Forts & fortifications; Military officers; Prisoners of war
Description of conditions at Fort Delaware by Lammot du Pont. The fort was used to house Confederate prisoners of war. Lammot du Pont served as Captain of Company B of the 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to the fort in June...
Text from image: "I need your skill in a War Job! If you know one of these trades and are not in real war work, you are badly needed: Airplane Skin Man; Airplane Subassembler; Ammunition Inspector; Assembler, Ship; Bench Hand, Metal Work; Bus...
Text from image: "The more WOMEN at work the sooner we WIN! Women are needed as: Farm workers, Typists, Salespeople, Waitresses, Bus Drivers, Taxi Drivers, Timekeepers, Elevator Operators, Messengers, Laundresses, Teachers Conductors, and in...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; War work; Defense industry; Parachute industry; Nylon; Safety;
Table of Contents: An improved explosive rivet; And speaking of rivets; Spinning into war; Nylon, after the war; Engineering and contruction; Heavy chemicals for war; A safety color code for industry; An end to poison ivy; What's new.
Pages 280-281: The Press on the Field, Contraband News, In Action, Reliable Information, Newspapers at Home, The Sketchbook, and The Newspapers in Camp.
This report lists the Civil War related items in the DuPont Company’s records. Although this was done before the records came to Hagley, the mentioned items are found in the Riggs Guide and in finding aids at the Manuscripts and Archives...