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Title: Julian Hill recreating synthesis of first completely synthetic fiber
Date(s): 1941
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Probably the most dramatic moment in DuPont research history is re-enacted above-the birth of the first completely synthetic fiber, impractical for commercial use but true forerunner of nylon itself. Here chemist Julian Hill shows how he pulled molten sample of material from a laboratory test tube at the company's Experimental Station near Wilmington, Delaware. The molasses-like mass stuck to the glass stirring rod and was drawn out into a thin fiber.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1154
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Lavoisier Awards 1992
Date(s): 1992
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (spn), Schroeder, H. E. (former owner)
Description: Program featuring Lavoisier Medal recipients Nathaniel Wyeth, Edward Howard and Daniel Gintis, W. Hale Charch and Elmer Bolton. Interviews with Jack Belou, Norton Higgins, Stephanie Kwolek, Fred Sweeney and Marjorie Orr. Announces 1992 Lavoisier Awards recipients: Carl John Heffelfinger, Howard Wayne Jacobson, Hein Louis Klopping and Herman Elbert Schroeder.
Collection ID: Herman Schroeder collection of DuPont Company audiovisual materials (Accession 2010.204)
Hagley ID: VID_2010204_B03_ID01
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Perfume research at the New Brunswick, New Jersey laboratory
Date(s): 1944-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Duryea, Drix (photographer)
Description: Theodore Hoffman, director of the DuPont perfume laboratories and an outstanding authority on perfumes, applies the last test to a bottle of perfume-which depends on the olfactory sense and not on formulas, at the New Brunswick, New Jersey factory of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company. For perfume making is both an art and a science. The materials are supplied by he chemist-whether he extracts them from natural sources or creates synthetic components. But the blending calls for the perfumer who...
Show moreTheodore Hoffman, director of the DuPont perfume laboratories and an outstanding authority on perfumes, applies the last test to a bottle of perfume-which depends on the olfactory sense and not on formulas, at the New Brunswick, New Jersey factory of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company. For perfume making is both an art and a science. The materials are supplied by he chemist-whether he extracts them from natural sources or creates synthetic components. But the blending calls for the perfumer who works by inspiration. It takes a great artist to create a rare perfume, for not enough is known of the perfumers work to proceed by scientific formula. Until the lilac odor was synthesized-one of the outstanding achievements of the chemical laboratory in perfumery-there was no lilac perfume, for no satisfactory means has ever been found of extracting this natural oil. Moreover, there is no known natural extract so sweet or so peculiarly powerful in odor as synthetic lilac. Chemistry converts volatile turpentine into fragrant lilac rivaling natures illusive floral fragrance.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0652
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Lavoisier Awards Opener
Date(s): 1999
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (spn)
Description: Begins with montage of video and text. Includes interview segments from Art Anderson, Jack Kreuz and Ted Koch. Introduction of new award recipients.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Textile Fabrics Department videotapes, photographs, slides and promotions (Accession 2011.320)
Hagley ID: VID_2011320_B09_ID03
Collection: DuPont Company Textile Fabrics Department videotapes

Title: DuPont Lavoisier Award Ceremony 1992
Date(s): 1992
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (spn), Schroeder, H. E. (former owner)
Description: Begins with "Qualities That Endure," program featuring Lavoisier Medal recipients Nathaniel Wyeth, Edward Howard and Daniel Gintis, W. Hale Charch and Elmer Bolton. Interviews with Jack Belou, Norton Higgins, Stephanie Kwolek, Fred Sweeney and Marjorie Orr. Announces 1992 Lavoisier Awards recipients: Carl John Heffelfinger, Howard Wayne Jacobson, Hein Louis Klopping and Herman Elbert Schroeder. Award presentation follows with speaker Ed Willard, award presentation and comments from the...
Show moreBegins with "Qualities That Endure," program featuring Lavoisier Medal recipients Nathaniel Wyeth, Edward Howard and Daniel Gintis, W. Hale Charch and Elmer Bolton. Interviews with Jack Belou, Norton Higgins, Stephanie Kwolek, Fred Sweeney and Marjorie Orr. Announces 1992 Lavoisier Awards recipients: Carl John Heffelfinger, Howard Wayne Jacobson, Hein Louis Klopping and Herman Elbert Schroeder. Award presentation follows with speaker Ed Willard, award presentation and comments from the recipients.
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Collection ID: Herman Schroeder collection of DuPont Company audiovisual materials (Accession 2010.204)
Hagley ID: VID_2010204_B03_ID02
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Working in the Textile Research Laboratory
Date(s): 1920/1929, 1920, 1929
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: PC20110714_0519
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Perfume for rubber
Date(s): 1948-06
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Aromatic chemist sniffs a sample. If suitable deodorant is added in right amount, odor of rubber will be masked.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0656
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: The Development of Industrial Research in America to 1920
Date(s): 1962
Contributor(s): Lewis, W. David (Walter David), 1931- (author)
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports (Accession 1645)
Hagley ID: MS1645_047
Collection: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports

