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Title: Interview with Elmer Matthews, 1986 April 11 [transcript]
Date(s): 1986-04-11
Contributor(s): Ghazaleh, Valerie Abu (Transcriber), Turner, John James, Jr., 1930-2019 (Interviewer), Matthews, Elmer Davis, 1905-2000 (Interviewee)
Description: Elmer Matthews discusses Oliver Collins, Anselma Mill, the Pickering Valley Railroad and shipping milk, coal, feed, hay/straw to Philadelphia, John and Horace Collins and their skills at repairing equipment, and a cow that was hit by a train.
Collection ID: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews (Accession 2019.226)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019226_01_05
Collection: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews

Title: Interview with Mary Braden Jackson, 1986 August 17 [transcript]
Date(s): 1986-08-17
Contributor(s): Jackson, Mary Braden (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of third interview with Mary Jackson who shares her memories about growing up in the Hagley area. The interview took place in Newark, Delaware.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_061713_09
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1984 November 27 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-11-27
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of third interview with Ethel Hayward who recalls her home and school life while growing up 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_061413_06
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Alfred Dougherty, 1984 June 29 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-06-29
Contributor(s): Dougherty, Alfred (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Alfred Dougherty whose father was a leather manufacturer in the yards and whose grandfather was a powderman. The interview took place in Greenville, Delaware.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_060713_14
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Thomas McCray, 1981 February 5 [transcript]
Date(s): 1981-02-05
Contributor(s): McCray, Thomas (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Thomas McCray who lived on Rising Sun Lane and Long Row and whose father and uncle were killed in an explosion. The interview took place in Wilmington, Delaware. Also contributing to the interview are Mr. McCray's wife, Lucy Brooks McCray, and their daughter, Jeanette Henry.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_061813_11
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Dennis Buckley, 1975 January 10 [transcript]
Date(s): 1975-01-10
Contributor(s): Buckley, Dennis (interviewee), Ward, Mary Sam (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Dennis Buckely recalling his youth growing up 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_052213_06
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with John Raymond "Rex" Kaiser, 2004 June 22 [video] (part 2).
Date(s): 2004-06-22
Contributor(s): James, Richard (Interviewer), Kaiser, John Raymond (Interviewee)
Description: Kaiser provides information about his upbringing. He talks about his father's career path, how his parents met and their relationship. He recalls his time living in California for a summer, visits to Pioneer Point to see his Uncle John and Aunt Helena Raskob and sailing in the river near their home. He mentions some political differences his uncle had with people like President Roosevelt and Joseph Kennedy. Kaiser speaks of his mother's relationship with her brother and her growing up in...
Show moreKaiser provides information about his upbringing. He talks about his father's career path, how his parents met and their relationship. He recalls his time living in California for a summer, visits to Pioneer Point to see his Uncle John and Aunt Helena Raskob and sailing in the river near their home. He mentions some political differences his uncle had with people like President Roosevelt and Joseph Kennedy. Kaiser speaks of his mother's relationship with her brother and her growing up in Lockport, New York. He speaks a little about the families wealth, summering in Ventnor, New Jersey near Atlantic City, sailing and starting to build boats. He recalls meeting Jack Corcoran, and describes some visits with various family members. He shares memories of his Uncle John Raskob visiting his home. He mentions that John Raskob was friends with people in showbusiness, discusses his investment in the Playhouse, and the Green Room. He recalls his uncle supporting his interest in going to law school. He shares what he knows about Bill and Yvonne's death. He concludes with speaking a bit about his schooling and education.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with John J. Raskob family (Accession 2004.208)
Hagley ID: RexKaiserTape2-1
Collection: Oral history interviews with John J. Raskob family

Title: Interview with Catherine Hackendorn Sheldrick, 1984 February 28 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-02-28
Contributor(s): Sheldrick, Catherine Hackendorn (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Catherine Sheldrick who grew up in various communties 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_070113_10
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with George Christ, 1969 July 23 [audio]
Date(s): 1969-07-23
Contributor(s): Christ, George (interviewee), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer), Ryff, Allen (interviewer)
Description: George M. Christ, a worker in the blacksmith shop at Hoopes Brothers and Darlington, describes his career manufacturing wagon wheels. In his interview he details the wheel-making process, various types of tires, the rate of production of wagon wheels, and how the workers utilized the shrinker machine to make wheels.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_72913_Christ
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Margaret Headley, 1984 February 22 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-02-22
Contributor(s): Headley, Margaret (interviewee), Wagner, Betty (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Margaret Headley who grew up near Hagley and had a number of relatives who were employed there.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_061713_05
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Horace Collins, 1986 June 18 [transcript]
Date(s): 1986-06-18
Contributor(s): Collins, Horace Spencer, 1912-1989 (Interviewee), Turner, John James, Jr., 1930-2019 (Interviewer), Ghazaleh, Valerie Abu (Transcriber)
Description: Horace Collins is shown a series of slides with photographs taken at Anselma Mill in 1972. The subjects vary widely and include the cider press, power hack saw, drill press, a dog tread power used to churn butter, and an old clock. Collins describes each slide, discusses the memories they evoke, and how they related to the running of the mill. There are 126 indivisual slides in the set.
Collection ID: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews (Accession 2019.226)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019226_01_03
Collection: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews

Title: Interview with Grace Toy Ferguson, 1985 February 14 [audio]
Date(s): 1985-02-14
Contributor(s): Ferguson, Grace Toy (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Ferguson describes in detail the house in which she grew up and the family's possessions, her mother's cooking, her education, transportation, typical dress, and daily chores.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10913_ferguson_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1981 January 29 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1981-01-29
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Cheney discusses various household items her home contained and how they have changed. She also discusses baking bread, an explosion that caused her family to move, making soap for laundry, healthcare, her family's relationship with the du Pont family, her education, and her growing up years along the Brandywine, including chores and entertainments.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92513_cheney_c_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Dudley Kennedy and Lorena Sala, 2004 April 2 [video] (part 1).
Date(s): 2004-04-02
Contributor(s): Farber, David (Interviewer), Kennedy, Dudley (Interviewee), Sala, Lorena (Interviewee)
Description: The interview begins with Sala and Kennedy describing Dolores' relationship with her in-laws, John and Helena Raskob. Kennedy details stories about parties thrown by Bob and Dolores that John Raskob would attend. Sala talks about her father's relationship with his parents and her relationship with Jack Corcoran. Kennedy explains when he first met Bob, his recollections about Bob's involvement with the Al Smith presidential campaign, and first meeting Dolores. Kennedy and Sala recount Bob and...
Show moreThe interview begins with Sala and Kennedy describing Dolores' relationship with her in-laws, John and Helena Raskob. Kennedy details stories about parties thrown by Bob and Dolores that John Raskob would attend. Sala talks about her father's relationship with his parents and her relationship with Jack Corcoran. Kennedy explains when he first met Bob, his recollections about Bob's involvement with the Al Smith presidential campaign, and first meeting Dolores. Kennedy and Sala recount Bob and Dolores courtship, when they were first married, and Dolores' parents, particularly her mother. Sala shares an anecdote (most likely untrue) about John Raskob meeting Lucky Luciano, and Luciano wanting to back Al Smith. They go on to discuss the Kentucky distillery that John Raskob purchased prior to prohibition, Bob Raskob moving out west to run mines and his service in the Air Force. Sala outlines her father's charity work and philanthropic activities, his love of children. She discusses his relationship with his siblings, and the siblings relationships with each other. She describes her father's character. They conclude by talking more about his charity work specifically with children and orphanages.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with John J. Raskob family (Accession 2004.208)
Hagley ID: DudleyKennedyTape1-1
Collection: Oral history interviews with John J. Raskob family

