Reminiscences of George Thompson, Sr. : oral history, 1982.

Scope and Contents

Personal secretary tp Pierre S. DuPont 1930-54: his personality, habits, generosity, relations with employees, attitudes toward alcohol, Prohibition, New Deal, stock market speculation, Israel; General Motors anti-trust case; Mrs. Pierre DuPont, entertainments; administrator Longwood Gardens 1954-1972: development and lay out, changes after Pierre DuPont's death.

Subjects

• Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954.
• Du Pont family.
• Edwin, Ed, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Gardens--Pennsylvania.
• Interviews.
• Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.)
• Oral histories.
• Secretaries--Interviews.
• Thompson, George, 1910-

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