Research & Collections News

Recent News

May 1, 2017
Uncovering Audiscan Cartridges
Sometimes as an archivist, you open a box and have to ask: “What is this?”
April 24, 2017
The Everett Worthington Collection Opens for Research
The Manuscripts and Archives Department is pleased to announce the opening of an important new design collection. The Everett Worthington Inc.
April 24, 2017
Twin Brother Inventors and the Yeast Business
The outstanding variety of the Rothschild patent model collection simply amazes me each day I review records of models that have been unpacked and cataloged by Caroline Western, our Special Projects Cataloger. One patent model recently caught my eye so I decided to find out more about it. Most of
April 24, 2017
All The Vintage Books About Cats You Could Possibly Need
April 24, 2017
The Carol Litchfield Collection on the History of Salt
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably never thought about salt all that much. It’s just one of those things that does great things to your food but does bad things to your blood pressure, and that’s where your knowledge (and probably interest) stop. 
April 24, 2017
Workplace Safety Films from Thomas Edison Studios
Two of the oldest items in the National Association of Manufacturers collection are The Workman’s Lesson and Crime of Carelessness from 1912.
April 24, 2017
Hagley Center Announces NEH Postdoctoral Fellows
April 24, 2017
A Pest Smorgasbord at the Library: Paper Grazers and Leather Eaters
Preservation of collections often includes some element of risk management: monitoring a storage area can help head off disasters like leaks or insect invasion.

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