The Chemical Heritage Foundation acquired 50 linear feet of Hercules records from Ashland, Inc. in March 2012. The Hercules Powder Company was formed in 1882 by DuPont and the Laflin & Rand Powder Company. It was reorganized in 1912 and spun-off from DuPont as a result of a Federal Court decree which ordered DuPont to divest its interests in the explosives industry due to violations of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The Wilmington based company was acquired by Ashland Inc. in 2008. Examples of items in the collection include:
Christopher Heaney, University of Texas at Austin
2011 to 2012 Research Fellow
Kuang-chi Hung, Harvard University
2010 to 2011 Research Fellow
Meghan Crnic, University of Pennsylvania
2011 to 2012 Research Fellow
The Center now offers a Postdoctoral Fellowship for students of history of science, technology and medicine. More information and an online application here.
The Center’s postdoctoral fellow receives a stipend of $45,000 per year for two years. This fellow will be expected to spend two academic years at the Center, to participate in the Center’s events, and to assist in light administrative duties to help run the Center and its activities.
Susan Brandt, Temple University
2011 to 2012 Research Fellow
As you navigate our website, you may notice new images appearing on the right. We just received a batch of wonderful images for our site from the Wagner Free Institute of Science. Should you be interested in working your way through them, simply go to the Wagner's information page on our website and refresh the page (generally "F5" if you don't feel like finding the button on your browser) to load random images from Wagner.
Claire Gherini, Johns Hopkins University
2011 to 2012 Research Fellow
The 47th Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology will be held at the University of Pennsylvania, beginning with an opening reception and plenary the evening of Friday April 20th, followed by the presentation of papers, a faculty panel, and a dinner on Saturday April 21st. The event is being co-sponsored by the History and Sociology of Science Department, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science (PACHS).
Karin Eckholm, 2008-2009 Dissertation Research Fellow, has sent us an update on her activities since leaving PACHS.
