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Title: Interview with Frederick K. Reybold, 1968 August 8 [audio]
Date(s): 1968-08-08
Contributor(s): Reybold, Frederick K. (interviewee), Pizor, Faith (interviewer), Scafidi, John (interviewer)
Description: Reybold describes treating politics in journalism, interviewing Grover Cleveland, the newspaper business in Wilmington, and his impressions of T. Coleman du Pont and Alfred I. du Pont, and his resignation after being told not to report A.I. du Pont's divorce case. He the construction of the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_71613_Reybold
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Albert Rider "Slick" Ely, 1988 September 24 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1988-09-24
Contributor(s): Ely, Albert Rider (interviewee), Benjamin, Joan (interviewer)
Description: Ely primarily focuses on ballistic pendulums and other gun powder testing devices. He also discusses in detail how black powder was manufactured as well as the properties of dynamite, and he gives his take on the eventual exit of the DuPont Company from this area. He recounts a few stories from his work in this department.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12613_ely_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Joseph and Mary Todd Kauss, 1981 February 17 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1981-02-17
Contributor(s): Kauss, Mary Todd (interviewee), Kauss, Joseph B. (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: The Kausses discuss general daily life growing up along the Brandywine, including schooling, childhood pastimes, transportation, daily chores, vacationing in Atlantic City, holiday and wedding traditions, typical food and dress, and various possessions in the homes. Mr. Kauss also discusses his working career for DuPont.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_103013_kauss_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with George Macklem, 1984 April 13 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-04-13
Contributor(s): Macklem, George Andrew (interviewee), Frazier, Chris (interviewer)
Description: Macklem describes visiting his grandmother in Henry Clay Village, his family history, local businesses around Hagley, and the city of Wilmington during the early twentieth century.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92413_macklem
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Donald Hallam, 1980 September 2 [audio]
Date(s): 1980-09-02
Contributor(s): Hallam, Donald G. (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Hallam describes his father's childhood along the Brandywine at Bancroft Mills, including entertainment, pranks, and chores. He describes the house in which his father grew up in detail. His mother also recounts working for Bancroft during the war. Hallam describes his own childhood growing up in Wilmington.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_102413_hallam
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Edward B. Cheney, 1958 June 5 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1958-06-05
Contributor(s): Cheney, Edward B. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Cheney describes the neighborhoods at Squirrel Run and Wagoner's Row and the families who lived there. He describes how the du Pont family arranged for his brother to learn Greek because it interested him. He also notes how conflicts were resolved among workers and their families. He also includes poems about his childhood. His interview details his education, interactions with du Pont family members, including Mrs. Crowninshield and her Sunday School class, an accident concerning his brother...
Show moreCheney describes the neighborhoods at Squirrel Run and Wagoner's Row and the families who lived there. He describes how the du Pont family arranged for his brother to learn Greek because it interested him. He also notes how conflicts were resolved among workers and their families. He also includes poems about his childhood. His interview details his education, interactions with du Pont family members, including Mrs. Crowninshield and her Sunday School class, an accident concerning his brother George, and his later career with the company.
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Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7513_Cheney_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Hetherton, 1985 February 28 [audio]
Date(s): 1985-02-28
Contributor(s): Hetherton, William J. (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Hetherton describes life in the village, including daily chores, fishing in the Brandywine, local businesses, and Wilmington in the early twentieth century.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_9613_hetherton
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Edgar Dill Peoples, 1988 April 2 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1988-04-02
Contributor(s): Peoples, Edgar Dill (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Peoples describes his childhood along the Brandywine, including his family history and how his parents met, daily chores, cooking and gardening, games that the children would play, and typical dress. He also describes the social aspect of life at the yards, including the Swamp Lily Club and the Hagley Community House as well as Christ Church.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112713_peoples_e_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Jennie Sicco Leto, 1983 May 25 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1983-05-25
Contributor(s): Leto, Jennie Sicco (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Leto describes the layout of the various villages along the Brandywine, anecdotes about the neighbors, and daily life during her childhood.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_11113_leto_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with E.G. Ackart, 1961 September 14 [audio]
Date(s): 1961-09-14
Contributor(s): Ackart, E. G. (Everett Gunner), 1881-1980 (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: E.G. Ackart recounts his working career at DuPont in his interview. He discusses anecdotes from high school, differences in working for DuPont vs. other companies, the Barksdale plant, and the structure of the engineering department and its consolidation in 1916. He also describes the company during wartime, his various colleagues throughout his working career, the development of industrial engineering, and the relationship between DuPont and General Motors. He also discusses the development...
