I had a fascinating chat for the podcast with prof Laura Browder about the history of drug testing in America. Check it out!

The USA drug tests its citizens more than any other country and ties Americans' rights, to keep one’s baby, to do one’s job, or to vote or move freely, to the results of drug testing. Learn the history behind America's chemical citizenship on the #HagleyHistoryHangout! www.hagley.org/research/his...

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DEADLINE APPROACHING The Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program from the @businesshistoryc.bsky.social Research and Dissertation fellowships application deadline NOVEMBER 1st Endowed by renowned economist Henry "Dr. Doom" Kaufman Info: thebhc.org/henry-kaufma...

Tell us your story of American capitalism.

Our newest program, the Neighborhood Authors Series, premiers this month! You can check out the teaser below and subscribe wherever you find podcasts. The first full episode, featuring stories of haunted Delaware, drops on Halloween! soundcloud.com/neighborhood...

Terrific opportunity!

Our newest program, the Neighborhood Authors Series, premiers this month! You can check out the teaser below and subscribe wherever you find podcasts. The first full episode, featuring stories of haunted Delaware, drops on Halloween! soundcloud.com/neighborhood...

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DEADLINE APPROACHING The Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program from the @businesshistoryc.bsky.social Research and Dissertation fellowships application deadline NOVEMBER 1st Endowed by renowned economist Henry "Dr. Doom" Kaufman Info: thebhc.org/henry-kaufma...

As a kid I wondered and worried about why people could be allowed to go unfed and unhoused and insecure in the midst of unparalleled, incomparable affluence. That remains the driving question of my research. And the answer remains largely the same. Capitalism in its many guises.

Not a creature was stirring EXCEPT everyone who was busy working hard to disguise the relationship between market capitalism and the American consumer by concealing it inside a living model of preindustrial craftsmanship, baked goods, and Victoriana 🎄 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

Tell us your story of American capitalism.

Regional craft beer powerhouse Iron Hill has closed all locations & declared bankruptcy. Our oral history of craft beer in the MidAtlantic features interviews w Iron Hill founders Mark Edelson & Kevin Finn. Find the interviews here & consider how much has changed in 9 yrs! digital.hagley.org/2016287

A terrific lineup of scholars and projects! What do drugs, heritagization, and childcare have in common? Tune in to find out.

Subscribe to the #HagleyHistoryHangout podcast for casual chats about cutting edge research in the history of business, technology, and society! Check out our fall schedule below. Don't be a stranger!

Innovation plays a role in the beauty and fashion industry; new products, new techniques, and new markets animate the industry and punctuate its history! In our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout we chat w Denise Sutton about innovation in fashion and beauty. soundcloud.com/hagley_libra...

My awesome colleagues have a new program just getting started. It’s less strictly academic and more interested in the broader appeal of great storytelling. The first full episode drops Oct 31 but you can subscribe now!

We are starting a new podcast called Neighborhood Authors Series focused on some of the most interesting and colorful stories from Delaware, the Midatlantic region, and beyond! Subscribe now for a teaser and new episodes monthly starting with a haunted Halloween ghost story special 🎙️🎃

It certainly feels like Hagley always has something relevant to current events in our collections. I am probably biased, of course.

A real loss for the region, perhaps especially Main Street Newark where the original location used to be. Another victim of private equity! Pour one out

Regional craft beer powerhouse Iron Hill has closed all locations & declared bankruptcy. Our oral history of craft beer in the MidAtlantic features interviews w Iron Hill founders Mark Edelson & Kevin Finn. Find the interviews here & consider how much has changed in 9 yrs! digital.hagley.org/2016287

First was a fascinating conversation with Denise H. Sutton on innovation and markets in the beauty and fashion industries, with particular focus on the case of Kevlar, at the @hagleycenter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAcO... (2/5)

Innovation plays a role in the beauty and fashion industry; new products, new techniques, and new markets animate the industry and punctuate its history! In our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout we chat w Denise Sutton about innovation in fashion and beauty. soundcloud.com/hagley_libra...

One of the amazing things the @hagleycenter.bsky.social is doing is digitizing their incredible collection of corporate films. My current fave is THE MAGIC KEY (1950), an animated & live action short that explains how ADVERTISING is the key to human civilization digital.hagley.org/VID_1993230_...

This is going to be a major event in energy historiography, featuring fourteen scholars from four continents! Join us online October 30 and 31.

Registration is live for our fall conference "The Power of Energy," highlighting cutting edge work in energy history. Panels include: Energy Sovereignties Energy Flows, Information Flows Coerced Labor Energy in the Home Beyond the Domestic Find more info here: www.hagley.org/research/con...

Terrific opportunity!

