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May 8, 2025
Industrial Movie Night at the Screening Room @ 1313
April 1, 2025
I'll Meet You at the Eagle?
April 1, 2025
RCA and the Origins of Women in Gaming
The world of leisure activities (and the industries that support them) entered a new era 63 years ago this April.
April 1, 2025
Rose Cot: A “Favorite Resort” of Victorine du Pont and Rebecca Ralston
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.
February 26, 2025
Unlocking the Future of Archives: Earning My Digital Archives Specialist Certification
My name is Alexis Jimenez, and I am a Processing Archivist at Hagley. I have been an archivist for 3 years now after earning my Master of Science in Information degree from Drexel in 2022.
February 26, 2025
A Tale of Two Wilmington Ships
As the SS United States makes her final voyage this month from Philadelphia to be sunk off the Florida coast, my thoughts wandered to Hagley’s excellent shipbuilding collections.
February 25, 2025
A Race Conscious Business, 1939
The Hagley Library recently acquired important pieces related to the history of African American business.
January 27, 2025
Caveat Emptor: Abraham Lincoln and the Case of the Horological Cradle
Although it is estimated that over 15,000 books have been written about Abraham Lincoln, there always is another angle or lens through which we can view his life.

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