Show moreE.G. Ackart recounts his working career at DuPont in his interview. He discusses anecdotes from high school, differences in working for DuPont vs. other companies, the Barksdale plant, and the structure of the engineering department and its consolidation in 1916. He also describes the company during wartime, his various colleagues throughout his working career, the development of industrial engineering, and the relationship between DuPont and General Motors. He also discusses the development of nylon, rayon, and other important materials, including how DuPont's chemists and physicists utilized ideas they found working abroad to create them. He recounts building new plants and his interactions with members of the du Pont family.
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Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_82613_Ackart
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Dr. Margaret Seitz, 1984 June 11 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-06-11
Contributor(s): Seitz, Margaret (interviewee), Frazier, Chris (interviewer)
Description: Seitz describes her family's history working in the powder mills, her sisters' relationships with members of the du Pont family, her family's home, Christmas celebrations, and her father's childhood.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_103013_seitz
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Edward B. Cheney, 1958 June 5 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1958-06-05
Contributor(s): Cheney, Edward B. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Cheney describes the neighborhoods at Squirrel Run and Wagoner's Row and the families who lived there. He describes how the du Pont family arranged for his brother to learn Greek because it interested him. He also notes how conflicts were resolved among workers and their families. He also includes poems about his childhood. His interview details his education, interactions with du Pont family members, including Mrs. Crowninshield and her Sunday School class, an accident concerning his brother...
Show moreCheney describes the neighborhoods at Squirrel Run and Wagoner's Row and the families who lived there. He describes how the du Pont family arranged for his brother to learn Greek because it interested him. He also notes how conflicts were resolved among workers and their families. He also includes poems about his childhood. His interview details his education, interactions with du Pont family members, including Mrs. Crowninshield and her Sunday School class, an accident concerning his brother George, and his later career with the company.
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Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7513_Cheney_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Frederick Lynch, 1956 October 5 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1956-10-05
Contributor(s): Lynch, William Frederick (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Lynch describes the opening of the Experimental Station, explosions that occurred during his working career, his job responsibilities, and his work on the volunteer fire company. He also discusses the company during World War I and his impressions of du Pont family members.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_72213_Lynch_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Eleanor Kane, 1984 February 21 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-02-21
Contributor(s): Kane, Eleanor (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Kane describes her family history and her grandparents' home in detail, including the interior, backyard and garden, and their neighbors, the Seitz family. She describes her mother's childhood as well as her own childhood visiting her grandparents, including transportation, wedding traditions, and her grandfather's illness during his working career.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92013_kane
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Les Mathewson, 1976 September 3 [audio](part 3)
Date(s): 1976-09-03
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer)
Description: Mathewson describes stone quarrying work in detail, including the process, tools, and his various job responsibilities. He also discusses his time working in the hydroelectric plant.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112513_mathewson_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Edward B. Cheney, 1958 June 13 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1958-06-13
Contributor(s): Cheney, Edward B. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Cheney describes the neighborhoods at Squirrel Run and Wagoner's Row and the families who lived there. He describes how the du Pont family arranged for his brother to learn Greek because it interested him. He also notes how conflicts were resolved among workers and their families. He also includes poems about his childhood. His interview details his education, interactions with du Pont family members, including Mrs. Crowninshield and her Sunday School class, an accident concerning his brother...
Show moreCheney describes the neighborhoods at Squirrel Run and Wagoner's Row and the families who lived there. He describes how the du Pont family arranged for his brother to learn Greek because it interested him. He also notes how conflicts were resolved among workers and their families. He also includes poems about his childhood. His interview details his education, interactions with du Pont family members, including Mrs. Crowninshield and her Sunday School class, an accident concerning his brother George, and his later career with the company.