Registration for our fall conference "The Power of Energy" is now open! Join us online Oct 30/31 for papers at discussion at the cutting edge of ENERGY HISTORY! More info: www.hagley.org/research/con...

Media studies expert Lee McGuigan chats with our @bordergroves.bsky.social about his research on official corporate biographies, suggesting that they often reveal more than intended, on the #HagleyHistoryHangout. Tune in here or wherever you find podcasts. soundcloud.com/hagley_libra...

Hello, Bluesky! We want to fund your research! Check out our grants and fellowships! Here: www.hagley.org/research/gra...

What can corporate biographies, or "official histories," tell us about the past? When read critically, an enormous amount! Learn more on the latest episode of the #HagleyHistoryHangout podcast. Here or where you find podcasts: www.hagley.org/research/his...

AI data scraping is causing major problems for digital archives. Many publishers of cool historical material (free for the public), like @hagleycenter.bsky.social, are being hit w/ bot swarms akin to denial of service attacks. Latest in The Lint Trap linttrapofhistory.substack.com/p/when-ai-da...

US labor unions backed trade liberalization on condition of support for impacted workers & industries. Trade opened up but the promised aid never materialized, forcing unions to reassess their commitment to liberalization. Learn more on the #HagleyHistoryHangout! soundcloud.com/hagley_libra...

Our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout podcast For An “Orderly” Globalization: Managed Liberalization in U.S. Labor with Melanie Sheehan available here and wherever you find your podcasts: www.hagley.org/research/his...

The September 2025 issue of The Exchange is now out! #BHC #BHC2026 #bizhis 🔗 Read here: mailchi.mp/thebhc/the-e...

First was an engaging conversation with Melanie Sheehan on the US labor movement's complicated post-WWII relationship with trade liberalization at the @hagleycenter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoAj... (2/5)

Our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout podcast For An “Orderly” Globalization: Managed Liberalization in U.S. Labor with Melanie Sheehan available here and wherever you find your podcasts: www.hagley.org/research/his...

The Fall season of our #HagleyHistoryHangout podcast premiers September 1st! Join us for stories of sex, drugs, and politics. Featuring: Melanie Sheehan Lee McGuigan Denise Sutton Laura Browder Janick Marina Schaufelbeuhl Julia Fournier Kimberly Andrews Audrey Ke Zhao Mark Aldrich

The BHC is coming to London!! Upcoming deadline -> Submit proposals by October 17th 2025 thebhc.org/2026-bhc-mee... March 26th - 28th, 2026 "Co-Creation" @entandsoc.bsky.social @hagleycenter.bsky.social @gnvbusinesshistory.bsky.social @businesshistory.bsky.social

The Fall season of our #HagleyHistoryHangout podcast premiers September 1st! Join us for stories of sex, drugs, and politics. Featuring: Melanie Sheehan Lee McGuigan Denise Sutton Laura Browder Janick Marina Schaufelbeuhl Julia Fournier Kimberly Andrews Audrey Ke Zhao Mark Aldrich

👇 Featuring PhD student Joël Praz!

First was an interesting discussion with Joël Praz on global intellectual property law from 1880-1950 at the @hagleycenter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbRX... (2/5)

Explore the power of patents in this #HagleyHistoryHangout! www.hagley.org/research/his...

What do you want to know about American capitalism?

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Well! We’ve got: Infrastructure. Transportation. Resource extraction. Industrialization. Deindustrialization. 17thC. 18thC. 19thC. 20thC. Technology. Ecology. Sociology. And best of all, friend, we have RESEARCH FUNDING! C’mon down and see our resources.

What do you want to know about American capitalism?

About half of the sailors, soldiers, missionaries, and tradesmen that made up the Spanish Empire were Black, part of the African diaspora. Learn more on this #HagleyHistoryHangout w host @bordergroves.bsky.social and guest Leo Garofalo, here or where you find podcasts. soundcloud.com/hagley_libra...

When public funding for research dries up, everyone loses. Private funding for research becomes even more essential. If you or someone you know can use the incredible resources held in the Hagley Library for research, please consider our funding opportunities! www.hagley.org/research/gra...

About half of the sailors, soldiers, missionaries, and tradesmen that made up the Spanish Empire were Black, part of the African diaspora. Learn more on this #HagleyHistoryHangout w host @bordergroves.bsky.social and guest Leo Garofalo, here or where you find podcasts. soundcloud.com/hagley_libra...

Our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout features our friend @dsuisman.bsky.social delivering an Author Talk at the Hagley Library on his new book "Instrument of War: Music and the Making of America's Soldiers." Tune in here or wherever you find your podcasts! soundcloud.com/hagley_libra...