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Title: Interview with Horace Collins 1986 June 18 [photographs]
Date(s): 1972
Description: A series of photographs taken at Anselma Mill. The images were shown to and described by Horace Collins in his June 18th, 1986, oral history interview. The subjects include the cider press, power hack saw, drill press, a dog tread power used to churn butter, and an old clock. The mill's final private owner, Oliver Collins, can be seen in several images.
Collection ID: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews (Accession 2019.226)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019226_01_01
Collection: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews

Title: Interview with Oliver Collins, 1973 July 19 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1973-07-19
Contributor(s): Collins, Oliver Ernest, 1888-1982 (interviewee), Ackerman, James B. (interviewer), McKelvey, Howard (interviewer)
Description: Collins describes different kinds of turbines, wheel diameters and their various usage, and other industrial machines essential to his business. He also describes his family history and the running of the millrace, as well as overcoming problems such as rot. He describes the environment and wildlife in the area and also discusses his other interest in cutting hair.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_81913_Collins_O_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Oliver Collins, 1973 July 19 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1973-07-19
Contributor(s): Collins, Oliver Ernest, 1888-1982 (interviewee), Ackerman, James B. (interviewer), McKelvey, Howard (interviewer)
Description: Collins describes different kinds of turbines, wheel diameters and their various usage, and other industrial machines essential to his business. He also describes his family history and the running of the millrace, as well as overcoming problems such as rot. He describes the environment and wildlife in the area and also discusses his other interest in cutting hair.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_81613_Collins_O_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Oliver Collins, 1972 July 6-7 [audio]
Date(s): 1972-07-06?, 1972-07-06, 1972-07-07?, 1972-07-07
Contributor(s): Collins, Oliver Ernest, 1888-1982 (interviewee), Ackerman, James B. (interviewer)
Description: Collins describes how he was trained as a miller, how his business expanded, the different crops ground at his facility, the process of grinding corn and wheat, different grades of flour produced, and explosions that occurred in the mill business. He also discusses the role of grain elevators in the mill process.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_022614_collins_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: The Mill at Anselma Photographs
Date(s): 1972
Description: A series of photographs taken at Anselma Mill. The images include the exterior and interior of the mill, various tools, appliances, and objects, wall art, and hand-drawn plans. The mill's final private owner, Oliver Collins, can be seen in several images, as well as his son, Horace Collins.
Collection ID: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews (Accession 2019.226)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019226_01_02
Collection: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews