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November 20, 2015
Hidden Hazards of Displaying Live Plants Within Historic Buildings
“Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly, Fala – lalalaa – lala - lalaaa..”
November 20, 2015
“Ancestral Voices Prophesying War” - The End of the Dream at Xanadu
A random foray into the papers of Irénée du Pont, Sr., resulted in the discovery of this letter, now topical in light of the easing of relations with Cuba.
November 20, 2015
The Industrial Corporation and Global Finance
My research at Hagley (supported by a research grant) aimed at finding if/how large American industrial corporations influenced the transformation of the international financial regime, catalyzing the rise of global finance during the past several decades.
November 20, 2015
The Father of ROI: Donaldson Brown
The concept of return on investment (ROI) is one that is heard every day in the business world. Intuitively, the idea seems straightforward enough…if a firm wants to invest money into a project or product, then it should generate income or reduce costs that will benefit the firm over time.
October 15, 2015
Business and Religion - Charles Lukens Huston and Cyrus Ingerson Scofield
October 15, 2015
Going Round and Round to Find the World’s Fair That Wasn’t
Image from www.peddlersvillage.com/kids/
October 15, 2015
From the Object Files - True tales behind some of Hagley's most remarkable collections
If you spend a significant amount of time amongst museum collections there are bound to be some objects with which you develop a fondness for and some you just fail to appreciate.   One such object came to Hagley in the Amram/Brick Woman Inventor Collection.  He is a Billiken and, to me at least,
October 15, 2015
Manuscripts and Archives: Hagley Receives Edward Lowe Foundation Records
The Edward Lowe Foundation has donated its archival records to Hagley Library. Edward Lowe (1920-1995), a pioneer in the development of the cat box filler industry, invented clay-based Kitty Litter in 1947.

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