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Title: Interview with Thomas E. Doremus, 1958 January 10 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1958-01-10
Contributor(s): Doremus, Thomas E. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Doremus describes in detail his father and grandfather's powder mill business, his meeting with Mr. T. Coleman du Pont and the Remingtom Arms Company in New York City, his role in the development of the DuPont trademarked oval, the role of the company in World War I, the relationship of Annie Oakley to DuPont, his job in China, his impressions of various du Pont family members, and his world travels.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_71713_Doremus_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Edward B. Cheney, 1958 June 13 [audio](part 1)
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_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Maurice du Pont Lee, 1969 February 6-7 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1969-02-06
Contributor(s): Lee, Maurice du Pont (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer)
Description: Lee describes his high school and college education in detail, the influence of his cousin Louis Cazenove on his interest in engineering, his work for the company in Hannibal, Missouri, various explosions, his work in smokeless powder and the expansion of Carney's Point, his move from explosives to dye stuffs, and the company's international dealings during World War I. Lee also describes his family, including his mother, Alfred I. du Pont, Lee's role in helping his cousins gain their...
Show moreLee describes his high school and college education in detail, the influence of his cousin Louis Cazenove on his interest in engineering, his work for the company in Hannibal, Missouri, various explosions, his work in smokeless powder and the expansion of Carney's Point, his move from explosives to dye stuffs, and the company's international dealings during World War I. Lee also describes his family, including his mother, Alfred I. du Pont, Lee's role in helping his cousins gain their inheritance, and various family members' leadership qualities. Furthermore, he discusses the building of A.I. du Pont hospital and interactions with his coworkers.
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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_81313_Dupont_Lee_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: John M. Johnson and Franklin Hanway, 1969 August 26 [audio]
Date(s): 1969-08-26
Contributor(s): Hanway, Franklin (interviewee), Johnson, John M. (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer)
Description: Johnson and Hanway discuss why Mr. du Pont bought the estate, the farming operations at Longwood, the development of the Italian water gardens, work benefits, and various interactions with 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_012014_hanway_johnson
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Elizabeth Beacom, 1967 May 29 [audio]
Date(s): 1967-05-29
Contributor(s): Beacom, Elizabeth (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer)
Description: Ms. Beacom recounts details about her father's work, life in Squirrel Run, an 1890 explosion, memories of Louise Crowninshield, and her own education and career which included work as Mrs. Crowninshield's secretary.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7913_Beacom
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1984 November 27 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-11-27
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Hayward describes daily living along the Brandywine, including canning, grocery shopping, gardening, her schooling, and chores. She gives a tour of her home from memory. She also describes attending church on Sunday, holiday celebrations, funerals, medical care, and various possessions that the family owned.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92413_hayward_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Albert Rider "Slick" Ely, 1988 December 6 [audio]
Date(s): 1988-12-06
Contributor(s): Ely, Albert Rider (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer)
Description: Ely discusses traveling around for work through his sales position, establishing Kenvil as a research and development laboratory, the development and use of the ballistic pendulum, his earlier career with Hercules, his impressions of du Pont family members, and the use of the friction testing device. He also touches on the company's safety measures as well as using lathes in the workplace.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12613_ely_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Jane "Jenny" Toomey, 1985 February 12 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1985-02-12
Contributor(s): Toomey, Jane M. (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Toomey describes her house in Charles Banks, various foods she cooked and baked, relations between Italian and Irish immigrants, and daily chores. Her son, Joe Toomey (b. 1925), also describes his childhood, including mushroom picking, caddying at the DuPont Country Club, raising chickens, and his family's history and immigration from Ireland.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112513_toomey_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Harvey L. Fell, 1968 June 10 [audio]
Date(s): 1968-06-10
Contributor(s): Fell, Harvey L. (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer), Watson, John (interviewer)
Description: Fell describes farming for DuPont in detail, including the amount of workers, the number of barns and buildings, livestock raised, horses that pulled the wagons, sporting and hunting dogs, barn burnings, and farm equipment. He also describes the community along the Brandywine, his impressions of various du Pont family members, and the layout of Wilmington and the powder yard.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_71013_Fell_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Ball "Billy" Montgomery, 1988 June 13 [audio]
Date(s): 1988-06-13
Contributor(s): Montgomery, William Ball (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Montgomery describes the house on Breck's Lane in detail, cooking and chores, sports and pastimes, toys and games, gardening, and other aspects of his childhood along the Brandywine. He also describes birthdays, wakes and funerals, and weddings.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112613_montgomery_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Gamble, 1981 April 24 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1981-04-24
Contributor(s): Gamble, James Elmer (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Gamble recounts various family members and their history. He also describes the layout of the yards, his childhood at Hagley, gardening and chores, his first job at Capo's Drugstore, and his education.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_101713_gamble_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley, Crowninshield Garden gallery

Title: Interview with Maurice du Pont Lee, 1969 February 13-14 [audio](part 4)
Date(s): 1969-02-14
Contributor(s): Lee, Maurice du Pont, 1885-1974 (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith K. (interviewer), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Description: Lee describes his work as the manager of the manufacture of cellophane and rayon, the entrance of DuPont into cellophane, the establishment of a new plant in Virginia, his philanthropic ventures in Wilmington, and the beginning of Alcoholic Anonymous in the company in the 1940s. His interview also details the design and building of the DuPont Country Club. He also discusses his mother's interest in psychic matters, the development of Rodney Square, the construction of I-95 in Wilmington,...
