The Longwood Gardens project, 1974-1975 [oral history transcripts].

Morgan, Virginia, 1934-

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Copeland, Lammot du Pont, 1905-1983

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Executive of chemical concern. From the description of Reminiscences of Lammot du Pont Copeland, Sr. : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684179 Lammot du Pont Copeland (1905-1983) was born in Christiana Hundred, Delaware, the son of Charles and Louisa d'Andelot du Pont Copeland. His mother was the sister of Pierre, Irenee, and Lammot du Pont, who were presidents of the Du Pont Company from 1919 to 1940. His...

McDonald, Rosa Laird Hayward, 1916-2009.

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Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954

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P. S. du Pont was president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. from 1915 to 1919 and chairman of the board from 1919 to 1940. He was also president of General Motors (1920-1923) and chairman (1920-1929), as well as a member of many other major corporate boards. He was also an avid collector of documents on the early history of the Du Pont family and company. From the description of The P. S. du Pont Office Collection, 1749-1939. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 16...

Mason, Charles W.

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Gilpin, Brooke.

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Columbia University. Oral History Research Office

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Franziska Marie Boas, the youngest of six children of anthropologist Franz Boas and Marie Krackowizer, worked as an educator, percussionist and a founder of dance therapy who was born January 8, 1902 in New York City. From the guide to the Reminiscences of Franziska Boas : oral history, 1972, 1972, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Ingersoll, C. Jared, 1894-1988.

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Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993

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Crawford H. Greenewalt was an executive with the Du Pont Company and president of the firm from 1948 to 1962. He joined the company in 1922 and served as a supervisor on the nylon project in the 1930s and during the war as technical liason on the Manhattan Project. He was an accomplished amateur photographer and ornithologist and author of a study of hummingbirds (1960). After his retirement from Du Pont, Greenewalt served on a number of corporate boards, business, political, scientific, civic a...

Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.)

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Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.)

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May, Sophie du Pont, 1900-2001

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Downs, Alletta d'Andelot Laird, 1913-2005.

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Laird, W. W. (William Winder), 1910-1989

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Farmers' Club of Pennsylvania

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Scott, Edgar, 1899-1995.

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Ross, Wilhelmina du Pont, 1906-2000.

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Cornwell, Sophy H.

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In 1974, Longwood Gardens, Inc., engaged the Oral History Research Office of Columbia University to conduct a series of oral histories documenting the activities of Pierre S. du Pont in developing Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa. The interviews were conducted by Sophy H. Cornwell, the librarian at nearby Lincoln University. Most of the interviewees were members of later generations of the extended du Pont and Laird families. C. Jared Ingersoll and Edgar Scott, who also owned country estat...

Downs, Robert N. (Robert Norton), 1901-1977.

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