Long-Term Research Fellowships at the Hagley Museum and Library
FAIN: RA-234950-16
Hagley Museum and Library (Wilmington, DE 19807-2106)
Roger Horowitz (Project Director: August 2015 to March 2021)
12 months of stipend support (1-3 fellowships) per year for three years and a contribution to defray costs associated with the selection of fellows.
We propose creating postdoctoral fellowships that we would call the “Hagley Postdoctoral Fellowship on Business, Culture, and Society.” Our targeted applicant pool is the large and expanding array of scholars who use records generated by business to explore the impact of firms on our nation, and indeed the world. Similar postdoctoral fellowships for scholars trained in the humanities do not exist anywhere in the United States. We are in constant contact with these scholars through our current extensive grant programs and our role as the administrative center for the Business History Conference, the principal academic organization for scholarly research pertaining to firms and their influence on our society. (edited by NEH staff)
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Author: Jennifer Greenhill
Abstract: A comparison of Leyendecker and Rockwell's illustrations.
Year: 2018
Access Model: subscription
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Publisher: Winterthur Portfoilio
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Author: Jennifer Greenhill
Editor: Monica Jovanovich-Kelley
Editor: Melissa Renn
Abstract: Reveals the central role corporations have played in shaping American culture with a focus on Maxfield Parrish.
Year: 2018
Access Model: purchase
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Book Title: Corporate Patronage in the United States, from the Late 19th Century to the Present
ISBN: 9781501343735
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Abstract: A critique of innovation as applied by contemporary universities.
Year: 2018
Access Model: subscription
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Date: 02/15/2020
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Author: Jennifer Greenhill
Editor: Melissa Renn
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Abstract: “Maxfield Parrish’s Creative Machinery for Transportation”
Year: 2019
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Year: 2019
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Author: Jennifer Greenhill
Author: Vanessa Schwartz
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Date Range: November 2019
Location: Hagley Library, WIlmington Delaware
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Year: 2024
Primary URL:
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Type: Single author monograph
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Abstract: n/a
Year: 2023
Format: Journal
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