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Title: Interview with John Peoples, 1957 June 13 [transcript]
Date(s): 1957-06-13
Contributor(s): Peoples, John (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with John Peoples who who lived at the Keg Mill and worked in the Keg factory. 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_060313_12
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with John Peoples, 1957 June 13 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1957-06-13
Contributor(s): Peoples, John (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Peoples describes his job and working conditions in detail, his impressions of Frank du Pont, flooding along the Brandywine, explosions, life at Squirrel Run, and anecdotes about his neighbors.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_62813_peoples_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with John Peoples, 1957 June 13 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1957-06-13
Contributor(s): Peoples, John (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Peoples describes his job and working conditions in detail, his impressions of Frank du Pont, flooding along the Brandywine, explosions, life at Squirrel Run, and anecdotes about his neighbors.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_62813_peoples_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley