Search Results
Pages
- Title
- Jim Culley interview
- Date(s)
- 2019-09-19
- Contributor(s)
- Culley, Jim, 1944- (interviewee), Hologic (Firm) (associated name), Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer)
- Description
-
In this interview, Jim Culley details his career in marketing at DuPont and Hologic. Culley talks in depth about Hologic's decision to work with medical imaging and mammography, and how his role in marketing was shaped by this. In terms of marketing at Hologic, Culley discusses his work with the media, including Good Morning America and the New York Times. Culley also details the work he had to do to convince doctors and hospitals to use Hologic's mammography system, and how the FDA, foreign...
Show moreIn this interview, Jim Culley details his career in marketing at DuPont and Hologic. Culley talks in depth about Hologic's decision to work with medical imaging and mammography, and how his role in marketing was shaped by this. In terms of marketing at Hologic, Culley discusses his work with the media, including Good Morning America and the New York Times. Culley also details the work he had to do to convince doctors and hospitals to use Hologic's mammography system, and how the FDA, foreign regulatory boards, insurance companies, and legislative acts all impacted this process.
Show less - Collection ID
- Hologic Medical Imaging oral histories (Accession 2020.201)
- Hagley ID
- 2020201_Culley_James_20190919
- Collection
- Hologic Digital Mammography oral histories
- Title
- Jim Culley interview [transcript]
- Date(s)
- 2019-09-19
- Contributor(s)
- Culley, Jim, 1944- (interviewee), Hologic (Firm) (associated name), Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer)
- Description
-
In this interview, Jim Culley details his career in marketing at DuPont and Hologic. Culley talks in depth about Hologic's decision to work with medical imaging and mammography, and how his role in marketing was shaped by this. In terms of marketing at Hologic, Culley discusses his work with the media, including Good Morning America and the New York Times. Culley also details the work he had to do to convince doctors and hospitals to use Hologic's mammography system, and how the FDA, foreign...
Show moreIn this interview, Jim Culley details his career in marketing at DuPont and Hologic. Culley talks in depth about Hologic's decision to work with medical imaging and mammography, and how his role in marketing was shaped by this. In terms of marketing at Hologic, Culley discusses his work with the media, including Good Morning America and the New York Times. Culley also details the work he had to do to convince doctors and hospitals to use Hologic's mammography system, and how the FDA, foreign regulatory boards, insurance companies, and legislative acts all impacted this process.
Show less - Collection ID
- Hologic Medical Imaging oral histories (Accession 2020.201)
- Hagley ID
- 2020201_Culley_James_20190919_transcript
- Collection
- Hologic Digital Mammography oral histories
- Title
- Interview with Ken White, part 2, 2019 June 27
- Date(s)
- 2019-06-27
- Contributor(s)
- White, Ken, 1923-2020 (interviewee), Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Strunk, Nicole (interviewer), Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (originator)
- Description
-
Part 2 of 2. In this interview, Ken White continues to describe his career as an industrial designer on a project by project basis. Most of the projects he describes are bookstores on university campuses and military bases. He provides an in-depth analysis of the Boston university bookstore project. He also talks about his work designing Duke University's Gothic Bookstore.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interview with Ken White (Accession 2023.203)
- Hagley ID
- 2023203_20190627_White_interview
- Collection
- Oral history collections gallery
- Title
- Interview with Ken White, part 1, 2019 June 26
- Date(s)
- 2019-06-26
- Contributor(s)
- White, Ken, 1923-2020 (interviewee), Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Strunk, Nicole (interviewer), Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (originator)
- Description
-
Part 1 of 2. In this interview Ken White discusses the early parts of his life and career as an industrial designer. White talks about his military service, his interest in design and how he learned his trade. He also talks about his early career contacts with Raymond Loewy. White goes on to describe his creative process and approach to design. He does this by describing several different projects in detail.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interview with Ken White (Accession 2023.203)
- Hagley ID
- 2023203_20190626_White_interview
- Collection
- Oral history collections gallery
- Title
- Interview with Donald and Artie Needham
- Date(s)
- 2019-06-24
- Contributor(s)
- Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Strunk, Nicole (interviewer), Needham, Donald (interviewee), Needham, Arthur (interviewee)
- Description
-
In their interview, father and son Donald "Buster" and Arthur Needham explain their individual and familial involvements in the mushroom industry. D. Needham gives an overview of the industry beginning in the 1960s; he references international competition with new mushroom growers at the time in East Asia. A. Needham talks about the health concerns that arose out of the smell that comes with mushroom composting that is, while potent\u2014harmless, and how that affected the farm's relationship...
Show moreIn their interview, father and son Donald "Buster" and Arthur Needham explain their individual and familial involvements in the mushroom industry. D. Needham gives an overview of the industry beginning in the 1960s; he references international competition with new mushroom growers at the time in East Asia. A. Needham talks about the health concerns that arose out of the smell that comes with mushroom composting that is, while potent\u2014harmless, and how that affected the farm's relationship with the local residential community. He speaks about their farm's interaction with composters from abroad, many coming from the Netherlands and how they implemented European technologies in their composting process. Both A. and D. Needham speak at length about the difficulties that the industry has with the labor pool and the shifts within it. With the large portion of the current labor pool being Mexican immigrants, the pair also speak about immigration and immigration reform.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018.219)
- Hagley ID
- Needham_Donald_and_Artie_20190624
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry
- Title
- Interview with Robert "Bob" Shellenbarger, 2019 April 26
- Date(s)
- 2019-04-26
- Contributor(s)
- Shellenbarger, Robert, 1936- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
-
In his interview, Robert Shellenbarger discusses his career as an industrial chemist with DuPont's textile fibers division, notably his contributions to the Tyvek and STAINMASTER manufacturing processes. Shellenbarger begins his interview discussing his early life and education in California. He worked his way through the College of the Pacific by milking cows for a dairy and was encouraged to study physical chemistry at the University of North Carolina by the chairman of the chemistry...
Show moreIn his interview, Robert Shellenbarger discusses his career as an industrial chemist with DuPont's textile fibers division, notably his contributions to the Tyvek and STAINMASTER manufacturing processes. Shellenbarger begins his interview discussing his early life and education in California. He worked his way through the College of the Pacific by milking cows for a dairy and was encouraged to study physical chemistry at the University of North Carolina by the chairman of the chemistry department at the College of the Pacific. He mentions taking a summer job with the Army in Washington, D.C., before starting his PhD studies.
After describing his first role at DuPont as a chemist assigned to Reemay, Shellenbarger goes into great detail about his work with Tyvek in Richmond. He describes how he made improvements to the manufacturing process after observing that the plant produced better product on rainy days. He also describes the lifetime test he developed for Tyvek and how he fixed the problems which were observed during the test. He details making further improvements to the Tyvek spinning process by solving the issue of the target plate regularly becoming dirty and shorting out.
Shellenbarger then describes conducting flammability tests for the Dacron End Use research group, in which he improved the high speed weaving process by changing the modulus point to be closer to the breaking point of cotton. He then relates his perspective on STAINMASTER's development in the 1980s, describing the various ways in which the team addressed issues such as UV stability and continuous dyeing. He also comments on marketing and patent-filing efforts.
