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- Title
- Belin House near Hagley Yard
- Date(s)
- 1940?, 1940
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_B004_021
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Family on porch of Woodside House, home of Pierre A. Gentieu
- Date(s)
- 1880/1910, 1880, 1910
- Contributor(s)
- Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (photographer)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_H50_013
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Windetts' house and trestle under construction on Breck's Lane in Henry Clay Village
- Date(s)
- 1900, 1900~
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_H50_117
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Clay Target Club - DuPont Country Club
- Date(s)
- 1910/1914, 1910, 1914
- Description
-
Dinner for winning team in Hotel Du Pont
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_W063_057
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Interview with Ralph Beech Brown, 1981 April 28 [transcript]
- Date(s)
- 1981-04-28
- Contributor(s)
- Brown, Ralph Beech (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
- Description
-
Transcript of interview with Ralph Brown who worked in the Hagley Yards. 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_060613_04
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Belin House near Hagley Yard
- Date(s)
- 1950/1970, 1950, 1970
- Contributor(s)
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_B004_003
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Tancopanican Band
- Date(s)
- 1880/1920, 1880, 1920
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_W063_049
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Interview with Aloysius Rowe, undated [audio]
- Date(s)
- 1968-07-09
- Contributor(s)
- Rowe, Aloysius (interviewee), Pizor, Faith (interviewer), Cambell, Stuart (interviewer), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer)
- Description
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Rowe discusses swimming in the Brandywine during the summer. He also recounts an incident in which he saved a drowning girl. He talks about his father's death, sickness, crime, and superstitions.
- Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
- Hagley ID
- 1970370_81613_Rowe_A_part2
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Interview with Edgar Dill Peoples, 1988 April 2 [transcript]
- Date(s)
- 1988-04-02
- Contributor(s)
- Peoples, Edgar Dill (interviewee), Johnson, Dorothy (interviewer)
- Description
-
Transcript of interview with Edgar Peoples who worked for DuPont and who lived in Squirrel Run in his youth while his father worked in the powder yards. 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_01
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Belin House near Hagley Yard
- Date(s)
- 1940?, 1940
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_B004_020
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Family Life at Eleutherian Mills, 1803-1834
- Date(s)
- 1964
- Contributor(s)
- Wetlaufer, Dorsey (author)
- Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports (Accession 1645)
- Hagley ID
- MS1645_075
- Collection
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports
- Title
- Petit Ledger C, 1818-1819
- Creator
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Description
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Record of accounts between E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and its employees, pensioners, and other individuals. Includes itemized accounts of pay and other expenses of DuPont employees.
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
- Hagley ID
- 500_I_Volume_963_Petit_Ledger_1818_1819
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901
- Title
- Interview with Edward L. Bader, 1956 November 23 [transcript]
- Date(s)
- 1956-11-23
- Contributor(s)
- Bader, Edward L. (interviewee), Monigle, Joseph P. (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
- Description
-
Transcript of interview conducted with Edward L. Bader about his time working in the mills 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_052113_03
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Interview with William Michelinie, 2010 February 15
- Date(s)
- 2010-02-15
- Contributor(s)
- Michelinie, William, 1928- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
-
In his interview, Michelinie describes some explosions and accidents that occurred during his time in explosives at DuPont Co., and he describes how the explosives business eventually declined. Addressing his later experience in the fibers department, Michelinie chronicles the development of various fibers machines, the rise of double-knit fabrics and the impact on yarn sales, workplace conflicts, and his work with DuPont machinery customers all over the world from 1976 until his retirement...
Show moreIn his interview, Michelinie describes some explosions and accidents that occurred during his time in explosives at DuPont Co., and he describes how the explosives business eventually declined. Addressing his later experience in the fibers department, Michelinie chronicles the development of various fibers machines, the rise of double-knit fabrics and the impact on yarn sales, workplace conflicts, and his work with DuPont machinery customers all over the world from 1976 until his retirement in 1986. He notes DuPont's international business objectives of both supporting customers and staying ahead of worldwide competition, and cites good people skills as part of his success.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20100215_Michelinie
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Looking downstream to New Bridge, Rising Sun Lane
- Date(s)
- 1905
- Contributor(s)
- Macklem, John W., 1867-1948 (photographer)
- Description
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Upper right: Rockford water tower. Center and right: Workmen's homes. Foreground: Creek Road or Main St.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_H50_082
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Laboring gang in Hagley Yard
- Date(s)
- 1895, 1895?
- Contributor(s)
- Mathewson, Les (Frank Leslie), 1895-1978 (former owner)
- Description
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Left to right: Unidentified, Sam Ferraro, unidentified, Benjamin Griffiths, possibly Louis Boubell.
- Collection ID
- Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
- Hagley ID
- HF_W063_055
- Collection
- Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs
- Title
- Belin House near Hagley Yard
- Date(s)
- 1905, 1905?
- Contributor(s)
- Jefferis, J. I. (associated name)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_B004_008
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Windett's House, Breck's Lane, Henry Clay Village
- Date(s)
- 1950/1960, 1950, 1960
- Contributor(s)
- Settle, Gary (photographer)
- Description
-
Stone piers, rear of houses on Breck's Lane.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_H50_123
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Night shift female workers at DuPont Co. Brandywine Mills
- Date(s)
- 1918~, 1918
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
- Description
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Night shift: 6 1/2 hours from 3pm to 10pm
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_W70_05
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Henry Clay, Delaware, and Walker's Banks seen from Rockford Tower during winter
- Date(s)
- 1903/1906?, 1903, 1906
- Contributor(s)
- Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
- Description
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Covered bridge in foreground in "New Bridge" at bottom of Rising Sun Lane. Railroad tracks are those of the Wilmington and Northern Railroad. Creek Road (Main Street) of Henry Clay at left. Mill to left of dam is Breck's Mill. Mill to right of dam is Walker's Mill.
- Collection ID
- Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
- Hagley ID
- HF_H50_112
- Collection
- Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs
- Title
- Interview with Joseph Kauss, 1969 July 11 [audio]
- Date(s)
- 1969-07-11
- Contributor(s)
- Kauss, Joseph B. (interviewee), Scafidi, John A. (interviewer), Pizor, Faith (interviewer)
- Description
-
Kauss describes the differences between the mills when Kauss worked there and in 1969, when the interview was conducted. He also describes his working career at DuPont in detail, including his wages, work environment, and the layout of Hagley Yards. He also describes life in Wilmington, including union and gang activity.
- Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
- Hagley ID
- 1970370_022514_kauss
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Interview with Benjamin F. Foster, 1964 February 28 [audio](part 2)
- Date(s)
- 1964-02-28
- Contributor(s)
- Foster, Benjamin F. (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Gibson, George Horner, 1932- (interviewer)
- Description
-
Foster describes his working career at DuPont, including the various plants in which he worked, the installation of electrical lighting, engineering work, salaries and wages, and transferring to South America. He also describes the establishment of the Hotel du Pont, the building of homes for various du Pont family members, and his impressions of du Pont family members.
- Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
- Hagley ID
- 1970370_82213_Foster_part2
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Interview with Albert Rider "Slick" Ely, 1988 September 24 [audio](part 2)
- Date(s)
- 1988-09-24
- Contributor(s)
- Ely, Albert Rider (interviewee), Benjamin, Joan (interviewer)
- Description
-
Ely primarily focuses on ballistic pendulums and other gun powder testing devices. He also discusses in detail how black powder was manufactured as well as the properties of dynamite, and he gives his take on the eventual exit of the DuPont Company from this area. He recounts a few stories from his work in this department.
- Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
- Hagley ID
- 1970370_12613_ely_part2
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- View of Solon Plant on the site of Harris Farm
- Date(s)
- 1900, 1900~
- Contributor(s)
- Austin Powder Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- Austin Powder Company album (Accession 1973.231)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1973231_020
- Collection
- Austin Powder Company album
- Title
- Interview with Benjamin F. Foster, 1964 February [transcript]
- Date(s)
- 1964-02-24, 1964-02-28
- Contributor(s)
- Foster, Benjamin F. (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer), Gibson, George Horner, 1932- (interviewer)
- Description
-
Transcript of interview with Benjamin Foster who worked for the Power Division of Engineering Department. 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_052913_04
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley