Research & Collections News

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.

Traditional Japanese bindings are a bit different from the Western bindings we are accustomed to. The easiest way to describe them, is that they are used exactly the opposite from how we use our books.

I arrived at the Hagley Museum and Library trying to solve a Civil War mystery. In February of 1864, the Confederate submarine H. L.

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

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.

The Manuscripts and Archives Department is pleased to announce the opening of the John Gordon Rideout papers. The collection was donated to Hagley Museum and Library in 2016 by his daughter, Alyce Rideout.  

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.