He ends the interview by describing his later career. He includes an anecdote about being a speaker at a seminar in Africa, and he mentions his final role working with DuPont's joint venture with Turkish conglomerate, Sabanci Holding Co.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20190426_Shellenbarger
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Charles "Chuck" DeMirjian, 2019 March 27
- Date(s)
- 2019-03-27
- Contributor(s)
- DeMirjian, Charles H., 1925- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
-
This interview complements an earlier oral history conducted by Glenn Porter in 1997 (Accession 2269). In this interview, Charles DeMirjian discusses his role in the STAINMASTER carpet campaign as part of the Corporate Communications and Advertising group at DuPont. DeMirjian claims to have originated the "swizzle stick" demonstration technique, which was used to market the carpet directly to consumers at the retail level.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20190327_DeMirjian
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Sonny Pizzini
- Date(s)
- 2019-03-08
- Contributor(s)
- Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Pizzini, Leone (interviewee)
- Description
-
In this interview Pizzini talks about his involvement in all aspects of the mushroom industry. Pizzini explains that his father came to the United States in 1930 and started his own mushroom farm shortly thereafter. He says that he still does some consulting with his company, Leone Pizzini and Son. In addition to talking about his business, Pizzini talks about growing mushrooms and producing mushroom compost. He also talks about his personal involvement in several mushroom industry related...
Show moreIn this interview Pizzini talks about his involvement in all aspects of the mushroom industry. Pizzini explains that his father came to the United States in 1930 and started his own mushroom farm shortly thereafter. He says that he still does some consulting with his company, Leone Pizzini and Son. In addition to talking about his business, Pizzini talks about growing mushrooms and producing mushroom compost. He also talks about his personal involvement in several mushroom industry related trade organizations and Pennsylvania State University's annual short course on mushrooms.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018.219)
- Hagley ID
- Pizzini_Sonny_20190308
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry
- Title
- Interview with Jim Culley, 2018 April 25, edited transcript
- Date(s)
- 2019-03-08
- Contributor(s)
- Culley, Jim, 1944- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
-
In his oral history, Jim Culley traces his career through college, the Army and graduate school to teaching to working for DuPont to his final 20 years working for a DuPont medical products technology spin-off. Culley stresses the importance of DuPont STAINMASTER as a marketing success story and the importance of looking at marketing as a career and not just a stop for managers moving up the corporate hierarchy.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20180425_Culley_transcript_edited
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Robert "Bear" Ferranto
- Date(s)
- 2019-02-19
- Contributor(s)
- Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Ferranto, Robert (interviewee)
- Description
-
In this interview Ferranto (1938) Talks about his career in the mushroom industry. He explains that shortly after graduating from Pennsylvania State University, he became discouraged by low prices on mushrooms so he left the industry in 1963 and returned in 1988 to help run the growing company started by his wife, Rosemarie Ferranto, in 1972. He talks about how that company, Buona Foods Incorporated has grown over the decades and currently grows its own mushrooms, works a brokerage with other...
Show moreIn this interview Ferranto (1938) Talks about his career in the mushroom industry. He explains that shortly after graduating from Pennsylvania State University, he became discouraged by low prices on mushrooms so he left the industry in 1963 and returned in 1988 to help run the growing company started by his wife, Rosemarie Ferranto, in 1972. He talks about how that company, Buona Foods Incorporated has grown over the decades and currently grows its own mushrooms, works a brokerage with other famers selling mushrooms to retailers, and promotes mushroom consumption. He also talks about the Pennsylvania Farm Show and how his family's company has operated the mushroom industry's booth at the food court since the 1970s.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018.219)
- Hagley ID
- Ferranto_Robert_20190219
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry
- Title
- Interview with Gale Ferranto
- Date(s)
- 2019-02-05
- Contributor(s)
- Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Ferranto, Gale (interviewee)
- Description
-
In this interview Ferranto talks about her role as President of Buona Foods Incorporated, she explains that before coming to the mushroom business she had a career in the children's fashion industry. She talks about how her mother founded the company and the dayd to day responsiblites of running it. Ferranto talks about promoting mushroom consumption and her company's role at the Pennsylvania Farm show. She elaborates on the Pennsylvania Farm Show and explains how her company runs the...
