Records of subsidiary companies, 1885-1933.

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Records of subsidiary companies, 1885-1933.

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This series contains the administrative records (minutes of stockholder and board of director meetings, contracts, agreements, by-laws, and stock registers) of the subsidiary companies that were established by Du Pont in the two decades after the First World War. Included are records of Du Pont Viscoloid; Du Pont Cellophane; Du Pont Fabrikoid; Du Pont Rayon; Du Pont Du Pont Ammonia Corporation; Du Pont International Powder Company; Hotel Du Pont; Du Pont-Nobel Company; and Du Pont Securities Co. Also included are some records from the Gunpowder Trade Association (articles of agreement, Advisory Committee minutes, dynamite price agreements, syndicate ledgers, and statement of sales) 1872-1903. A letter among the records of the Du Pont Viscoloid Company concerns the use of Pyralin for the windows of Lindbergh's SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS.

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Hagley Museum & Library

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Hagley Museum & Library

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Du Pont National Ammonia Company.

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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...

Du Pont Ammonia Corporation.

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Du Pont American Industries, Inc.

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Du Pont Engineering Company.

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Du Pont Cellophane Company.

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Du Pont Rayon Company.

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American Storage and Delivery Company.

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Du Pont International Powder Company.

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Du Pont Building Corporation.

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Du Pont Fibersilk Company.

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Du Pont Nitrate Company.

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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...

Du Pont-Nobel Company.

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Du Pont Viscoloid Company.

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Du Pont Everdur Company.

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Du Pont Chemical Company.

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Gunpowder Trade Association.

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Du Pont Fabrikoid Company

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Imperial Chemical Industries, ltd.

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General Motors Securities Company.

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Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)

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Brandywine Club (Greenville, Del.).

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Texas Du Pont Powder Company.

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Du Pont Semesan Company.

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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...