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April 25, 2023
The Montauts' Marvelous Modern Machines
Sitting in my office staring out at a cloudless sky on a beautiful spring afternoon, my thoughts wandered to the days of early flight.
April 25, 2023
Gorham Silversmiths film (c. 1926)
Hagley recently acquired and digitized a film produced for the Gorham Manufacturing Company of Providence, Rhode Island. Gorham, founded in 1831, was among the most prominent American manufacturers of sterling and silverplate and also operated a foundry for bronze sculptures.
April 17, 2023
Bain in the USA: The FAX Behind a Rediscovered Telecommunications Patent Model
When do you think the fax machine was invented? Would you be surprised to hear it was way back in the 1840s?
March 20, 2023
Music in the du Pont Women’s Community, 1790s–1830s
In September, I traveled to the Hagley Museum and Library with the support of an Exploratory Research Grant to consult the diaries and letters of Margaret Izard M
March 20, 2023
Where are the Women? Identifying Resources on Working Women in Hagley's Archive
When Hagley Library opened its doors to researchers in 1961, most of our business-related collections held records and images produced and used by White executive-class men in corporate America.
March 20, 2023
The Lincoln Highway: At the Intersection of a Leisure Read and a Research Need
For me, the hard part of writing is knowing where to begin, but for eight-year-old Billy Watson, the hard part is knowing where the middle is.
March 17, 2023
Ewe Have to Lay Your Eyes on This Sheep
I know, I know, that title is a really bad pun. The sheep in question isn’t even a female. But didn't ewe (not sorry) click on this article to see why in the world Hagley is making sheep puns? Mission accomplished. I hope this newsletter article finds you wool…
February 24, 2023
Sweet's Catalog Service: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Estimated at 80,000 collection items, Hagley prides itself on a very strong collection of trade catalogs.

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