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- Title
- Interview with Wesley Memeger, Jr., 2020 September 27 [transcript]
- Date(s)
- 2020-09-27
- Contributor(s)
- Memeger, Wesley, Jr. (interviewee), Nutter, Jeanne D. (interviewer), Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (originator)
- Description
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During this interview, Dr. Wesley (Wes) Memeger details his early life in Florida. He describes his family, headed by his grandfather, working and travelling as migrant farmers. He then describes his elementary school, Webster School, and family beach trips to a segregated beach near Saint Augustine.
Memeger goes on to describe his first remembered experience with science, doing pendulum experiments in eighth grade physical science class. He then details his high school years at Excelsior ...
Show moreDuring this interview, Dr. Wesley (Wes) Memeger details his early life in Florida. He describes his family, headed by his grandfather, working and travelling as migrant farmers. He then describes his elementary school, Webster School, and family beach trips to a segregated beach near Saint Augustine.
Memeger goes on to describe his first remembered experience with science, doing pendulum experiments in eighth grade physical science class. He then details his high school years at Excelsior (later Richard J. Murray High School), both his studies and his participation on the football team. He also recounts an incident during a summer working on a flower farm when his mother stood up for him over the objection of the farm's white foreman.
Memeger then describes how he came to attend Clark College. He details various aspects of his college experience, including his dormitory and his chemistry professors. He discusses the impact that his English professor, M. Carl Holman, had on his life. He also details his participation in a 1961 student day of protest for civil rights. He then discusses his membership in Omega Psi Phi and how he met his future wife, Harriet.
Memeger goes on to discuss his graduate education at Adelphi University, including the impact that being a new father had on his graduate school experience. He then details his hiring by DuPont and describes the three other Black chemists who were at the company when he was initially hired. He also discusses how DuPont used a composite sketch of a Black contract employee on the cover of the 200th company anniversary issue of DuPont Magazine.
Memeger then details his involvement on the Kevlar project, describes the molecular structure of the monomer of Kevlar and Kevlar products. He then discusses his patents and other aspects of his career at DuPont. He then speaks about his children and his involvement with the Delaware community serving on the boards of cultural institutions. Finally, Dr. Memeger discusses his life as an artist, from an early sketch of his son to his current projects and his collaboration with his wife, who is a fiber artist.
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- Black Delawarean STEM pioneers oral history project (Accession 2021.202)
- Hagley ID
- 2021202_20200927_Memeger_transcript
- Collection
- Oral history collections gallery
- 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
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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 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 Thomas "Tom" McAndrews, 2018 January and February, unedited transcript
- Date(s)
- 2018-06-13
- 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_20180613_McAndrews_transcript_unedited
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Irv Koons eulogy
- Date(s)
- 2017-10
- Contributor(s)
- Koons, Irvin L., 1922-2017 (associated name), Johnson & Johnson Medical (associated name)
- Description
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Sample of material from a folder of material associated with the Irv Koons' funeral. The folder includes memorial cards, the eulogy, and program from thes funeral, which took place September 12, 2017. The funeral program features photos and art designed by Koons during his career.
- Collection ID
- Irv Koons memorabilia (Accession: 2716)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2716_01_01
- Collection
- Irv Koons collections
- Title
- 1894 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1894_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1897 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1897_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1898 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1898_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1895 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1895_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1892 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1892_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1904 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1904_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1900 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1900_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1903 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1903_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1901 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1901_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1902 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1902_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1896 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1896_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- 1899 diary transcript
- Date(s)
- 2017
- Contributor(s)
- Camacho, Simon B. (Simon Bolivar), 1859-1906 (author), Stoye, Guy (transcriber)
- Collection ID
- Simon B. Camacho papers (Accession 2704)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_2704_1899_01_05
- Collection
- Simon B. Camacho papers
- Title
- Hagley Magazine [Spring 2016]
- Date(s)
- 2016-21, 2016
- Creator
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Collection ID
- Hagley Publications Archive
- Hagley ID
- hagley-magazine-2016-1
- Collection
- Hagley Museum and Library publications archive
- Title
- Doing Business Across Borders
- Date(s)
- 2015-11-06
- Creator
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Collection ID
- Hagley Publications Archive
- Hagley ID
- 2015_11_Across_Borders_Conf
- Collection
- Hagley Museum and Library publications archive
- Title
- Fluvial Hinterlands and Metropoles: Water as a Transportation Medium in America's Early Canal and Steamboat Age [paper]
- Date(s)
- 2015-03-27
- Contributor(s)
- Baer, Christopher T. (author)
- Collection ID
- Hagley reference file (Accession 2016.201)
- Hagley ID
- 2016201_Baer_fluvial_paper
- Collection
- Hagley Library reference file
- Title
- Hagley Magazine [Summer 2015]
- Date(s)
- 2015-22, 2015
- Creator
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Collection ID
- Hagley Publications Archive
- Hagley ID
- hagley-magazine-2015-2
- Collection
- Hagley Museum and Library publications archive
- Title
- Hagley Magazine [Winter 2015]
- Date(s)
- 2015-24, 2015
- Creator
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Collection ID
- Hagley Publications Archive
- Hagley ID
- hagley-magazine-2015-4
- Collection
- Hagley Museum and Library publications archive
- Title
- Hagley Magazine [Spring 2015]
- Date(s)
- 2015-21, 2015
- Creator
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Collection ID
- Hagley Publications Archive
- Hagley ID
- hagley-magazine-2015-1
- Collection
- Hagley Museum and Library publications archive
- Title
- Hagley Magazine [Fall 2015]
- Date(s)
- 2015-23, 2015
- Creator
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Collection ID
- Hagley Publications Archive
- Hagley ID
- hagley-magazine-2015-3
- Collection
- Hagley Museum and Library publications archive
- Title
- Hagley Magazine [Summer 2014]
- Date(s)
- 2014-22, 2014
- Creator
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Collection ID
- Hagley Publications Archive
- Hagley ID
- hagley-magazine-2014-2
- Collection
- Hagley Museum and Library publications archive