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Title: Interview with John "Jack" Brand, 2008 October 01
Date(s): 2008-10-01
Contributor(s): Brand, John (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Brand's role in engineering at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081001_Brand
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with James "Jim" Dorschel, 2009 May 18
Date(s): 2009-05-18
Contributor(s): Dorschel, James (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Dorschel's role in management at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090518_Dorschel
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Byron Ford, 2009 May 28
Date(s): 2009-05-28
Contributor(s): Ford, Byron (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Ford's role in management at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090528_Ford
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Bill Bolton, 2009 March 02
Date(s): 2009-03-02
Contributor(s): Bolton, Bill, 1939- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Bolton's interview details his early years at DuPont and how the company helped him adjust to his move. At one point he felt like he was not progressing in his career and he left DuPont to work as a maintenance supervisor in North Carolina for another company for a few months, returning to DuPont after running into an old coworker. His interview discusses thoroughly DuPont's safety procedures and philosophy, the rise of importance of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),...
Show moreBolton's interview details his early years at DuPont and how the company helped him adjust to his move. At one point he felt like he was not progressing in his career and he left DuPont to work as a maintenance supervisor in North Carolina for another company for a few months, returning to DuPont after running into an old coworker. His interview discusses thoroughly DuPont's safety procedures and philosophy, the rise of importance of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), blending business and engineering, and his work travels. In response to two electrical safety fatalities, Bolton and his group revamped safety practices and commissioned Walt Disney to create an electrical safety video. Bolton discusses his responsibilities during a transitional period of 1986-1990 when departments were combined and consolidated. He also addresses lessons learned growing and exiting businesses, the challenges of cost cutting in a bureaucracy, and the satisfaction of building efficient standardized plants.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090302_Bolton
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Gerald "Gerry" Faigle, 2016 June 2
Date(s): 2016-06-02
Contributor(s): Faigle, Gerald (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: In his interview, Gerald Faigle describes his experience in personnel management and his impressions on plant management over the course of his career with DuPont Co. Addressing his time at the Seaford, Delaware plant early in his career, Faigle details the work environment, plant management, and employee attitudes. He also discusses the Industrial Engineering function at Seaford and its role in the plant operations in the early 1960s. Faigle then describes the personnel and various incidents...
Show moreIn his interview, Gerald Faigle describes his experience in personnel management and his impressions on plant management over the course of his career with DuPont Co. Addressing his time at the Seaford, Delaware plant early in his career, Faigle details the work environment, plant management, and employee attitudes. He also discusses the Industrial Engineering function at Seaford and its role in the plant operations in the early 1960s. Faigle then describes the personnel and various incidents in the spinning area at the Martinsville, Virginia plant.
<br>Speaking of his time as Planning and Control Superintendent and later Staple Superintendent at the Wilmington, North Carolina plant, Faigle describes the pressure to increase production and improve quality as well as personnel attitudes toward and efforts made to achieve these goals. Concerning the Old Hickory plant, Faigle comments on an anticipated strike and the efforts the plant management undertook to prevent it. He also remarks on the challenges he faced as plant manager at the Richmond, Virginia plant. Faigle also describes his time with the Chemicals and Pigments Department, commenting on the internal discussion surrounding Freon as a product. He finally remarks on his work in the Safety Group and his post-retirement safety consulting.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20160602_Faigle
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Lyell A. Knighton, 2008 November 26
Date(s): 2008-11-26
Contributor(s): Knighton, Lyell A. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Knighton's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081126_Knighton
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Barney J. Carter, 2010 January 18
Date(s): 2010-01-18
Contributor(s): Carter, Barney J., 1943- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview details Carter's career at DuPont, including his move to a Louisiana plant in 1970 in response to economic difficulties, and subsequently back to Martinsville in 1973 in the spinning area, working with textiles, and finally to Chattanooga. He also discusses his theories as to why the Martinsville plant was shut down.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20100118_Carter
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Lilburn L. "Lil" Norton, 2009 March 27
Date(s): 2009-03-27
Contributor(s): Norton, Lilburn L. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Norton's role in DuPont Co.'s Nylon business and in Technical Services.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090327_Norton
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Joseph "Joe" Weed, 2008 October 07
Date(s): 2008-10-07
Contributor(s): Weed, Joseph (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Weed's role in engineering at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081007_Weed
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Galen Brosius, 2009 February 16
Date(s): 2009-02-16
Contributor(s): Brosius, Galen (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Brosius' role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090216_Brosius
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with John Snyder, 2014 October 02
Date(s): 2014-10-02
Contributor(s): Snyder, John (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: In addition to detailing his work history, Snyder comments on the Seaford plant management at the beginning of his career and some of the rules of negotiation with Burlington Industries, for which he was Marketing Director.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20141002_Snyder
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Richard "Dick" Hallett, 2009 November 05
Date(s): 2009-11-05
Contributor(s): Hallett, Richard (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Hallett's role in marketing at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20091105_Hallett
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Reed Anderson, 2009 December 08
Date(s): 2009-12-08
Contributor(s): Anderson, Reed (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Anderson's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20091208_Anderson
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Thomas L. "Tom" Nelson, 2009 April 21
Date(s): 2009-04-21
Contributor(s): Nelson, Thomas L. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Nelson's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090421_Nelson
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Dick Akers, 2009 May 05
Date(s): 2009-05-05
Contributor(s): Akers, Dick (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Akers' role in engineering at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090505_Akers
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with John Page, Jr., 2009 February 12
Date(s): 2009-02-12
Contributor(s): Page, John, Jr. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Page's role in management at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090212_Page_Jr
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Frank Clendening, 2009 October 18
Date(s): 2009-10-18
Contributor(s): Clendening, Frank (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Clendening's role in engineering at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20091018_Clendening
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Barham F. "Bannie" Kennedy, 2009 March 09
Date(s): 2009-03-09
Contributor(s): Kennedy, Barham Foster, 1929- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Kennedy's interview details his working career, including working with the nylon polymerization process and working on the team that installed the first computer at the DuPont plant at Martinsville in 1958, and his promotion to managing the explosives department in 1976 as the result of the July 4 explosion. He also helped with the first carpet fiber at the Seaford plant, where he was the process supervisor. He then was promoted to production assistant for nylon in Wilmington in 1963 to...
Show moreKennedy's interview details his working career, including working with the nylon polymerization process and working on the team that installed the first computer at the DuPont plant at Martinsville in 1958, and his promotion to managing the explosives department in 1976 as the result of the July 4 explosion. He also helped with the first carpet fiber at the Seaford plant, where he was the process supervisor. He then was promoted to production assistant for nylon in Wilmington in 1963 to assistant plant manager in Martinsville in 1968, and to manager of the Kinston plant in 1970. In his interview, Bannie underscores the importance of people in the corporate culture of DuPont as well as discipline in his personal management style.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090309_Kennedy
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with John Ullman, 2008 December 06
Date(s): 2008-12-06
Contributor(s): Ullman, John (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Ullman's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081206_Ullman
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with John Grohusky, 2009 February 19
Date(s): 2009-02-19
Contributor(s): Grohusky, John (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Grohusky's role in management at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090219_Grohusky
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Raymond Crickenberger, 2016 May 23 and 2016 May 25
Date(s): 2016-05-23, 2016-05-25
Contributor(s): Crickenberger, Raymond (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Ray Crickenberger's interview provides perspective on a career in management within the Textile Fibers Department at DuPont Co. Of particular note are Crickenberger's comments on plant engineering, project management of the Y6 and Y7 lines at Kinston, the effect of transfers on personal life, and the management of personnel problems at various plants.

