Guide for a collection that covers the period 1799-1834 and includes some of the earliest and most valued records of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. It embraces the fall span of the American career of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), founder...
Ernest Dichter (1907-1991) was a Vienna-trained psychologist who came to New York in 1938 to escape the Nazis. He became a pioneer in the development of motivational research, a marketing tool that used psychological techniques to probe consumers'...
Ernest Dichter (1907-1991) was a Vienna-trained psychologist who came to New York in 1938 to escape the Nazis. He became a pioneer in the development of motivational research, a marketing tool that used psychological techniques to probe consumers'...
Cartes de visite; Military officers; Uniforms; Portrait photographs
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "Stephen H. Weed, Capt. 5 Art. Killed at Gettysburg." Career Army officer Stephen Weed left the 5th Artillery to accept a commission as...
Cartes de visite; Military officers; Uniforms; Portrait photographs
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "Genl. Ch. P. Stone, USA." Charles P. Stone was a career army officer who was wrongly accused of causing the Union defeat at the Battle of Ball's...
Cartes de visite; Military officers; Uniforms; Portrait photographs
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "Genl. George Crook USA" George R. Crook was a career army officer who saw extensive service during the Civil War, particularly in General Philip...
Cartes de visite; Military officers; Uniforms; Portrait photographs
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "Col. H. S. Burton, 5th Arty." Colonel Burton was a career army officer who served in the Mexican War (1846-48). As Colonel of the 5th U.S....
Because the Christiana Securities Company served as a relatively passive instrument of family control rather than pursuing and agressive investment strategy, its records are relatively routine. The exceptions are those records dealing with the...
The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
Collection guide; Business leaders; Construction and building industry
Collection guide for John McShain papers. McShain was a Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.,-based building contractor. His major projects included the White House renovation (1950-1951), the Pentagon, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library...
Ernest Dichter (1907-1991) was a Vienna-trained psychologist who came to New York in 1938 to escape the Nazis. He became a pioneer in the development of motivational research, a marketing tool that used psychological techniques to probe...
Collection guide; Consumer products; Industrial products and design; Manufacturing and related sectors
As a scientist Carter Litchfield (1932-2007) studied and specialized in edible
fats. During the mid- to late 1950s Litchfield worked in the Edible Research Section of
the Chemical Division of Proctor & Gamble. His work there centered on...
Collection guide for Samuel Francis Du Pont papers. Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803-1865) was a career naval
officer who commanded the South Atlantic Squadron for the Union during the Civil War. His papers include personal and naval correspondence...
Collection guide for Thomas Lamb papers. This collection contains papers, drawings, sketches, and artifacts pertaining to the career of industrial designer Thomas Lamb (1896-1988). These items trace the development of Lamb's unique handle design,...
Collection guide for the Raymond Loewy archives. Loewy (1893-1986) was one of the most influential industrial designers of the twentieth century. During a career of five decades, Loewy produced ubiquitous designs for a wide range of cars, household...
Collection guide for Irv Koons collection. The Irv Koons archive includes marketing research studies, business correspondence, public relations files, and material from the designer's packaging courses. In addition to this textual component, the...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for John B. Lovis Research Notes on Bethlehem Steel Corporation. John B. Lovis (born 1935), spent his career with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. He first worked in the Blast Furnace Department at Sparrows Point, Md. In 1963 he...
Collection guide for Henry Hemmendinger papers. The papers are arranged in five series, Organizations and
Committees, Publications, Courses, Conferences, and Color, representing the span of Hemmendinger’s career. The Hemmendinger Papers include...
Typed on front of photograph: "This house was built by John Gregg [1668/1738] in 1694. This house originally had two stories and the roof sloped back one way against the rocks. He afterwards added another story. Page 362 of 'My Business Career'...
Military officers; Navies; Blockades; Armored vessels
Career Navy officer Percival Drayton served as a junior commander in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and later as Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron under Rear-Admiral David G....
