Papers, 1929-1966.

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Papers, 1929-1966.

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The Nichols Papers include research papers and publications describing research work on the ultracentrifuge, colloid, and polymer chemistry projects. Memoranda and correspondence describe Nichols' contributions to the Fundamental Research program, particularly in the area of paints and pigments, neoprene, nylon, cellophane, and solvents. There is correspondence with Crawford Greenewalt, Elmer Bolton (head of the Chemical Department), and Elmer O. Kraemer (a University of Wisconsin Professor and consultant to Du Pont's Fundamental Research Program). Also included are Experimental Station quarterly reports (1930-1936), research memoranda describing work on polymer electrolytes (1946-1956), and reports on the colloid aspects of nylon (1941-1945).

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Bolton, Elmer K. (Elmer Keiser), 1886-1968

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station.

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Nichols, James Burton, 1902-1995

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James Burton Nichols was born on February 25, 1902 at Danbury, Conn. He did his undergraduate work at Cornell University and received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in colloid chemistry in 1927. His first project was to construct an ultracentrifuge for the Du Pont Company's fundamental research program. Nichols then began to study the particle sizes of Du Pont's pigments and the relationship between particle size and pigment properties. Charles Stine, the Director of the Fundamental Re...

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...

Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993

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Crawford H. Greenewalt was an executive with the Du Pont Company and president of the firm from 1948 to 1962. He joined the company in 1922 and served as a supervisor on the nylon project in the 1930s and during the war as technical liason on the Manhattan Project. He was an accomplished amateur photographer and ornithologist and author of a study of hummingbirds (1960). After his retirement from Du Pont, Greenewalt served on a number of corporate boards, business, political, scientific, civic a...

Kraemer, E. O. (Elmer Otto), 1898-1943.

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