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cbb myb try 061772a (28.5MB)
cbb myb try 061772b (28.6MB)
On June 17-19, 1972, Mary Yancey Biswell and Charles Bedford Biswell visited her brother Thomas "Ralph" Yancey at his home in Williamsburg, VA, where Ralph Yancey explained Yancey family history in colonial and post-colonial Virginia that he was researching.
Ralph was a major general in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea for a time.
Ralph Yancey also recounts a story about a visit that his great-nephew Robert Ferrier made about an alleged breakfast order that was placed. In Robert's defense, his mother Diane Biswell Ferrier denies that this would have happened.
(Be patient, the
quality of the recording improves.)
Monday, September 1, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
Charles Biswell's retirement tribute
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cbb retirement tribute 042568 (87.4M)
On April 25, 1968, Charles Biswell retired from the DuPont company where he spent his entire career and was given a tribute by those who worked with him. The tribute is about 90 minutes. Charles begins speaking at 1:20:10.
He was called "Charlie" by his coworkers. As a child, I remember seeing his white DuPont hardhat which had the name "Charlie" written on it and how strange that name seemed and that maybe he had a life beyond what I knew of him. -- Robert
cbb retirement tribute 042568 (87.4M)
On April 25, 1968, Charles Biswell retired from the DuPont company where he spent his entire career and was given a tribute by those who worked with him. The tribute is about 90 minutes. Charles begins speaking at 1:20:10.
He was called "Charlie" by his coworkers. As a child, I remember seeing his white DuPont hardhat which had the name "Charlie" written on it and how strange that name seemed and that maybe he had a life beyond what I knew of him. -- Robert
Sunday, January 5, 2014
The Mary Minor Yancey interview
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mmy interview 092866 (40.3 M)
On September 28, 1966, Mary Minor Yancey and her daughter Ella "Frances" Yancey Meidinger drove from Hiawatha, KS, to Lawrence, KS, where David and Diane Biswell Ferrier and their two children Robert (1 yr 10 mo) and Karen (1 mo) were living in the duplex on Canterbury Lane. Diane's parents Charles and Mary Yancey Biswell were visiting from Woodstown, NJ. Diane interviewed Mary Minor Yancey about her husband Daniel Layton Yancey and her other children Daniel "Layton" Yancey, Jr., Mary Minor Yancey Biswell, Thomas "Ralph" Yancey, and John "Raymond" Yancey. She was 89 years old at the time of the interview and makes a few comments showing her unease about the social changes happening at the time.
mmy interview 092866 (40.3 M)
On September 28, 1966, Mary Minor Yancey and her daughter Ella "Frances" Yancey Meidinger drove from Hiawatha, KS, to Lawrence, KS, where David and Diane Biswell Ferrier and their two children Robert (1 yr 10 mo) and Karen (1 mo) were living in the duplex on Canterbury Lane. Diane's parents Charles and Mary Yancey Biswell were visiting from Woodstown, NJ. Diane interviewed Mary Minor Yancey about her husband Daniel Layton Yancey and her other children Daniel "Layton" Yancey, Jr., Mary Minor Yancey Biswell, Thomas "Ralph" Yancey, and John "Raymond" Yancey. She was 89 years old at the time of the interview and makes a few comments showing her unease about the social changes happening at the time.
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