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Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7813_Cheney_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with John E. Krauss, 1958 May 14 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1958-05-14
Contributor(s): Krauss, John E. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Krauss describes his father's working career, including an incident in which Mr. Krauss asked Mr. Francis G. du Pont not to smoke a cigar near the powder mill. His interview describes his childhood at Squirrel Run, including his education at A.I. du Pont School, his summer jobs in the mill at Hagley, his impressions of du Pont family members, and his later working career at DuPont.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_71013_Krauss_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Ball "Billy" Montgomery, 1988 April 29 [audio]
Date(s): 1988-04-29
Contributor(s): Montgomery, William Ball (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Montgomery discusses informal musical groups, summer pastimes along the Brandywine, typical smoking habits, and various possessions the family owned. He also describes what courtships were like, funerals and wakes, and relationships with his family.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112613_montgomery_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Robert E. Pyle Sr., 1958 October 27 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1958-10-27
Contributor(s): Pyle, Robert E. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Pyle describes his childhood and education in Wilmington, the interview that got him his job, his work in the smokeless powder plant at Hopewell, his salary, various explosions, and his working career at DuPont.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7513_Pyle_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with George Washington Jones, 1984 April 17 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-04-17
Contributor(s): Jones, George Washington (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Jones describes various chores he did around the house and his job caddying at the Wilmington Country Club, games the children played, his hobby of painting, and his schooling and education. He also describes Halloween traditions, parades, picnics, neighborhood bullies, healthcare, and general daily life.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_83013_gwjones_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Craven Jr., 1986 June 11 [audio]
Date(s): 1986-06-11
Contributor(s): Craven, William E. (William Edward), Jr., 1926-2019 (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer)
Description: Craven describes the significance of various artifacts and photographs. He also details swimming and playing in the summer time, various stories about the neighbors, what happened to certain buildings after the mill closed, home improvement projects, and his family's history in Ireland. He recounts different stories attributed to each house in Free Park.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_91913_craven_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with J. Edgar Rhoads, 1969 January 31 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1969-01-31
Contributor(s): Rhoads, J. Edgar (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer)
Description: Rhoads describes the emigration of his family from England to America to begin a tannery in 1702. He describes his family's business, including the movement from tanning to leather, as well as other ventures, and the expansion of the business to include other family members. He details the process of making leather and the relationship of the company with other area companies, including DuPont. He also describes his childhood in Wilmington and other towns where his family moved, his Quaker...
Show moreRhoads describes the emigration of his family from England to America to begin a tannery in 1702. He describes his family's business, including the movement from tanning to leather, as well as other ventures, and the expansion of the business to include other family members. He details the process of making leather and the relationship of the company with other area companies, including DuPont. He also describes his childhood in Wilmington and other towns where his family moved, his Quaker faith and missionary work, and family affairs. Rhoads also discusses his education and his entrance into the family business, as well as the state of the company during World War I.
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Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_8913_Rhoads_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1964 April 3 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1964-04-03
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Gibson, George Horner, 1932- (interviewer)
Description: Cheney describes the family home in detail, taking the trolley into town, how the family used heat, gas, and drinking water, her interactions with members of the du Pont family, and various ways that the children would entertain themselves.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7813_Cheney_C_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Agnes Quinn [audio]
Date(s): 1968-05-28
Contributor(s): Quinn, Agnes (interviewee)
Description: Quinn describes prohibition in Wilmington, shopping and making textiles, her relationship with her grandmother, the layout of the neighborhood, social activities at Breck's Mill, floods along the Brandywine, and running her tavern. She also describes Christmas traditions along the Brandywine, including attending church at dawn at St. Joseph's on the Brandywine, the decoration of the tree, sledding, and gifts received.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_102413_quinn
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Eugene Bruno, 1984 June 11 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-06-11
Contributor(s): Bruno, Eugene (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Bruno's second interview goes into greater detail about his early childhood at Hagley. He describes details such as his father's winemaking hobby, his mother's housework and food storage, and traditions and customs observed by workers' families at Squirrel Run.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92013_bruno_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

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