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Title: Interview with John E. Miller, 1960 June 23 [transcript]
Date(s): 1960-06-23
Contributor(s): Miller, John E. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview wtih John E. Miller who worked for fifty years in DuPont's explosives department. The interview took place in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_060313_09
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Franklin W. Bradway, 1958 February [transcript]
Date(s): 1958-02-13, 1958-02-27
Contributor(s): Bradway, Franklin W. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Franklin W. Bradway recalling his time workig for DuPont as a chemist. 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_04
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with John E. Miller, 1960 June 23 [audio]
Date(s): 1960-06-23
Contributor(s): Miller, John E. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Miller describes the movement from black powder to soda blasting powder, the reformation of DuPont after the death of company president Eugene du Pont in 1902, how politics impacted the company (particularly the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the division of DuPont), sabotage among competition, and the company during both world wars. He also discusses his work abroad in Argentina, Chile, Hawaii, the Philippines, and China.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7313_Miller
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Franklin W. Bradway, 1958 February 13 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1958-02-13
Contributor(s): Bradway, Franklin W. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Bradway details DuPont's contract work with the Allied governments during both world wars and the Korean War, the development of the plant at Old Hickory, and the rise and fall of the sporting powder business. He eventually became a manager of the smokeless powder division and later the vicechairman of the Board of Benefits and Pensions.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_71713_Bradway_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Franklin W. Bradway, 1958 February 27 [audio]
Date(s): 1958-02-27
Contributor(s): Bradway, Franklin W. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_71713_Bradway_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Franklin W. Bradway, 1958 February 13 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1958-02-13
Contributor(s): Bradway, Franklin W. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Bradway details DuPont's contract work with the Allied governments during both world wars and the Korean War, the development of the plant at Old Hickory, and the rise and fall of the sporting powder business. He eventually became a manager of the smokeless powder division and later the vicechairman of the Board of Benefits and Pensions.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_71713_Bradway_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: See the wonders of the Americas through the 'All-American highway' : the tour of the future!
Date(s): 1944
Contributor(s): Chrysler Corporation. Plymouth Division Chrysler Corporation (originator)
Description: Promotional comic book by Plymouth, mapping road trip from North America to South America.
Collection ID: Trade catalogs and pamphlets (Pam 2017.0311)
Hagley ID: PAM_20170311
Collection: Promotional comic books gallery