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January 19, 2022
Update 2022: The Cinecraft Collection at Hagley
This year marks our third year of working to preserve our Cinécraft Productions sponsored film collection. Founded in 1939, Cinécraft specializes in commercial productions for business, industry, trade organizations, and, in some cases, government agencies and social service organizations.
November 24, 2021
WHERE WOMEN WORK: CATALYST’S CENSUS OF WOMEN CORPORATE OFFICERS AND TOP EARNERS
Catalyst Inc. aims to conduct influential research studies related to women in the workplace and share their findings widely with other organizations and institutions, businesses, and the public.
November 23, 2021
Innovation at Cinecraft: Multi-Camera Production for Television
Multiple cameras used simultaneously in filming a scene stands among the innovative methods employed by Cinecraft Productions in making films and programs for early television.
November 17, 2021
Museum Collections: A FACELIFT FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY MARKER
In 1951, the DuPont Company commissioned Domenico Mortellito, a Wilmington, Delaware sculptor, to create a bronze plaque depicting the founder of the DuPont Company, Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the company.
November 17, 2021
Removing Stains from Historic Paper and Textiles: Don’t Shout it Out!
In the field of conservation, paper, photographs, and textiles are treated separately by specialists who have trained in the preservation of each of these materials. However, items on paper and many cloth articles have something in common: being made from plant material (cellulose).
October 25, 2021
Julius Potocsny and "Mobile" Phones from Ohio Bell, 1966
The Cinecraft digitization project continues. We currently have over 300 films digitized and online through the digital archives. Hagley's Audiovisual Digitization Archivist, Ona Coughlan, has been churning out a steady stream of films since the project began in 2020.
October 19, 2021
Bottoms Up: Brewing History at the Hagley Library
The effects of our changing climate marked my two-week stay at the Hagley Library. Rain from Hurricane Ida caused the Brandywine River to burst its banks, flooding the Hagley’s scholar residence two days before I was set to arrive.
October 19, 2021
Museum Collections: Rembrandt Peale’s Portraits
Here at Hagley, we hold over 200 paintings in our collection. They range from portraits of du Pont family members to the original advertising artwork of the DuPont Company.

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