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October 21, 2019
Commencing Catalyst: Processing Begins on a Major New Acquisition
“Where do I even begin?” That was the question I asked myself last April, eyeing up my very first assignment as Hagley’s new processing archivist. The boxes, stacked two-deep, stretched down an entire row of shelving—more than 500 of them! It was truly staggering.
September 23, 2019
Con-men of the labor movement: Communists and labor unions
I periodically come across folders that peak my interest more than others. Sometimes it is the visual appeal, other times it is the topic or titling, and sometimes it is a combination.
September 23, 2019
Museum Collection:The Short Life of DuPont’s Corfam
Not everything can be successful, even if you have had an enormously successful product like nylon.  Corfam is an excellent example of a synthetic product that simply did not live up to its expectations over time for DuPont. 
September 23, 2019
Two New Industrial Design Collections Opened for Research: Ken White and Marshall Johnson papers
After nearly two years of intensive work, the papers of industrial and product designers Ken White and Marshall Johnson are open for research.
September 23, 2019
An Electric Eye to Scan the World
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was founded in 1919 when Owen D. Young, the president of General Electric, bought the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America and used it to form a radio patent monopoly.
September 23, 2019
Conservation: Restoring painted lantern slides
September 23, 2019
James Zellner photographs of Mauch Chunk
After the recent processing and digitization of the William H.
September 22, 2019
Du Bois Infographics Expose the American “Color Line” at 1900 Paris Fair
An earlier post this year explored the engaging process of data visualization through a recent acquisition entitled

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