The Seaford Nylon Plant was the centerpiece of Seaford, Delaware for many years, this included the production of the factory newsletter, The Threadline.  Contained within this collection, the newsletter documents the day to day lives of the factory workers, 1938-2002. This included, company picnics, bowling nights, fox hunts, and special events in staff members lives. It even includes poems and paintings by staff. In the Threadline’s combined 54 year run, in addition to employee life, it covered the expansion, and problems of the Nylon factory. The Threadline also shows how Seaford employees where treated. DuPont would reward company service with company made products and service emblems, even producing booklets to show said rewards.  

The DuPont Corporation has its roots in 1802 Delaware. Its original product was gunpowder but quickly expanded to other fields including nylon. In 1939, the Seaford Nylon Plant, a division of the DuPont Corporation, opened in Seaford, Delaware. It produced a wide arrangement of nylon products, including: parachutes, carpets, fabrics, and nylon stockings. During the factory’s existence, it produced a staff newsletter titled, The Threadline. Beginning in 1941, the Threadline kept employees up to date on important factory information, to inform staff about, outreach programs, company events, safety information, company milestones, and employee milestones. These milestones include birthdays, and years of service. At its height, Seaford was coined the “Nylon Capitol of the World.” As the factory slowed production, so did the newsletter.  From 1993-2001 the paper shut down, with the final issue produced in 2002.

Citations: Admin. "Innovation Starts Here | DuPont USA." DuPont. Accessed October 16, 2017. http://www.dupont.com/corporate-functions/our-company/dupont-history.html.

The Seaford Nylon Plant was the centerpiece of Seaford, Delaware for many years, this included the production of the factory newsletter, The Threadline.  Contained within this collection, the newsletter documents the day to day lives of the factory workers, 1938-2002. This included, company picnics, bowling nights, fox hunts, and special events in staff members lives. It even includes poems and paintings by staff. In the Threadline’s combined 54 year run, in addition to employee life, it covered the expansion, and problems of the Nylon factory. The Threadline also shows how Seaford employees where treated. DuPont would reward company service with company made products and service emblems, even producing booklets to show said rewards.  

The Threadline is arranged chronologically and by publication size. Small print Threadline’s are located in box 1 and physically larger publications are located in in boxes 2-3. Items related to the Threadline are organized by size and relevance to paper.

The Threadline ran uninterrupted from 1941-1993 with a break from 1994-2000. Publishing started up again in 2001, and production ceased in 2002.