Inventor Name
Tompkins, Daniel Augustus
Repository
Duke University
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Durham, NC 27708-0185
919-660-5822
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/
Physical Description
6,432 items
Summary
Letters and papers relating to Tompkins’ work in Pennsylvania steel industry, specifically with the Bethlehem Iron Works, his career as an industrial engineer in North Carolina, his personal life, and his activities as co-owner of the Charlotte Observer and his disputes with the editor, J.C. Hemphill, his patents and inventions, his business activities, and involvement with textile, brick and other industries. Includes letters and stockholders minute book of the D.A. Tompkins Company.
