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May 18, 2021
Crowninshield Garden Discoveries: Part Two
If you stand on the piazza, which is located outside the ground floor of the residence, on the left side of the house, and look out over the left side railing, you will see the swimming pool, which is part of the Crowninshield Garden.
May 18, 2021
FOUNDING CATALYST: FELICE N. SCHWARTZ AND AN EXTRAORDINARY VISION
Here at the Hagley Library, the processing is well underway on one of our recent major acquisitions, the Catalyst, Inc. records.
May 18, 2021
What is the Value of a Piece of Paper?
Image of resin seal on a letter written by Voltaire.
May 18, 2021
What Every Shareholder Should Know
I had decided to come to the Hagley Library and Museum to better understand how corporate managers responded to the activities of shareholder activists featured in my dissertation. Hagley had been recommended to me as a great repository of material from companies like DuPont and General Motors, p
April 26, 2021
Development of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) from the PSFS collection
The use of cash during the pandemic has plummeted in many countries.
April 26, 2021
April showers bring May flowers? : Seed Catalogs at Hagley
In 1802, the du Pont family came to the banks of the Brandywine River and built their home, which came to be called Eleutherian Mills.  Along with his work to establish the business of making gun powder, E.I. du Pont was an avid botanist who ordered seeds and plants from France.
April 26, 2021
“Strike a pose, Bessie!” Dairy’s celebrity photographer
Upon pursuing a personal connection in Hagley’s collections, I stumbled across the life of Henry A. (Harry) Strohmeyer: dairy cattle photographer to the stars. While growing up in Texas, I participated in 4-H, like many other children from rural areas. My specialty was dairy judging.
April 26, 2021
Leisy Light Beer TV Commercial, 1952
Among the Cinecraft Productions collection at Hagley are TV commercials dating back to as early as 1948.

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