Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Enron Board Minutes Available Online at Hagley


CONTACT:  Meg Marcozzi, Marketing Manager
                  (302) 658-2400, ext. 238   mmarcozzi@hagley.org

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

            Wilmington, Delaware – March 2011 –  Hagley Museum and Library has digitized its Herbert S. Winokur, Jr., Enron Board Records collection. This collection spans from 1997 through 2001 and documents the landmark corporate bankruptcy. To access these records, visit www.hagley.org/library/enron.
            Herbert “Pug” Winokur donated his Enron board minutes to Hagley in 2010. This collection includes board minutes; records of the executive, finance, and audit committees; and memoranda and emails. Mr. Winokur also funded the digitization of these records.
            “This is one of the most complete collections of Enron board records in existence,” according to Lynn Catanese, curator of manuscripts and archives at Hagley. 
            The Hagley Digital Archives allows online access to digitized versions of selections from our library collections.  The Archives includes images, documents, and publications related to the history of business, technology, and society accessible online through Hagley’s web site. It currently holds more than 100,000 digital images and pages from Hagley’s library collections. 
            Researchers and other interested parties may also access the records at Hagley Library. The library is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the second Saturday of each Month, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
            The Hagley Library is the nation’s leading business history library, archives, and research center. Current holdings comprise 36,000 linear feet in the Manuscripts and Archives Department, 290,000 printed volumes in the Imprints Department, and 2 million visual items in the Pictorial Department.  The Library operates a research grant program, and offers conferences, research seminars, and a public lecture series. 
Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. For more information, call (302) 658-2400 weekdays or visit www.hagley.org.

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