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December 18, 2015
The DuPont Company's Chart Room
My last article reviewed the development of return on investment (ROI) by Donaldson Brown and its rapid adoption by DuPont as its primary financial measure.  As a young treasurer, Brown was challenged with not only improving understanding of the new concept by the company’s Executive Committee bu
December 18, 2015
DuPont colors for Fender guitars
As I was working on writing my last blog, my husband was reading about guitars. He said “did you know that John Lennon and George Harrison owned guitars painted with DuPont paint?”  Why don’t you write about that!
December 18, 2015
Leading the Care-Free Life in DuPont Fabrics
How does one lead the care-free life?  The answer according to a 1956 DuPont advertisement is wearing clothing made out of Orlon acrylic fiber! Orlon is one of the synthetic fibers that came out of the DuPont research labs following the discovery of nylon in the 1930s.
December 18, 2015
Holiday highlights from the Hagley Vault
Audiovisual Reference Archivist Lynsey Sczechowicz has been busy this month posting holiday themed selections from our collection at the Hagley Vault. It includes light-hearted commentary and a wide array of images from the Library's collecti
December 18, 2015
Avon in Brazil
The Avon Products collection at Hagley can be a great source for studying the history of international business, consumer culture, and gender. This collection was central to my examination of Avon’s adaptation to the Brazilian market in the 1960s and 1970s.
November 22, 2015
New Digital Exhibit - Collecting Paper Cars
The Hagley Library is pleased to announce the launch of a new digital exhibit - Collecting Paper Cars: Z. Taylor Vinson’s Collection of Automobile Advertising.
November 22, 2015
New Digital Exhibit - Collecting Paper Cars
The Hagley Library is pleased to announce the launch of a new digital exhibit - Collecting Paper Cars: Z. Taylor Vinson’s Collection of Automobile Advertising.
November 20, 2015
The Industrial Corporation and Global Finance
My research at Hagley (supported by a research grant) aimed at finding if/how large American industrial corporations influenced the transformation of the international financial regime, catalyzing the rise of global finance during the past several decades.

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