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Title: Interview with Edwin Zeuner, 1984 June 26 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-06-26
Contributor(s): Zeuner, Edwin Reinhold (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Zeuner describes the daily life of those living in Wilmington in the first half of the twentieth century, including where people shopped, swimming and skating on the Brandywine, typical dress, and normal pay and working conditions in the millwright shop.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12513_zeuner
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Eleanor Kane, 1984 February 21 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-02-21
Contributor(s): Kane, Eleanor (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview wtih Eleanor Kane who spent a lot of time visiting Free Park and whose mother grew up there. 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_061713_15
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Agnes Quinn [audio]
Date(s): 1968-05-28
Contributor(s): Quinn, Agnes (interviewee)
Description: Quinn describes prohibition in Wilmington, shopping and making textiles, her relationship with her grandmother, the layout of the neighborhood, social activities at Breck's Mill, floods along the Brandywine, and running her tavern. She also describes Christmas traditions along the Brandywine, including attending church at dawn at St. Joseph's on the Brandywine, the decoration of the tree, sledding, and gifts received.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_102413_quinn
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Carl Wise, 1984 February 27 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-02-27
Contributor(s): Wise, Carl (interviewee), Bond, James (interviewer)
Description: Wise describes his childhood growing up in Wilmington, including working for the DuPont box factory during his summers, delivering newspapers and milk, his education at Wilmington High School, and various customs and pastimes. He also briefly describes some highlights of his working career.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12613_wise
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Carl Wise, 1984 February 27 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-02-27
Contributor(s): Wise, Carl (interviewee), Bond, James (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Carl Wise who did not live or work in the Hagley area but does have reminisces of the area and daily life in Wilmington.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_070313_02
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Edwin Zeuner, 1984 June 26 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-06-26
Contributor(s): Zeuner, Edwin Reinhold (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Edwin Zeuner who lived in Wilmington but had a lot of acquaintances in the powder yards and whose father was a millwright 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_070513_03
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Woman, child, and dog sitting outside house in Cuba
Date(s): 1911-02
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_08_241
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Interview with Eleanor Kane, 1984 February 21 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-02-21
Contributor(s): Kane, Eleanor (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Kane describes her family history and her grandparents' home in detail, including the interior, backyard and garden, and their neighbors, the Seitz family. She describes her mother's childhood as well as her own childhood visiting her grandparents, including transportation, wedding traditions, and her grandfather's illness during his working career.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92013_kane
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Louis E. and Max Levy photograph album
Date(s): 1886, 1893
Creator: Levy, Louis Edward, 1846-1919, Levy, Max, 1857-1926
Contributor(s): Levytype Co. (associated name)
Collection ID: Louis E. and Max Levy photograph album (Accession 1976.252)
Hagley ID: AVD_1976_252_001
Collection: Louis E. and Max Levy photograph album

Title: Loose photograph found in album
Date(s): 1890
Creator: Levy, Louis Edward, 1846-1919, Levy, Max, 1857-1926
Contributor(s): Levytype Co. (associated name)
Collection ID: Louis E. and Max Levy photograph album (Accession 1976.252)
Hagley ID: AVD_1976_252_004
Collection: Louis E. and Max Levy photograph album

Title: Loose photograph found in album
Date(s): 1890
Creator: Levy, Louis Edward, 1846-1919, Levy, Max, 1857-1926
Contributor(s): Levytype Co. (associated name)
Collection ID: Louis E. and Max Levy photograph album (Accession 1976.252)
Hagley ID: AVD_1976_252_003
Collection: Louis E. and Max Levy photograph album

Title: Loose photograph found in album
Date(s): 1890
Creator: Levy, Louis Edward, 1846-1919, Levy, Max, 1857-1926
Contributor(s): Levytype Co. (associated name)
Collection ID: Louis E. and Max Levy photograph album (Accession 1976.252)
Hagley ID: AVD_1976_252_006
Collection: Louis E. and Max Levy photograph album

Title: Interview with Fred Marenco, 1984 February 8 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-02-08
Contributor(s): Marenco, Fred (interviewee), Bond, Jim (interviewer)
Description: Marenco describes his childhood along the Brandywine, including daily chores, typical cooking, keeping boarders, riding into Wilmington on the trolley, and various local businesses, including taverns and saloons. He also describes memories of explosions, neighborhood bullies, and childhood pastimes. Marenco also describes in detail his childhood home as well as various family possessions.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12313_marenco_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1984 February 16 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-02-16
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Hayward describes the Charles I. du Pont house and her bedroom in detail. Her interview also details the springhouse, doing the laundry, her father's violin hobby, and gardening.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92313_hayward_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Jennie Sicco Leto, 1983 May 25 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1983-05-25
Contributor(s): Leto, Jennie Sicco (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Leto describes the layout of the various villages along the Brandywine, anecdotes about the neighbors, and daily life during her childhood.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_11113_leto_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Hetherton, 1985 February 28 [audio]
Date(s): 1985-02-28
Contributor(s): Hetherton, William J. (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Hetherton describes life in the village, including daily chores, fishing in the Brandywine, local businesses, and Wilmington in the early twentieth century.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_9613_hetherton
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Katherine Kindbeiter Hazzard, 1984 June 1 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-06-01
Contributor(s): Hazzard, Katherine Kindbeiter (interviewee), Lotter, Marge (interviewer)
Description: Hazzard describes the towns along the Brandywine and the neighborhood in detail. She also describes the family's possessions, daily chores, and special occasion clothes. She recounts the advent of electricity, socializing among the women, and local businesses.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_91613_hazzard_part5
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Martina Lawless, 1984 February 21 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-02-21
Contributor(s): Lawless, Martina (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Lawless discusses daily life and chores, the hotel in which the family lived, an explosion in the Packing House, the Catholic community at St. Joseph's, medical care, her education at Ursuline and Villamarie in West Chester, and weddings and baptisms.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_103013_lawless_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Mary Braden Jackson, 1986 June 8 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1986-06-08
Contributor(s): Jackson, Mary Braden (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Jackson describes her childhood, including the houses in which she grew up, daily chores, her impressions of A.I. du Pont, games the children would play, her neighbors, attending church, and her impressions of Louise du Pont Crowninshield.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_9413_jackson_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Joseph and Mary Todd Kauss, 1981 February 17 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1981-02-17
Contributor(s): Kauss, Mary Todd (interviewee), Kauss, Joseph B. (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: The Kausses discuss general daily life growing up along the Brandywine, including schooling, childhood pastimes, transportation, daily chores, vacationing in Atlantic City, holiday and wedding traditions, typical food and dress, and various possessions in the homes. Mr. Kauss also discusses his working career for DuPont.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_103013_kauss_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Louis J. "Primo" Robino, 1984 December 3 [audio](part 3)
Date(s): 1984-12-03
Contributor(s): Robino, Louis J. (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Robino describes life growing up in Squirrel Run, including amusements and chores, keeping boarders in their house, music and singing, and typical dress. He also discusses his education, cooking and baking Italian food, playing card games and bocce ball, and explosions that occurred.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12513_robino_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Ethel Jones Hayward, 1984 November 27 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-11-27
Contributor(s): Hayward, Ethel Jones (interviewee), Meyers, Louise (interviewer)
Description: Hayward describes daily living along the Brandywine, including canning, grocery shopping, gardening, her schooling, and chores. She gives a tour of her home from memory. She also describes attending church on Sunday, holiday celebrations, funerals, medical care, and various possessions that the family owned.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92413_hayward_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with William Lloyd and Anna Baird Lloyd, 1988 June 8 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1988-06-08
Contributor(s): Lloyd, William (interviewee), Lloyd, Anna Baird (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Willliam Lloyd and Anna Baird Lloyd describe their childhoods growing up along the Brandywine, including fishing in the creek and skating in the winter, their families and anecdotes relating to them, childhood pastimes and amusements, memories of explosions, cooking and chores, and working conditions in the powder yards. They also describe local businesses, prices for everyday items, and holiday traditions.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_111213_lloyd_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Mary Braden Jackson, 1986 August 17 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1986-08-17
Contributor(s): Jackson, Mary Braden (interviewee), Bennett, Peggy (interviewer)
Description: Jackson's third interview describes the Squirrel Run house in detail, Tom Toy's tavern and Dugan's tavern, her understanding of the mill workers' job responsibilities, her father's garden, ordering from Larkin's catalog, and typical dress and shoes. She also discusses her working career at Pennsylvania Railroad and dating customs.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_9513_jackson_part5
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Jane "Jenny" Toomey, 1984 February 8 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-02-08
Contributor(s): Toomey, Jane M. (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Jane "Jenny" Toomey who was born in Charles Banks and lived in Henry Clay and Brecks Lane. 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_070213_09
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

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