Show moreIn this interview Ferranto talks about her role as President of Buona Foods Incorporated, she explains that before coming to the mushroom business she had a career in the children's fashion industry. She talks about how her mother founded the company and the dayd to day responsiblites of running it. Ferranto talks about promoting mushroom consumption and her company's role at the Pennsylvania Farm show. She elaborates on the Pennsylvania Farm Show and explains how her company runs the mushroom industry booth at the foodcourt. Ferranto talks about the challenges of being a woman in the mushroom industry and other women who have held leadership postions in mushroom farms, the American Mushroom Institute, and the Mushroom Council.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018.219)
- Hagley ID
- Ferranto_Gale_20190205
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry
- Title
- Interview with Don Sturgeon, 2019 January 24
- Date(s)
- 2019-01-24
- Contributor(s)
- Sturgeon, Don (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
-
In his interview, Don Sturgeon gives a comprehensive account of his involvement with Kevlar applications at DuPont. He first describes his early life in Argentina. He then details the interview process he went through to get a position at DuPont. He describes in detail his first assignment at the PRL (Pioneering Research Laboratory), providing a snapshot of how DuPont managed technology in the late 1960s. He describes the application of Kelvar to both the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar airplane and...
Show moreIn his interview, Don Sturgeon gives a comprehensive account of his involvement with Kevlar applications at DuPont. He first describes his early life in Argentina. He then details the interview process he went through to get a position at DuPont. He describes in detail his first assignment at the PRL (Pioneering Research Laboratory), providing a snapshot of how DuPont managed technology in the late 1960s. He describes the application of Kelvar to both the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar airplane and to non-rubber reinforcement uses. He comments at length on the competition of Kevlar with Fiberglass and steel. He recalls the transition of Kevlar to venture status and the birth of Kevlar Special Products as initially a lesser contributor to venture economics that relied more heavily on tires and mechanical rubber goods.
He then describes his time (1976-1980) in the technical section of the DuPont Seaford plant, focusing on personnel management and frustrations. From his perspective, the first line technical personnel felt they had much responsibility but little authority and support from management. He describes the unsuccessful attempt by Human Relations staff to improve morale of the technical section of the Seaford plant. Concerning his time at Seaford, Sturgeon also details his attempt to bring a staple process CPU (Continuous Production Unit) online and his role in developing new carpet products for DuPont's commercial and residential carpet shows.
Sturgeon then discusses his return to Wilmington in Kevlar special products, which grew to include such applications as missiles, aircraft, armor, helmets, aero-engines, personnel protection, and optical cables. Many of the special products Sturgeon and his group developed were for specific niche applications but required large engineering and management efforts to design, test, and qualify. Sturgeon comments on the massive effort required to develop Kevlar in the marketplace and recalls DuPont's strategic efforts at forward integration, moving from being a materials supplier to a manufacturer of parts and sub-components. He also comments on high-density polypropylene, a competitor of Kevlar. In this discussion of Kevlar, Sturgeon remarks on the difficulties encountered in obtaining export licenses for Kevlar products to Asia and South America.
Sturgeon also describes his leadership of an Advanced Composite Systems products group, which was part of DuPont's efforts at forward integration. The multi-specialty group was formed to integrate DuPont product and processes and add any technology to make composite products using DuPont specialty fibers and resins. According to Sturgeon, however, management ultimately did not support the group due to the high labor costs and small market inherent in the products they were developing. Sturgeon remarks that the similar European composites group also did not succeed. He notes that reduced military spending after the end of the Cold War further contributed to the failure of the groups at DuPont, as the military had been a major customer for advanced composites products.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20190124_Sturgeon
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Sam Bookhart, 2019 January 2
- Date(s)
- 2019-01-02
- Contributor(s)
- Bookhart, Sam, 1931- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
-
In his interview, Sam Bookhart describes in depth the development of the DuPont Fibers quality system. After describing his early career, he details his transfer to Uentrop, Germany in 1971 and the difficulties he encountered there.
