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April 23, 2018
From Buildings to Coffins: Uncovering the Hidden History of Concrete
Concrete—a medium created by mixing cement, aggregate and water—is the second most consumed material after water. It is also one of the most common materials in our daily lives.  But, by and large, we take concrete for granted. I came to Hagley on a
March 19, 2018
The Story of the Seagram Building, 1958
March 19, 2018
The Wall Street Bombing of 1920
On September 16, 1920, a telephone message from Callender I.
March 19, 2018
Ken White's Award Winning Designs
Typically when I open up a new box of Ken White material I find a lot of over-stuffed folders and folded up blueprints that I need to sort through page by page, re-foldering and re-labeling so everything is organized and can be found easily by future researchers. 
March 19, 2018
The Evolution of Linoleum
I received an interesting reference question a few months ago from researchers trying to identify a vintage floral linoleum pattern that was used in a work of art created in the 1960s. They asked if we could find the pattern in some of the linoleum trade catalogs in our library collection.
March 19, 2018
NAM: Battle of the Beltway
The National Association of Manufacturers works beyond Capitol Hill and with its members. In conjunction with their 100th anniversary celebration in 1995, NAM established the “Battle of the Beltway.”
March 18, 2018
Storing Materials that Were Never Meant to Last
You wouldn’t be entirely wrong if in your minds’ eye you picture an archives as a space with reams of paper, or rows of binders and ledgers. Sometimes we receive collections with 3-D artifacts composed of more than cellulose and leather.
March 18, 2018
Numa: P.S. du Pont's Unrealized Agricultural Colony
I came to the Hagley Library on a research grant last summer to carry out preparatory research for my dissertation on French trading migrations in the Ohio Valley between 1789 and 1815.

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