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Title: Interview with Thomas Hoopes, 1969 July 23 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1969-07-23
Contributor(s): Hoopes, Thomas (interviewee), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer), Ryff, Allen (interviewer)
Description: Hoopes gives a history of the company including the addition of rubber to wagon wheels, the changes the company underwent during World War II, the introduction of electricity, the relationships with the competition, best business practices, the management of the company, and different types of tires.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_72913_Hoopes_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Thomas Hoopes, 1969 July 23 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1969-07-23
Contributor(s): Hoopes, Thomas (interviewee), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer), Ryff, Allen (interviewer)
Description: Hoopes gives a history of the company including the addition of rubber to wagon wheels, the changes the company underwent during World War II, the introduction of electricity, the relationships with the competition, best business practices, the management of the company, and different types of tires.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_72913_Hoopes_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Thomas Hoopes, 1969 July 23 [transcript]
Date(s): 1969-07-23
Contributor(s): Hoopes, Thomas (interviewee), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer), Ryff, Allen (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Thomas Hoopes who worked for the Hoopes Borthers and Darlington Company. The interview took place in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_052913_11
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley