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Title: Interview with Herbert James Devenney, 1984 March 15 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-03-15
Contributor(s): Devenney, Herbert (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Devenney describes the daily life of the children in the village, including mealtime habits, playing sports on various teams throughout Wilmington, and everyday chores.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10213_devenney_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William T. Cloud, 1958 March 31 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1958-03-31
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_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Katherine Kindbeiter Hazzard, 1984 March 21 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-03-21
Contributor(s): Hazzard, Katherine Kindbeiter (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Hazzard describes her childhood, including the house in which she grew up, daily chores, activities and amusements, and her impressions of various du Pont family members. She also discusses her education, various anecdotes about her father and mother, and the candy store her father opened after her lost his legs working for the railroad. She also recounts going into Wilmington for shopping 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_91613_hazzard_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Eugene Bruno, 1984 June 11 [audio](part 2)
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_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Louis J. Robino, 1984 June 21 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-06-21
Contributor(s): Robino, Louis J. (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Robino describes festivities such as weddings and baptisms, as well as holidays. He also discusses day to day life in Squirrel Run, including cooking, interacting with neighbors, cleaning and laundry, and education. He describes local area businesses, including his mother's restaurant. Furthermore, he discusses his family's possessions and home in detail.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12513_robino_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Mrs. James Hammond, 1969 [audio]
Date(s): 1969
Contributor(s): Hammond, Katharin Bradley (Davis), 1910-1992 (interviewee)
Description: Hammond describes her relationship with Mrs. Crowninshield as very close, stating that Mrs. Crowninshield considered Hammond and her children to be like her own children. She recounts various events, including outdoor luncheons and trips with her aunt. She gives a detailed description of Mrs. Crowninshield's personality and interests, including her love for gardening, decorating, and philanthropy. She also describes Mrs. Crowninshield's influence on her as well as people who influenced Mrs....
Show moreHammond describes her relationship with Mrs. Crowninshield as very close, stating that Mrs. Crowninshield considered Hammond and her children to be like her own children. She recounts various events, including outdoor luncheons and trips with her aunt. She gives a detailed description of Mrs. Crowninshield's personality and interests, including her love for gardening, decorating, and philanthropy. She also describes Mrs. Crowninshield's influence on her as well as people who influenced Mrs. Crowninshield.
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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_81613_Hammond
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Philip Dougherty, 1955 January 12 [audio]
Date(s): 1955-01-12
Contributor(s): Dougherty, Philip (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Dougherty recalls what he remembers about his father's and his own work, the homes in the Charles' Banks area near Hagley, explosions in 1889, 1890, and 1898, activities around the Brandywine, and memories of people in the area.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_62713_dougherty_p_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Mary Braden Jackson, 1986 August 17 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1986-08-17
Contributor(s): Jackson, Mary Braden (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Jackson's third interview describes the Squirrel Run house in detail, Tom Toy's tavern and Dugan's tavern, her understanding of the mill workers' job responsibilities, her father's garden, ordering from Larkin's catalog, and typical dress and shoes. She also discusses her working career at Pennsylvania Railroad and dating customs.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_9513_jackson_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Theodore "Ted" Pennock, 1968 August 23 [audio]
Date(s): 1968-08-23
Contributor(s): Pennock, Theodore (interviewee), Ellsworth, Lucius F. (interviewer), Scafidi, John (interviewer)
Description: Pennock discusses learning his trade, his transfer to Hagley for better wages, his working environment at Hagley, and union activity among machine workers.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_82313_Pennock
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Mary Braden Jackson, 1989 January 19 [audio]
Date(s): 1989-01-19
Contributor(s): Jackson, Mary Braden (interviewee), Julian, Martha (interviewer), Hanrahan, Maureen (interviewer)
Description: Jackson's fifth and final interview details the laundry process, how her mother made clothes, and her relationship with her stepmother.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_9613_jackson_part8
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1984 March 26 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-03-26
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Cheney provides details of her life at Free Park, including fear of typhoid in the water supply, delivery of groceries and other items, her sibling dynamic, She details gardening at Hagley, including drying and storing herbs, what kinds of plants were chosen for the garden, different gardening tools, and composting.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92613_cheney_c_part9
