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Title: Interview with Mary Braden Jackson, 1986 July 13 [audio]
Date(s): 1986-07-13
Contributor(s): Jackson, Mary Braden (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Jackson's second interview describes Sam Frizzell's store, the du Pont family as landlords, Christmas and Thanksgiving traditions, and Easter and Fourth of July parties, Mrs. Crowninshield's Willing Workers, the library at Christ Church, and daily life along the Brandywine. She also describes the 100th and 150th anniversary celebrations of the DuPont company in detail.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_9513_jackson_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1987 April 4 [audio]
Date(s): 1987-04-21
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Hayward describes Christmas traditions along the Brandywine, including decorations, foods prepared, and gifts received. She also describes family life during her early childhood, including daily life, clothing, and her doll collection.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92413_hayward_part5
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Martin Dillon, 1969 July 28 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1969-07-28
Contributor(s): Dillon, Martin (interviewee), Pizor, Faith (interviewer), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer)
Description: Dillon describes in detail the process of hauling willows, including cutting them down, peeling them, tools and techniques used, and caring for the horses. He also describes farm life at the turn of the century, including the business aspect of farming.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7913_Dillon_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ferdinand D. Bickel, 1959 February 27 [audio]
Date(s): 1959-02-27
Contributor(s): Bickel, Ferdinand D. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Bickel details different developments in the explosives industry, including the development of Duco and Nitramon, the company's explosives training, the DuPont Company culture, and the relationship between branches of the overall organization. He ultimately transferred back to Wilmington in 1944.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_71913_Bickel_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Henry Miller, 1984 February 16 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-02-16
Contributor(s): Miller, William Henry (interviewee), Wagner, Betty (interviewer)
Description: Miller describes a detailed history of his family and how they came to America and began working for the DuPont Company. He also describes his father's childhood along the Brandywine in Henry Clay, including how the children would entertain themselves, and his relationship with Alfred I. du Pont.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112613_miller_w
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Benjamin F. Foster, 1964 February 24 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1964-02-26?, 1964-02-26, 1964-02-24?, 1964-02-24
Contributor(s): Foster, Benjamin F. (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Gibson, George Horner, 1932- (interviewer)
Description: Foster describes his working career at DuPont, including the various plants in which he worked, the installation of electrical lighting, engineering work, salaries and wages, and transferring to South America. He also describes the establishment of the Hotel du Pont, the building of homes for various du Pont family members, 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_82213_Foster_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Michael Munroe, 1969 July 9 [audio]
Date(s): 1969-07-09
Contributor(s): Munroe, Michael (interviewee), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer)
Description: Munroe describes his typical workdays, including how he got to work, how he set up the rolls, the kind of iron used, the death of Joseph Stewart in a work accident, and life in Wilmington. He also talks about the closure of Lobdell.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_8813_Munroe
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William T. Cloud, 1958 April 7 [audio](part 3)
Date(s): 1958-04-07
Contributor(s): Cloud, William T. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Cloud describes T. Coleman du Pont's road project in Sussex County, including interactions with the farmers; the political climate of the early 1900s in Delaware; the function of the byproducts section; and the dynamics, exports, and events at the Wayne Black Powder Mills and the Brandywine Plant.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_62513_cloud_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Daniel Toomey, 1969 August 7 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1969-08-07
Contributor(s): Toomey, Daniel (interviewee), Pizor, Faith (interviewer), Scafidi, John (interviewer)
Description: Toomey describes the house and the neighborhood in which he was born, transportation in the early twentieth century, holiday celebrations, healthcare, and daily life growing up.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_022614_toomey_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1984 February 16 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-02-16
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Hayward describes the Charles I. du Pont house and her bedroom in detail. Her interview also details the springhouse, doing the laundry, her father's violin hobby, and gardening.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92313_hayward_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1983 August 23 [audio]
Date(s): 1983-08-23
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Hayward describes the chores her family members performed, her education, typical pastimes and amusements, the layout of the villages, some explosions, and Christmas traditions.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92313_hayward_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Arthur Sykes, 1984 March 8 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-03-08
Contributor(s): Sykes, Arthur Adley (interviewee), Bond, James (interviewer)
Description: Sykes recounts his working career at DuPont, including explosions. He also describes his childhood along the Brandywine, including swimming in the creek, golfing, going to the movies, daily chores, shopping, He reminisces about the Prohibition period as well as members of the du Pont family.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112713_sykes_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1989 January 18 [audio]
Date(s): 1989-01-18
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Julian, Martha (interviewer), Hanrahan, Maureen (interviewer)
Description: Hayward discusses laundry day growing up, medical care, trips into the city, and her impressions of the du Pont family.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92413_hayward_part6
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

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