======================== HES POSTING =================== 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] ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]