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Hagley’s Maker Fest From The Executive Director

Executive Director David Cole In a recent conversation with a friend, I with our own hands and tools. From the mentioned casually that Hagley has been emergence of Make: Magazine in 2005, to planning to participate in the burgeoning the development of Maker Faires, MIT’s Fab Cover: A glass blower demonstrates Maker movement by launching its inaugural Labs, and countless Maker spaces in schools, his craft at Hagley. Maker Fest in the spring of 2017. This friend, libraries, and community centers, Making’s Back: Wisteria near the back of the who is always quick to observe that there is moment has finally arrived. barn on Hagley’s upper property. really nothing new under the sun, was intrigued but also slightly dismissive. “Can you really call something a What better place ‘movement’,” he said, “when to celebrate do-it- it’s been going on since prehistory?” yourselfing than Hagley? He has a point: people have been crafting new things, and tinkering with old ones, since the emergence of our imaginative, And what better place to celebrate this manipulative, resourceful species. That renewed attention to do-it-yourselfing than Board of Trustees “making,” the wonderful process of ideation Hagley? As the following piece suggests, our Henry B. duPont IV President and fabrication, is a fundamental part of the Maker Fest will be the mid-Atlantic’s most Carol A. Ammon human experience seems obvious. But in a entertaining and inspiring platform for the Vice President modern culture that aggressively encourages inventors, craftspeople, and entrepreneurs Augustus I. duPont the consumption of products, made by people among us. But it will present this showcase of Treasurer Ann C. Rose and in places that we rarely see, it’s easy to “what’s new” against the backdrop of Hagley’s Secretary forget that we have enormous potential to signature exhibitions of mill races, machine Edward B. duPont fashion things ourselves. shops, and restored technologies from a President Emeritus Edward J. Bassett, CFA Fortunately, growing legions of Makers, time gone by. Innovation past, innovation E. Matthew Brown and their enthusiastic promoters, have present—we invite you to join us on April 29 Mati Bonetti de Buccini emerged in recent years to remind us of and reconnect with the Maker in you. James C. Collins, Jr. the value—and the pleasures—of creating Howard E. Cosgrove Charles M. Elson Blaine T. Phillips Hagley Magazine is published quarterly by Hagley Museum Hagley Magazine welcomes your feedback. M. Gary Talley and Library, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contact us at [email protected]. Steven W. Usselman, Ph.D. Address: P. O. Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807-0630 John S. Wellons (302) 658-2400 • www.hagley.org JoAnne Yates, Ph.D. COVER STORY

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Hagley Museum and Library is celebrating This will be a day to become inspired! +$ )(67 the regional Maker community by hosting a Hagley’s Maker Fest will provide the Maker Fest on April 29. This inaugural event opportunity to connect with these held at the Hagley Soda House will bring inventive folks and their projects through together Makers of all kinds who tell a story, demonstrations, tastings, and hands-on who do something differently, and who are activities. Strike up a conversation with a like- Hagley’s Maker Fest Saturday, April 29 passionate about their crafts and want to share minded Maker, or just enjoy the atmosphere of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. their inspiration with the public. invention and inspiration. Hagley Soda House You probably know a Maker. They are tech Why Hagley? Hagley’s 235-acre historic site Use Buck Road East entrance enthusiasts, crafters, metalworkers, brewers, is a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark $10 for adults $5 for members and youth 6-18 woodworkers, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, and boasts one of the nineteenth century’s Free for children under 6 authors, artists, educators, students and most practical Maker spaces—the museum’s entrepreneurs. They rejoice in creating gadgets restored Machine Shop. as well as tinkering with existing ones. The Maker movement and Hagley’s core A Maker demonstrates his The Maker spirit is found at the values both celebrate past innovation and hobby for Hagley visitors. intersection of “do it yourself” and nurture the innovative spirit. The museum will “hacker” cultures. Makers like to open up be open on April 29 and Maker Fest attendees the boundaries of traditionally separate are encouraged to visit the museum before or domains such as metalworking or computer after the event. programming to create new ways of “making.” Maker culture emphasizes learning-through- doing in a social environment that is informal and fun. 3 HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

HAGLEY AFTER HOURS MOVIE NIGHTS

A Night at the Movies Join the Plastics or question your own “Hagley After Hours: A Night at the Movies” Hagley After Hours: reality during Hagley’s winter movie series, will feature themed cocktails and snacks A Night at the Movies “Hagley After Hours: A Night at the Movies,” in available for purchase. Guests are also invited Mean Girls Thursday, February 9 February. The series will include cult classic, to embrace each movie’s theme to receive The Matrix Mean Girls, on February 9, and alternative a free goodie; wear pink to the Mean Girls Thursday, February 23 reality flick The Matrix, on February 23. showing and wear your favorite sci-fi shirt or Doors open 6:30 p.m. Mean Girls is a 2004 comedy written by accessory to The Matrix. Film starts 7 p.m. Tina Fey. The film is based in part on Rosalind The movies will be shown on the large $2 per person Cash bar available Wiseman’s non-fiction self-help book Queen screen in Hagley’s Soda House auditorium. Hagley Soda House Bees and Wannabes, describing female high Shortly before each feature film is shown Use Buck Road East entrance school social cliques and the damaging effects there will be a special showing of a short film Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales they can have on girls. from Hagley’s collection. will be available for purchase. The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction film Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with the depicting a dystopian future in which reality feature film starting at 7 p.m. Admission for as perceived by most humans is actually a movie nights is $2 per person. A beer and wine simulated reality called the “Matrix,” created cash bar will be available. Dogfish Head Craft by machines to control the human population, Brewed Ales will be available for purchase. while their bodies’ heat and electrical activity This event is weather-dependent; please check are used as an energy source. www.hagley.org for updates in the event of 4 inclement weather. HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Spring Author Talk Series Two creative writers will come to Hagley World’s Favorite Board Game. She will recount this spring to speak in its popular Author Talk the unknown story of how Monopoly came Author Talks Series at the Hagley Soda House. into existence, its reinvention by Parker March 16 - 7 p.m. On March 16, Dr. Danielle Shapiro’s talk, Brothers, the game’s lost female originator, Dr. Danielle Shapiro “ for Modern Life” “Industrial Design for Modern Life,” will explore and one man’s lifelong quest to reveal its true May 4 - 7 p.m. the life and career of John Vassos, a Greek origins. Pilon’s tale follows Ralph Anspach, Mary Pilon immigrant who was one of the founders of who traced the game’s roots to , “The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the industrial design. As the Radio Corporation of and Anspach’s long trademark fight with World’s Favorite Board Game” America’s (RCA) leading designer, he became that reached all the way to Free admission one of the most influential industrial designers the U.S. Supreme Court. Hagley Soda House of the twentieth century. Her 2016 biography Each author’s book will be available Use Buck Road East entrance Attendees should contact Carol of Vassos, on sale at the event, is replete with for purchase at their talk. These free author Lockman at clockman@hagley. rich behind-the-product stories of America’s talks begin at 7 p.m. Those planning to org or (302) 658-2400, ext. 243. design culture in the 1930s through the 1950s, attend should contact Carol Lockman and it also chronicles the emergence of what at [email protected] or (302) 658- Danielle Shapiro (left) and was once the nation’s largest media company. 2400, ext. 243. Held in the Soda House; Mary Pilon will present On May 4, former New York Times and use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance. Author Talks at Hagley. Journal Mary Pilon will talk about her book, The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the 5 A young visitor at the Tinkering Tables during Invention Convention presented by Agilent Technologies.

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Hagley Thanks Its 2017 Corporate Partners Hagley preserves and shares the stories of American enterprise. Corporate Partners help Hagley use these stories to inspire innovation and educate tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.

Invention Convention presented Bike and Hike presented by Fireworks at Hagley presented by by Agilent Technologies Dogfish Head Craft Brewery M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust

PRESENTERS DISCOVERERS GROUNDBREAKERS Agilent Technologies Microsoft Advanced Networking, Inc. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Nickle Electrical Companies Mercer Health & Benefits LLC M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust Sheridan Auto Group Service Unlimited, Inc. 6 Tri-State Carpet, Inc. HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Sunday School Celebrates Bicentennial The history of the Brandywine other du Pont family members and friends. In Manufacturers’ Sunday School dates to its heyday the school had 150 students, many School Days Celebration 1813, when classes were first taught in of whom returned as teachers. Saturday, May 13 • Noon to 5 p.m. private homes. After several years without Although the Sunday School was non- Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales will be available for a permanent home, DuPont Company sectarian, school officials allowed local purchase and the Belin House founder E. I. du Pont financially supported residents to use the building as a sanctuary Organic Café will be open. the construction of a school building on his during the 1840s. Because Roman Catholics, property, and the school opened in 1817. Methodists, Episcopalians, and Presbyterians Join us on May 13 for nineteenth-century held services at the Sunday School until they games, quill pen writing, and lemonade and constructed church buildings of their own, the ice cream to celebrate! congregations of Saint Joseph, Mount Salem, The Sunday School was a nonsectarian Christ Church, and Green Hill trace their roots school offering classes in reading, writing, to those services. Left: Visitors learn how to write arithmetic, and Bible lessons. The students, Today approximately 8,500 schoolchildren with a quill pen, one of the activities both male and female, were workers or the visit yearly on field trips. Visitors today learn that local visitors often remember from their school field trip to Hagley. children of workers in the local manufactories how nineteenth-century children practiced along the Brandywine. E. I. du Pont’s their penmanship with quill pens, did sums on Right: A current student field trip. daughters, Victorine du Pont Bauduy, slates, studied history and geography, and also Bottom: The Brandywine Eleuthera du Pont Smith, and Sophie M. had fun with races and tug-of-war games. Manufacturers’ Sunday School. Du Pont, were teachers at the school, as were 7 HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Photos by Ashley Schroeder SparkCart and Science Saturdays Extravaganza Showcases SparkCart Science Saturdays If you’ve been to Hagley this past year Science Saturdays are family-oriented SparkCart Extravaganza on a program day, such as Science Saturdays, events offered twice a month. At each Saturday, March 25 • 1 to 4 p.m. hayrides, or the summer theme days, you may event, visitors are introduced to a STEM- Included with admission have visited our SparkCart, a mobile activity cart related concept through simple, experiential Science Saturdays run by teen volunteers. Visit Hagley on March 25 demonstrations and then challenged to apply Saturdays, February 18 & 25, March 11 & 25, April 8, and for the SparkCart Extravaganza that will feature the concept to solve a problem. throughout the year all six activity kits: Water Power, Inspired by “Float Your Boat” on February 18 explores 1 to 4 p.m. • Visitors may drop in Nature, Telegraph, Pulleys, Innovations in density and buoyancy. Can your boat float? at any time during activity hours Textiles, and Transmission of Power. “Pump It Up” on February 25 gives visitors Included with admission The newest SparkCart kit, designed by the opportunity to build a hydraulic arm. teens in Hagley’s Youth Leadership Program, “The Chain Gang” on March 11 introduces will debut at the extravaganza. It explores the wide world of polymers. the changing landscape of Hagley. See if you “Egg Newtons” on March 25 will explore can spot the differences between the powder the laws of motion while challenging visitors to yards of the nineteenth century and today. design a vehicle to protect an egg in a collision. The SparkCart Extravaganza takes place “Soaring Satellites” on April 8 explores the from 1 to 4 p.m. and is included with admission. forces of flight.

8 COLLECTIONS

Sarnoff Library Collection Opens When the Library in Princeton his remarkable career, which included leading Left: Radio Corporation of America closed in 2009, it donated nearly 3,000 linear RCA for nearly forty years. This formed the core advertisement in the Saturday feet of archival material and publications to the of the David Sarnoff Library when it opened Evening Post, December 10, 1938 Hagley Library. Most of the archival collection at the David Sarnoff Research Center in 1967. Right: Detail from the cover of consists of research records, papers of individual Another major strength of the collection is the Radiations, the news magazine of the RCA Laboratories, scientists, photographs, and audiovisual extensive advertising, promotional literature, January-February 1960 material that document the pioneering and technical manuals for RCA products from Bottom: Detail from Victor research and development conducted at the the Radiola of the early 1920s to the VideoDisc Talking Machine Company David Sarnoff Research Center and other Radio in the 1980s. advertisement, 1921 Corporation of America (RCA) facilities from Thanks to a generous three-year grant the early days of RCA to the research center’s from the Council on Library and Information operations under SRI International from the Resources that began in 2014, Hagley was 1980s into the twenty-first century. In adding able to fully process the David Sarnoff these documents to its other RCA content, Library collection in time for the seventy- Hagley has the most comprehensive collections fifth anniversary of the research center and documenting a major American technology the fiftieth anniversary of the David Sarnoff company available anywhere. Library in 2017. Twenty detailed finding The David Sarnoff Library collection also aids are available online, along with tens of includes the original David Sarnoff Collection, thousands of individually cataloged reports assembled by Sarnoff and his staff to document and publications in the library catalog. 9 HAPPENINGLIBRARY NEWS AT HAGLEY

Photos by Gene Castellano Celebrating Salt, With Buttons Left: A few of the artifacts and At the capstone event of Archives Month than twenty-four graphic designs, including a library materials from the Litchfield Philly, where representatives from twenty turn-of-the-century French postcard featuring Collection on the History of Salt regional archives and libraries gathered to traditional methods of salt production through Bottom: Button giveaways celebrate food and culinary history, Hagley solar evaporation, dancing vegetables from celebrating the Litchfield collection showcased artifacts and library materials from the cover of a 1930s’ Worcester Salt Company Right: Lynsey Sczechowicz and the Litchfield Collection on the History of Salt. cookbook, or different versions of the Morton Talia Coutin representing Hagley More than 200 visitors attended the event, Salt Umbrella Girl. The activity allowed visitors at Archives Month Philly many of whom had never heard about Hagley to connect with Hagley in a meaningful and prior to stopping by. tangible way by making, and taking home, Amid cooking demos, tastings, and games, part of the collection. Hagley Library staff engaged visitors with More than half of the Litchfield Collection Hagley’s interesting collection on salt-related on the History of Salt has been processed ephemera by pairing a pop-up exhibition and is available to researchers; the remainder with a fun activity—making button pins will be ready this spring. And if you want to with graphic images selected from the salt experience the joy of button-making, check collection. www.hagley.org for future Hagley events Morton Salt Company celluloid buttons featuring the button-making press. from the 1930s, on display as part of the temporary exhibition, inspired the button- 10 making press. Visitors could choose from more LIBRARY NEWS

Library Hires Oral Historian Amrys O. Williams has joined the library Besides teaching American history and Amrys O. Williams at the staff as its oral historian and associate director the history of science, the environment, and Van Vleck Observatory in of the Center for the History of Business, agriculture at Wesleyan, she helped the Middletown, Connecticut Technology, and Society. She started January 3. university’s Van Vleck Observatory celebrate Photo by Tony Bacewicz, courtesy She comes from Middletown, Connecticut, its 2016 centennial. She raised funds to create a of The Hartford Courant where she had been teaching at Wesleyan program that collected stories from the public University. Williams earned her undergraduate about their experiences as well as interviews degree in brain and cognitive science at with former staff members describing work the Institute of Technology with the instruments of their era. As curator before training as a historian of science at the and project director of “Under Connecticut University of Wisconsin at Madison. Skies,” she also managed an assessment of all At Hagley, Williams will help Center historical objects, equipment, and documents Director Roger Horowitz organize the in the collection, digitized selections of academic and public programming of the documents, and initiated planning for the library, support Hagley’s work as the home of preservation of these materials. She also the Business History Conference, and organize organized the exhibition that accompanied the Hagley’s oral history efforts. Hagley expects centennial celebrations. oral history will be an increasingly important method of documenting the history of enterprise and innovation. 11 VOLUNTEERHAPPENING ATNEWS HAGLEY

Photo by Ashley Schroeder Handwork Group Helps Students The Volunteer Hagley Handwork Group They make Creek Fairies, aprons, purses, Handwork Group had a record-breaking year in 2016 by making scarves, children’s sweaters and blankets, Donations items that resulted in $4,751.50 in donations American Girl Doll clothes and accessories, For more information about donating to the Hagley Handwork to the Hagley Scholarship Fund. This allowed quilled greeting cards, and so much more. Group, contact Angela Williamson more than 700 students to start making You can help by: at [email protected] or (302) 658-2400, ext. 257. memories at Hagley, representing a substantial • Donating half-finished projects, fabrics, For more information on portion of the scholarships awarded each year. yarn, vintage linens, and similar items at the monetary contributions, The group creates items from donated Visitor Center. The group especially needs contact Andrew Engel at materials, sells them at the Hagley Craft Fair denim, large pieces of cotton fabric, knitting [email protected] or (302) 658-2400, ext. 329. and other events, and gives the revenue to the yarn, and clear 58-quart storage containers. Hagley Scholarship Fund. The fund provides • Buying crafted items at events admission assistance to eligible students in the throughout the year, including the Maker Fest Delaware Valley. on April 29, Fireworks on June 16 and 23, the The twenty-person group knits, crochets, Craft Fair on October 14 and 15, and the Friday cross stitches, makes lace, quills (rolling paper after Thanksgiving. into designs), sews, creates paper crafts • Giving a monetary donation to the (origami boxes, gift tags, note cards, doll scholarship fund at one of these events. accessories, etc.), and rehabs vintage lace and Thank you for your support! linens into items for other uses. 12 POWDER KEG KIDS PAGE

FUN FACTS – POLYMERS! FIND THE DIFFERENCES – MAGNETIC ATTRACTION At Science Saturday: The Chain Gang on March 11, you At Science Saturday: Magnetic Attraction on April 22, you can build a can learn about polymers and how we use molecular magnet toy and tinker with magnetic force! Can you tell which two chains in our everyday lives. groups of magnets below are exactly alike?

Some fascinating facts about polymers: 1 • A polymer is a molecule, made from joining 2 3 together many small molecules called monomers. • The word “polymer” can be broken down into “poly” (meaning “many” in Greek) and “mer” (meaning “unit”). • Polymers are synthesized naturally and artificially to perform a wide variety of specialized tasks. • Leo Baekeland announced in 1907 the synthesis of the first truly synthetic polymeric 4 5 6 material, later dubbed “Bakelite.” • Nylon is a polymer developed in the early 1930s by Wallace Carothers and his team of chemists at DuPont as a synthetic alternative to silk. • Polystyrene is a polymer used to make loose- fill packaging “peanuts,” shape-molded

packaging, and disposable utensils. ANSWERS: MAGNET GROUPS FOUR AND SIX ARE EXACTLY ALIKE. EXACTLY ARE SIX AND FOUR GROUPS MAGNET ANSWERS: WORD SEARCH - HAGLEY’S MAKER FEST Hagley’s Maker Fest on April 29 will provide the opportunity for Hagley visitors to connect with these inventive folks and their projects through demonstrations, tastings, and hands-on activities. Find the Maker-related words in the grid of letters below.

WORD LIST W Y A U F F K R S O C G N L D N R E V A P X R H R ARTISAN F G R I W R P E O M C A J A O M N E Y C Q V R D S CALLIGRAPHY W O O D W O R K I N G D L I S G X B F L J T L C G ELECTRONICS V L B Y G Z O C P G U X T L I I H Y P K J C I F P ENGINEERING N O O I M L G A R N M A K N I R T P C Q H N W R E FABRICATION D N T S B J R H L L V N E G J G U R L Q O Y I R E FILM HACKER O H I D N S A B I O J E O N V Z R T A R W N S J W INNOVATION C C C T Q J M F N C R H D I J R D A T K T U D Y Q MATHEMATICS E E S U Q V M N Z I N L P K T W U C P I N K B A N METALWORKING I T U Y A N I K N O V I Q R G A E Y N H M U H S X PRINTING P S Z T F N N G V R H A I O O L C G H M Y P P A E PROGRAMMING J E Z J M P G L B O F E K W E T T I N K E R I N G PROTOTYPE F G S C I T A M E H T A M L F T O Z R F C G K I V ROBOTICS SCIENCE E C N E I C S I P L O C S A E J X T X B D F K L O TECHNOLOGY F V C C F G W Y L L T C R T U Y B I Y L A G N D W TINKERING S L V L J P D L R W D J P E G Q E M W P C F D W I WOODWORKING N U L G U A V E E R V P A M D N F X J M E S T B W 13 EVENTS CALENDAR

