Corporations -- History
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company nylon correspondence
This collection consists of a small file consisting of three letters concerning items of apparel made from Du Pont Nylon fibers. These letters were clearly regarded by Du Pont as historically valuable. The oldest, from February 15, 1937 concerns stockings made from Rayon 66. The other two concern stockings made from nylon and the first commercial shirt made of nylon. Letters are from C. E. Sparks, Hazel K. Greigg, and L. A. Yerkes.
Issue of Du Pont Engineering News and bulletin from the Instrument Society of America
April 1959 issue of Du Pont Engineering News, and a 1961 bulletin from the Instrument Society of America (ISA).
Standard operating procedures from the Du Pont Corporation
This collection is comprised of typewritten production procedures collected into binders. The volumes give a comprehensive overview of the state of the Du Pont Corporation in the mid-1940s. In addition to recipes for the manufacture of their various products, they also provide information on which plants were doing what.