A significant portion of the interview is dedicated to Bookhart's perspective of the development of the PQM (process quality management) system at DuPont. With support from management, Bookhart formed a quality committee comprising six engineers and a statistician...
Show moreIn his interview, Sam Bookhart describes in depth the development of the DuPont Fibers quality system. After describing his early career, he details his transfer to Uentrop, Germany in 1971 and the difficulties he encountered there.
A significant portion of the interview is dedicated to Bookhart's perspective of the development of the PQM (process quality management) system at DuPont. With support from management, Bookhart formed a quality committee comprising six engineers and a statistician representing six DuPont Dacron plants. They initially addressed cleanup testing and quality controls before developing procedures to quantify process and product. Bookhart identifies Don Marquhart's role with statistics in the project and Jim Lucas' implementation of CUSUM (cumulative sum control chart) statistical quality control into Dacron's production process. Using CUSUM methods reduced or eliminated the need for quality measurement rechecks during production.
Bookhart also describes procuring a PDP-8 computer at the Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware to run CUSUM for multiple plants. He goes into detail about the initial network set-up, the software his group created, and the series of improvements they made to the quality system which they implemented across the entire Dacron division.
Bookhart later describes his development and attempt to implement a Customer-Focused New Product Development program. As a part of this work, Bookhart used benchmarking across multiple departments and other corporations, and he describes the result of his efforts.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20190102_Bookhart
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Clinton and Rosa Blackwell
- Date(s)
- 2018-12-07
- Contributor(s)
- Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Weiss, Michael (interviewer)
- Description
-
In this interview Clinton and Rosa Blackwell describe their lives in the mushroom business. Rosa Blackwell talks about the mushroom industry that existed in New Castle County, Delaware. Clinton Blackwell talks about his training as a carpenter and a builder and how he became a mushroom grower after his carpentry business failed. Blackwell and his father-in-law started the business in 1969, before then he had no experience with mushrooms, after his father-in-law died in 1973 he ran the...
Show moreIn this interview Clinton and Rosa Blackwell describe their lives in the mushroom business. Rosa Blackwell talks about the mushroom industry that existed in New Castle County, Delaware. Clinton Blackwell talks about his training as a carpenter and a builder and how he became a mushroom grower after his carpentry business failed. Blackwell and his father-in-law started the business in 1969, before then he had no experience with mushrooms, after his father-in-law died in 1973 he ran the business on his own, and describes how difficult it was to run a business with only four years of experience. Clinton and Rosa Blackwell explain how the costs of doing business have changed as has mushroom growing technology, and the labor force. Clinton Blackwell talks about the manufacture and sale of compost for growing mushrooms.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018.219)
- Hagley ID
- Blackwell_Clinton_and_Rosa
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry
- Title
- Interview with Keith Silfee
- Date(s)
- 2018-12-04
- Contributor(s)
- Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Weiss, Michael (interviewer), Blackwell, Rosa (interviewee)
- Description
-
In this interview, Keith Silfee discusses his experience working at various small banks that provided loans for mushroom growers and other agricultural operations. Silfee describes how he worked at several different banks between 1981 and 2017, and often changed jobs upon his employer's acquisition by a larger bank. Silfee talks about his career as a loan officer and explains agriculural lending. Silfee compares and contrasts financial and banking regulations before and after the 2008...
Show moreIn this interview, Keith Silfee discusses his experience working at various small banks that provided loans for mushroom growers and other agricultural operations. Silfee describes how he worked at several different banks between 1981 and 2017, and often changed jobs upon his employer's acquisition by a larger bank. Silfee talks about his career as a loan officer and explains agriculural lending. Silfee compares and contrasts financial and banking regulations before and after the 2008 recession. Silfee explains why he likes his job and his lifelong interest in agriculture
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018.219)
- Hagley ID
- Silfee_Keith_20181204
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry
- Title
- Interview with Marshall Johnson, part 2, 2018 October 24
- Date(s)
- 2018-10-24
- Contributor(s)
- Johnson, Marshall B., 1938- (interviewee), Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (originator)
- Description
-
In this interview, Marshall Johnson tells the story of how he became an industrial designer after he read about it on a pamphlet at school; the various companies he's worked fo over the years; some of his favorite projects inlcuding a research ship and a cookie gun; he describes how he used his skills to aid charitable causes. He explains the ways in which industrial design is different from engineering; he says designers envision how a customer might expect to use a product rather than...
