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Interview with E.G. Ackart, 1961 September 14 [audio]
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