Summer Brings Changes to Hagley with This Issue, You Will Strong “People Skills” to Her Notice the Addition of a Calendar Position at Hagley
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HagleyMUSEUM AND LIBRARY VOL. 32 NO. 2 SUMMER 2003 Summer Brings Changes To Hagley With this issue, you will strong “people skills” to her notice the addition of a calendar position at Hagley. Her role will of events, which is our way of be to coordinate the three main encouraging you and others to library sections (Manuscripts and keep coming back to Hagley for new and exciting things. We are working hard to make the Hagley experience as diverse and rewarding as we can, and we hope that you find numerous things on the calendar that appeal to you, your family, and your friends. That’s the “visible” part of our effort. In addition, we are creating a new, institution-wide Programming Committee that will bring all of our expertise and skills to bear on exhibits, special events, and other programs. In coming months, we hope to provide numerous related programs for our major events such as lectures, workshops, publications, and tours, to make certain that we are marketing them appropriately. Though well endowed, Hagley still relies upon admissions for a large part of the budget, and we want our customers to have many, many Be sure to visit Hagley reasons to return. We would Archives, Pictorial Collections, to see what’s in bloom appreciate hearing your and Imprints), direct our active in the E. I. du Pont ideas, too. program of grant writing, and Garden! Another major change participate in strategic planning occurs on June 2, when Hagley for the institution. We expect welcomes our new Deputy that computers and the Internet Director for Libraries. She is Dr. will be a major part of Hagley’s Theresa (Terry) Snyder, currently future, and Terry is well the associate archivist for the equipped to help us. University of Pennsylvania. Enjoy spring and summer, Terry brings a record of and please enjoy it often at achievement in building the Hagley! university’s archives and records management programs and George L. Vogt NEWSLETTER Bienvenue à Chateau Country DirectorHagley has received a participating restaurants and $16,500 matching grant from evening entertainment venues. the Delaware Tourism Office Chateau Country is a (DTO) to market the Chateau freshened branding idea for Country travel package. DTO the four partnering du Pont- offers the matching grants related attractions who feel that program annually to encourage the new phrase might conjure partnerships and overnight a more immediate image than visitor stays. “Brandywine Valley” does when Delaware’s Chateau used outside of the region. Country Package will The Chateau Country include admission to Hagley, marketing and advertising Winterthur, Nemours, campaign will target greater and Longwood Gardens; New Jersey and Westchester accommodations at one of County, New York. five participating hotels; and To learn more about the a coupon book of special package, visit the web site, discounts or added bonuses at www.chateaucountry.org. Summer Science Sundays Science is fun and science Sunday on August 10. Visitors Wheels, Wonders, and is everywhere. Hagley’s will meet some critters, plant How Things Work is the Summer Science Sundays are seeds, make paper butterflies, focus for Sunday, August 24. back this August with a line work in a garden, and Hagley’s dramatic machinery up of chemistry shows, nature watercolor insect and animal demonstrations and the workshops, and even some sketches drawn by Sophie museum’s hands-on “Easy Does robotics. du Pont almost 200 years ago. It” exhibit, which is all about Cool Chemistry is the To celebrate the centennial levers, pulleys, and gears, will theme for Sunday, August 3, of the first successful airplane be the main features for the day. when local science teacher Dr. flight, Fascinating Flight is The Miracle Workerz team and Michael Stemniski will reprise the theme of Hagley’s Science their Miracle of Engineering his exciting and “explosive” Sunday on August 17. William (MOE) robots will be on the chemistry show in the Power Hazel, a pilot and volunteer property as well. This team, Plant. There will also be hands- coordinator at the Mid- sponsored by the DuPont on science activities in the Atlantic Air Museum, will tell Company, will show the Wheelwright Shop, kitchen the story of how Orville and amazing things their student- chemistry demonstrations in Wilbur Wright took to the sky. built machines can do. the Gibbons House, the chance This humorous, engaging, Summer Science Sunday to visit Lammot du Pont’s and interactive experience activities take place between 12: chemistry lab, and more. for the whole family is not to 30 to 4 p.m. The activities are Hagley’s property is full be missed. Visitors may also included with regular museum of interesting plant and animal engineer airplanes to take home, admission and are free for life which will be the subject of watch cannonballs fly, and Hagley Associates. the