Research & Collections News

Picture yourself as an American livestock worker at the turn of the 20th century. What would success look like? 

At the 2025 National History Day Delaware State event in April, Hagley Museum and Library was honored to award the Hagley American Innovation prize to a group participating students.

The New-York Historical Society recently rediscovered Baroness Henriette Hyde de Neuville’s artistic production at the exhibition Artist in Exile: The Visual Diary of Baroness Hyde de Neuville; the eponymous book was published in 201

Have you been wondering what the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (better known as NASA) was working on exactly 56 years ago this month? Wonder no more!

While perusing a folder of miscellaneous drawings in the archives at Hagley, I came across an image that I had never seen but recognized immediately (see below). The drawing shows a small cottage situated within a hilly landscape.

The world of leisure activities (and the industries that support them) entered a new era 63 years ago this April.