Title: 1998 Lavoisier Award
Date(s): 1998
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (spn)
Description: Program includes Lavoisier Award opening for 1998 and interviews with recipients: Lothar Brixner, Jack Kirkland and David England.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Textile Fabrics Department videotapes, photographs, slides and promotions (Accession 2011.320)
Hagley ID: VID_2011320_B09_ID02
Collection: DuPont Company Textile Fabrics Department videotapes

Title: Conducting research at the Experimental Station
Date(s): 1948
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_4466
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Interview with Helen Duncan [transcript]
Date(s): 1978
Contributor(s): Strange, Adeline Bassett Cook, 1917-2004 (Interviewer), Duncan, Helen (Interviewee)
Description: Transcript of a conversation about Wallace Carothers between Helen Duncan and Cookie Strange. Duncan served as the Experimental Station Librarian, and she recalls Carothers's visits to the library, the chemists' interest in bird watching, and Helen Sweetman's affection for Carothers.
Collection ID: Carothers Oral History Project (Accession 1985)
Hagley ID: MSS_1985_01_01_08
Collection: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers

Title: Burning liquid samples in Experimental Station laboratory
Date(s): 1946
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Assemblies of flasks, bubbler absorption tubes and enclosed lamps make possible the burning of liquid samples and the collection of the gases formed. Here a chemist and laboratory assistants at the Experimental Station operate apparatus for determining sulfur in liquid samples.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_4415
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Dr. Hale Charch In laboratory
Date(s): 1958
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Development of the first successful moisture-proof cellophane film is reenacted here at DuPont's Experimental Station near Wilmington, Del. by the inventor, the late Dr. Hale Charch. The new film was developed after 2500 formulas had been tried and hundreds of tests made. Large bag on right held water for weeks, while control bags made3 of untreated film showed evaporation losses in a few days.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001086
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Interview with Charles L. Reese, Jr. [transcript]
Date(s): 1978
Description: A transcript of Cookie Strange's brief conversation with Charles L. Reese, Jr., President of the Wilmington News Journal. Reese recalls Carothers's social behavior and feelings about Nylon.
Collection ID: Carothers Oral History Project (Accession 1985)
Hagley ID: MSS_1985_01_01_09
Collection: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers

Title: Interview with Gerard Bérchet, 1 August 1978 [audio]
Date(s): 1978-08-01
Description: Gerard Bérchet talks about Wallace Carothers with Cookie Strange. He discusses Nylon and its various versions, including 66 and 6, 10, as well as other projects that he and Carothers were involved with at DuPont's Experimental Station.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers (Accession 1994.311)
Hagley ID: AUD_1994311_B01_ID05
Collection: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers

Title: Interview with John "Jack" Raven Johnson, July 1978 [audio] (part 1)
Date(s): 1978
Description: Jack Johnson discusses Wallace Carothers with Cookie Strange. He talks about Carothers's academic career, both as a student and teacher at the University of Illinois, the University of South Dakota, and Harvard University. He remembers that Carothers was called "Doc" both at the University of Illinois and later at DuPont. Johnson says he and Carothers's spent a lot of time together while in Illinois, mainly working in the chemistry lab. He talks about his and Carothers's trip to Europe in...
Show moreJack Johnson discusses Wallace Carothers with Cookie Strange. He talks about Carothers's academic career, both as a student and teacher at the University of Illinois, the University of South Dakota, and Harvard University. He remembers that Carothers was called "Doc" both at the University of Illinois and later at DuPont. Johnson says he and Carothers's spent a lot of time together while in Illinois, mainly working in the chemistry lab. He talks about his and Carothers's trip to Europe in 1926, where they attended a conference in Oxford, England and heard a lecture by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), and worked on research projects in Paris. While in Paris, they met fellow chemist Gerard Bérchet (1902-1990) and convinced him to immigrate to the United States. Johnson says Carothers was a voracious reader and a lover of music. He discusses three letters that that Carothers sent him while at Harvard and reads excepts to demonstrate Carothers's personality, particularly his sense of humor. Part 1.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers (Accession 1994.311)
Hagley ID: AUD_1994311_B01_ID06
Collection: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers

Title: Research laboratory at the Experimental Station
Date(s): 1935-11-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_4467
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Interview with William "Bill" Mapel, July 1978 [audio]
Date(s): 1978
Description: Interviewer Adeline Bassett Cook Strange (also known as A.B.C Strange or Cookie) recounts her conversations with William "Bill" Mapel and his wife, Evelyn Raines Mapel. Strange says Mr. Mapel was hesitant to talk about Carothers, and she believes he thought he would be breaking Carothers's confidence. Mapel described Carothers as the closest friend he ever had, and despite Carothers's reserved demeanor, there was an "aura" around him at DuPont and in Wilmington society. Overall, Strange...
Show moreInterviewer Adeline Bassett Cook Strange (also known as A.B.C Strange or Cookie) recounts her conversations with William "Bill" Mapel and his wife, Evelyn Raines Mapel. Strange says Mr. Mapel was hesitant to talk about Carothers, and she believes he thought he would be breaking Carothers's confidence. Mapel described Carothers as the closest friend he ever had, and despite Carothers's reserved demeanor, there was an "aura" around him at DuPont and in Wilmington society. Overall, Strange believes that much of Carothers's life was controlled by Mapel's "aggressive interests and kindness," and that Carothers was amenable to this because of his insecurities.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers (Accession 1994.311)
Hagley ID: AUD_1994311_B01_ID02
Collection: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers

Title: Interview with Crawford Greenewalt [transcript]
Date(s): 1978
Description: Transcript of a conversation about Wallace Carothers between Crawford Greenewalt and Cookie Strange. Greenewalt discusses Carothers's personality, professional successes, depression, and marriage to Helen Sweetman. He also mentions Carother's affair with "The Dame" Silvia Moore.
Collection ID: Carothers Oral History Project (Accession 1985)
Hagley ID: MSS_1985_01_01_06
Collection: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers

Title: Raw Footage from 1993 Lavoisier film: Dr. Herman Schroeder interviews
Date(s): 1993
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (spn), Schroeder, H. E. (former owner)
Description: Entire interview with Dr. Herman Schroeder from 1993 Lavoisier Award video, unedited. Schroeder discusses dealing with people, his proudest accomplishments, Jackson laboratories, advice for current chemists, his father and various stories of working at DuPont. After interview, tape includes B-roll of Schroeder walking on a trail and enjoying the outdoors. A bit more interview at very end, outside, about his family life and work at DuPont.
Collection ID: Herman Schroeder collection of DuPont Company audiovisual materials (Accession 2010.204)
Hagley ID: VID_2010204_B03_ID05
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Lavoisier Medal Award Ceremony Highlights
Date(s): 1990
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (spn)
Description: Edited program of highlights from the 1990 Lavoisier Award Ceremony from 1990. Includes segment from Chairman of DuPont Ed Woolard's speech. Also shows Al McGlauchlin, Senior VP of Technology handing out awards for recipients and family members. Recipients included Max J. Becktold, Elmer Kaiser Bolton, Wallace H. Carothers, William H. Church, Thomas H. Chilton, Abraham B. Cohen, Lawrence B. Curtis, Ralph Kingsley Iler, Louis Plambeck Jr., Charles W. Todd and N.C. Wyeth.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Textile Fabrics Department videotapes, photographs, slides and promotions (Accession 2011.320)
Hagley ID: VID_2011320_B09_ID01
Collection: DuPont Company Textile Fabrics Department videotapes

Title: Interview with Martin E. Cupery and Harry B. Dykstra, 2 August 1978 [audio] (part 2)
Date(s): 1978-08-02
Contributor(s): Strange, Adeline Bassett Cook, 1917-2004 (Interviewer), Cupery, Martin E. (Martin Eli), 1901-1996 (Interviewee), Dykstra, Harold Ben, 1902-1986 (Interviewee)
Description: Martin E. Cupery and Harry B. Dykstra have a conversation with Cookie Strange. They primarily discuss their research with synthetic polymers, the discovery of Nylon, and "Purity Hall" at the DuPont Experimental Station. They also talk about Wallace Carothers's overall demeanor and how his gentleness and kindness made him easy to be around. Part 2.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers (Accession 1994.311)
Hagley ID: AUD_1994311_B01_ID04
Collection: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers

Title: DuPont Lavoisier Awards 1993
Date(s): 1993
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (spn), Schroeder, H. E. (former owner)
Description: Program featuring Lavoisier Medal recipients Herman Schroeder and Jake Jacobson. Interview subjects are unidentified. Announces 1993 Lavoisier Awards recipients: Ronald H. Halliwell, Donald R. Johnson and Gerald L. Litt.
Collection ID: Herman Schroeder collection of DuPont Company audiovisual materials (Accession 2010.204)
Hagley ID: VID_2010204_B03_ID03
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Interview with Martin E. Cupery and Harry B. Dykstra, 2 August 1978 [audio] (part 1)
Date(s): 1978-08-02
Contributor(s): Strange, Adeline Bassett Cook, 1917-2004 (Interviewer), Cupery, Martin E. (Martin Eli), 1901-1996 (Interviewee), Dykstra, Harold Ben, 1902-1986 (Interviewee)
Description: Martin E. Cupery and Harry B. Dykstra have a conversation with Cookie Strange. They primarily discuss their research with synthetic polymers, the discovery of Nylon, and "Purity Hall" at the DuPont Experimental Station. They also talk about Wallace Carothers's overall demeanor and how his gentleness and kindness made him easy to be around. Part 1.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers (Accession 1994.311)
Hagley ID: AUD_1994311_B01_ID03
Collection: Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers

Title: Ferdinand Hurter, Swiss industrial chemist
Date(s): 1880/1898, 1880, 1898
Contributor(s): Litchfield, Carter (collector), Lewkowitsch, J. (Julius), 1857-1913 (former owner)
Description: March 15th 1844 - March 5th, 1898
Collection ID: Carter Litchfield photographs and ephemera on the history of fatty materials (Accession 2007.227)
Hagley ID: 2270352
Collection: Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials collections

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