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with C. Natalie Rogerro Meriggi, 1984 June 20 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-06-20
Contributor(s): Meriggi, C. Natalie Rogerro (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Meriggi discusses winter pastimes, lacemaking, Christmas traditions, and winemaking. She also discusses cooking, gardening, and herb lore, medical care, the Italian community at Hagley, and her parents' feelings as immigrants. She touches on celebrations, such as holidays and weddings.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_111313_meriggi_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Charles A. Baldo, 1984 July 18 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-07-18
Contributor(s): Baldo, Charles A. (Charles Agustine), 1925-2004 (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Charles A. Baldo continues description of his grandparents' company house in Walker's Banks. This second part of the interview covers Brandywine floods, home remedies for illnesses, camaraderie among the neighbors, and various organizations that his grandparents belonged to, including the Sons of Italy, baseball teams, and St. Joseph's Church. Baldo also discusses his father, who was a chemist at the Experimental Station.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_91913_baldo_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with George Washington Jones, 1985 March 4 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1985-03-04
Contributor(s): Jones, George Washington (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: In the third part of his interview, Jones describes his house and garden in detail, weekend activities, birthdays, wakes, typical dress, different types of wedding receptions, Thanksgiving traditions, typical amusements, and other daily life activities 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_9413_gwjones_part5
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1987 October 2 [audio]
Date(s): 1987-10-02
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer), Wright, Sally (interviewer)
Description: Cheney discusses some of her family's Christmas traditions as well as those of Hagley in general. Moreover, she details childhood memories of everyday life in Free Park, including the games the children played, chores, and various childhood illnesses. Her interview also discusses her teacher training at the University of Delaware and her later teaching career.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92613_cheney_c_part11
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Frank S. MacGregor, 1961 July 21 [audio]
Date(s): 1961-07-21
Contributor(s): MacGregor, Frank S. (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: MacGregor discusses various coworkers with whom he worked, how he began at the company, the development of rayon, interactions between DuPont and various firms, and his responsibilities as control manager. He also describes his work in the paint industry, the company during wartime, why the DuPont company built the Hotel du Pont, and his experiences working abroad in Argentina.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_72513_Macgregor_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Luther D. Reed, 1968 June 6 [audio](part 4)
Date(s): 1968-06-06
Contributor(s): Reed, Luther D. (interviewee), Heacock, Walter J. (interviewer), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Reed describes the Hopewell plant in detail, his job responsibilities regarding labor and payroll, DuPont during World War I and the closure of the Hopewell plant, and the acquisitions of other companies. Reed focuses on his sales, managerial, and personnel work for DuPont. He also describes his experience at the Arlington plant and his eventual promotion to service superintendent at the Rayon Company and later move to Wilmington. He also touches on unionization in the industry.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_82713_Reed_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Stewart Allmond, 1969 June 10 [audio] (part 1)
Date(s): 1969-06-10
Contributor(s): Allmond, William Stewart (interviewee), Scafidi, John (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer)
Description: Allmond's interviews detail the work environment at the Wilmington plant site in the early 1900s until the 1940s; various markets for car wheels; the expansion of the company and acquisition of Morton Poole Company and Nazel Engineering Works; and the effects of the Great Depression on Lobdell, which led to the company's purchase by Walter Lippincott and the United Engineering and Foundry Company in the late 1940s.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7913_Allmond_part1
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 1)
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_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1987 February 3 [audio]
Date(s): 1987-02-03
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer), Wright, Sally (interviewer)
Description: Cheney discusses details of her childhood in Free Park, including the family's canning traditions and chicken coop, how they made their clothing or shopped in Wilmington, parties and events at Hagley Community House, an explosion that injured her foot, and her education, and later teaching career, at Alexis I. du Pont School. Her interview details various Christmas traditions during her childhood, including how the tree was decorated, baking cookies and cakes, gift exchanges, the candy and...
Show moreCheney discusses details of her childhood in Free Park, including the family's canning traditions and chicken coop, how they made their clothing or shopped in Wilmington, parties and events at Hagley Community House, an explosion that injured her foot, and her education, and later teaching career, at Alexis I. du Pont School. Her interview details various Christmas traditions during her childhood, including how the tree was decorated, baking cookies and cakes, gift exchanges, the candy and orange that the children received from Henry Francis du Pont, and how homemade ornaments were created.
