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Mah Jongg, Anyone?

Sometimes when I am playing a game on my computer, I get an ad for a Mahjong game like the one to the right. Those so-called Mahjong or Mah Jongg games are simply games of matching tiles. The graphics are nice, and it’s a relaxing pastime, but it doesn’t take much skill or strategy.

2024 National History Day Hagley Award Winners

At the 2024 National History Day Delaware State event in May, Hagley Museum and Library was honored to present three special awards to participating students.

America's Ghost Army & the Art of Camouflage

This March, the last three living members of the World War II Ghost Army were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

Ideas on Motivating People with Ernest Dichter

Since they became a part of Hagley Museum and Library’s collections in 2008, the Ernest Dichter papers (Accession 2407) and the accompanying Ernest Dich

New RCA Victor Materials Now Available

Hagley Museum and Library recently acquired a generous selection of recorded music trade publications. Chiefly among these 87 items are phonographic record catalogs from various music labels.

ARMCO Night at the Movies

On May 8th, the Hagley Museum and Library and the Middletown Historical Society will co-host "ARMCO Night at the Movies" at the Sorg

Woman Inventor: Harriet Ruth Tracy's 19th Century Patents

During the nineteenth century, women made up just 1% of all inventors who received United States patents. Hagley is fortunate to have approximately 80 patent models representing women inventors out of the more than 5,000 models in the collection.

"I Found This CD... Now What?": Born Digital Workflows

In a previous article, I wrote about working with born digital materials in terms of the workflow for handling the records.

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