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Title: Interview with Elmer Matthews, 1986 April 11 [transcript]
Date(s): 1986-04-11
Contributor(s): Ghazaleh, Valerie Abu (Transcriber), Turner, John James, Jr., 1930-2019 (Interviewer), Matthews, Elmer Davis, 1905-2000 (Interviewee)
Description: Elmer Matthews discusses Oliver Collins, Anselma Mill, the Pickering Valley Railroad and shipping milk, coal, feed, hay/straw to Philadelphia, John and Horace Collins and their skills at repairing equipment, and a cow that was hit by a train.
Collection ID: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews (Accession 2019.226)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019226_01_05
Collection: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews

Title: Interview with Horace Collins, 1986 June 18 [transcript]
Date(s): 1986-06-18
Contributor(s): Collins, Horace Spencer, 1912-1989 (Interviewee), Turner, John James, Jr., 1930-2019 (Interviewer), Ghazaleh, Valerie Abu (Transcriber)
Description: Horace Collins is shown a series of slides with photographs taken at Anselma Mill in 1972. The subjects vary widely and include the cider press, power hack saw, drill press, a dog tread power used to churn butter, and an old clock. Collins describes each slide, discusses the memories they evoke, and how they related to the running of the mill. There are 126 indivisual slides in the set.
Collection ID: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews (Accession 2019.226)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019226_01_03
Collection: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews

Title: Timber yards at Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.) (Dimensions Mill)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_062
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Lumber yards outside of Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_072
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Timber yards at Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.) (Dimensions Mill)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_065
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Timber yards at Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.) (Dimensions Mill)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_067
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill buildings (Jackson, Miss.) (Dimensions Mill)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_063
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Timber yards at Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.) (Dimensions Mill)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_066
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Interview with Horace Collins 1986 February 27 and 1986 March 15 [transcript]
Date(s): 1986-02-27, 1986-03-15
Contributor(s): Ghazaleh, Valerie Abu (Transcriber), Turner, John James, Jr., 1930-2019 (Interviewer), Collins, Horace Spencer, 1912-1989 (Interviewee)
Description: Horace Collins recalls his early life and how his family came to live and work at Anselma Mill. He primarily focuses on the activities of his father, Oliver Ernest Collins, how the mill operated, and general life in Chester County. Supplementary topics include the Great Depression, Prohibition, his mother and siblings, attending school, neighbors, holiday celebrations, and domestic and wild animals living around the mill. He tells several stories in detail.
Collection ID: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews (Accession 2019.226)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019226_01_04
Collection: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews

Title: Front view of Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_076
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Side view of Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_069
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Distant view of Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_073
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Lumber yard beside Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_071
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Timber at Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.) (Dimensions Mill)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Description: Timber yards and timber arriving via railroad in front of Jackson Casket & Manufacturing Co. building.
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_064
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Eleutherian Mills, 1806: The Physical Plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Wilkinson, Norman B. (author)
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports (Accession 1645)
Hagley ID: MS1645_080
Collection: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports

Title: Distant view of Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_061
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Timber yard and ditch at Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_068
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: General view of Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_060
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Lathe in operation at Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Brooksville, Fla.)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Description: Written on verso: 'HB&D spoke Lathe in operation at Brooksville, Fla. Sawmill' ; 'Right: Frank Reagan son of Mgr. & mgd plant.'
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_077
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Railroad behind Hoopes, Bro. & Darlington sawmill (Jackson, Miss.)
Date(s): 1910?, 1910
Contributor(s): Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs (Accession 1969.099)
Hagley ID: 6999_074
Collection: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. photograph collection

Title: Interview with Horace Collins 1986 June 18 [photographs]
Date(s): 1972
Description: A series of photographs taken at Anselma Mill. The images were shown to and described by Horace Collins in his June 18th, 1986, oral history interview. The subjects include the cider press, power hack saw, drill press, a dog tread power used to churn butter, and an old clock. The mill's final private owner, Oliver Collins, can be seen in several images.
Collection ID: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews (Accession 2019.226)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019226_01_01
Collection: The Mill at Anselma oral history interviews

Title: Interview with Oliver Collins, 1973 July 19 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1973-07-19
Contributor(s): Collins, Oliver Ernest, 1888-1982 (interviewee), Ackerman, James B. (interviewer), McKelvey, Howard (interviewer)
Description: Collins describes different kinds of turbines, wheel diameters and their various usage, and other industrial machines essential to his business. He also describes his family history and the running of the millrace, as well as overcoming problems such as rot. He describes the environment and wildlife in the area and also discusses his other interest in cutting hair.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_81913_Collins_O_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Oliver Collins, 1973 July 19 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1973-07-19
Contributor(s): Collins, Oliver Ernest, 1888-1982 (interviewee), Ackerman, James B. (interviewer), McKelvey, Howard (interviewer)
Description: Collins describes different kinds of turbines, wheel diameters and their various usage, and other industrial machines essential to his business. He also describes his family history and the running of the millrace, as well as overcoming problems such as rot. He describes the environment and wildlife in the area and also discusses his other interest in cutting hair.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_81613_Collins_O_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Henry Disston & Sons in Tacony, Pa.
Date(s): 1900
Contributor(s): Warren-Ehret Company (Philadelphia) (originator)
Collection ID: Warren-Ehret Company photograph albums (Accession 2002.251)
Hagley ID: 2002251_023
Collection: Warren-Ehret Company photographs

Title: William M. Lloyd Company in Philadelphia, Pa.
Date(s): 1900
Contributor(s): Warren-Ehret Company (Philadelphia) (originator)
Description: Located at 29th and Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
Collection ID: Warren-Ehret Company photograph albums (Accession 2002.251)
Hagley ID: 2002251_2_001
Collection: Warren-Ehret Company photographs

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