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Title: Interview with Hazel Clark, 2017 April 27
Date(s): 2017-04-27
Contributor(s): Clark, Hazel (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: In her interview, Clark discusses the area jobs women had in the "textile area" of the DuPont Martinsville, Virginia, works. DuPont employed about 2500 women, most of them worked in the beaming and textile areas. Clark worked in these areas and describes the work assignments, providing insight into the way DuPont managed female employees in the 1950's through the 1970's. She discusses the draw twisting process in detail, which was the basis for the early nylon production process and the...
Show moreIn her interview, Clark discusses the area jobs women had in the "textile area" of the DuPont Martinsville, Virginia, works. DuPont employed about 2500 women, most of them worked in the beaming and textile areas. Clark worked in these areas and describes the work assignments, providing insight into the way DuPont managed female employees in the 1950's through the 1970's. She discusses the draw twisting process in detail, which was the basis for the early nylon production process and the reason DuPont employed large numbers of women at the early textile yarn plants. She also comments on the enforcement of the disability program and smoking rules at the plant. Clark also describes her movement around the plant as a secretary after earning a business degree and various other areas she worked, providing additional insight into the plant organizational structure.
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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_20170427_Clark_Hazel
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Gloria Simmons, 2020 November 5
Date(s): 2020-11-05
Contributor(s): Simmons, Gloria, 1940- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: In her interview, Gloria Simmons discusses her career in various secretarial roles within DuPont. She also describes inequitable pay practices for female secretarial employees and the dissatisfaction such practices caused amongst employees.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20201105_Simmons
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Joanne Leigh, 2020 December 9
Date(s): 2020-12-09
Contributor(s): Leigh, Joanne, 1938- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interviewer Joe Plasky asks the interviewee to describe their early life, education, and career history.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20201209_Leigh
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Memo : How To Be A Super Secretary
Date(s): 1945
Creator: Remington Rand, Inc. Typewriter Division
Contributor(s): Remington Rand, Inc. (issuing body), Grable, Betty, 1916-1973 (depicted)
Hagley ID: 20110622_Super_Secretary
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: How to Make Friends by Telephone
Date(s): 1950
Creator: Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Contributor(s): American Telephone and Telegraph Company (issuing body)
Collection ID: Pam 96.184
Hagley ID: 20120418_How_To_Make_Friends
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: You and Your Telephone : a Digest of Good Telephone Usage
Date(s): 1950?, 1950
Creator: Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Contributor(s): American Telephone and Telegraph Company (issuing body)
Collection ID: Pam 96.183
Hagley ID: 20120418_You_And_Your_Telephone
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Choose your position : practical suggestions for secretaries
Date(s): 1945
Creator: Katharine Gibbs Schools
Collection ID: Pam 96.126
Hagley ID: 08070411_choose_your_position
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: The private secretary : her qualifications and requirements
Date(s): 1948~, 1948
Creator: Katharine Gibbs Schools
Collection ID: Pam 96.127
Hagley ID: 08070412_private_secretary
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets