Research & Collections News

Do you know who the Guinness Book of World records lists as the first self-made American woman millionaire? 

Annabel Pinkney is a recent graduate of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where she received her MS degree in Library and Information Science.

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.

“Among the special developments of the National Association of Manufacturers was the formation and expansion of its Foreign Service Department.

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.

In 2019, Hagley approved a capital budget for the Collections Department to upgrade the Objects Conservation Laboratory at the Hall of Records.

Question: What were the du Pont family’s views on slavery?