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September 22, 2016
Free with Purchase: The History of Promotional Items
Did you ever save your bubble gum wrappers or cereal box tops to send away for a special toy?  Or paste stamps into an album to exchange for a unique item for your home?  If so, you probably had a loyalty to a certain brand or store so that you could collect enough premiums to place an order.
September 22, 2016
Researching Conservative Philanthropy
In the summer of 2015 I spent one week at the Hagley collecting research on organized philanthropy, funded by an exploratory grant from the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society.
August 19, 2016
My Summer Experience with the Smithsonian Affiliations Visiting Professionals Program
The problem of dealing with mold on papers and books in collections has been an ongoing concern of mine for a number of years.
August 19, 2016
Doodling in an Old-School Math Class
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August 19, 2016
Introducing the Carol Litchfield Collection on the History of Salt
Dr. Carol D. Litchfield, a Ph.D. in biochemistry, devoted her life’s research to halophilic microbiology, the study of tiny microorganisms that thrive in super salty waters.
August 19, 2016
New Collections in the Hagley Digital Archives (August 2016)
As we reported last month in the Collection and Research News, the library recently launched a new Digital Archives platform. While we were busy migrating a huge amount of content to the new site, we built up a backlog of new digitized material that we are now putting online.
August 19, 2016
Wawa: Family and Employee Owned
On June 17, the first Wawa Food Market in Folsom, Pennsylvania closed its doors after 52 years.  The local media mourned its passing but just one week later, Wawa opened a new “super store” only a short distance away.  As my last article about Wa
August 19, 2016
“Volcanoes under the feet”: Victor Marie du Pont and Revolutionary France
The papers of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and his two sons, Victor Marie and Éleuthère Irénée, have given us new insights on our project which focuses on the diplomatic culture of the French Revolution.

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