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July 27, 2021
'You Bet Your Life' - Cinecraft's First Film (1939)
You Bet Your Life (1939) was Cinecraft founders Betty and Ray Culley's first film from start to finish under the Cinecraft name.
July 20, 2021
Big Bang Theory: Fireworks Catalogs at Hagley
July is a traditional time for Americans to celebrate our country with displays of fireworks. Hagley has offered a spectacular fireworks show since 198
July 20, 2021
Celebrating Innovation: The Catalyst Awards
One of the most exciting parts of the Catalyst, Inc. collection held by the Hagley Library is the body of material related to the organization’s annual Catalyst Awards.
July 20, 2021
Museum Collections: What the Ban-Lon?!
One of the craziest things about working in a museum is that you never quite know what you will be doing from one day to another. Sometimes this fact can be frustrating – like when you realize that there is water leaking somewhere where water should not be leaking.
June 22, 2021
Hagley and Cinecraft Featured on Fox 8 News in Cleveland
Back in February, we wrote about how FOX 8 News in Cleveland
June 21, 2021
Endpapers Prime the Reading Experience
Conventional wisdom holds that one can’t judge a book simply by its cover, it is the content that counts.  The next best place to gauge my interest in an illustrated book is an appraisal of its endpapers.  Pastedowns and flyleaves are the sheets that attach the body of printed pages known as the
June 21, 2021
Jean Wade Rindlaub: A feminine touch in a male-dominant industry
Before the fictional likes of Peggy Olson and Joan Harris in Mad Men, there was Jean Wade Rindlaub. She worked for BBDO for thirty-three years, rising to become the only woman member of the Board of Directors and vice president.
June 21, 2021
Paging Doctor Thornton: New Discoveries about the First Superintendent of the Patent Office in Hagley’s Collections
As a recent hire, I am still becoming familiar with Hagley and its collections.  Sure, I spend most of my time laser-focused on patent models, but the models are only a part of the museum collection.  And I have not had the opportunity to explore the library collection.  That all changed after a

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