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Title: Interview with Benjamin F. Foster, 1964 February 28 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1964-02-28
Contributor(s): Foster, Benjamin F. (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Gibson, George Horner, 1932- (interviewer)
Description: Foster describes his working career at DuPont, including the various plants in which he worked, the installation of electrical lighting, engineering work, salaries and wages, and transferring to South America. He also describes the establishment of the Hotel du Pont, the building of homes for various du Pont family members, and his impressions of du Pont family members.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_82213_Foster_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Benjamin F. Foster, 1964 February [transcript]
Date(s): 1964-02-24, 1964-02-28
Contributor(s): Foster, Benjamin F. (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Gibson, George Horner, 1932- (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Benjamin Foster who worked for the Power Division of Engineering Department. 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_052913_04
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Benjamin F. Foster, 1964 February 24 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1964-02-26?, 1964-02-26, 1964-02-24?, 1964-02-24
Contributor(s): Foster, Benjamin F. (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Gibson, George Horner, 1932- (interviewer)
Description: Foster describes his working career at DuPont, including the various plants in which he worked, the installation of electrical lighting, engineering work, salaries and wages, and transferring to South America. He also describes the establishment of the Hotel du Pont, the building of homes for various du Pont family members, and his impressions of du Pont family members.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_82213_Foster_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley