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Title: DuPont Engineering Test Center
Date(s): 1960
Description: A "candid camera" tour inside the DuPont Engineering Test Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Focuses on the various experiments performed by engineers and technicians, such as electric circuit reliability, the durability of plastic pipes, and more.
Collection ID: DuPont Company advertisements and film (Accession 2014.201)
Hagley ID: FILM_2014201_FC01
Collection: Film and Video

Title: An engineer studies the flow of gases
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: To develop data so that better process equipment can be designed represents an important phase in research. This is the type of work which is done at the Engineering Research Laboratory at DuPont's Experimental Station where this engineer studies the flow of gases through small particles of solid material in a 20 foot contactor.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_4462
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Interview with E.G. Ackart, 1961 September 14 [audio]
Date(s): 1961-09-14
Contributor(s): Ackart, E. G. (Everett Gunner), 1881-1980 (interviewee), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: E.G. Ackart recounts his working career at DuPont in his interview. He discusses anecdotes from high school, differences in working for DuPont vs. other companies, the Barksdale plant, and the structure of the engineering department and its consolidation in 1916. He also describes the company during wartime, his various colleagues throughout his working career, the development of industrial engineering, and the relationship between DuPont and General Motors. He also discusses the development...
Show moreE.G. Ackart recounts his working career at DuPont in his interview. He discusses anecdotes from high school, differences in working for DuPont vs. other companies, the Barksdale plant, and the structure of the engineering department and its consolidation in 1916. He also describes the company during wartime, his various colleagues throughout his working career, the development of industrial engineering, and the relationship between DuPont and General Motors. He also discusses the development of nylon, rayon, and other important materials, including how DuPont's chemists and physicists utilized ideas they found working abroad to create them. He recounts building new plants and his interactions with members of the du Pont family.
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Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_82613_Ackart
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Frederick Snare Corporation: Contracting Engineers
Date(s): 1920
Creator: Frederick Snare Corporation
Description: Contains photographs of construction projects completed by the Frederick Snare Corporation which includes construction work in New York City, Philadelphia, and Cuba.
Collection ID: T55.3.S72 F74 1920
Hagley ID: t553s72s74_021814
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: The Ohio Story: Training for Tomorrow
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Olmsted, Nelson (Host)
Description: Actor Nelson Olmsted discusses industrial arts education offered at Ohio state schools, focusing on the program at Parma High School. Young men are taught how to operate heavy machinery, read and create blueprints, spin metal, weld steel, shape wrought iron, construct and manipulate circuits, and design homes and aircraft.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC180
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Interview with Robert "Bob" George, 2020 January 22
Date(s): 2020-01-22
Contributor(s): George, Robert Thornton, 1946- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: During his interview, Bob George first details his father’s career. His father was a DuPont employee in the Textile Fibers Department during the 1940s through the 1960s. He then describes his own career, which started in the Industrial Engineering (IE) section at Martinsville, and he details the IE organization within plant’s operations. He comments that the 30 engineers in the section were responsible for cost savings, cost analysis, and labor. IE held significant manufacturing control at...
Show moreDuring his interview, Bob George first details his father’s career. His father was a DuPont employee in the Textile Fibers Department during the 1940s through the 1960s. He then describes his own career, which started in the Industrial Engineering (IE) section at Martinsville, and he details the IE organization within plant’s operations. He comments that the 30 engineers in the section were responsible for cost savings, cost analysis, and labor. IE held significant manufacturing control at the plant. He then describes the spinning operations in type 8B and the people he encountered in the late 1970s after he transferred to manufacturing.

He then details the approach the plant took when a major sales downturn created a labor surplus in 1976 and 1977. This process became the "X-Y" system, and George credits the process as one of the primary factors in the plant’s survival. George names the people involved in the process and remarks that it was also implemented at the Waynesboro and Richmond plants in Virginia. He then discusses the progression and labor systems in place at DuPont’s largescale plants and nylon manufacturing processes.

He describes his later role as market manager, outlining the warp knit domestic market and the creation of a new market and joint venture in Japan. He also details his work in benchmarking and his experience as a Fellow in Residence as part of a DuPont partnership with Penn State University.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20200122_George
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Jim Manning, 2020 October 22
Date(s): 2020-10-22
Contributor(s): Manning, James, 1953- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: In his interview, Jim Manning describes his role in the Industrial Engineering (IE) group at Seaford, which has a large group with broad responsibilities. He discusses the plant and how IE worked to serve the plant. He also details his labor manager responsibilities. He comments on his job as first line supervisor in the staple finishing area.

He also addresses the computerization of the site. After having taken computer training, he was later promoted to IE supervisor and became involved in...
Show moreIn his interview, Jim Manning describes his role in the Industrial Engineering (IE) group at Seaford, which has a large group with broad responsibilities. He discusses the plant and how IE worked to serve the plant. He also details his labor manager responsibilities. He comments on his job as first line supervisor in the staple finishing area.

He also addresses the computerization of the site. After having taken computer training, he was later promoted to IE supervisor and became involved in the IT development of the textile fibers site. He describes the issues involved with the startup of the regional office in Charlotte.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20201022_Manning
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Inverview with Mark Conrad, 2021 September
Date(s): 2021-09-16, 2021-09-21, 2021-09-21
Contributor(s): Conrad, Mark, 1957- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Conrad relates attempted improvements to the Industrial Dacron business that was not enough to end the decline. He discusses his experiences as an engineer working in manufacturing. He discusses broadly his path as an engineer working in multiple capacities including technical, supervision, marketing, and product planning.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20210916_Conrad
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Inverview with Mike Mcleod, 2021 August 16
Date(s): 2021-08-16
Contributor(s): Mcleod, Mike, 1941- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Mike discusses working multiple assignments in manufacturing jobs at Kinston, North Carolina. He relates his involvement with promoting the first Black supervisor at Kinston. He talks about union organizing attempts and how he developed a relationship with plant manager (Ed Woolard) and how that relationship diverted union efforts. He discusses a period working with the Akron, Ohio market before being transferred to the export industrial business where he worked with Joe Carroll in the Far...
Show moreMike discusses working multiple assignments in manufacturing jobs at Kinston, North Carolina. He relates his involvement with promoting the first Black supervisor at Kinston. He talks about union organizing attempts and how he developed a relationship with plant manager (Ed Woolard) and how that relationship diverted union efforts. He discusses a period working with the Akron, Ohio market before being transferred to the export industrial business where he worked with Joe Carroll in the Far East and South America markets. He also describes the Cordura business and his effort to start a color seal Cordura business with the military.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20210816_Mcleod
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Inverview with Kewal Likhyani, 2021 August 24
Date(s): 2021-08-24
Contributor(s): Likhyani, Kewal, 1947- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Kewal discusses his experience early in his career and his assignments researching Kelvar. He then talks about his work with a hollow fil aramid fiber for use in reverse osmosis applications.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20210824_Likhyani
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Better Living (March/April, 1959)
Date(s): 1959-03
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Public Relations Department (originator), White, Leavitt Sargent, 1915-2003 (editor), Henderson, Alex G. (photographer), Henderson, Alex G. (photographer)
Collection ID: f HD9651.9.D94 A14
Hagley ID: Better_Living_13_02
Collection: Better Living magazine

Title: A better life for you! : the story of a man and his family-- and how he helped make a better life for all of us!
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Harvey Comics (originator)
Collection ID: Trade catalogs and pamphlets collection
Hagley ID: PAM_20180218
Collection: Promotional comic books gallery