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October 22, 2014
Conservation: The Case of the Mysterious Red Spots - Deterioration of Chromogenic Color Prints
On October 1st Hagley presented a public program on the preservation of family photographs. Since the history of photography now spans 175 years and includes dozens of processes, I was curious to see what types of items the attendees would bring for examination and discussion.
October 21, 2014
Manuscripts & Achives: The Intermodal Box - Hagley Sources on Containerization
Among recent, non-academic researchers at Hagley are Jim Panza, Dick Dawson and Ron Sellberg, who are writing a 60th anniversary history of their employer, TTX Company.
September 22, 2014
The National Association of Manufacturers and Visual Propaganda
In the middle decades of the twentieth century, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) played a powerful role in big business’s crusade for authority in American life.
September 11, 2014
Published Collections: Pop Quiz - Can You Avoid the Grave Mistakes of Trademark Management?
Recently added to the Hagley catalog is a variety of trademark publications. The Published Collections Department received an assortment of fliers, leaflets, and pamphlets issued by companies in the interest of safeguarding the value of their trade names.
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.

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