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Title: Interview with Faith Betty Lattomus, 1984 April 19 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-04-19
Contributor(s): Lattomus, Faith Betty (interviewee), Wagner, Betty (interviewer)
Description: Lattomus describes the layout and communities of the various villages along the Brandywine, her house in Wagoner's Row, chores and daily routines, transportation, and entertainments and parties. She also describes her involvement at Christ Church and teaching Sunday school there.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_103113_lattomus_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ella Fitzharris, 1985 October 4 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1985-10-04
Contributor(s): Fitzharris, Ella (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_101113_fitzharris_part6
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Willard Graham Crichton, Jr. and Theodore Pyle Crichton, 1990 October 27 [audio]
Date(s): 1990-10-27
Contributor(s): Crichton, Willard G. (Willard Graham), Jr., 1918-1995 (interviewee), Crichton, Theodore Pyle, 1927- (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: The Crichton brothers detail their father's career with DuPont and his grandmother's friendship with Mrs. Copeland. The interview describes the property around Free Park, changes the Crichton family made to their rental home, various vegetation in the neighborhood, family dining customs, Christmas traditions, and the accomplishments of both Willard and Theodore.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_121113_crichton_joint
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with George Washington Jones, 1984 April 17 [audio](part 2)
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_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Cammock, Herb Devenney, Edward Devenney, and Jim Kindbeiter, 1984 May 9 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-05-09
Contributor(s): Cammock, James (interviewee), Devenney, Edward (interviewee), Devenney, Herbert (interviewee), Kindbeiter, James (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Herb Devenney, Ed Devenney, James Cammock, and James Kindbeiter, sons of powder mill workers, reminisce about growing up at Hagley in this group interview and tour of the museum grounds. Some topics of discussion include daily life of the workers and their families, identification of various families and their living spaces, schedules and duties of the powder mill workers, and various changes that had occurred in the last century.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10313_dev_cam_kind_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 Fred Marenco, 1984 March 5 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-03-05
Contributor(s): Marenco, Fred (interviewee), Bond, Jim (interviewer)
Description: Marenco describes childhood pranks and pastimes, keeping boarders at his family's home, holiday parades and celebrations, and life in the Wilmington area in the early twentieth century. He also discusses community life, including relations between Irish and Italian families, the lack of crime, social status, relationships with the neighbors, and working odd jobs for DuPont.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12313_marenco_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Thomas McCray, 1981 February 5 [audio]
Date(s): 1981-02-05
Contributor(s): McCray, Thomas (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: McCray describes daily life, including his working career and job responsibilities, typical dress, childhood amusements, holidays and traditions, medical care, and transportation.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12513_mccray
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 Ethel Jones Hayward, 1984 November 27 [audio](part 1)
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_92313_hayward_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Alfred Dougherty, 1984 June 29 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-06-29
Contributor(s): Dougherty, Alfred (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Dougherty describes the houses in Free Park and in Breck's Lane in detail, as well as common practices in the early twentieth century, including shopping, food preparation, and entertainment. He also describes his wedding in detail as well as his younger sister's funeral.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_102313_dougherty_a
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Stuart Taylor, 1969 July 22 [audio]
Date(s): 1969-07-22
Contributor(s): Taylor, Stuart (interviewee), Ryff, Allen (interviewer), Scafidi, John (interviewer)
Description: Taylor describes Wilmington in the early twentieth century, including the ethnic makeup of the city, pastimes of young people, learning his trade, the temperance movement, healthcare in the city, church and community life, and other day-to-day routines in the early 1900s. He also describes working conditions during his career.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_022514_taylor
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Rocco Perrone, Margaret Perrone, Victorine Camoirano, and Mary Oliverri Guerrina, 1985 March 12 [audio]
Date(s): 1985-03-12
Contributor(s): Perrone, Margaret (Guerrina), 1903-1992 (interviewee), Perrone, Rocco Mathew, 1901-1989 (interviewee), Camorirano, Victorine (interviewee), Guerrina, Mary Oliverri (interviewee), Frazier, Chris (interviewer)
Description: The interview covers daily activities and life along the Brandywine, including chores, transportation, and the relationships among the Italian community at Hagley.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12313_perrone_group
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Grace Toy Ferguson, 1984 April 19 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-04-19
Contributor(s): Ferguson, Grace Toy (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Ferguson describes her uncle Tom Toy's Tavern, her childhood growing up along the Brandywine, including activities and amusements in which the children engaged, relationships between various communities along the Brandywine, and a typical daily schedule. She also describes gardening and chores, Halloween traditions, medical care, typical dress, and various possessions in the house.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10713_ferguson_part1
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 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 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

Title: Interview with Catherine Hackendorn Sheldrick, 1989 January 1 [audio]
Date(s): 1989-01-17
Contributor(s): Sheldrick, Catherine Hackendorn (interviewee), Julian, Martha (interviewer), Hanrahan, Maureen (interviewer)
Description: Sheldrick describes the laundry process in detail, including the kind of soap the family used and darning socks. She also discusses chores in her house, medical care, and making homemade root beer.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112013_sheldrick_part6
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Cammock, Herb Devenney, Edward Devenney, and Jim Kindbeiter, 1984 May 9 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-05-09
Contributor(s): Cammock, James (interviewee), Devenney, Edward (interviewee), Devenney, Herbert (interviewee), Kindbeiter, James (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Herb Devenney, Ed Devenney, James Cammock, and James Kindbeiter, sons of powder mill workers, reminisce about growing up at Hagley in this group interview and tour of the museum grounds. Some topics of discussion include daily life of the workers and their families, identification of various families and their living spaces, schedules and duties of the powder mill workers, and various changes that had occurred in the last century.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10313_dev_cam_kind_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Adelaide Pesce, 1984 March 27 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-03-27
Contributor(s): Pesce, Adelaide (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Pesce recounts a family history of her time before her immigration from Italy until she and her husband moved to Kennett Square to pursue mushroom farming. Her interview describes daily life in Squirrel Run, including the relations between the Irish and Italian families, various illnesses and their impacts on the community, raising chickens and goats, and daily chores. Mrs. Pesce also describes her wedding at St. Joseph's on the Brandywine in detail as well as the christenings of her children...
Show morePesce recounts a family history of her time before her immigration from Italy until she and her husband moved to Kennett Square to pursue mushroom farming. Her interview describes daily life in Squirrel Run, including the relations between the Irish and Italian families, various illnesses and their impacts on the community, raising chickens and goats, and daily chores. Mrs. Pesce also describes her wedding at St. Joseph's on the Brandywine in detail as well as the christenings of her children. She describes the layout of the house at Squirrel Run as well as how she cooked, cleaned, and shopped.
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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_12413_pesce_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with C. Natalie Rogerro Meriggi, 1984 July 24 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-07-24
Contributor(s): Meriggi, C. Natalie Rogerro (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Meriggi largely focuses on vegetable gardening and ornamental plantings at Hagley gardens. She discusses how her family gardened, including crop storage, choosing of plants, making jams and jellies, buying seeds, and typical tools used.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_111313_meriggi_part3
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 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 Catherine Hackendorn Sheldrick, 1984 February 28 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-02-28
Contributor(s): Sheldrick, Catherine Hackendorn (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Sheldrick describes her childhood home in detail, chores and hobbies, and various daily activities, such as gardening, handling garbage, and obtaining groceries. She also describes her education, Sundays at Church, holidays and celebrations, explosions, and illnesses.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_111913_sheldrick_part1
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

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