Search Results | Hagley Digital Archives

Title: Charles I. du Pont to Cousin [Francis G. du Pont], undated
Date(s): 1890
Contributor(s): Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (addressee), Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904 (addressee), Du Pont, Charles I. (Charles Irénée), 1859-1902 (correspondent), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (correspondent)
Description: Note from Charles du Pont to Francis G. du Pont regarding keeping the 'enclosed gentleman' out of the yard. This item also includes a note from Francis G. du Pont to Pierre A. Gentieu, passing along the same request.
Collection ID: Pierre A. Gentieu Papers (Accession 503)
Hagley ID: LMSS_0503_01_002
Collection: Pierre A. Gentieu papers, 1858-1911

Title: Francis Gurney du Pont seated in office
Date(s): 1885/1904, 1885, 1904
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Edmond, 1906-1996 (former owner), Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904 (depicted)
Collection ID: Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection (Accession 1972.238)
Hagley ID: 1972238_021
Collection: Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection

Title: Lower Yard rolling mills after 1889 explosion
Date(s): 1889-07-06
Contributor(s): Macklem, John W., 1867-1948 (former owner), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Francis G. du Pont visible on left.
Collection ID: John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs (Accession 1968.010)
Hagley ID: 1968010_001_02_20
Collection: John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs

Title: Francis G. du Pont to [undecipherable], October 16, 1890
Date(s): 1890-10-16
Contributor(s): Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (associated name), Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904 (correspondent), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Description: Note from Francis G. du Pont, superintendent of the Upper and Lower Hagley Yards, about giving work credit to guards working on Sunday.
Collection ID: Pierre A. Gentieu Papers (Accession 503)
Hagley ID: LMSS_0503_01_001
Collection: Pierre A. Gentieu papers, 1858-1911

Title: Francis G. du Pont and Harry Miller installing boilers at Old Stone Block
Date(s): 1880/1920, 1880, 1920
Contributor(s): Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (photographer)
Description: Written on verso: "The building is the steam plant." Miller at left, du Pont at right.
Collection ID: Pierre A. Gentieu Brandywine River Valley photographs (Accession 1970.001)
Hagley ID: 701130
Collection: Pierre A. Gentieu Brandywine River Valley photographs

Title: Francis Gurney du Pont (1850-1904)
Date(s): 1870/1904, 1870, 1904
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (former owner)
Collection ID: P.S. du Pont Longwood photograph collection (Accession 1969.002)
Hagley ID: 1969_2_0983
Collection: P.S. du Pont Longwood photographs

Title: Francis Gurney du Pont (1850-1904)
Date(s): 1895
Contributor(s): Gilbert Photo Co. (photographer), Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (former owner)
Collection ID: P.S. du Pont Longwood photograph collection (Accession 1969.002)
Hagley ID: 1969_2_PA5_19
Collection: P.S. du Pont Longwood photographs

Title: Francis G. du Pont telescope and observatory
Date(s): 1888
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (former owner), Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904 (associated name)
Collection ID: P.S. du Pont Longwood photograph collection (Accession 1969.002)
Hagley ID: AVD_1969002_026_017
Collection: P.S. du Pont Longwood photographs

Title: Interview with Joseph M. Campbell, 1957 August 15 [transcript]
Date(s): 1957-08-15
Contributor(s): Campbell, Joseph M. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Joseph M. Campbell who worked for DuPont in the Hagley yards. The interview took place in Wilmington, Delaware.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_052213_07
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Joseph M. Campbell, 1957 August 15 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1957-08-15
Contributor(s): Campbell, Joseph M. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Campbell describes the working conditions at Hagley and at the Experimental Station, attempts to unionize, his interactions with the du Pont family, and moving into the neighborhood at Squirrel Run, including the various nationalities that lived there and what the workers would do for fun.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_62513_campbell_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Joseph M. Campbell, 1957 August 15 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1957-08-15
Contributor(s): Campbell, Joseph M. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Campbell describes the working conditions at Hagley and at the Experimental Station, attempts to unionize, his interactions with the du Pont family, and moving into the neighborhood at Squirrel Run, including the various nationalities that lived there and what the workers would do for fun.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_62513_campbell_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Codorus Iron Works, 1832-1892, Baugher, Kurtz & Stewart, proprietors -- : iron and brass founders, machinists and tanners, manufacturers of the -- Rechard turbine water wheel, the York bark mill -- powder machinery, mill gearing and mill machinery:
Date(s): 1892
Contributor(s): (author), (associated name)
Hagley ID: TC_08052423
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Explosions at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Powder Yards
Date(s): 1860/1885, 1860, 1885
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904 (author)
Description: Handwritten accounts of explosions in the DuPont powder yards between 1815 and 1885. Handwritten by Francis Gurney du Pont between 1860 and 1885.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont acquisitions (Accession LMSS.VIII)
Hagley ID: LMSS_8A_box1
Collection: Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont acquisitions (Longwood)