Naturally Nature Science more. PAGE 2 Loewy Project Receives NEH Funding Hagley has been awarded August 3. The Philadelphia industry and the role that an $84,000 grant from the Inquirer described the exhibit advertising, industrial, and National Endowment for as “one of the most enjoyable package design has played the Humanities (NEH) to exhibitions of its kind that one in defining the American conserve and organize the could ever expect to see.” aesthetic. Raymond Loewy archive. The portion of the The Loewy papers will The museum acquired archive that has perhaps the be opened for research as soon approximately fifty linear feet highest research value is the as they are organized and of materials in May of 2001 information from the post-war conserved, in late 2004 or from the archives of Raymond period that describes Loewy’s in 2005. Loewy, the world’s most role in creating the modern successful and best-known consumer society. Materials industrial designer, at auction. describing shopping center, The collection documents supermarket, and department the full scope of Loewy’s store development are certain to life and career. The earliest attract considerable interest. materials provide a window on his childhood in France. America’s culture of Journals from the 1906 to consumption has been at the 1908 period include sketches center of historical inquiry for of speedboats, automobiles, much of the past decade. And and locomotives that for nearly fifty years, Raymond foreshadow Loewy’s interest Loewy was a key figure in in transportation, speed, and creating the designs for this streamlining. The photographs consumer culture. Along with his and papers describe most of colleagues and competitors, he Loewy’s major projects from helped develop what historian, the 1930s through the 1970s. and Director of Hagley’s Center Of particular importance are for the History of Business, the files on the Pennsylvania Technology, and Society, Philip Railroad, Sears, Greyhound, Scranton, has described as the Studebaker, and the wide “endless novelty” that drove array of consumer product the American economy. The companies that defined post- new business history, with war America. its focus on the relationship While much of Loewy’s between business, culture, and business correspondence from society, sees industrial design as the 1930s and early 1940s inextricably connected to the was destroyed, forty surviving evolution of mass distribution scrapbooks provide an and merchandising as it emerged unusually important resource during the inter-war years. for this period. Hagley’s The Loewy archive Views from the Raymond Loewy exhibit at Hagley, open through August 3 curatorial staff relied on them will also have audiences far Top: Loewy with the streamlined S-1 locomotive at the 1939 New York for much of the research that beyond the discipline of World’s Fair. Bottom: Dole Deluxe Coca-Cola fountain dispenser, developed was done for the exhibit, business history. Art historians, during World War II and introduced in 1947; and UPB-100 Jukebox, “Raymond Loewy: Designs for students of material culture, United Music Corp., introduced in 1958. Raymond and Viola Loewy placed a Consumer Culture,“ which social history, and American one of these in their New York apartment for their guests’ enjoyment. is on display in the Henry studies are now exploring the Clay Mill Gallery through relationship between art and PAGE 3 Upcoming Events New Route for Bike and Hike New areas of Hagley’s to Henry Clay Mill. This three- Designs for a Consumer spectacular grounds will be mile route will offer plenty of Culture” and “DuPont Science open to visitors during the options including level areas for and Discovery,” will be open Wednesday Bike and Hike the smallest bikers and hikers to visitors as well. Bike and evenings in August. Bikers as well as some challenging Hike hours are 5 to 8 p.m. and hikers will be welcome inclines for those looking for a every Wednesday evening in to venture beyond the steam more intense workout. These August, weather permitting. No engine, under the Iron Bridge, special evenings hours are skateboarding, roller skating, past the DuPont Company also the perfect opportunity or in-line skating allowed. Cost 150th anniversary marker, up to picnic on the banks of the is $1 per person and free for Carpenter Hill, past the Soda Brandywine River. Hagley Associates. Use Hagley’s House and library, loop around The exhibits in Hagley’s Route 141 entrance. Eleutherian Mills, and then Henry Clay Mill building, coast downhill all the way back including “Raymond Loewy: Fall Concert Series Hagley Museum’s concert Ensemble will perform on musical director for more than series, sponsored by the Hagley Sunday, October 5, from 2 to seventy-five musical theater Associates, will be back again 4 p.m. The audience can expect productions and has worked as this fall. The three-part series an afternoon of scintillating an accompanist and coach for will feature a variety of music, music filled with Judith Kay’s Broadway performers.