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October 23, 2017
The South Amboy, New Jersey, Port Explosion of 1950
On May 19, 1950, four transfer barges and several railroad cars loaded with 420 tons of military explosives suddenly detonated at the Raritan River Port of South Amboy, New Jersey. The result was devastating.
October 23, 2017
Better Late, Than Never: Identifying books from the du Pont family library in 1799
One of the first questions I was asked after being hired to head Hagley’s Published Collections department was “Which books did the du Pont family bring with them to the United States on the American Eagle in 1799?” For the longest time I could not provide an answer, but now I can.
October 20, 2017
NAM and the U.S.-Soviet Trade and Economic Council
In February 1973, NAM’s international economic affairs department organized a trade conference with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union sent fifteen delegates led by Vladimir Alkhimov, deputy minister for foreign trade.
September 28, 2017
RCA Anniversary: The David Sarnoff Library at 50
The David Sarnoff Library (DSL) opened fifty years ago today adjacent to the library of the Radio Corporation of America’s David Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton New Jersey. In the early 1960s, Sarnoff, RCA’s iconic leader of more than three decades, had begun thinking about his legacy.
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.

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