Du Pont war work, 1914-1920.

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Du Pont war work, 1914-1920.

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The record is a binder containing miscellaneous memoranda and tables describing DuPont's manufacture of ordnance between 1914 and 1919. The emphasis is on the Old Hickory Plant and Hopewell Works and the amount of work needed to bring them into production from greenfield sites. There is a lesser amount of data relating to the Penniman Shell Loading Plant, the Parlin Plant, and the Carney's Point Works. There is also a newspaper clipping containing a rebuttal by Pierre S. du Pont of charges made in the New York Times by Ohio Governor and Democratic presidential candidate James M. Cox of Ohio against T. Coleman du Pont and the DuPont Company for war profiteering and spreading campaign propaganda against him because he favors the League of Nations and world disarmament.

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Hagley Museum & Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8091921

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Cox, James M. (James Middleton), 1870-1957

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James Middleton Cox (March 31, 1870 – July 15, 1957) was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, a U.S. Representative from Ohio, and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States at the 1920 presidential election. His running mate during his presidential campaign was future president Franklin D. Roosevelt. He founded the chain of newspapers that continues today as Cox Enterprises, a media conglomerate. Born and raised in Ohio, Cox began his career as a newspaper copy reader before be...

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Hopewell Works.

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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...

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

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

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Penniman Shell Loading Plant.

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

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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...