Records, 1925-1970.

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Records, 1925-1970.

The bulk of the records of Du Pont's Textile Fibers Department are from the Pioneering Research Laboratory. There is also a small collection of historical miscellany.

36 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6719950

Hagley Museum & Library

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Old Hickory Plant.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Spruance Plant.

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

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Charch, W. Hale (William Hale), 1898-1958

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Comptoir des Textiles Artificiels.

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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...

La Cellophane, Société Anonyme.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Pioneering Research Laboratory.

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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 Rayon Company.

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Gladding, Ernest K. (Ernest Knight), 1888-1958

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Textile Fibers Dept.

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The Textile Fibers Department of the Du Pont Company was established in 1936 as the Rayon Department. It was renamed in 1952 to reflect the wider range of fibers being produced and was renamed the Fibers Department in 1988. The Du Pont Company first began to explore the possibility of diversifying into artificial fibers around 1909, when there was as yet no such capability in the country. Work was delayed by World War I, but in 1918-1919 the Development Department began ...

Du Pont Cellophane Company.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Rayon Dept.

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