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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 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.
February 24, 2023
Snapshots of Bathing Beauties: Bias and Exploitation in Corporate Archives
February 24, 2023
A Fond Farewell to Curator Max Moeller
At the end of next Friday, Hagley Museum and Library will bid adieu to Max Moeller, Curator of Published Collections and Reference Team Leader.
February 23, 2023
Marketing Cleveland: "The Best Location in the Nation"
In 2019, Hagley acquired an extensive collection of films from Cinecraft Productions, an industrial film producer founded in 1939 that continues in business today.
February 23, 2023
World War I Worker Housing: DuPont and Aladdin Co. Homes
Hopewell, Virginia got its start as a company town when E.I. du Pont de Nemours Company (DuPont) transitioned its dynamite facility to a guncotton manufacturer at the outbreak of World War I.

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