Hagley is open daily, Unless otherwise noted, activities listed below are included with admission and free for members and children five and under. year-round, at 10 a.m. and closed Thanksgiving Walking Tours – visit www.hagley.org for schedule March 25 – Saturday– 1 to 4 p.m. Day and Christmas Day. Hagley offers weekend walking tours exploring gunpowder SparkCart Extravaganza production, water power, geology, life in an industrial village, Experience all six of Hagley’s mobile activities at once. The The Belin House Organic Café Hagley’s gardens, and explosions. Walking tours are included with newest SparkCart kit, designed by teens in Hagley’s Youth is open daily 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. admission, reservations requested at (302) 658-2400, ext. 261. Leadership Program, will debut at the extravaganza. For guided tours, research Science Saturdays – visit www.hagley.org for schedule April 20 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m. library hours, and event Experiment and innovate with Hagley’s series of science activities. Research Seminar – Jenifer Van Vleck details, visit www.hagley.org. Visitors use their creativity to make scientific discoveries. Attendees are encouraged to read Van Vleck’s paper “Building the World: Morrison-Knudsen and the Business of Modernization,” February 9 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m., movie starts 7 p.m. which may be obtained by contacting Carol Lockman at clockman@ Hagley After Hours: A Night at the Movies hagley.org. Held in the Library Copeland Room, use Hagley’s Buck Tonight’s movie is the cult classic Mean Girls. Admission is $2 per Road East entrance. person. Cash bar available. Hagley Soda House, use Buck Road East entrance. Event is weather-dependent; check www.hagley.org. April 29 – Saturday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hagley’s Maker Fest February 11 – Saturday – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This first-time event inspires innovation and invigorates the Victorine’s Valentine’s Day Maker spirit in everyone. Visitors celebrate and foster our regional Celebrate Valentine’s Day by decorating a candy community of Makers as they demonstrate and share their bar wrapper, designing Valentine’s Day cards, and creations. Use Hagley’s Buck Road entrance. $10 for adults • $5 for nibbling on a fresh-baked gingerbread heart. Hagley members and youth 6-18 • Free for children under 6. February 16 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m. May 4 – Thursday – 7 p.m. Research Seminar – Tyler Anbinder Author Talk – The Monopolists Attendees are encouraged to read Anbinder’s paper “New York’s In her talk, Mary Pilon will recount the unknown story of how Famine Irish Immigrants: Savings, Economic Mobility, and Networks,” Monopoly came into existence, its reinvention by Parker Brothers, which may be obtained by contacting Carol Lockman at clockman@ the game’s lost female originator, and one man’s lifelong quest to hagley.org. Held in the Library Copeland Room, use Hagley’s Buck reveal its true origins. Attendees should contact Carol Lockman at Road East entrance. [email protected] or (302) 658-2400, ext. 243. Held in the Soda February 23 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m., movie starts 7 p.m. House, use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance. Hagley After Hours: A Night at the Movies May 13 – Saturday – Noon to 5 p.m. Tonight’s movie is another cult classic, The Matrix. Admission is $2 per School Days Celebration person. Cash bar available. Hagley Soda House, use Buck Road East Join us for nineteenth-century games, quill pen writing, and entrance. Event is weather-dependent; check www.hagley.org. lemonade and ice cream to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the February 26 – Sunday – Noon to 3 p.m. Sunday School. Dogfish Head beer will be available for purchase and Hagley Wedding Showcase the Belin House Organic Café will be open. Visit the Soda House, taste delicious hors d’oeuvres from Toscana May 18 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m. Catering, meet fantastic local vendors, and win fabulous door prizes. Research Seminar – Jeannette Estruth Admission is free, registration required, visit www.hagley.org Attendees are encouraged to read Estruth’s paper “Silicon Valley March 16 – Thursday – 7 p.m. Conservation: Redefining Environmental and Labor Politics, Author Talk – Industrial Design for Modern Life 1970-1995,” which may be obtained by contacting Carol Lockman In her talk, Dr. Danielle Shapiro will explore the life and career of at [email protected]. Held in the Library Copeland Room, use John Vassos, one of the pioneering founders of the industrial design Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance. profession. Attendees should contact Carol Lockman at clockman@ hagley.org or (302) 658-2400, ext. 243. Held in the Soda House, use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance.

Fireworks at Hagley M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust presents Fireworks at Hagley–a time of celebration to kick off summer and enjoy spectacular pyrotechnics. Mark your calendars for Friday, June 16 and 23, for Hagley’s annual event. Fireworks at Hagley continues to be our members’ favorite event. Every guest has the best seat in the house as fireworks are launched just hundreds of feet away, filling the sky. Hagley’s fireworks is a members-only event. Invitations will be mailed in April. If you’re not a Hagley member, don’t miss out! Sign up at www.hagley.org.

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