Eugene du Pont Jr. papers 2656
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Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Eugene du Pont Jr. papers 2656
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Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 4 Arrangement ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 5 Controlled Access Headings ...... 5 Collection Inventory ...... 5
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Summary Information
Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Creator: Du Pont, Eugene, 1873-1954 Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Title: Eugene du Pont Jr. papers ID: 2656 Date [inclusive]: 1811-1957 Physical Description: 1 Linear Foot Language of the English . Material: Abstract: Eugene du Pont Jr. (1873-1954) was a director of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1917 until 1954, and a great grandson of company founder, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834). The papers of Eugene du Pont Jr. include reports to the DuPont Company Board of Directors by the executive committee and the treasurer of the DuPont Company. In addition, there are several copies of letters to du Pont family members.
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Biographical
Eugene du Pont Jr. (1873-1954) was a director of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1917 until 1954, and a great grandson of company founder, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834). Eugene du Pont Jr. was born July 7, 1873 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was the son of Eugene E. du Pont (1840-1902) and Amelia Elizabeth du Pont (1842-1917). Eugene E. du Pont was the president of the DuPont Company from 1889 until his death in 1902.
Eugene du Pont Jr. attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, from 1888 until 1892, and later Brown and Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1892 to 1893. In 1897, he received a degree from Harvard University. Not long after graduation, du Pont joined the DuPont Company as assistant to the president in the administrative office. After the death of his father and company president in 1902, he was named assistant director of sales for the E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company in January 1903, a subsidiary of the DuPont Company. As assistant director of sales, du Pont traveled extensively for fifteen years to increase the sales of explosives in the central west. In February 1913, he took a leave of absence from the company and resigned five months later. He was elected a director
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He was also a director of the Equitable Security Trust Company in Wilmington, and held memberships in various societies and clubs, including the Sons of the American Revolution, Wilmington Club, DuPont Country Club, Aurora Gun Club, Woodmont Rod and Gun Club, and several others. In January 1913, he married Ethel Pyle (1881-1954) of Wilmington and had four children, one of whom, Ethel du Pont Roosevelt-Warren (1916–1965), married Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (1914–1988) in 1937. Eugene E. du Pont Jr. died December 15, 1954.
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Scope and Content
The Eugene du Pont Jr. papers consist mainly of reports to the Board of Directors of the DuPont Company from the years 1919 through 1925. The reports were delivered to Eugene du Pont by the Executive Committee and Treasurer of the Board. Of note is a file on DuPont Co. executive committee compensation and a file discussing the DuPont Co. pension and benefit plan. Also included in the collection are copies of several letters to Henry du Pont from relative Catherine, as well as reference to Eugene's board position with Phillips Petroleum. There are also some article reprints from the American Dyes Institute, and a undated Wilmington train schedule from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
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Arrangement
Records among Eugene du Pont Jr.'s papers are arranged chronologically.
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Manuscripts and Archives
PO Box 3630 - Page 4- Eugene du Pont Jr. papers 2656 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library
Access Restrictions This collection is open for research.
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Related Materials
Related Material Euegene du Pont Jr. family miscellany (Accession 0207), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
Eugene du Pont Jr. papers (Accession 1599), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
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Controlled Access Headings
• Financial statements • Executives. • Boards of directors • Reports • Chemical industry • Du Pont family
Collection Inventory
Title/Description Instances Copies of letters and news articles about the du Pont family. Letters box 1 folder 1 sent by Catherine to Henry du Pont, 1811-1887
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Copy of a list of workers at the powder yards in 1835, sent from box 1 folder 2 Catherine at Old Hall Farm to Eugene in 1952, 1835 September
Blank forms for lease agreements, 1905 box 1 folder 3
List of expenses for painting Eugene duPont's dairy farm from box 1 folder 4 Bamberger and Robbins contracting painter (3 copies), 1919 August
Reports to Board of Directors of the DuPont Company from box 1 folder 5-38 Executive Committee and Treasurer, 1919-1925
American Dyes Institute reprints, 1921 January-March box 1 folder 39
"Chemical Development is America's Greatest Need" from Oils, box 1 folder 40 Paint & Drugs Reporter, 1921 February
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Preview, undated box 1 folder 41
DuPont Promotion News Bulletin "The Fifteenth Annual National box 1 folder 42 Game Conference" , 1928 November
The Shield Phillips petroleum newsletter, 1935 April-May box 1 folder 43
Phillips Board of Directors' visit to Kansas City refinery, 1941 April box 1 folder 44
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad schedules from Wilmington, Delaware, box 1 folder 45 undated
Executive compensation, 1957 April box 1 folder 46
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