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The Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society, Hagley 
Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware has awarded grants to support 
research in the Library's collections to the following recipients for the 
winter and early spring of 1997: 
 
Alan Brumagim 
University of Scranton 
"An Examination of the Sperry-Univac Division During the 1960s:  A 
Resource-Based Perspective" 
 
Michael Conlin 
University of Illinois at Urbana 
"Pierre-Auguste Adet:  A Revolutionary Diplomat and Chemist in America" 
 
Christian Gelzer 
Auburn University 
"The Quest for Speed:  An American Virtue, 1825-1930" 
 
Deborah Holland 
Northwestern University 
"Battling Discrimination on Two Fronts:  Confronting Racial Discrimination 
in Cold War America" 
 
John Logan 
University of California, Davis 
"Defining Industrial Citizenship:  The State & Workers' Rights in the US & 
Canada, 1933-48" 
 
Kevin Murphy 
Lisa Reilly 
University of Virginia 
"Skyscraper Gothic" 
 
Lawrence Peskin 
University of Maryland, College Park 
"'To Encourage and Protect':  The Discourse of Manufacturing in the 
Seaport Cities, 1763-1815" 
 
James A. Robinson 
University of California, Berkeley 
"Race, Labor, and Industrial Relations History on the Pennsylvania 
Railroad:  Case of Black Dining-Car Workers" 
 
Daves Rossell 
University of California, Berkeley 
"Compelling Vision:  From Electric Lighting to Illuminating Engineering, 
1880-1940" 
 
Terrence Uber 
Case Western Reserve University 
"Design, Style, and Technology in the Office Furniture Industry" 
 
William Wright 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 
"Economic History of Washington's Union Station" 
 
The Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society 
offers fellowships and grant support for scholars from the humanities and 
related social sciences.  The Hagley Museum and Library is one of the 
nation's foremost independent research libraries.  Its collections are 
especially strong in the areas of American business and economic history, 
the history of science and technology, and the history of 
industrialization in its social contexts.  Scholars working in labor 
history, social history, arts and industries, as well as business and 
technology are encouraged to apply.  The library is also strong in French 
history of the Revolutionary period. 
 
Henry Belin du Pont Fellowship:  Supports advanced research at Hagley. 
Sponsored by the H. B. du Pont Memorial Fund, these fellowships offer a 
maximum stipend of $1500 per month.  Applicants must be from 
out-of-state; degree candidates and persons seeking support for degree 
work are not eligible to apply.  Fellowship tenure must be continuous and 
last from two to six months.  Application deadlines for the year are 
March 31, June 30, and October 31. 
 
Grants-in-Aid:  Short term grants-in-aid support visits to Hagley for 
research in the imprint, manuscript, pictorial, and artifact 
collections.  They are designed to assist researchers with travel and 
living expenses while using the collections.  Stipends are for a minimum 
of two weeks and a maximum of eight weeks at no more than $1200 per 
month.  Application deadlines:  March 31, June 30, and October 31. 
 
For further information and an application packet, please write to Dr. 
Philip Scranton, Director, Center for the History of Business Technology, 
and Society, Hagley Museum and Library, PO Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 
19807, phone: 302-658-2400, fax:  302-655-3188, or email:  [log in to unmask] 
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