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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_92613_cheney_c_part10
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Joe Costello, 1973 April 17 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1973-04-17
Contributor(s): Costello, Joe (interviewee), Ackerman, James B. (interviewer), McKelvey, Howard (interviewer)
Description: Costello describes the various responsibilities of his job, the different jobs that made up the powder yard, and typical wages. He also describes his work in the office and changes throughout the company over the years, most of which have reflected safety concerns.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_8513_costello_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with J. Edgar Rhoads, 1969 February 11 [audio](part 3)
Date(s): 1969-02-11
Contributor(s): Rhoads, J. Edgar (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer)
Description: Rhoads discusses his role in the family business, including price-setting strategies, becoming a partner in 1915, and hiring salesmen and various sales techniques. He also discusses various management practices and organizational skills that he utilized during his time at the business. He touches on United States and international competitors, and he discusses in detail the union movement in the 1930s and the company's relationship with union members. Rhoads also discusses the entrance of...
Show moreRhoads discusses his role in the family business, including price-setting strategies, becoming a partner in 1915, and hiring salesmen and various sales techniques. He also discusses various management practices and organizational skills that he utilized during his time at the business. He touches on United States and international competitors, and he discusses in detail the union movement in the 1930s and the company's relationship with union members. Rhoads also discusses the entrance of nylon into the belt-making business, government revisions on the leather building industry, and the succession of power within 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_8913_Rhoads_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Jasper Crane, 1962 June 21 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1962-06-21
Contributor(s): Crane, Jasper E. (Jasper Elliot), 1881-1969 (interviewee), Battan, Frank L. (Frank Lewis), 1904-1983 (interviewer)
Description: Crane details the management style DuPont brought to the company. He also discusses impacts of various antitrust laws on DuPont. He also describes his experience working abroad, his work on the business advisory committee, and his advice for a happy life.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_82813_Crane_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Vance Mitchell with Joseph Dougherty, 1968 July 12 [audio]
Date(s): 1968-07-12
Contributor(s): Mitchell, Vance (interviewee), Pizor, Faith (interviewer), Penn, Ted (interviewer), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer), Dougherty, Joseph (interviewee)
Description: Mitchell describes his childhood and his parents' hauling business, including hazards of the trade, the introduction of the truck in transportation, and the basic job responsibilities. He also discusses his work at DuPont and at Bethlehem Steel during World War I. He reminisces about an explosion that occurred at Bethlehem Steel, the handling of shells after the end of the war, headaches that occurred from TNT and smokeless powder, and concerns about sabotage. The interview also features...
Show moreMitchell describes his childhood and his parents' hauling business, including hazards of the trade, the introduction of the truck in transportation, and the basic job responsibilities. He also discusses his work at DuPont and at Bethlehem Steel during World War I. He reminisces about an explosion that occurred at Bethlehem Steel, the handling of shells after the end of the war, headaches that occurred from TNT and smokeless powder, and concerns about sabotage. The interview also features commentary from Joseph Dougherty.
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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_7313_Mitchell_Dougherty
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with W. J. Beadle, 1962 June 19 [audio]
Date(s): 1962-06-19
Contributor(s): Beadle, W. J. (Walter Jay), 1896-1988 (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Beadle describes his career with DuPont in the paint operations division, and later the development department and the treasury department. He also describes DuPont's relationship with General Motors, how DuPont acquired different companies and expanded in the 1920s and 1930s, and the motivations of the management, including the trajectory of development within the corporation. He describes the beginnings of DuPont International, his movement to the financial aspect of the business, his...
Show moreBeadle describes his career with DuPont in the paint operations division, and later the development department and the treasury department. He also describes DuPont's relationship with General Motors, how DuPont acquired different companies and expanded in the 1920s and 1930s, and the motivations of the management, including the trajectory of development within the corporation. He describes the beginnings of DuPont International, his movement to the financial aspect of the business, his impressions of du Pont family members, and developing pension and trust plans.
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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_82813_Beadle
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

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