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July 22, 2019
Ken White Returns!
Ken White and his son, Andy, returned to visit Hagley for several days during the last week of June. Mr.
July 22, 2019
Up, up and away with new TWA Hotel
Sometimes you spend the night at an airport terminal because your travel plans were hampered by unexpected weather or mechanical problems.  But sometimes, when you spend the night at an airport terminal, you feel very lucky!
July 22, 2019
New Season of Library Research Podcast
The Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society recently launched a new season of the library’s own research podcast, Stories from the Stacks.
July 22, 2019
Play Ball!  Bobby Shantz, Willie Mays and Leo Durocher’s MLB uniforms
Since it is summer, it seems like every time I drive by a park, I see people playing baseball.  That recently reminded me of some Major League Baseball uniforms we have in the collection.
July 22, 2019
Did DuPont Sell Black Powder to the Confederacy During the American Civil War?
One of the most frequently asked questions about the DuPont Company during the American Civil War is whether or not they sold black powder to the Confederacy. The answer:  Absolutely not!
June 19, 2019
DuPont Company and the Apollo Space Program (1969)
This month's featured motion picture is from the William Henry Radebough films collection. Radebough - a public relations consultant and executive at DuPont from 1952 to 1977 - wrote, produced, and directed many films for the Company. 
June 17, 2019
Doing Your Part to Win: WWII posters
June 6th marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of German-occupied France during World War II. In honor of this anniversary, I thought I would share some of the posters found in the National Association of Manufacturers collection from that era.
June 17, 2019
The US Navy and Anglophobia in the Mexican-American War
My dissertation examines how US naval officers' political values influenced the country’s path towards civil war. The antebellum era was a period of intense partisanship.

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