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Title: Interview with Willard Graham Crichton, Jr. and Patsy Crichton, 1985 March 6 [transcript]
Date(s): 1985-03-06
Contributor(s): Crichton, Willard G. (Willard Graham), Jr., 1918-1995 (interviewee), Crichton, Patricia B., 1928-2020 (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer), Mayer, John (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Willard and Patsy Crichton regarding Belin House and other buildings and structures on Hagley grounds. 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_060713_07
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Willard Graham Crichton, Jr. and Patsy Crichton, 1985 March 6 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1985-03-06
Contributor(s): Crichton, Willard G. (Willard Graham), Jr., 1918-1995 (interviewee), Crichton, Patricia B., 1928-2020 (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer), Mayer, John (interviewer)
Description: Willard Crichton describes the state of the house after the move and the surrounding area in detail, as well as the changes made to it by the Crichton family. He also describes the surrounding area and the gardens. His interview details family history, the changes to the area following the opening of Hagley Museum, and briefly refers to a career with DuPont.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_102413_crichton_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Willard Graham Crichton, Jr. and Patsy Crichton, 1985 March 6 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1985-03-06
Contributor(s): Crichton, Willard G. (Willard Graham), Jr., 1918-1995 (interviewee), Crichton, Patricia B., 1928-2020 (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer), Mayer, John (interviewer)
Description: Willard Crichton describes the state of the house after the move and the surrounding area in detail, as well as the changes made to it by the Crichton family. He also describes the surrounding area and the gardens. His interview details family history, the changes to the area following the opening of Hagley Museum, and briefly refers to a career with DuPont.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_102413_crichton_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley