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Title: Interview with Helen Edwards, 1984 March 8 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-03-08
Contributor(s): Edwards, Helen E. (interviewee), Wagner, Betty (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Helen Edwards who worked in the powder mills during World War I. 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_061013_03
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Helen Edwards, 1986 April 16 [transcript]
Date(s): 1986-04-16
Contributor(s): Edwards, Helen E. (interviewee), Vadnais, Andy (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of second interview with Helen Edwards who worked in the powder mills. 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_061013_04
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Helen Edwards, 1986 April 16 [audio]
Date(s): 1986-04-16
Contributor(s): Edwards, Helen E. (interviewee), Vadnais, Andy (interviewer)
Description: Edwards describes her working career at DuPont, including an explosion that occurred in 1918 and the flu epidemic in 1919. She also describes her home life, including the family cat, typical dress, the early years of her marriage, Wilmington in the early twentieth century, and cooking and chores.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_93013_edwards_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Helen Edwards, 1984 March 8 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-03-08
Contributor(s): Edwards, Helen E. (interviewee), Wagner, Betty (interviewer)
Description: Edwards describes her working career in the powder yards in 1917 and 1918 in detail, including various work tasks, sewing silk bags, the hiring process, various explosions, and how married and unmarried Bloomer Girls worked alongside each other during World War I.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_93013_edwards_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley