W. Stewart Allmond, 1969 June 10, July 3
Part of collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley (1970-370)
Dates
- Creation: 1969 June 10
- Creation: July 3
Creator
- Scafidi, John A. (Person)
Biographical Note
William Stewart Allmond (1891-1973) grew up in Newark and Wilmington, Delaware, and educated in mechanical engineering at Delaware College, later the University of Delaware. He eventually became the vice president of Lobdell Car Wheel Company, the family business on his mother's side.
Scope and Content
Interviewers: John Scafidi and Faith Pizor in Newark, Delaware
Allmond's interviews detail the work environment at the Wilmington plant site in the early 1900s until the 1940s; various markets for car wheels; the expansion of the company and acquisition of Morton Poole Company and Nazel Engineering Works; and the effects of the Great Depression on Lobdell, which led to the company's purchase by Walter Lippincott and the United Engineering and Foundry Company in the late 1940s.
General Physical Description note
1 sound tape reel : 3.75 ips. TRT 2:53:49.
Location
Box 2, Reel 31
Existence and Location of Copies
Physical Storage Information
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From the Collection: 5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Related Names
Subject
- Allmond, William Stewart, 1891-1973 (Person)
Creator
- Scafidi, John A. (Person)
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
