Sept. 12 Howell Harris (University of Durham), "The Rocky Road
to Mass Production: Obstacles to Mechanization in the U.S.
Foundry Industry, c. 1870-1930"
Oct. 10 Victor Viser (York College), "Motifs for Change:
Narrative and the Child in American Magazine Advertising,
1940-1950"
Nov. 14 Mark Shields (University of Virginia), "Artifacts,
Practices, and Systems: The History of Technology as Social
Theory"
Dec. 12 Claudia Clark (Central Michigan University), "The Menace
of Benzene: Defining a New Industrial Disease"
Jan. 16 Christian S. Warren (Brandeis University), "Silencing
the Epidemic: Repairing Lead's Public Image"
Feb. 13 Shelley Nickles (University of Virginia), "Detroit Envy:
The Household Appliance Industry and the Annual Model Change"
March 13 Lizabeth Cohen (New York University), "World War II and
the Making of Citizen Consumers"
April 10 Mary Ann Landis (University of Delaware) "The Struggle
For Ascendancy: Mine Operators and Mineworkers in Eckley,
Pennsylvania, 1854-1874"
May 8 Thomas Dublin (Binghamton University--State University of
New York), "Attracting Business to the Anthracite Region,
1940-1970: Promises and Performance"
May 22 Daniel Winer (University of Delaware), "Rethinking
Technological Systems: The Development and Meaning of
Firefighting in the Early 19th Century"
All seminars meet on Thursday at 6:00 PM in the Copeland Room of
Hagley's library building. Papers are circulated in advance. For
more information, contact Carol Ressler Lockman, Hagley Museum
and Library, P.O. Box 3630, Wilmington DE 19807. Phone:
302-658-2400; fax: 302-655-3188; email: crl@udel.edu.