Research & Collections News

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.

If you pay some attention to the business & economics press, you’ll frequently see apocalyptic warnings about the impending impacts of automation and robots on jobs in the 21st century.

“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?

In this edition of “Live with the Hagley Historian” recorded in June, Lucas Clawson discusses the DuPont Company’s role in the Manhattan Project and the development of the first operational nuclear reactors.