Records of absorbed companies, 1756-1937 (bulk 1875-1915).

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Records of absorbed companies, 1756-1937 (bulk 1875-1915).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122392847

This series contains the administrative and financial records of the explosives and chemical companies absorbed by Du Pont in the years after 1902, many of them former competitors. Included are records from the American Forcite Powder Company, Anthracite Powder Company, Arlington Company, Atlantic Giant Powder Company, Hercules Powder Company, Eastern Dynamite Company, Grasselli Chemical Company, Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co., Repauno Chemical Co., Hazard Powder Company, Laflin & Rand Powder Company, Oriental Powder Company, Phoenix Powder Manufacturing Company and many others. In all, the records of 243 companies are represented. Typically, these collections include stockholder and director minutes, financial records (ledgers, journals, and cashbooks), and stock transfer books. Occasionally, there are property records, sales records, patent files, and production records. For the most part, these records span the period 1880-1902, but some date from the immediate post bellum period and others are from as late as 1937.

185 linear ft.

Hagley Museum & Library

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Hagley Museum & Library

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Laflin and Rand Powder Company.

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Arlington Company (Newark, N.J.)

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Eastern Dynamite Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66466kf (corporateBody)

Acme Powder Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw90xw (corporateBody)

Chattanooga Powder Company.

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Sterling Dynamite Company.

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Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935

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Alfred I. du Pont was the eldest son of E. I. du Pont (1829-1877). He joined the family gunpowder firm in 1884, after attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the 1902 reorganization, he became co-owner and general manager. As a result of a family quarrel, he left the firm in 1916 and eventually built his own banking and real estate empire in Florida. Du Pont was active in Delaware Republican Party politics from 1916 to 1920. From the description of TLS : to Edward A. ...

Northwestern Powder Company.

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Sycamore Manufacturing Company.

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Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Company.

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El Grande Mining Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p33fvs (corporateBody)

Krebs Pigment and Chemical Company.

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Fairmont Powder Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bs58m4 (corporateBody)

International Smokeless Powder and Dynamite Company.

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Mahoning Powder Company.

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Continental Powder Manufacturing Company.

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Oriental Powder Company.

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Anthracite Powder Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tv17tx (corporateBody)

Grasselli Chemical Company

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The Grasselli Chemical Company was established by Eugene Ramiro Grasselli in Cincinnati in 1839. In 1886 it moved its headquarters and major production facilities to Cleveland. During the 19th century the company became a major producer of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, baking soda, chloroform and pharmaceutical chemicals. In the 1850s the company became a major producer of kerosene. In the mid 1870s Grasselli became the Du Pont Company's major supplier of sulfuric acid which was used to make nitro...

Fabrikoid 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...

Dittmar Powder and Chemical Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x41f27 (corporateBody)

Ohio Powder Company.

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Atlantic Giant Powder Company

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Indiana Powder Company.

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California Powder Works.

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Birmingham Powder 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...

Oriental Powder Mills

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Kneeland, Furman L., 1824-1884.

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Enterprise Powder Manufacturing Company.

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Columbian Powder Company.

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Hercules Powder Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ht6hvf (corporateBody)

Hazard Powder Company.

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Phoenix Powder Manufacturing Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv82bh (corporateBody)

American Forcite Powder Manufacturing Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw836f (corporateBody)

United States. Office of Alien Property Custodian

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The office of Alien Property Custodian was created by the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917. According to the act the right to seize enemy property was vested in the president, which was then delegated to the Alien Property Custodian. During the Second World War the Alien Property Custodian was reinstituted. Patents held by German and Japanese nations were defined as alien property and seized. From the description of Records, 1943-1946. (Hagley Museum & Library). Worl...

Repauno Chemical Company.

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Bayer-Semesan Company.

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Standard Explosives Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qs1f01 (corporateBody)

Judson Dynamite & Powder Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s08d2 (corporateBody)

American Smokeless Powder 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...

Atlantic Dynamite Company.

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American E.C. & Schultze Gun Powder Company, Ltd.

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Moosic Powder Company

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