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April 17, 2015
Manuscripts & Archives: Grand Re-Opening - Chamber of Commerce of the United States Records
April 16, 2015
Miller Center/Hagley Library Dissertation Fellow Announced!
March 16, 2015
Bells are Ringing: How to Call Your Servant "Downton Abbey" Style
Well, season five of Downton Abbey has been broadcast, and we have to wait another year for the next season. I’m missing the familiar theme song, and opening credits that herald the beginning of a new episode.
March 16, 2015
Modern Furnishings for a Modern Building
In 1989, Hagley received a large collection from the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society (PSFS) bank in Philadelphia.
March 16, 2015
Troublesome Lead White Pigments in Conservation
Lately we have been working with the magic of chemistry to bring back the luster of some archival materials. The specific “trick” is reverting blackened lead white pigment back into its intended colorless form.
March 16, 2015
Hagley Library Staff Wins Finding Aids Award
We are pleased to announce that Laurie Rizzo, Hagley’s Audiovisual Archivist, has been awarded the second place prize by the MARAC Finding Aids Award Committee for her work on the Chamber of Commerce of the United States finding aid.
March 3, 2015
History of the National Foreign Trade Council published
“There would be no American nation without foreign trade” declares the opening line in the just-published 50,000 word history of the National Foreign Trade Council, The NFTC Story, 1914-2014. It was published in conjunction with the organization’s 100th anniversary and is based on the ex
March 3, 2015
“Create a more radiant you”: the early years of Avon cosmetics
Avon Products, Inc., one of the oldest direct selling companies in America, traces its origins to 1886 when it was founded as the California Perfume Company (CPC). During its early years, CPC concentrated its sales efforts on small-town America.

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