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September 18, 2017
The Many Diverse Patents of Zera Waters
If an inventor holds more than one patent you might, understandably, assume that those patents would be within the same industry (such as mining, construction, or medicine). However, that is not always the case.
September 18, 2017
The Oshkosh Trunk Company
During the rainy summer months, we found water seeping into our basement at home. We dragged out our wet/dry vacuum and went to work on the problem. We had to move things around to get them out of harm’s way. One of the things that we had to move was an old steamer trunk. I hadn’t paid much atten
September 18, 2017
New Collection: Building American Roads and Streets, 1913 to 1936
The Hagley Library Audiovisual Collection and Digital Initiatives Department is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new collection related to the history of American road building.
September 18, 2017
At the Height of Fashion: Hagley Collections Inform Regina Lee Blaszczyk’s New Books on Fashion
The Enterprise of Culture (EOC) was a three-year, €1 million research project funded by the European Science Foundation, and housed at the University of Leeds under the direction of UD alumna and former Hagley Fellow Regina Lee Blaszczyk.
September 15, 2017
Peter Max and the 100 years of manufacturing excellence
“We (American manufacturers) need an image boost … something that screams 'MANUFACUTRING MAKES AMERICA STRONG!' Something that depicts our industry as the key to our future, not a quaint relic of our past.
September 15, 2017
Selling the Computer to Business in 1960
Our Video of the Month for September is "The Computer Comes to Marketing." Released in 1960, the film promotes the use of computers in business with a particular emphasis on the effects of digital processing for sales, marketing, research, customer service, and distribution.
September 8, 2017
2017 Winner of the Hagley Book Prize
Hagley Museum and Library and the Business History Conference are pleased to announce the 2017 winner of the Hagley Prize: Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II (University of Pennsylvania, 2016) by Mark R. Wilson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
August 21, 2017
U.S. Presidents in the NAM Photograph Collection
Since its beginnings in 1895, the National Association of Manufacturers has interacted with a variety of government officials: senators, representatives, cabinet members, governors, and even presidents.

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