Hagley Museum and Library Fellowships/Grants awarded

he Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware is pleased to announce the recipients of our exploratory grants, H. B. du Pont Fellowships and the H. B. du Pont Dissertation Fellowships awarded in November, 2014.  Please note that the next deadline for the exploratory grants or the H. B. du Pont Fellowship is March 31, 2015.



Exploratory Grants



Bryce Evans

Senior Lecturer in History

Liverpool Hope University

Food and Drink at the Irish Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair



Kyle T. Evered

Associate Professor

Michigan State University

Cultivating Consumption Amid Regulation:  Comparing the Historical Record of the Seagram Company, Ltd. With Past and Present Approaches Undertaken by the Efes Beverage Group



Paul V. Kershaw

Instructor

Wayne State University

Arrested Development:  Postwar Growth Crisis and Neoliberal Development in the US and Mexico



Thomas Mills

Lecturer

Lancaster University

British and American Business Groups and the Reconstruction of International Trade, 1941-1948



Danya Pilgrim

Ph.D. Candidate

Yale University

Gastronomic Alchemy:  How Black Philadelphia Caterers Transformed Taste into Capital, 1780-1920



H. B. du  Pont Dissertation Fellowship



Galina Shyndriayeva

Ph.D. Candidate

Imperial College and King's College London

Matters of Smell:  A History of the Fragrance Industry, 1880-1960



Sarah Stanford-McIntyre

Ph.D. Candidate

College of William & Mary

Working Landscapes:   The Labor of West Texas Oil, 1920-1970



H. B. du Pont Fellowship



Emma Gallwey

Ph.D. Candidate

Harvard University

Public Credit in the Development of American Political Economy, 1776-1845



Kathryn Holliday

Associate Professor

University of Texas at Arlington

Telephone City:  Glamour, Marketing, and the Architecture of the Telephone



Craig Lee

Ph.D. Candidate

University of Delaware

PSFS in Principle and Standard:   The Skyline Spectacular and the Adscription



Tyson Reeder

Ph.D. Candidate

University of California, Berkeley

"The Two Rising Americas":  The United States, Brazil, and Luso-Atlantic Commerce in the Age of Revolution



David Reinecke

Ph.D. Candidate

Princeton University

The Dream of American High-Speed Rail and the Invisible Politics of Government-Led Innovation



Sara E. Wermiel

Independent Scholar

Development of Steel and Glass Production Sheds in US





Information on our grants/fellowships is below and available at http://www.hagley.org/library-grants. Questions about our grant procedures may be directed to Carol Lockman, Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society at  clockman@hagley.org.



Hagley Exploratory Research Grants

These grants support one-week visits by scholars who believe that their project will benefit from Hagley research collections, but need the opportunity to explore them on-site to determine if a Henry Belin du Pont research grant application is warranted. Priority will be given to junior scholars with innovative projects that seek to expand on existing scholarship. Applicants should reside more than 50 miles from Hagley, and the stipend is $400. Application deadlines: March 31, June 30 and October 31



Henry Belin du Pont Fellowships

These research grants enable scholars to pursue advanced research and study in the collections of the Hagley Library. They are awarded for the length of time needed to make use of Hagley collections for a specific project. The stipends are for a maximum of eight weeks and are pro-rated at $400/week for recipients who reside further than 50 miles from Hagley, and $200/week for those within 50 miles. Application deadlines: March 31, June 30 and October 31



Henry Belin du Pont Dissertation Fellowships

This fellowship is designed for graduate students who have completed all course work for the doctoral degree and are conducting research on their dissertation. Applications should demonstrate superior intellectual quality, present a persuasive methodology for the project, and show that there are significant research materials at Hagley pertinent to the dissertation. This is a residential fellowship with a term of four months. The fellowship provides $6,500, free housing on Hagley's grounds, use of a computer, mail and internet access, and an office. Application deadline: November 15