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Title: Interview with Edwin Zeuner, 1984 June 26 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-06-26
Contributor(s): Zeuner, Edwin Reinhold (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Zeuner describes the daily life of those living in Wilmington in the first half of the twentieth century, including where people shopped, swimming and skating on the Brandywine, typical dress, and normal pay and working conditions in the millwright shop.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12513_zeuner
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Edwin Zeuner, 1984 June 26 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-06-26
Contributor(s): Zeuner, Edwin Reinhold (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Edwin Zeuner who lived in Wilmington but had a lot of acquaintances in the powder yards and whose father was a millwright 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_070513_03
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Katherine Kindbeiter Hazzard, 1984 June 1 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-06-01
Contributor(s): Hazzard, Katherine Kindbeiter (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Hazzard describes the towns along the Brandywine and the neighborhood in detail. She also describes the family's possessions, daily chores, and special occasion clothes. She recounts the advent of electricity, socializing among the women, and local businesses.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_91613_hazzard_part5
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Katherine Kindbeiter Hazzard, 1984 March 21 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-03-21
Contributor(s): Hazzard, Katherine Kindbeiter (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Katherine Hazzard who grew up in Walkers Banks. 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_061713_01
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Katherine Kindbeiter Hazzard, 1984 June 1 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-06-01
Contributor(s): Hazzard, Katherine Kindbeiter (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of third interview with Katherine Hazzard who continues to recall details about life along the Brandywine. 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_061713_03
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ella Fitzharris, 1985 October 4 [transcript]
Date(s): 1985-10-04
Contributor(s): Fitzharris, Ella (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of fourth interview with Ella Fitzharris who recounts domestic and social life on the Brandywine. 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_11
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ella Fitzharris, 1985 August 8 [transcript]
Date(s): 1985-08-08
Contributor(s): Fitzharris, Ella (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of third interview with Ella Fitzharris who recounts domestic and social life on the Brandywine. 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_10
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Katherine Kindbeiter Hazzard, 1984 May 30 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-05-30
Contributor(s): Hazzard, Katherine Kindbeiter (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Hazzard describes her grandmother's role in her life and as the midwife for the area, laundry and other chores, and medical care. She also describes typical dress, explosions, and their neighbors. She also discusses games that the children would play, Easter traditions, making sauerkraut with her father, cooking and shopping, and typical dress.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_91613_hazzard_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Katherine Kindbeiter Hazzard, 1984 May 30 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-05-30
Contributor(s): Hazzard, Katherine Kindbeiter (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Hazzard describes her grandmother's role in her life and as the midwife for the area, laundry and other chores, and medical care. She also describes typical dress, explosions, and their neighbors. She also discusses games that the children would play, Easter traditions, making sauerkraut with her father, cooking and shopping, and typical dress.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_91613_hazzard_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Katherine Kindbeiter Hazzard, 1984 May 30 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-05-30
Contributor(s): Hazzard, Katherine Kindbeiter (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of second interview with Katherine Hazzard who recalls what her home life was like while living along the Brandywine. 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_061713_02
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Katherine Kindbeiter Hazzard, 1984 March 21 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-03-21
Contributor(s): Hazzard, Katherine Kindbeiter (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Hazzard describes her childhood, including the house in which she grew up, daily chores, activities and amusements, and her impressions of various du Pont family members. She also discusses her education, various anecdotes about her father and mother, and the candy store her father opened after her lost his legs working for the railroad. She also recounts going into Wilmington for shopping and Christmas traditions.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_91613_hazzard_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ella Fitzharris, 1985 August 8 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1985-08-08
Contributor(s): Fitzharris, Ella (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Fitzharris recalls in more detail about some of the subjects she has discussed in prior interviews. Some topics include coal wagons, home sewing, homemade alcohol, style of dress during mourning periods, household furniture and appliances, toys and hobbies, and types of meals cooked in the home.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_101113_fitzharris_part5
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ella Fitzharris, 1985 August 8 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1985-08-08
Contributor(s): Fitzharris, Ella (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Fitzharris recalls in more detail about some of the subjects she has discussed in prior interviews. Some topics include coal wagons, home sewing, homemade alcohol, style of dress during mourning periods, household furniture and appliances, toys and hobbies, and types of meals cooked in the home.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10913_fitzharris_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ella Fitzharris, 1985 October 4 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1985-10-04
Contributor(s): Fitzharris, Ella (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_101113_fitzharris_part7
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Katherine Kindbeiter Hazzard, 1984 March 21 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-03-21
Contributor(s): Hazzard, Katherine Kindbeiter (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Hazzard describes her childhood, including the house in which she grew up, daily chores, activities and amusements, and her impressions of various du Pont family members. She also discusses her education, various anecdotes about her father and mother, and the candy store her father opened after her lost his legs working for the railroad. She also recounts going into Wilmington for shopping and Christmas traditions.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_91613_hazzard_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ella Fitzharris, 1985 October 4 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1985-10-04
Contributor(s): Fitzharris, Ella (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_101113_fitzharris_part6
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1987 April 4 [audio]
Date(s): 1987-04-21
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Hayward describes Christmas traditions along the Brandywine, including decorations, foods prepared, and gifts received. She also describes family life during her early childhood, including daily life, clothing, and her doll collection.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92413_hayward_part5
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1987 April 21 [transcript]
Date(s): 1987-04-21
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of fourth interview with Ethel Hayward who continues to recall her childhood along the Brandywine. 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_061413_07
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Gamble, 1984 April 5 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-04-05
Contributor(s): Gamble, James Elmer (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of second interview with James Gamble who discusses life in Henry Clay Village. The interview took place in Claymont, Delaware.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_061113_01
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Gamble, 1984 June 21 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-06-21
Contributor(s): Gamble, James Elmer (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Gamble describes his family's history and various artifacts received from family members, his grandfather and father's careers with DuPont and in stone quarries, his first jobs, typical foods and chores, and taverns and businesses in Wilmington.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_101713_gamble_part6
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Gamble, 1984 June 21 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-06-21
Contributor(s): Gamble, James Elmer (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Gamble describes his family's history and various artifacts received from family members, his grandfather and father's careers with DuPont and in stone quarries, his first jobs, typical foods and chores, and taverns and businesses in Wilmington.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_101713_gamble_part5
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Gamble, 1984 April 5 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-04-05
Contributor(s): Gamble, James Elmer (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Gamble describes his house in Henry Clay in detail as well as his uncle's house, the layout of the villages along the Brandywine, various taverns in the community, his family history, and his education. He also recounts his childhood: swimming in the Brandywine, playing baseball and football and marbles, and sledding. He describes various explosions that he remembers.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_101113_gamble_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Gamble, 1984 April 5 [audio] (part 1)
Date(s): 1984-04-05
Contributor(s): Gamble, James Elmer (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Gamble describes his house in Henry Clay in detail as well as his uncle's house, the layout of the villages along the Brandywine, various taverns in the community, his family history, and his education. He also recounts his childhood: swimming in the Brandywine, playing baseball and football and marbles, and sledding. He describes various explosions that he remembers.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_101113_gamble_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Gamble, 1984 June 21 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-06-21
Contributor(s): Gamble, James Elmer (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of third interview with James Gamble who discusses his family and growing up on the Brandywine. The interview took place in Claymont, Delaware.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_061013_13
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley