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October 21, 2019
Trick or Treat? : Halloween History at Hagley
As soon as the back-to-school specials were cleared off the store shelves, big bags of candy, and spooky decorations filled their place.  The leaves are falling, the temperature is dropping, and people are starting to think about how they will celebrate Halloween.
October 21, 2019
A Case for Computers (1983): An IBM film about 'computer things'
This month's featured motion picture, A Case for Computers, was produced by Image Associates for IBM Corp. in 1983. The film opens with a narrator's summary:
October 21, 2019
Who's Who - Ira Mosher
“If there was ever a vigorous, 59 year old man who seemed to have an infinite capacity for enjoying himself and life, it is Ira Mosher.
October 21, 2019
The Great Market Debate
If you listen to news radio on your daily commute or watch the nightly news when you get home, the broadcast will likely include a segment titled something like “Wall Street Report,” summarizing the day’s financial happenings, with data about the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the NASDAQ Compos
October 21, 2019
Commencing Catalyst: Processing Begins on a Major New Acquisition
“Where do I even begin?” That was the question I asked myself last April, eyeing up my very first assignment as Hagley’s new processing archivist. The boxes, stacked two-deep, stretched down an entire row of shelving—more than 500 of them! It was truly staggering.
September 23, 2019
Con-men of the labor movement: Communists and labor unions
I periodically come across folders that peak my interest more than others. Sometimes it is the visual appeal, other times it is the topic or titling, and sometimes it is a combination.
September 23, 2019
Museum Collection:The Short Life of DuPont’s Corfam
Not everything can be successful, even if you have had an enormously successful product like nylon.  Corfam is an excellent example of a synthetic product that simply did not live up to its expectations over time for DuPont. 
September 23, 2019
Two New Industrial Design Collections Opened for Research: Ken White and Marshall Johnson papers
After nearly two years of intensive work, the papers of industrial and product designers Ken White and Marshall Johnson are open for research.

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