Show moreIn this interview, Marshall Johnson tells the story of how he became an industrial designer after he read about it on a pamphlet at school; the various companies he's worked fo over the years; some of his favorite projects inlcuding a research ship and a cookie gun; he describes how he used his skills to aid charitable causes. He explains the ways in which industrial design is different from engineering; he says designers envision how a customer might expect to use a product rather than building the product from scratch.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interview with Marshall Johnson (Accession 2023.204)
- Hagley ID
- 2023204_20181024_Johnson_interview_002
- Collection
- Oral history collections gallery
- Title
- Interview with Marshall Johnson, part 1, 2018 October 24
- Date(s)
- 2018-10-24
- Contributor(s)
- Johnson, Marshall B., 1938- (interviewee), Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (originator)
- Description
-
In this interview, Marshall Johnson tells the story of how he became an industrial designer after he read about it on a pamphlet at school; the various companies he's worked fo over the years; some of his favorite projects inlcuding a research ship and a cookie gun; he describes how he used his skills to aid charitable causes. He explains the ways in which industrial design is different from engineering; he says designers envision how a customer might expect to use a product rather than...
Show moreIn this interview, Marshall Johnson tells the story of how he became an industrial designer after he read about it on a pamphlet at school; the various companies he's worked fo over the years; some of his favorite projects inlcuding a research ship and a cookie gun; he describes how he used his skills to aid charitable causes. He explains the ways in which industrial design is different from engineering; he says designers envision how a customer might expect to use a product rather than building the product from scratch.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interview with Marshall Johnson (Accession 2023.204)
- Hagley ID
- 2023204_20181024_Johnson_interview_001
- Collection
- Oral history collections gallery
- Title
- Interview with Peter Alonzo
- Date(s)
- 2018-08-01
- Contributor(s)
- Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Alonzo, Peter, 1943- (interviewee)
- Description
-
In this interview Alonzo talks about his family's history in the mushroom industry. He describes the production of compost for mushroom growth and how it has changed over time. He talks about how his family's business grew from the 1940s to the present day. He talks about the political situation in the United States and how the Wal Mart in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania was built on land he sold to them. Alonzo talks about the role of Pennsylvania State University and the American Mushroom...
Show moreIn this interview Alonzo talks about his family's history in the mushroom industry. He describes the production of compost for mushroom growth and how it has changed over time. He talks about how his family's business grew from the 1940s to the present day. He talks about the political situation in the United States and how the Wal Mart in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania was built on land he sold to them. Alonzo talks about the role of Pennsylvania State University and the American Mushroom Industry in mushroom education and promotion repspectively.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018.219)
- Hagley ID
- Alonzo_Peter_20190801
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry
- Title
- Interview with James A. Angelucci
- Date(s)
- 2018-07-24
- Contributor(s)
- Williams, Amrys O. (interviewer), Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Angelucci, James A., 1949- (interviewee)
- Description
-
In this interview, Angelucci discusses his experiences growing up in an Italian mushroom-growing family, his time with the military during the Vietnam War, his reluctant return to mushrooms after his release from the service, and his long career at Phillips Mushroom Farms starting in the early 1970s, where he was a key player in the company's turn toward specialty/exotic mushrooms and organics. He also discusses his longstanding affiliation with the American Mushroom Institute, the Mushroom...
