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Title: DuPont commercial highlighting the versatility of Rayon, Cavalcade of America Commercials Reel No.4
Date(s): 1953/1954, 1953, 1954
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: Larry Livingston of DuPont talks about the versatility of Rayon. Livingston shows new Rayon products made from Fiber E, such as rugs, upholstery material, clothing and stuffed toys.
Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995300_FC254_04
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: Reeling machine at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Reeling machine at the Acele acetate rayon plant of E.I. de Pont Nemours & Company at Waynesboro, Virginia
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_932
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Washing and blending rayon at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Skeins of rayon being put on a washing and lending machine at Virginia rayon plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_961
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Scene on the mixing floor during production of Acele acetate rayon
Date(s): 1950
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Scene on the mixing floor where the solvent is mixed with cellulose acetate, a process to reduce the material to a solution for spinning into 'Acele' acetate rayon at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Published in DuPont Magazine, February-March 1950
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_41714_b16f9_00022
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Rayon Co. Old Hickory Plant in Operation
Date(s): 1925-09-26, 1925-09-26
Description: Excerpt from a special rayon-themed issue of the trade journal, "Textile World," announcing the commencement of rayon production at DuPont's Old Hickory, Tennessee plant. Vol. LXVIII, No. 13, pages 59 to 60. September 26, 1925. Includes two bird's-eye images of the plant. Item 13 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
Collection ID: f HD9651.9.D94 A28b
Hagley ID: 20110628_134
Collection: Hagley Library Published Collections

Title: Waynesboro Salutes DuPont's 20th Anniversary
Date(s): 1949-10-13, 1949-10-13
Contributor(s): Waynesboro News-Virginian (originator)
Description: Article from the Thursday, October 13, 1949 issue of the Waynesboro News-Virginian newspaper documenting the history of DuPont's Waynesboro, Virginia rayon plant. Includes bird's-eye photographs of the plant from 1929 and 1949. Item 18 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
Collection ID: f HD9651.9.D94 A28b
Hagley ID: 20110628_220
Collection: Hagley Library Published Collections

Title: Beaming operation during production of acetate rayon at Waynesboro, Virginia
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Stewart, Willard S., 1915-2003 (photographer)
Description: Large beam being made from small spools
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_41714_b16f9_00018
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Inspecting the material at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_941
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Testing of Acele at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Physical testing of Acele acetate rayon to determine denier, or weight, as conducted at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I. de Pont Nemours & Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_940
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Inspecting cones of Acele acetate rayon at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Inspecting and wrapping cones of Acele acetate rayon at the Virginia plant of E.I. de Pont Nemours & Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_938
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Inspecting cones of rayon yarn at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Inspecting and wrapping cones of rayon yarn at one of the plants of E.I. de Pont Nemours & Company
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_934
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Lacing or tying together skeins at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Lacing or tying together skeins of Acele acetate rayon as it comes from the reeling machine at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I. de Pont Nemours & Company
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_933
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Down twisting at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Down twisting operation in which the threads of acetate are given a twist at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I. de Pont Nemours & Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_937
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Testing of Acele at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Physical testing of Acele acetate rayon to determine denier, or weight, as conducted at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I. de Pont Nemours & Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_935
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Interview with William T. "Bill" Harris, 2009 June 23
Date(s): 2009-06-23
Contributor(s): Harris, William T., 1929- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: In his interview, Harris describes working the night shift in the spinning department at his first job at the Old Hickory rayon plant and then in maintenance. He describes the early years of the Old Hickory plant and how the work environment was busy and vibrant, and he mentions playing on the DuPont baseball and basketball teams. He set a record at Old Hickory for working 32 hours straight. He states that there were many jobs available in 1946 because women who had worked while their...
Show moreIn his interview, Harris describes working the night shift in the spinning department at his first job at the Old Hickory rayon plant and then in maintenance. He describes the early years of the Old Hickory plant and how the work environment was busy and vibrant, and he mentions playing on the DuPont baseball and basketball teams. He set a record at Old Hickory for working 32 hours straight. He states that there were many jobs available in 1946 because women who had worked while their husbands served in the war were quitting. Addressing his work at the Charleston plant, Harris details his experience managing people, union issues and negotiations, the development of Dacron, and the early years of DuPont's expansion.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090623_Harris
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Richard Livingston, 2009 March 26
Date(s): 2009-03-26
Contributor(s): Livingston, Richard Donnan, 1921-2010 (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Dick Livingston begins his interview by discussing his early childhood, education, and his father's career with the DuPont Co. as an explosives expert. He then details his college education at Dartmouth and his military service in an Aircraft Repair Unit (ARU) in the South Pacific during World War II, mentioning his return trip in which he was allowed to set up a cot in the wheelhouse of a Liberty ship. He then describes his work at the DuPont Buffalo Rayon plant, going into detail about the...
Show moreDick Livingston begins his interview by discussing his early childhood, education, and his father's career with the DuPont Co. as an explosives expert. He then details his college education at Dartmouth and his military service in an Aircraft Repair Unit (ARU) in the South Pacific during World War II, mentioning his return trip in which he was allowed to set up a cot in the wheelhouse of a Liberty ship. He then describes his work at the DuPont Buffalo Rayon plant, going into detail about the aging machinery in the facility and his work replacing lead-covered materials with more modern corrosion-resistant materials.

