Text from back of image: "This collosal water tower at Nassau, Bahamas, 210 feet above sea level and topped by a revolving light serves as a guide to the air liners of the Pan-American services. From its top, reached by elevator, a view for 30...
This guide includes manuscripts acquired by the Hagley Library through the year 1965. The guide was created by John Beverley Riggs, Hagley's former Curator of Manuscripts. It was published in 1970.
Guide to records that trace the founding of the company in Paris in 1801 and its evolution into an American partnership during the early
decades of the nineteenth century to its first incorporation in 1899. The guide was created by John Beverley...
Guide to a collection of well over a million pieces, of which Pierre S. du Pont (1870-1954) was the last private owner. Collection was originally at Longwood, his estate near Kennett Square, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The guide was created...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for the Allen D. Cardwell Manufacturing Corporation Records. The collection consists of 2.5 linear feet of records, photographs, and scrapbooks. The records are divided into three series. Series I -- Technical Records. Series II --...
Brochure for the American Express Company with prescriptive literature regarding ocean cruise travel and travel itineraries offered by the American Express Company during the 1961-1962 season.
The Aurora Gun Club Collection documents the rich history of one of the Brandywine Valley’s most prominent target shooting organizations. Founded by brothers Eugene and Alexis I du Pont, the club in still in existence today and actively holds...
Collection guide for the Bailey, Banks and Biddle Company records. The Bailey, Banks & Biddle records (81 boxes) consists of a fairly complete set of records pertaining to diamond sales and remounting. Also included are diamond sales registers,...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for Barton H. Jenks papers. The papers include an annotated copy of the Bridesburg Manufacturing Company’s 1867 trade catalogue, and a series of patent papers relating to Barton H. Jenks’ inventions. These include textile...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for Betts and Seal records. The Betts family of Wilmington, Delaware, produced three
generations of innovative founders and machinists. They
played an important role in the founding of three of the city's major manufacturing...
Collection guide for Brandywine Manufacturers' Sunday School Papers, a nonsectarian school offering classes in reading, writing, arithmetic, and Bible lessons, was incorporated in 1817. Papers include student attendance forms, registration books,...
Collection guide for Brown Instrument Company records. The records consist mostly of engineering reports on the research, development,
production, and installation of the company’s control and measuring systems.
Correspondence and internal...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors; Transportation
Collection guide for The Budd Company was a pioneering manufacturer of all-steel transportation vehicles. The manuscript historical files include biographical information about the company’s founder, Edward G. Budd, and clippings, tear sheets,...
Collection guide; Consumer products; DuPont Company
This pictorial collection consists of brochures, advertisements, photographs, and ephemera showing Du Pont Company consumer products from 1913 to 1984. Chief among these products are paint and car care products such as car wash, polish, and...