Show moreLee describes his work as the manager of the manufacture of cellophane and rayon, the entrance of DuPont into cellophane, the establishment of a new plant in Virginia, his philanthropic ventures in Wilmington, and the beginning of Alcoholic Anonymous in the company in the 1940s. His interview also details the design and building of the DuPont Country Club. He also discusses his mother's interest in psychic matters, the development of Rodney Square, the construction of I-95 in Wilmington, working in the Office of Civil Defense, and his work on the National Parks Commission.
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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_81313_Dupont_Lee_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William H. Buchanan, 1958 August 7 [audio]
Date(s): 1958-08-07
Contributor(s): Buchanan, William H. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Buchanan's interview touches on many subjects including details of his father's work, his reminisces about home and social life in the community, his memories of Alfred I. du Pont, and details about powder yard explosions.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7913_Buchanan_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ella Fitzharris, 1980 May 5 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1980-05-05
Contributor(s): Fitzharris, Ella (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer), Martin, Carla (interviewer)
Description: Fitzharris discusses life in the Brandywine area including the types of clothing she wore, childhood activities, chores, other topics associated with daily home life, and social activities such as the Fourth of July picnic, weddings, and church gatherings.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10913_fitzharris_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1983 December 19 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1983-12-19
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer)
Description: Cheney gives a detailed description of the houses and neighborhood and how it has changed. She discusses growing up in Free Park, and the various activities in which the children would engage, as well as the garden and her education. Her interview also gives specific details about life in Free Park, including toilet facilities, water sanitation, and waste.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92513_cheney_c_part6
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Hackendorn Sheldrick, 1984 March 28 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-03-28
Contributor(s): Sheldrick, Catherine Hackendorn (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Sheldrick describes childbirth, funerals, children's games and pastimes, and going into Wilmington. She also describes typical clothing, the hot water pump in the village, dances and weddings, and various family possessions.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112013_sheldrick_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Blanche MacAdoo Yetter, 1984 May 30 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-05-30
Contributor(s): Yetter, Blanche MacAdoo (interviewee), Wagner, Betty (interviewer)
Description: Yetter discusses certain subjects at length including the "sand hole", an area close to the du Pont family cemetery, sewing, marriage traditions, gardening, types of clothing and their care, funerals, illnesses, and schooling. Home life and duties such as cleaning and cooking that was recalled in the first interview continues to be discussed.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_111413_yetter_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Cammock, 1984 April 9 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-04-09
Contributor(s): Cammock, James (interviewee), Bond, James (interviewer)
Description: Cammock describes daily life on the Brandywine for families of mill workers; celebrations for the Fourth of July and Memorial Day; and general descriptions of the mills and his home at Breck's Lane.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10713_cammock_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Craven Jr., 1987 July 31 [audio]
Date(s): 1987-07-31
Contributor(s): Craven, William E. (William Edward), Jr., 1926-2019 (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer)
Description: Craven describes the layout of the houses and the neighborhood as well as the significance of certain artifacts from his childhood. He also details his grandfather's friendship with Alfred I. du Pont and the family's history and immigration from Ireland.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_91913_craven_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Blanche MacAdoo Yetter, 1984 April 3 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-04-03
Contributor(s): Yetter, Blanche MacAdoo (interviewee), Wagner, Betty (interviewer)
Description: Yetter discusses about homes and families in Squirrel Run. The interview is primarily concerned with daily life including cooking, cleaning, habits, and maintenance work. Types of social activities and customs are also discussed, as well as Mrs. Yetter's memories of explosions, and her life after leaving Squirrel Run.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_111413_yetter_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Gamble, 1981 April 24 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1981-04-24
Contributor(s): Gamble, James Elmer (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Gamble recounts various family members and their history. He also describes the layout of the yards, his childhood at Hagley, gardening and chores, his first job at Capo's Drugstore, and his education.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_101713_gamble_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Thomas Dunlop, 1984 April 30 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-04-30
Contributor(s): Dunlop, Thomas (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Dunlop discusses playing baseball with the Hagley team, entertainments and pastimes of the children, transportation, the layout of the villages along the Brandywine, and daily chores.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10113_dunlop_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Kindbeiter, 1984 April 13 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-04-13
Contributor(s): Kindbeiter, James (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Kindbeiter describes Christmas traditions, the introduction of electricity, various pranks the children would play, saloons and businesses in the community, and various anecdotes about community members and du Pont family members. He also talks about his working career at the Experimental Station, including his mentor Leon Lloyd.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_102513_kindbeiter_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Lloyd and Anna Baird Lloyd, 1988 June 8 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1988-06-08
Contributor(s): Lloyd, William (interviewee), Lloyd, Anna Baird (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Willliam Lloyd and Anna Baird Lloyd describe their childhoods growing up along the Brandywine, including fishing in the creek and skating in the winter, their families and anecdotes relating to them, childhood pastimes and amusements, memories of explosions, cooking and chores, and working conditions in the powder yards. They also describe local businesses, prices for everyday items, and holiday traditions.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_111213_lloyd_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Mary Braden Jackson, 1986 September 14 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1986-09-14
Contributor(s): Jackson, Mary Braden (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Jackson's fourth interview describes the Stewart House, typical preparations for babies, christening celebrations, the girls' baseball team, how women curled and colored their hair, superstitions, transportation, and music lessons on the organ. She also describes who her friends were and various possessions in her house growing up.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_9613_jackson_part7
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

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