Livingston remarks on his shift from supervisor to engineering associate at the Seaford Nylon plant, a newly created position which he describes as a sideways career move. He discusses a major project he worked on in this position during the 1970s to monitor and predict chemical changes in the nylon production process, in part by employing pioneering computer simulation software to calculate flows, temperature changes, degrees of polymerization, and other variables. The project resulted in a significant reference manual, and Livingston mentions being honored for his work when DuPont Co. named a room for him at its Singapore facilities. He finally spends some time speaking of his post-retirement role as a consultant for the company.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090326_Livingston
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Bill Coley, Jr., 2008 May 12
Date(s): 2008-05-12
Contributor(s): Coley, Bill, Jr., 1925- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Coley's interview details his work creating prototypes of spinning machines, his development of the two-end wind-up and the steam draw process, and DuPont Co.'s ability to foster his creative spirit.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20080512_Coley
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Bias cross section of Cordura rayon
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A bias cross section of Cordura rayon sailcloth as used in the quadrilateral jib of Americas 1937 cup defender, Ranger, magnified sixty times y the microscope.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_994
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Blending cellulose acetate at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Equipment for blending cellulose acetate, an important step in the manufacture of Acele acetate rayon at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_960
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Felting operation at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Operator checks batt in felting operation developed by DuPont fibers experts to make new high performance industrial felts of manmade fibers. New process was perfected in DuPont's $5,000,000 textile Research Laboratory at Chestnut Run near Wilmington, Delaware dedicated to improvement and diversification in the use of company's manmade fibers.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_976
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Analyzing invisible vapors at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: An electric eye enables this ultraviolet photometer, at left, developed by scientist of DuPont's Rayon Technical Division and Electrochemicals Department, to see shadows of invisible vapors and gases in plant atmosphere. Here intake hose of analyzer is held at operator's nose level to measure concentration of carbon disulfide during important production process. The analysis checks on efficiency of large suction hose laid inside the vessel to draw off the fumes.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_977
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Manufacturing acetate at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Hartman Studios (photographer)
Description: Equipment for washing, prefabricating and filtering cellulose acetate, early processes in the manufacture of acetate at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_967
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Winding acetate at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Acetate being wound on cones from the pirns at the Waynesboro, Virginia, plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_930
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Rayon filaments
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_998
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Shipping in cones at DuPont rayon plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A standard shipping package for yarn is the cone. Millions of yards of rayon yarn are coned daily at the plants of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.C866
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_974
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

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