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Title: Memo with dates regarding du Pont family and company, 1882-1927
Date(s): 1927
Contributor(s): Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Description: Memo with dates of importance regarding the du Pont family and the company, mostly deaths and explosions, between 1882 and 1927.
Collection ID: Pierre A. Gentieu Papers (Accession 503)
Hagley ID: LMSS_0503_01_007
Collection: Pierre A. Gentieu papers, 1858-1911

Title: Brandywine Mills closing letter
Date(s): 1957-10-18
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name), Hagley Museum and Library (associated name), Copeland, Lammot du Pont, 1905-1983 (correspondent), Du Pont, James Q. (James Quinn), 1902-1973 (addressee)
Collection ID: Hagley area and Charles Copeland estate photographs (Accession 1987.243)
Hagley ID: AVD_1987_243_006
Collection: Hagley area and Charles Copeland estate photographs

Title: Lower Yard rolling mills after 1889 explosion
Date(s): 1889-07-06
Contributor(s): Macklem, John W., 1867-1948 (former owner), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Collection ID: John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs (Accession 1968.010)
Hagley ID: 1968010_001_02_19
Collection: John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs

Title: Lower Yard rolling mills
Date(s): 1889-07-06
Contributor(s): Macklem, John W., 1867-1948 (former owner), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Collection ID: John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs (Accession 1968.010)
Hagley ID: 1968010_001_02_11
Collection: John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs

Title: Record book, 1881-1911, Record of principal events which have taken place at du Pont Powder Works, Del. While Pierre Gentieu had charge of the Books in Hagley Yard.
Date(s): 1881, 1911
Contributor(s): Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Description: Record book listing explosions and other major events in the Hagley Yard or in the lives of the du Pont family and company from 1881 to 1911.
Collection ID: Pierre A. Gentieu Papers (Accession 503)
Hagley ID: LMSS_0503_02_001
Collection: Pierre A. Gentieu papers, 1858-1911

Title: Lower Yard rolling mills after 1889 explosion
Date(s): 1889-07-06
Contributor(s): Macklem, John W., 1867-1948 (former owner), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Francis G. du Pont visible on left.
Collection ID: John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs (Accession 1968.010)
Hagley ID: 1968010_001_02_20
Collection: John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs

Title: Hagley property, 1895-1897
Date(s): 1895, 1897
Contributor(s): Gentieu, Pierre A. (1842-1930) (photographer)
Collection ID: Hagley area and Charles Copeland estate photographs (Accession 1987.243)
Hagley ID: AVD_1987_243_007
Collection: Hagley area and Charles Copeland estate photographs

Title: Interview with Mary Hazzard Collins, 1974 March [audio]
Date(s): 1974-03-01
Contributor(s): Collins, Mary (Hazzard), 1893-1981 (interviewee), Ward, Mary Sam (interviewer)
Description: Collins describes her first job as keeping track of the time slips and her second job working operating the elevators at 10th and Market. Her interview details the explosion of 1918; various interactions with du Pont family members, including Irenee, Lammot, T. Coleman, and Miss Sybil Ward; and a car accident that cost her her sight in one eye. The interview also features Mr. Collins, her husband.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_8813_Collins
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Mary Hazzard Collins, 1974 March [transcript]
Date(s): 1974-03
Contributor(s): Collins, Mary (Hazzard), 1893-1981 (interviewee), Ward, Mary Sam (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Mary Hazzard Collins who worked as a forelady and elevator operator 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_052813_04
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: For Ever and Ever production materials
Date(s): 1944
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Producer), Institute of Makers of Explosives (sponsor), Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc. (Associated name)
Description: Includes scripts for three motion picture productions, "For Ever and Ever", "Tommy's Temptation", and "The One-Legged P-48" intended to teach young children to avoid playing with blasting caps. Includes correspondence between Ray Culley and Reed Drummond from Fuller, Smith, & Ross, Inc. and a memorandum that lists information about blasting caps. The included report contains data about children injured from blasting caps in 1944. The flyer and poster are both informational depictions showing...
Show moreIncludes scripts for three motion picture productions, "For Ever and Ever", "Tommy's Temptation", and "The One-Legged P-48" intended to teach young children to avoid playing with blasting caps. Includes correspondence between Ray Culley and Reed Drummond from Fuller, Smith, & Ross, Inc. and a memorandum that lists information about blasting caps. The included report contains data about children injured from blasting caps in 1944. The flyer and poster are both informational depictions showing why blasting caps should not be played with by children.
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Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_10_02
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films