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Title: Interview with William H. Buchanan, 1974 July 25 [audio]
Date(s): 1974-07-25
Contributor(s): Buchanan, William H. (interviewee), Akerman, James (interviewer), Hinsley, J.A. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Buchanan describes his father's career, the layout of the powder yards, functions of various equipment, and the working environment at Hagley.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_91713_buchanan_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Emily Peoples Blackwell, 1970 July 6 [audio]
Date(s): 1970-07-06
Contributor(s): Blackwell, Emily Peoples, 1913-2015 (interviewee), Hinsley, J.A. (interviewer), Ward, Mary Sam (interviewer)
Description: Blackwell details various childhood experiences, including playing and sledding in Squirrel Run, paddle boating in the Brandywine, attending Christ Church, and studying at Alexis I. du Pont School and Beacom's Business School. She also discusses interactions with members of the du Pont family, including Alfred I., Bessie G., Madeline, and Louise Crowninshield. Her interview provides details into daily life at Squirrel Run and of powder workers' families.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_71813_Blackwell_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Emily Peoples Blackwell, 1970 July 6 [transcript]
Date(s): 1970-07-06
Contributor(s): Blackwell, Emily Peoples, 1913-2015 (interviewee), Hinsley, Jacqueline A. (interviewer), Ward, Mary Sam (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Emily Blackwell who lived at Squirrel Run while her father worked in the powder mills for DuPont. 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_03
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: The workers' world at Hagley
Date(s): 1992
Contributor(s): Porter, Glenn (author), Hinsley, Jacqueline A. (contributor), Kaufmann, Joy (contributor)
Collection ID: HD9651.9.D94 W9 1992
Hagley ID: 08121076_workersworld
Collection: Hagley reference file

Title: Research Report: The 1858 Millwright and Machine Shop at Hagley
Date(s): 1980
Contributor(s): Kaufmann, Joy (author), Hounshell, David A. (author), Hinsley, Jacqueline A. (author)
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports (Accession 1645)
Hagley ID: MS1645_165
Collection: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports

Title: The Reading Tastes of Educated Women of a Manufacturing Family in America, 1810-1835
Date(s): 1976
Contributor(s): Hinsley, Jacqueline (author)
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports (Accession 1645)
Hagley ID: MS1645_159
Collection: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports

Title: 19th Century Community Stores
Date(s): 1989
Contributor(s): Hinsley, Jacqueline A. (author)
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports (Accession 1645)
Hagley ID: MS1645_154
Collection: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports