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September 10, 2014
Voices from the DuPont Powder Yards: A Collection of Oral History Interviews
Hagley is excited to announce the opening of a historically significant collection of interviews on the DuPont Company Powder Yard.
September 10, 2014
Manuscripts & Archives: Hotel du Pont records open for research
The Hotel du Pont Company was organized on July 2, 1912, for the purpose of operating a prestigious hotel, with 150 guest rooms, within the Du Pont Buildi
September 10, 2014
Museum Collections: Trials and Tribulations of a Yellow Boxcar
Sitting in front of a Roll Mill in the Hagley Museum Powder Yard is the yellow boxcar. Images of this car—photographs or paintings—adorn the walls of local doctor’s offices and the hallways of law firms in Wilmington and beyond.
July 20, 2014
Museum Collections: Ballistic Pendulum
When people come through the Machine Room in museum storage, one of the first comments they make is, “What is that thing?!” The “thing” they are almost always (but not exclusively) referring to is the ballistic pendulum.
July 17, 2014
Philco Employee Newsletters Now Online
Hagley is excited to announce the addition to the Digital Archives of a significant resource on the history of battery, radio, and television production.
July 17, 2014
Conservation: The Peter Lindtner Herbarium - Plants from the Hagley Yard
I have probably said this before, but you really never know what you might find in an archive.
July 8, 2014
Published Collections: Modern Air Conditioning - “Every day a good day”
As the temperatures started rising this summer, and I started cleaning the filters of our window air conditioners at home, I started thinking about the wonder of modern air conditioning.
June 25, 2014
Video: Black Powder, White Lace - The du Pont Irish and Cultural Identity in Nineteenth Century America
When Dr. Margaret Mulrooney visited Hagley on March 27 to present her lecture, “Black Powder, White Lace –the Irish Community at Hagley” the Soda House was packed. More than three hundred and eighty guests came to welcome Dr.

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