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June 29, 2023
Tracking the Origins of Archival Damage: The Pennsylvania Railroad
In 2022, Hagley Library acquired 60 photographs depicting Pennsylvania Railroad industrial hubs from the 1890s. Such sites relied upon the rail to transport in raw materials and disperse products.
June 29, 2023
Straight From the Kitchen Table: The Miller Studio Story
If you’ve ever wondered who put the “industry” in cottage industry, you’ll find a compelling case in our recent acquisition,
June 27, 2023
Alliance-Tenna Rotor: A device for better TV reception
Television antennas atop houses were once a ubiquitous part of the American landscape. Before the widespread adoption of cable television, homes received local stations over the air, just like radio. Decent TV reception depended on an aerial or antenna usually affixed to a home's roof.
May 23, 2023
It's in the Bag! The Popularity of Lucite Purses
May 23, 2023
Charles Bronson in General Electric promotional film, 1959
On November 3rd, 1921, a boy named Charles Buchinsky was born in rural Pennsylvania.
May 23, 2023
Bits, Bytes, and Checksums: Working with Hagley’s Born Digital Materials
As the Processing and Digital Archivist, I work with a variety of materials: paper, photographs, moving images, sound recordings, and born-digital materials. Each has its own unique properties and handling requirements. But today, I’m going to focus on the born-digital materials specifically.
May 23, 2023
Hilton Makes Hotels Better Than Home
I am writing a biography of the hotelier Conrad Hilton. The biography tells the story of how Hilton and the hospitality industry as we know it came of age together in the United States in the 20th century.
April 27, 2023
For the Love of Archives: Working in the Hagley Library
The gates to Hagley Library from my first day 10 years ago.

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