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September 18, 2020
Visual Investigation: Researching American Industry with Hagley’s Pictorial Collections
As a PhD student in the University of Delaware Hagley graduate program who researches American capitalism, I have found the world-class collections held by the Hagley Library an invaluable resource.
August 14, 2020
Why is this film yellow? Chemical Intensification of Photographs
August 14, 2020
Who’s who…Louise Bushnell
It is time for another installment of the series I seem to have created: “Who’s who,” where I delve a little bit further into the life of someone who worked at NAM and who’s name I have come across multiple times.
August 14, 2020
Processing the Cinecraft Collection: A Summer Internship Reflection
Annabel Pinkney is a recent graduate of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where she received her MS degree in Library and Information Science. She is an aspiring archivist and has spent the summer as the Audiovisual Processing Intern.
August 14, 2020
Technological Change & Work: Job Transformation in the American Industrial Revolution
If you pay some attention to the business & economics press, you’ll frequently see apocalyptic warnings about the impending impacts of automation and robots on jobs in the 21st century.
August 14, 2020
Madam Walker: The Key to Beauty, Success, Happiness
Do you know who the Guinness Book of World records lists as the first self-made American woman millionaire? 
July 17, 2020
Digging Into Reparative Cataloging Through the Vertical File
While our Library paces its re-opening as advised by the state of Delaware, the Published Collections Department seeks fresh ways to engage the public with relevant resources on the business history of America.
July 17, 2020
Namusa Corporation
“Among the special developments of the National Association of Manufacturers was the formation and expansion of its Foreign Service Department.

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