Records, 1923-1959 (bulk, 1937-1957).

Hershey, Lewis Blaine, 1893-1977

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Lewis Blaine Hershey (September 12, 1893 – May 20, 1977) was the Director of the Selective Service System of the United States. An Indiana native, Hershey joined the National Guard in 1911. His unit served at the Mexican border in 1916. After World War I, he moved to the Army and became a captain in 1920. He also taught military science at Ohio State University and, as a active volunteer, earned several prestigious Scouting awards. In 1936, he was made secretary of the Joint Army and Navy Selec...

Gopher Ordnance Works (U.S.)

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Yancey, Edward B., 1888-1948.

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

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The antecedents of the Explosives Department date back to 1903, when the Black Powder and High Explosives Departments were created following the DuPont Company's reorganization as a modern corporation. In 1917, the Explosives Manufacturing Department was created by the merger of these departments. It was renamed the Explosives Department in 1921. In the years leading up to the Second World War, the United States Government initiated a massive effort to ensure that adequa...

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

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United States. War Manpower Commission

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History Roy Pearson was a labor representative from the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, or IUMSWA, Local No. 9 in San Pedro, California. The IUMSWA was a labor union that represented all shipyard workers. Established in the 1930’s, the Congress of Industrial Relations, or C.I.O, was a federation that organized industrial unions, such as the IUMSWA, in the United States and Canada. The C.I.O. merged ...

United States. Selctive Service System.

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Kankakee Ordnance Works (U.S.).

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United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

United States. War Department

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Marcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849. From the description of William L. Marcy letter : Washington [D.C.], to Col. J.D. Stevenson, New York City, ALS, 1846 June 26. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 43771263 Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892. From the description of Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, 1870 Dec.15. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 43955079 U.S. gov...

United States Naval Powder Factory

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Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952

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Lawyer, jurist, and U.S. secretary of war. From the description of Papers of Robert Porter Patterson, 1940-1951 (bulk 1940-1947). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74984701 ...

Mathieson Alkali Works (Saltville, Va.)

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Oklahoma Ordnance Works (U.S.).

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Wabash River Ordnance Works (U.S.).

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Bradway, Franklin W., 1890-1982.

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Wah Chang Trading Corporation.

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Alabama Ordnance Works (U.S.).

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Seymour, Charles E.

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Indiana Ordnance Works (U.S.).

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

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Campbell, L. H. 1886-1976.

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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...

Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950

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Henry Lewis Stimson, the politician, was one of Eleanor Stimson Brooks's cousins. He took an interest in the family and had given her support throughout Van Wyck's struggles with depression (1926-1930). From the description of Correspondence to Charles Van Wyck Brooks, 1930-1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191821881 Stimson served as U.S. Secretary of war (1911-1913, 1940-1945), was governor general of the Philippine Islands (1927-1929) and U.S...

Kimball, Philip J., 1894-1975.

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Philip J. Kimball was born on March 5, 1894. He spent most of his professional career as an executive in the Sales Division of the Explosives Dept. of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. In 1959 he became a trustee and executive vice president of the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, which had been formed to restore the site of the original Du Pont powder yards. Upon the retirement of Luther D. Reed in 1962, Kimball was named the Foundation's second General Director, while retaining his ot...

Ward, William H. 1892-1961.

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

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Defense Plant Corporation

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The Defense Plant Corporation was organized as a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. In the months before the United States entered World War II, the crucial problem facing the government was expanding the industrial base of the country to meet military needs. In June 1940, Congress authorized for formation of subsidiaries of the RFC to meet the need for capital to build the industrial base. Under this act the Defense Plant Corporation was formed in August of that year. The Cor...

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...

Chickasaw Ordnance Works (U.S.).

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Gerber, T. C.

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Purvis, Arthur B. 1890-1941.

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British Purchasing Commission.

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Anglo-French Purchasing Board.

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Tennessee Powder Company.

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Hardy, Rosswell E. 1893-

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Executive Committee.

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