Show moreIn this interview, Angelucci discusses his experiences growing up in an Italian mushroom-growing family, his time with the military during the Vietnam War, his reluctant return to mushrooms after his release from the service, and his long career at Phillips Mushroom Farms starting in the early 1970s, where he was a key player in the company's turn toward specialty/exotic mushrooms and organics. He also discusses his longstanding affiliation with the American Mushroom Institute, the Mushroom Short Course at Penn State University, and other groups devoted to promoting mushroom production and consumption.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018.219)
- Hagley ID
- angelucci_james_a_20180724
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry
- Title
- Interview with Emidio "Junior" and Barbara Frezzo
- Date(s)
- 2018-07-19
- Contributor(s)
- Williams, Amrys O. (interviewer), Frezzo, Emidio (interviewee), Frezzo, Barbara (interviewee)
- Description
-
In this interview, the Frezzo's describe the family's path toward the mushroom business in the early 20th century, the growing business Frezzo got started with his family's assistance, the growth of the family business and changes in machinery and technology, the shift from canned to fresh mushrooms, Frezzo's work advising the Kennet Square Bank on loan applications from mushroom growers, his time in the peat moss business, and their travels to the annual mushroom conference.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018.219)
- Hagley ID
- frezzo_emidio_jr_and_barbara_20180719
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry
- Title
- Interview with Thomas "Tom" McAndrews, 2018 January and February, edited transcript
- Date(s)
- 2018-07-12
- Contributor(s)
- McAndrews, Thomas P. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20180712_McAndrews_transcript_edited
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with John and Sara Cordivano
- Date(s)
- 2018-06-28
- Contributor(s)
- Williams, Amrys O. (interviewer), Cordivano, John (interviewee), Cordivano, Sara (interviewee)
- Description
-
In this interview, the Cordivano's reflect on their longstanding involvement in the mushroom industry, from their experiences growing up in mushroom families, to John's experience with making better mushroom compost. John Cordivano describes his family entering the business and his own work for several mushroom companies over the years (Cordivano Brothers, John Swayne, a farm in Maryland, Oxford Royal, Laurel Valley) and the various jobs he performed there. Sara Cordivano, talks about her...
Show moreIn this interview, the Cordivano's reflect on their longstanding involvement in the mushroom industry, from their experiences growing up in mushroom families, to John's experience with making better mushroom compost. John Cordivano describes his family entering the business and his own work for several mushroom companies over the years (Cordivano Brothers, John Swayne, a farm in Maryland, Oxford Royal, Laurel Valley) and the various jobs he performed there. Sara Cordivano, talks about her experience in mushrooms, converting a dairy barn into their personal mini mushroom farm, managing the marketing for it, and describes their children getting involved, but eventually moving on to careers they desired.
Show less - Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018.219)
- Hagley ID
- Cordivano_John_and_Sara_20180628
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry
- Title
- Interview with Linda Kearns, 2018 June 28
- Date(s)
- 2018-06-28
- Contributor(s)
- Kearns, Linda W. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
-
In her interview, Linda Kearns focuses on her role with Lycra marketing with DuPont, providing insight into the brand's development and market research.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20180628_Kearns
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Dolores Williams Kelly, 2018 June 22
- Date(s)
- 2018-06-22
- Contributor(s)
- Kelly, Dolores Williams (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
-
In her interview, Dolores Kelly describes her career in various roles at the DuPont Kinston plant.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20180622_Kelly_Dolores
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Earl W. Kelly, 2018 June 22
- Date(s)
- 2018-06-22
- Contributor(s)
- Kelly, Earl W. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
-
In his interview, Earl Kelly details his career in plant operations at the DuPont Kinston facilities. He provides a thorough description of the ETF spinning process at Kinston. The process was one of the first times that split processes were converted to a coupled process, which was a major process change invented and lead by DuPont. His interview provides an example of the day-to-day contributions of individuals to a large manufacturing entity.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20180622_Kelly_Earl
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department