Title: Interview with Ella Fitzharris, 1984 March 4 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-03-04
Contributor(s): Fitzharris, Ella (interviewee), Frazier, Chris (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of second interview with Ella Fitzharris who recalls her time living on the Brandywine, including Walkers Bank, while her father worked 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_061013_09
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Hackendorn Sheldrick, 1987 May 21 [audio]
Date(s): 1987-05-21
Contributor(s): Sheldrick, Catherine Hackendorn (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Sheldrick describes the layout of the villages along the Brandywine, including which neighbors lived where, as well as the homes of various du Pont family members. She also discusses the various families who lived in Henry Clay Village.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112013_sheldrick_part5
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Herbert James Devenney, 1984 April 2 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-04-02
Contributor(s): Devenney, Herbert (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of second interview with Herbert Devenney in which he discussed home life while growing up on the Brandywine. The interview took place in Mendenhall, Pennsylvania.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_060713_11
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Louise F. Poole, 1974 March 4 [audio]
Date(s): 1974-03-01
Contributor(s): Poole, Louise F. (interviewee), Ward, Mary Sam (interviewer)
Description: Poole describes her family's genealogy in detail, her hobbies and activities in Wilmington, Wilmington society in the early twentieth century, and daily life.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_81513_Poole
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview Catherine C. Irving (Mrs. A. Duer Irving), 1974 February 21 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1974-02-21
Contributor(s): Irving, Catherine C. (Catherine Cooper), 1884-1982 (interviewee), Ward, Mary Sam (interviewer)
Description: Irving describes in detail her relationship with her husband's cousin, Mrs. Louise du Pont Crowninshield, including her interests and personality. She briefly describes relationships with other members of the du Pont family.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_8913_Duer_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Martin Luther Valentine, 1974 January [audio]
Date(s): 1974-01-01
Contributor(s): Valentine, Martin Luther (interviewee), Ward, Mary Sam (interviewer)
Description: Valentine describes DuPont's role in manufacturing smokeless powder and ballistics in both World War I and World War II, the layout of the plants in which he worked, the morale of employees during wartime, and testing ballistic missiles.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_8613_valentine
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Cammock, 1984 July 9 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-07-09
Contributor(s): Cammock, James (interviewee), Paine, Al (interviewer)
Description: Cammock details his experience growing up at Hagley, including games the children would play, various details about his mother's housekeeping, and the community life at the mills. He also discusses nightlife and entertainment in Wilmington (including the movie theaters and the Blue Rocks), the growing prevalence of automobiles, and other day-to-day activities.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10713_cammock_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Alfred Evans, May 1973 [transcript]
Date(s): 1973-05
Contributor(s): Evans, Alfred (interviewee), Ward, Mary Sam (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Alfred Evans who was a chauffer for Louise Crowninshield. The interview took place in Boca Grande, Florida.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_052813_10
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Horace Collins, 1986 February 27 [audio] (part 3)
Date(s): 1986-02-27
Description: Horace Collins recalls his early life and how his family came to live and work at Anselma Mill. He primarily focuses on the activities of his father, Oliver Ernest Collins, how the mill operated, and general life in Chester County. Supplementary topics include the Great Depression, Prohibition, his mother and siblings, attending school, neighbors, holiday celebrations, and domestic and wild animals living around the mill. He tells several stories in detail.
Collection ID: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews (Accession 2019.226)
Hagley ID: AUD_2019226_ID05
Collection: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews

Title: Interview with Horace Collins, 1986 June 18 [audio] (part 2)
Date(s): 1986-06-18
Contributor(s): Collins, Horace Spencer, 1912-1989 (Interviewee), Turner, John James, Jr., 1930-2019 (ivr)
Description: Horace Collins is shown a series of slides with photographs taken at Anselma Mill in 1972. The subjects vary widely and include the cider press, power hack saw, drill press, a dog tread power used to churn butter, and an old clock. Collins describes each slide, discusses the memories they evoke, and how they related to the running of the mill. Slides 24 to 53.
Collection ID: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews (Accession 2019.226)
Hagley ID: AUD_2019226_ID10
Collection: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews

Title: Interview with Sister Patricia Geuting, RSCJ, 2005 September 10 [video] (part 3).
Date(s): 2005-09-10
Contributor(s): Farber, David (Interviewer), James, Richard (Interviewer), Gueting, Patricia (Interviewee)
Description: Geuting provides a brief summary of her background, upbringing and early schooling. She mentions that she was closer to her grandfather. She gives recollections of her visits to Pioneer Point, and going horseback riding, swimming, and skeet shooting. She speaks a little about the end of World War II, and its effects. She talks about when she was eight years old, traveling by train with her grandfather to Santa Fe to visit her grandmother, Skipper. She recounts visiting her grandfather as a...
Show moreGeuting provides a brief summary of her background, upbringing and early schooling. She mentions that she was closer to her grandfather. She gives recollections of her visits to Pioneer Point, and going horseback riding, swimming, and skeet shooting. She speaks a little about the end of World War II, and its effects. She talks about when she was eight years old, traveling by train with her grandfather to Santa Fe to visit her grandmother, Skipper. She recounts visiting her grandfather as a teenager in New York City, describes his apartment, and their activities together. She recalls meeting Governor Al Smith, going to church, and Cardinal Spellman. She discusses the families attitudes towards race and religion and talks about the foundation. She outlines the European boat trip taken with family prior to her grandfather's death and explains what lead her to a religious life. She describes summers at Pioneer Point and putting on plays for the family, playing hide-and-seek, learning to sail and swim, and celebrating Christmas and Thanksgiving. She describes her mother and Aunt Betty's relationship, her mother's health issues, the family nurse Weah for the three little ones, and nurse "Skinny" for Yvonne. Finally, she recalls visiting Empire State Building.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with John J. Raskob family (Accession 2004.208)
Hagley ID: GeutingTape3-1
Collection: Oral history interviews with John J. Raskob family

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