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Title: Correspondence, Archibald McCall to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1806-06-16
Date(s): 1806-06-16
Contributor(s): McCall, Archibald, 1767-1843 (correspondent)
Description: McCall gives details about the recent U.S. Indian Department gunpowder order.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 500_mccall060616
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, Ashburner and Company to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1875-07-13
Date(s): 1875-07-13
Contributor(s): Ashburner & Co. (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding the dull saltpeter market, the 'Arundel Castle' and other shipments, and the Ralli Brothers.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 20100615_ashburner_00381
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, Forbes, Forbes and Company to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1865-09-23
Date(s): 1865-09-23
Contributor(s): Forbes, Forbes & Co. (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding the market and a demand for sodium nitrate.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 20100611_forbes_00049
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, Ashburner and Company to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1857-02-20
Date(s): 1857-02-20
Contributor(s): Ashburner & Co. (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding shipping arrangements and the saltpeter market.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 20100609_ashburner_00318
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Interview with John E. Krauss, 1958 May 14, 28 [transcript]
Date(s): 1958-05-14, 1958-05-28
Contributor(s): Krauss, John E. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with John E. Krauss who worked for the DuPont Personnel Department and who also lived in Squirrel Run while his father worked in the powder yards The interview took place in Wilmington, Delaware.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_052913_13
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Correspondence, William Kemble to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1828-03-24
Date(s): 1828-03-24
Contributor(s): Kemble, William, 1795?-1881 (correspondent)
Description: Kemble reviews a new pricing scheme with the DuPont Company before issuing a circular to announce these new prices.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: Kemble_09_008
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, William Kemble to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1827-09-13
Date(s): 1827-09-13
Contributor(s): Kemble, William, 1795?-1881 (correspondent)
Description: Kemble advises the DuPont Company on changes to powder prices and commission arrangement.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: Kemble_08_074
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, Archibald McCall to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1816-02-12
Date(s): 1816-02-12
Contributor(s): McCall, Archibald, 1767-1843 (correspondent)
Description: McCall writes about selling notes.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 500_mccall160212
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Experimental containers for gunpowder
Date(s): 1920, 1920~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), American Car and Foundry Company (associated name)
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company photographs (Accession 1993.256)
Hagley ID: AVD_1993256_041
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company photographs

Title: Correspondence, Rodmond Gibbons to Henry du Pont, 1855-12-31
Date(s): 1855-12-31
Contributor(s): Gibbons, Rodmond (correspondent), Du Pont, Henry, 1812-1889 (recipient)
Description: Gibbons reports that Robert Lammot has decided to leave the mercantile business. Gibbons will carry on business under Gibbons and Lammot name, though Gibbons will have sole control. Profits will go to Stedman and Eldridge.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: Lammot_03_00075
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, A. W. Leisenring to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1853-08-01
Date(s): 1853-08-01
Contributor(s): Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893 (correspondent)
Description: Leisenring reports on efforts to find a new site for the magazine.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: Leisenring_02_045
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, Rodmond Gibbons to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1859-08-01
Date(s): 1859-08-01
Contributor(s): Gibbons, Rodmond (correspondent)
Description: Gibbons reports on damaged powder and suggests that metal kegs are preferable to wooden kegs for blasting and sporting powder.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: Gibbons_03_00210
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, Archibald McCall to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1805-09-28
Date(s): 1805-09-28
Contributor(s): McCall, Archibald, 1767-1843 (correspondent)
Description: McCall informs du Pont of a powder order from the U.S. Indian Department and the details for the powder's packing and shipment.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 500_mccall050928
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Map of Solon Plant
Date(s): 1898-08-01
Contributor(s): Austin Powder Company (originator)
Collection ID: Austin Powder Company album (Accession 1973.231)
Hagley ID: AVD_1973231_002
Collection: Austin Powder Company album

Title: Correspondence, Alsop and Company to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1859-09-14
Date(s): 1859-09-14
Contributor(s): Alsop and Company (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding the sale of the 'Catharina' and Almina' shipments. The powder market has fallen slightly.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 20100608_alsop_00045
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, Alsop and Company to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1862-05-01
Date(s): 1862-05-02
Contributor(s): Alsop and Company (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding a shipment of 1606 bags of nitrate of soda on the 'Hornet.'
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 20100609_alsop_00048
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, R. Morison & Co. to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1852-04-29
Date(s): 1852-04-29
Contributor(s): R. Morison & Co. (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding powder sales and local sugar market.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 20100611_morison_00093
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, Forbes, Forbes and Company to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1863-04-29
Date(s): 1863-04-29
Contributor(s): Forbes, Forbes & Co. (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding active demand for saltpeter, especially by speculators, and probability of a prohibition on saltpeter exportation due to the American seizure of British vessels trading to neutral ports. Enclosed is a list of stocks.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 20100610_forbes_00427
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, Archibald McCall to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1808-11-14
Date(s): 1808-11-14
Contributor(s): McCall, Archibald, 1767-1843 (correspondent)
Description: McCall discusses obtaining saltpeter from Kentucky and a powder order.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 500_mccall081114
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Correspondence, Napoleon B. Mosby to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1844-12-05
Date(s): 1844-12-05
Contributor(s): Mosby, Napoleon B. (correspondent)
Description: Mosby replies to DuPont Company inquiries about Hazard Powder Company powder in Cincinnati.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: Crosby_01_064
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901

Title: Interview with John E. Krauss, 1958 May 14 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1958-05-14
Contributor(s): Krauss, John E. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Krauss describes his father's working career, including an incident in which Mr. Krauss asked Mr. Francis G. du Pont not to smoke a cigar near the powder mill. His interview describes his childhood at Squirrel Run, including his education at A.I. du Pont School, his summer jobs in the mill at Hagley, his impressions of du Pont family members, and his later working career at DuPont.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_71113_Krauss_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Safe remote control operation
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: First panel board in company was established on a powder line to permit sage remote control operation. Here an operator starts up a mill. To insure maximum safety, DuPont's Belin Works is made up of several dozen small and independent buildings, each housing a distinct phase of the operation.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0670
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Interview with Katherine Collison, 1954 September, 1955 January [audio]
Date(s): 1954?/1955?, 1954, 1955
Contributor(s): Collison, Katherine (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Collison describes the house itself and the hardworking maids who lived there; how the children played and entertained themselves at the powder yards; various explosions and the reactions of the families; the cultural and social makeup of the community; and Collison's relationship with members of the du Pont family, including her friendship with Sophie du Pont.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_62713_collison
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Walter Aurand, 1981 May 14 [audio]
Date(s): 1981-05-14
Contributor(s): Aurand, Walter George, 1891-1983 (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Influenced by his high school teacher and educated in chemistry at the University of Delaware, Walter describes life in Wilmington during the early twentieth century. His interview details a work atmosphere at DuPont, a powder explosion that killed three women, testing the bullets in New Castle, and safety in the workplace.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_102313_aurand
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Mound City Explosives Department at Potomac River Works
Date(s): 1954-03
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0824
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

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