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Title: Interview with Maurice du Pont Lee, 1969 February 6-7 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1969-02-06
Contributor(s): Lee, Maurice du Pont (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer)
Description: Lee describes his high school and college education in detail, the influence of his cousin Louis Cazenove on his interest in engineering, his work for the company in Hannibal, Missouri, various explosions, his work in smokeless powder and the expansion of Carney's Point, his move from explosives to dye stuffs, and the company's international dealings during World War I. Lee also describes his family, including his mother, Alfred I. du Pont, Lee's role in helping his cousins gain their...
Show moreLee describes his high school and college education in detail, the influence of his cousin Louis Cazenove on his interest in engineering, his work for the company in Hannibal, Missouri, various explosions, his work in smokeless powder and the expansion of Carney's Point, his move from explosives to dye stuffs, and the company's international dealings during World War I. Lee also describes his family, including his mother, Alfred I. du Pont, Lee's role in helping his cousins gain their inheritance, and various family members' leadership qualities. Furthermore, he discusses the building of A.I. du Pont hospital and interactions with his coworkers.
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Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_81313_Dupont_Lee_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Maurice du Pont Lee, 1969 February 6-7 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1969-02-07
Contributor(s): Lee, Maurice du Pont (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer)
Description: Lee describes his high school and college education in detail, the influence of his cousin Louis Cazenove on his interest in engineering, his work for the company in Hannibal, Missouri, various explosions, his work in smokeless powder and the expansion of Carney's Point, his move from explosives to dye stuffs, and the company's international dealings during World War I. Lee also describes his family, including his mother, Alfred I. du Pont, Lee's role in helping his cousins gain their...
Show moreLee describes his high school and college education in detail, the influence of his cousin Louis Cazenove on his interest in engineering, his work for the company in Hannibal, Missouri, various explosions, his work in smokeless powder and the expansion of Carney's Point, his move from explosives to dye stuffs, and the company's international dealings during World War I. Lee also describes his family, including his mother, Alfred I. du Pont, Lee's role in helping his cousins gain their inheritance, and various family members' leadership qualities. Furthermore, he discusses the building of A.I. du Pont hospital and interactions with his coworkers.
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Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_81313_Dupont_Lee_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Maurice du Pont Lee, 1969 February 13-14 [audio](part 4)
Date(s): 1969-02-14
Contributor(s): Lee, Maurice du Pont (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer)
Description: Lee describes his work as the manager of the manufacture of cellophane and rayon, the entrance of DuPont into cellophane, the establishment of a new plant in Virginia, his philanthropic ventures in Wilmington, and the beginning of Alcoholic Anonymous in the company in the 1940s. His interview also details the design and building of the DuPont Country Club. He also discusses his mother's interest in psychic matters, the development of Rodney Square, the construction of I-95 in Wilmington,...
Show moreLee describes his work as the manager of the manufacture of cellophane and rayon, the entrance of DuPont into cellophane, the establishment of a new plant in Virginia, his philanthropic ventures in Wilmington, and the beginning of Alcoholic Anonymous in the company in the 1940s. His interview also details the design and building of the DuPont Country Club. He also discusses his mother's interest in psychic matters, the development of Rodney Square, the construction of I-95 in Wilmington, working in the Office of Civil Defense, and his work on the National Parks Commission.
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Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_81313_Dupont_Lee_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Maurice du Pont Lee, 1969 February 13-14 [audio](part 3)
Date(s): 1969-02-13
Contributor(s): Lee, Maurice du Pont (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer)
Description: Lee describes his work as the manager of the manufacture of cellophane and rayon, the entrance of DuPont into cellophane, the establishment of a new plant in Virginia, his philanthropic ventures in Wilmington, and the beginning of Alcoholic Anonymous in the company in the 1940s. His interview also details the design and building of the DuPont Country Club. He also discusses his mother's interest in psychic matters, the development of Rodney Square, the construction of I-95 in Wilmington,...
Show moreLee describes his work as the manager of the manufacture of cellophane and rayon, the entrance of DuPont into cellophane, the establishment of a new plant in Virginia, his philanthropic ventures in Wilmington, and the beginning of Alcoholic Anonymous in the company in the 1940s. His interview also details the design and building of the DuPont Country Club. He also discusses his mother's interest in psychic matters, the development of Rodney Square, the construction of I-95 in Wilmington, working in the Office of Civil Defense, and his work on the National Parks Commission.
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Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_81313_Dupont_Lee_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Maurice du Pont Lee (1885-1974)
Date(s): 1895
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: DPDN_V2_095
Collection: P.S. du Pont Longwood photographs

Title: Maurice du Pont Lee collection of du Pont family photographs
Creator: Du Pont family, Lee, Maurice du Pont, 1885-1974
Accession: 1969.043
Collection: info:fedora/islandora:ead

Title: Maurice du Pont Lee photographs
Creator: Brooks Studio (Wilmington, Del.) Cohen, Edward Lubitsh & Bungarz, Lubitsh & Bungarz, Cohen, Edward
Accession: 1975.271
Collection: info:fedora/islandora:ead