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Title: C. A. Edwards to Nora Edwards, 1906-07-06
Date(s): 1906-07-06
Contributor(s): Edwards, Catherine A., 1840-1910 (correspondent), Edwards, Nora C. (correspondent), Edwards Skirt Supporter Company (associated name)
Description: In a letter to her daughter, C. A. Edwards tells Nora Edwards that she and Dave have packed the things that Nora ordered, and she used a new gown she sewed as filling material, which she hopes Nora will accept. She also updates Nora on the health and recent activities of family members and describes her summer garden.
Collection ID: Nora C. Edwards papers (Accession 2036)
Hagley ID: 2036_01_08_03
Collection: Nora C. Edwards papers

Title: Frank Schoonover digging in garden at Bushkill
Date(s): 1917
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (originator)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_07_193
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1984 January 23 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-01-23
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Cheney discusses gardening in the community, the layout of the Brandywine villages, the chicken house, and fear of explosions. She describes her family's garden in detail, particularly various types of crops planted.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92513_cheney_c_part7
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Vegetable garden
Date(s): 1900/1930?, 1900, 1930
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_23_006
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Vegetable garden next to rural road on McMullen farms
Date(s): 1936/1937, 1936, 1937
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_09_186
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Vegetable and corn garden
Date(s): 1900/1930?, 1900, 1930
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_23_003
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Garden on Bushkill property with fallen tree
Date(s): 1920
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_07_201
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Cortlandt Schoonover planting potatoes as a child
Date(s): 1922/1925, 1922, 1925
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_06_271
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Group in vegetable garden at Bushkill
Date(s): 1915/1925?, 1915, 1925
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_07_147
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Frank Schoonover digging in garden at Bushkill
Date(s): 1917
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (originator)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_07_192
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Men and boy planting row of seeds
Date(s): 1900/1920?, 1900, 1920
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_09_156
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: C. A. Edwards to Nora Edwards, 1908-07-12
Date(s): 1908-07-12
Contributor(s): Edwards, Catherine A., 1840-1910 (correspondent), Edwards, Nora C. (correspondent), Edwards Skirt Supporter Company (associated name)
Description: In a letter to her daughter, C. A. Edwards writes that Nora's sister Mattie is recently married and mentions other personal matters.
Collection ID: Nora C. Edwards papers (Accession 2036)
Hagley ID: 2036_01_10_06
Collection: Nora C. Edwards papers

Title: Vegetable garden
Date(s): 1900/1930?, 1900, 1930
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_23_004
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Elizabeth (Biz) Schoonover as a child posing with vegetable at Bushkill
Date(s): 1923/1926, 1923, 1926
Contributor(s): Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 (photographer)
Collection ID: Frank E. Schoonover negatives (Accession 2017.239)
Hagley ID: 2017239_05_316
Collection: Frank E. Schoonover negatives

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1984 February 15 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-02-15
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Cheney details gardening at Hagley, including using fertilizer and lime on plants, food storage during winter, gardening tools, and using the moon to determine planting cycles. She also discusses laundry, cooking, and various other household chores.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92613_cheney_c_part8
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1984 February 15 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-02-15
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Catherine Cheney who lived in Free Park and discusses gardening there. The interview took place in New Castle, Delaware.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_060613_11
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Cammock, 1984 July 24 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-07-24
Contributor(s): Cammock, James (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of third interview with James Cammock. The interview took place in Elsmere, Delaware.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_060613_09
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1984 March 26 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-03-26
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Catherine Cheney who lived in Free Park and continues a discussion on workers' gardens. The interview took place in New Castle, Delaware.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_060713_01
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with C. Natalie Rogerro Meriggi, 1984 July 24 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-07-24
Contributor(s): Meriggi, C. Natalie Rogerro (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of third interview with Natalie Meriggi in which she recounts ornamental and vegetable gardening in houses along the Brandywine. 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_062113_03
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Cammock, 1984 July 24 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-07-24
Contributor(s): Cammock, James (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Cammock provides many details about how he tended to his garden at Breck's Lane, including the procurement of seeds, various equipment used, standard gardening clothes, different types of fruits and vegetables and flowers planted, fertilizing practices, and the harvest and storage of crops. He also discusses maintaining a chicken coop.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10713_cammock_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Cammock, Herb Devenney, Edward Devenney, and Jim Kindbeiter, 1984 May 9 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-05-09
Contributor(s): Cammock, James (interviewee), Devenney, Edward (interviewee), Devenney, Herbert (interviewee), Kindbeiter, James (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Herb Devenney, Ed Devenney, James Cammock, and James Kindbeiter, sons of powder mill workers, reminisce about growing up at Hagley in this group interview and tour of the museum grounds. Some topics of discussion include daily life of the workers and their families, identification of various families and their living spaces, schedules and duties of the powder mill workers, and various changes that had occurred in the last century.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10313_dev_cam_kind_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1984 March 26 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-03-26
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Cheney provides details of her life at Free Park, including fear of typhoid in the water supply, delivery of groceries and other items, her sibling dynamic, She details gardening at Hagley, including drying and storing herbs, what kinds of plants were chosen for the garden, different gardening tools, and composting.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92613_cheney_c_part9
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with James Cammock, Herb Devenney, Edward Devenney, and Jim Kindbeiter, 1984 May 9 [audio](part 2)
Date(s): 1984-05-09
Contributor(s): Cammock, James (interviewee), Devenney, Edward (interviewee), Devenney, Herbert (interviewee), Kindbeiter, James (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Herb Devenney, Ed Devenney, James Cammock, and James Kindbeiter, sons of powder mill workers, reminisce about growing up at Hagley in this group interview and tour of the museum grounds. Some topics of discussion include daily life of the workers and their families, identification of various families and their living spaces, schedules and duties of the powder mill workers, and various changes that had occurred in the last century.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_10313_dev_cam_kind_part2
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with C. Natalie Rogerro Meriggi, 1984 July 24 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-07-24
Contributor(s): Meriggi, C. Natalie Rogerro (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Meriggi largely focuses on vegetable gardening and ornamental plantings at Hagley gardens. She discusses how her family gardened, including crop storage, choosing of plants, making jams and jellies, buying seeds, and typical tools used.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_111313_meriggi_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: F.C. Boysen exhibiting 38-inch beans
Date(s): 1920-09-03
Contributor(s): Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. South Philadelphia Works Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (originator), Yessel, Charles, 1877-1953 (photographer)
Description: Engineering Contract Section
Collection ID: Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs (Accession 1969.170)
Hagley ID: 69170_15215
Collection: Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs

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