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February 20, 2017
Life in the Brandywine Valley: An Oral History Grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum
Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing into the early 1980s, Hagley staff interviewed 175 people from the Brandywine Valley area in Delaware, creating a phenomenal archive of daily life and work in the region going back to the late nineteenth century. These 352 hours of audio and full typed i
February 20, 2017
Exploring Trade Catalogs on Universal Design and Barrier-free Living
At the 2016 Grammy Awards show, Stevie Wonder issued an earnest charge to his audience: “We need to make every single thing accessible to every single person with a disability.” To a cataloger, the thought of providing access to every single thing may present a daunting challenge. But in the Publ
February 13, 2017
Meet the NAM Archivist
February 13, 2017
The Modern Pioneer Awards
In 1965, for the first time in 25 years, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) presented the Modern Pioneer Awards. These awards were presented to individuals who had made outstanding contributions to industrial research and development.
January 23, 2017
Museum Collections: Stay on Track with this Patent Model
As I go about unpacking and cataloging the Rothschild Patent Model Collection, I get excited when I recognize a familiar name or place.  The patent models in the collection represent inventors from all over the United States – even the world.
January 23, 2017
The Saul Zalesch Collection of American Ephemera
Saul Zalesch teaches art history in Louisiana, and he is passionate about collecting. He began collecting while working at Winterthur as a Research Fellow in the 1990's.
January 23, 2017
Library Admin: Amrys O. Williams Joins Library Staff
Amrys O. Williams has joined the library staff as its oral historian and associate director of the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society. She started January 3.
January 23, 2017
Conservation: An Interview with Library Conservator Laura Wahl
In this video, and accompanying interview, we go behind the scenes with Hagley's Library Conservator in the conservation lab.

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