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Title: Interview with Willard S. Wilson, 1977 June 2 [transcript]
Date(s): 1977-06-02
Contributor(s): Wilson, Willard Springer, 1897-1979 (interviewee), Muir, Daniel T. (interviewer), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Willard Wilson who worked in radio broadcasting in Wilmington.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_060513_03
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Willard S. Wilson, 1977 June 2 [audio]
Date(s): 1977-06-02
Contributor(s): Wilson, Willard Springer, 1897-1979 (interviewee), Muir, Daniel T. (interviewer), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer)
Description: Wilson describes Charles Lindbergh's visit to the DuPont Company and his speech at Baynard Stadium. His interview describes the development of broadcast journalism in the 1920s, his early career as a wireless operator for the Marconi Company, playing piano for silent films for the DuPont Company at the Playhouse Theatre, and his career in radio.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_72913_Wilson
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Arrival of Swedish Monument at Wilmington Marine Terminal, cornerstone laying film
Date(s): 1938
Contributor(s): Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 (speaker), Wilson, Willard Springer, 1897-1979 (former owner)
Description: Depicts the arrival of the Swedish monument in the Wilmington Marine Terminal during the Tercentenary celebration in 1938 of the first colonization of Delaware by the Swedes. The monument is a statue of the Kalmar Nyckel ship designed by sculptor Carl Milles (1875-1955). The event was attended by Swedish royalty and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945).
Collection ID: Willard S. Wilson films and ephemera (Accession 1977.219)
Hagley ID: FILM_1977219_FC02
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Charles Lindbergh visits Wilmington
Date(s): 1927
Creator: Wilson, Willard Springer, 1897-1979 (Creator)
Contributor(s): Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 (speaker), Du Pont, Henry Belin, 1898-1970 (depicted), Robinson, Robert P., 1869-1939 (speaker), Highfield, William J. (speaker)
Description: Film depicts Lindbergh flying in to private airport of Henry B. du Pont, the motorcade that brings him to dais with speakers including Delaware Governor Robert P. Robinson and William J. Highfield. Lindbergh speaks at podium then prepares to take off again. Stands for photographs with Henry B. du Pont.
Collection ID: Willard S. Wilson films and ephemera (Accession 1977.219)
Hagley ID: FILM_1977219_FC01
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Charles Lindbergh Flight Across the Atlantic
Date(s): 1927
Contributor(s): Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 (depicted), Wilson, Willard Springer, 1897-1979 (former owner)
Description: Newsreel documents Lindbergh's historic flight across Atlantic. Includes footage of previous aviators who tried the trip before him. Also depicts celebrations in Paris and several United States cities after the flight. Last section of film is Lindbergh's hop to Mexico, including preparation, the route and celebration after landing.
Collection ID: Willard S. Wilson films and ephemera (Accession 1977.219)
Hagley ID: FILM_1977219_FC03
Collection: Film and Video