Parry Norling collection of DuPont Company records 2510

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Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Parry Norling collection of DuPont Company records 2510

Table of Contents

Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Controlled Access Headings ...... 5 Collection Inventory ...... 5

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Summary Information

Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Creator: Norling, Parry Title: Parry Norling collection of DuPont Company records ID: 2510 Date [inclusive]: 1902-2004 Date [bulk]: bulk 1980-1995 Physical Description: 3 Linear Feet Language of the English . Material: Abstract: Parry Norling (1939-) was a career research chemist and manager with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Records consists of company documents and outside publications collected by Norling during his time at DuPont.

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Biographical Note

Parry Norling (1939-) was a career research chemist and manager with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Norling was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 17, 1939. He received his undergraduate degree in physical science from Harvard in 1961 and his doctorate in chemistry from Princeton in 1965. In that year, he joined E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as a research chemist in the Electrochemicals Department. He retired in 1999 as Planning Director in DuPont Corporate Research and Development and remained in part-time service as Corporate Technology Advisor until 2001. In retirement he was a Science & Technology Fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 2001 to 2003 and a visiting fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation to 2004 to 2009.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains a mix of company documents and outside publications describing research and development at DuPont.

Subjects covered in the collection include: the Experimental Station; copies of dissertations and articles dealing with Research and Development and strategic planning at DuPont; a 1997 work environment study with information on African American and women workers and the Brandywine Mills Strike of 1906; biographies or memoirs of E. K. Bolton, Theodore L. Cairns, Howard E. Simmons and C.C. Ahlum; copies of oral history interviews with DuPont chemists Ivan Maxwell Robinson and Herbert S. Eleuterio; data on Ph.D.'s interviewed in 1940; annual reports of the Chemical Department (1835-1938); and a 50th anniversary history of the Haskell Laboratory.

The collection also includes a wall sign for DuPont's Fabricated Products Department.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement Manuscripts and Archives

PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library

Access Restrictions Unpublished materials are closed for 25 years from date of creation.

Use Restrictions Contact the Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department to access the PowerPoint presentations.

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Controlled Access Headings

• Industrial chemists • Research, Industrial. • . • • Biography • Oral histories • African Americans -- Employment • Women employees • E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station

Collection Inventory

Title/Description Instances DuPont's Lavoisier Medal for Technical Achievement publications box 1 announcing the annual winners, 1990-19931995-200120032004

Lavoisier Medal and DuPont Science Excellence Awards posters, box 1 20022003

DuPont Engineering Excellence Award publication, 1998 box 1

DuPont Experimental Station Tour documents during the du Pont box 1 Family Reunion which includes thank you notes from , 2000 June 21-23

Information on DuPont's Experimental Station, 1879 1944 box 1 Scope and Contents note

Subjects include directors Fin Sparre and Francis I. duPont. Includes copies of personal correspondence from Francis duPont, Eric Sparre, Bob Sparre, and Ernest N. May and unidentified photographs.

DuPont Era Chart booklet prepared by The DuPont-Gemini box 1 Alliance, 1993 February 19

DuPont Data booklet containing graphic, tabular, and statistical data box 1 about the consolidated company, 1990

DuPont "Pulse Survey" Report on moral/satisfaction in the Research box 1 and Development community, 1995-1997

"The Strategic Planning Process at DuPont," by J.G. Ferrari, K. box 1 Moyer, P. Needles & J. Segal, 1995 December

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"Search for Distant Returns: A Decision Making Process Model for box 1 Choices at DuPont for Invention, Entrepreneurship, and Growth," by Gaurab Bhardwaj, and submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Katz Graduate School of Business, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, 2000

"Work Environment Network study at DuPont over the past 200 box 1 years," by Linda C. Attix, DuPont External Affairs, 1997 Scope and Contents note

includes information on women and blacks on the workforce, employee relations and 1906 Brandywine Mills strike

Presentation by Parry M. Norling, Planning Director, DuPont box 1 Central Research and Development, Wilmington, DE, undated

"Green Chemistry: What's Possible? A Lot!" by Joseph A. Miller, University of Colorado Campus, Boulder, Colorado, 2001 June

Dr. Joseph Miller and Dr. Ed Wasserman, "From Science to the Market place: A DuPont Perspective," International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, 2000 December

Sales Department Bulletin #172: Ways to cut costs, including box 1 cutting out taxi and livery fares by walking, 1921 April 12

Elmer Keiser Bolton biography, chemist at DuPont, 1915-1951 box 1

Theodore L. Cairns, 1914-1994, A Biographical Memoir by Blaine box 1 C. McKusick, National Academy of Sciences, 1998

Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr., A Biographical Memoir by John D. box 1 Roberts & John W. Collette, National Academy of Sciences, 1998

Thirty-nine Years (1910-1947) with DuPont by C.C. Ahlum box 1

The Nylon Syndrome: Will the DuPont Company Survive its box 1 Greatest Achievement? by John Kenly Smith Jr. Lehigh University, circa 2002

C.H. Jepson presentation charts: DuPont Company, New Product box 1 Introductions, Polymer Products Department, C.H.Jepson, 1980 April 11

Extract copy from a Delaware Today publication article, "The Best box 1 & the Brightest" (Super Scientists), 1985 October1986 April 17 Scope and Contents note

Feature articles: "PET A Global Perspective," by Nathaniel C. Wyeth, DuPont retiree, Polymer News; and "PET A Global Perspective, remarks of Nathaniel Wyeth, to American Chemical Society, New York, NY"

New Economy presentation slides by unknown author, 1995 box 1

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"Technology and Social Change," Carnegie Mellon University, 1993 box 1 June 15

"The Evolution of DuPont's Corporate Values," by Dr. Beth Haslett, box 1 a research report for Work Force Partnering, 1993 March 5

"History of Toughened Engineering ," by Bennett N. box 1 Epstein, National Plastics Exposition presentation, Chicago, IL, 1985 June 18

"DuPont, A History of Diversification in Chemicals," by Alton J. box 1 Dahl, Planning Director, Corporate Research and Development, undated

Script of film with James Q. du Pont, undated box 1

A paper presented at the Experimental Station, "The Big Picture in box 1 Industrial Research: or Why Isn't Industrial Research What it Used to Be?" by David A. Hounshell, Luce Professor of History, undated

David A. Hounshell - cover letter & article, "Interpreting the History box 1 of Industrial Research and Development: the Case of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company", 1990

David A. Hounshell - Abstract from the book Science and Corporate box 1 Strategy DuPont Research and Development 1902 1980 by David Hounshell and John K. Smith, circa 1988 Scope and Contents note

"DuPont Corporate Research and Development Directions, A Historical Perspective for Fibers"

David A. Hounshell - "The Pioneering Spirit," by D.A. Hounshell, box 1 presentation at the Experimental Station, 1986 June 20

David A. Hounshell - "Nylon: An Eyewitness Story," by Joseph box 1 Labovsky (Lab Assistant to Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, Inventor of Nylon), along with, transcript of an interview conducted by John K. Smith, 1996 July 24

David A. Hounshell - "A Study of DuPont Management," proposed box 1 history document by Alfred Chandler, Charles Cheape, and Glenn Porter, 1985 Scope and Contents note

The company decided not to proceed. Contains photos of company management.

David A. Hounshell - American Chemical Society publication, "The box 1 First Nylon Plant: DuPont Seaford, Delaware 1939", 1995 October 26

David A. Hounshell - "Perspectives on Innovation in DuPont," by box 1 R.H. Tait, 1992 February 6

David A. Hounshell - "New Venture Development," Development box 1 Department Serial No S-2970, 1970 October 15 - Page 7- Parry Norling collection of DuPont Company records 2510

DuPont Management Bulletin,Vol. 9 No. 2/1980, "The Outlook for box 1 DuPont," by Robert J. Richardson, Sr. V.P.

DuPont Management Bulletin, Vol. 6 No. 5/Sept.-Oct. 1977, box 1 "DuPont Research and Development Today"

"Another Look at Management by Objective," by A. Mac Lachlan box 1 and Staff, Chemicals & Pigments Department, 1981 September 8

Research and Development Division Mission, Industrial Chemicals box 1 Department, 1973 August 20

"Managing Technology in a Competitive World," talk for A. Mac box 1 Lachlan's trip to China, 1991 April

"DuPont Gets an Overhaul," Chemical & Engineering News article, box 1 2002 April 15 Scope and Contents note

CEO Holliday and Chief Science & Technology Officer Connelly look to DuPont's next 200 years

Poster for talk by Faith Wohl, President, Child Care Action box 1 Campaign, DuPont Country Club, 2002 October 4

"DuPont's World-Class Manufacturing," presentation to the Ad Hoc box 1 Committee by A.T. Kearney, 1990 February 3

Prospective of PhD's interviewed by DuPont Personnel Division, box 2 1940 Scope and Contents note

contains photographs and facts on PhDs from various universities

Aerospace Enterprise,"Networking In The Aerospace Industry," box 2 Second Technology Networking Workshop, 1992 November 13

Business and Operations Modeling Network, Information Exchange, box 2 outlines of presentations and authors, 1992 November 10

"History, Activities and Accomplishments of Fundamental Research box 2 in the Chemical Department of the DuPont Company 1926-1939 Inclusive," prepared by L.G. Wise and N.G. Fisher, 1940 August 14

DuPont Corporate Maintenance Leadership Team, Overview with box 2 Team Progress Reports, 1993 July

"The Struggle of Managing Research and Development in a box 2 Decentralized Corporation: The Case of DuPont," by David Hounshell, 1988 January 111989 February 25

Research and Development materials regarding "Study of Factors box 2 Contributing to Success or Failure of Research and Development Programs," from P.M. Norling, Laboratory Director, 1981

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Correspondence between Parry Norling and Gaurab Bhardwaj on box 2 article "Monsantos March into Biotechnology", 2000

Parry Norling correspondence with copies of earlier reports, 1994 box 2

"Science and Corporate Strategy: A Bibliometric Update of box 2 Hounshell and Smith," by G.S. McMillan and Diana Hicks, 1998

Ivan Maxwell Robinson, Oral History, Chemical Heritage box 2 Foundation, 2001 January Scope and Contents note

Robinson received Lavoisier Medal for Technical Achievement in 2000

Herbert S. Eleuterio, Oral History from Chemical Heritage box 2 Foundation, 2000 February Scope and Contents note

Eleuterios final project was to help DuPont globalize corporate R&D

"DuPont Innovation Audit," by Pinchot & Company, 1986 January box 2

Book of Trends, Technical Plans, DuPont Fibers Department, 1988 box 2

DuPonts Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Industrial Medicine box 2 50th Anniversary Publication,"Fifty Years of Research and Service" (Celebrate the Vision), 1985

Chemical Department Annual Reports, 1936-1938 box 2

"Work Done at the Experimental Station on " (summary box 2 report), 1936 December-1937 May

Summary Report - Fundamental Research Division, 1935 July-1936 box 2 June

Nylon - " 'A' Bonus: A Discussion of the Important Process box 2 Contributions, an Appraisal of Their Value with Respect to the Development as a Whole, and an Evaluation of the Individual Contributions Made to Each Process Elements," by C.H. Greenewalt, 1941 June 11

DuPont Facts Book, No.2, issued to C.H. Greenewalt, 1950 box 2 March1960 March

Wall sign inscribed: "DuPont FABRICATED PRODUCTS box OS-3 DEPARTMENT"

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