Addressing his time at Seaford, Crickenberger describes the old spinning machines, a serious screwmelter explosion, and an interaction with...
Show moreRay Crickenberger's interview provides perspective on a career in management within the Textile Fibers Department at DuPont Co. Of particular note are Crickenberger's comments on plant engineering, project management of the Y6 and Y7 lines at Kinston, the effect of transfers on personal life, and the management of personnel problems at various plants.

Addressing his time at Seaford, Crickenberger describes the old spinning machines, a serious screwmelter explosion, and an interaction with the labor union. About his time in Chattanooga, he discusses an incident involving a visit by a Santa Claus as part of a safety program which surprised the Plant Manager as well as an effort to reduce continuous polymerizer (CP) overhaul time. Crickenberger discusses the DuPont approach to an anticipated strike at the Old Hickory plant and also mentions the periodic power failures at the plant and the relationship between plant management and Wilmington management. He also describes in detail his project management of the Y6 and Y7 lines at Kinston during his time as Design Project Manager, noting the major changes occurring within the engineering business during the time period.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20160523_Crickenberger
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Eugene M. "Gene" Baird, 2008 December 03
Date(s): 2008-12-03
Contributor(s): Baird, Eugene M. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Baird's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081203_Baird
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Harry F. McPartland, 2009 February 12
Date(s): 2009-02-12
Contributor(s): McPartland, Harry F. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to McPartland's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090212_McPartland
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Donald Strachan, 2008 December 26
Date(s): 2008-12-26
Contributor(s): Strachan, Donald (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Strachan's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081226_Strachan
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Brian M. Agers, 2008 October 15
Date(s): 2008-10-15
Contributor(s): Agers, Brian M., 1938- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Agers' role in engineering at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081015_Agers
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

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