Records, 1936-1975.

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Records, 1936-1975.

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The Textile Fibers department records contain the files of George Preston Hoff, a technical director from 1936-1945. These records relate to nylon research, production and marketing. Also included are the records of the Pioneering Research Laboratory (1932-1950). These records include progress reports and technical correspondence documenting the work of the laboratory and the development of Orlon, Dacron, and nylon. Also included are rayon research records from the Buffalo Plant. There is information on the construction and operation of the Old Hickory (Tennessee) Plant in 1926 and the introduction of the new miracle fiber, Quiana, in the 1970s.

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Stine, Charles M. A. (Charles Milton Altland), 1882-1954

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Charles M. A. Stine was one of the leading research chemists employed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (1907-1945). From 1930 to his retirement, he was a vice president and one of the principal officers entrusted with organizing and overseeing the company's research and development programs. From the description of Charles M. A. Stine papers, 1924-1949. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 775004983 Charles Milton Altland Stine was born in Norwich, Conn., o...

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

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company's Textile Fibers Department was the 1952 successor to the Rayon Department that was organized in 1936 during the period when the company was transforming itself from an explosives manufacturer and becoming a diversified chemical company. The Textile Fibers and Rayon Departments were always research oriented. After nylon was developed by Wallace Hume Carothers, who was attached to the Chemical Department's Fundamental Research Program, the Rayon Department es...

Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937

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Wallace H. Carothers was born in Burlington Iowa on April 27, 1896. He attended undergraduate and graduate classes at the University of Illinois, Urbana where he studied under Roger Adam. In 1928 after several years teaching undergraduates at Harvard he accepted a position in Du Pont's newly formed fundamental research program. By 1930 he and his group, which included Julian W. Hill and the future Nobel Laureate in chemistry, Paul Flory, discovered both Nylon and Neoprene. Carothers was plagued ...

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

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Bolton, Elmer K. 1886-1968.

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

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

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Hoff, Preston, 1899-1980.

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