of the hundred year old Du Pont Company passed into the hands of three younger du Pont cousins, T. Coleman, Pierre S., and Alfred I.T. Coleman du Pont, who became president after the 1902 incorporation, had spent the previous two decades involved in the coal, iron, and street railway industries of Kentucky and Western Pennsylvania. His major investment was in The Johnson Company of Johnstown, Pa., and Lorain, Ohio, to which he introduced modern engineering principles and mana...

Barksdale, Hamilton M. (Hamilton Macfarland), 1861-1918

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Hamilton Barksdale (1861-1918) was born in Richmond, Va. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1882 with a degree in civil engineering. Barksdale joined the engineering corps of the B&O railroad in 1885. In 1890 he went to work at the Repauno Chemical Company. When Repauno became part of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in 1895, Barksdale was named head of the Du Pont Company's Explosives Department. In 1911 he was named general manager and the next year he was appointed to the fi...

Carpenter, R. R. M. (Robert Ruliph Morgan), 1877-1949

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Tallman, Frank G. (Frank Gifford), 1860-1938

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Coyne, William, 1866-1933

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Brown, H. Fletcher (Harry Fletcher), 1867-1944

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Harry Fletcher Brown (1867-1944) left an enormous legacy to the state of Delaware. As a chemist and industrialist, most of his career was with the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company where he began as a technical director and rose to the position of vice president. After his retirement in 1930 he dedicated his personal fortune and time to public service and philanthropy. At his death in 1944, Harry Fletcher Brown left $4,500, 000, in eleven bequests, all benefiting public institut...

Yerkes, Leonard A. (Leonard Augustus), 1880-1967

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Ramsay, William G. (William Gouverneur), 1866-1916

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Edge, James B. D. (James Batcheller Dowsland), 1874-1939

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Stine, Charles M. A. (Charles Milton Altland), 1882-1954

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Charles M. A. Stine was one of the leading research chemists employed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (1907-1945). From 1930 to his retirement, he was a vice president and one of the principal officers entrusted with organizing and overseeing the company's research and development programs. From the description of Charles M. A. Stine papers, 1924-1949. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 775004983 Charles Milton Altland Stine was born in Norwich, Conn., o...

Harrington, Willis F. (Willis Fleming), 1882-1960

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Willis F. Harrington was born on July 24, 1882, in Farmington, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1902 and took a degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1905 he went to work for the Du Pont Company in the Explosives Department and in 1924 he became general manager of the Dyestuffs Department. In 1927 he became vice president and two years later was named to the executive committee. As an advisor on chemical and development matters...

Du Pont, Eugene E. (Eugene Eleuthère), 1882-1966

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Haskell, Harold C. 1885-1957.

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Brown, J. Thompson, 1882-1953

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