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May 21, 2018
A Visit from Ken White Himself!
I am Gail Stanislow, the new Project Archivist for the Ken White and Marshall Johnson Papers Processing Project, taking over for Rebecca Koch. As a former librarian, book collector, and bookstore addict, I am very pleased to be currently working on the papers of Ken White, who designed, among man
May 21, 2018
Seeing the Whole Train Station
In the nineteenth century, where a train stopped was as important as where it went. My dissertation focuses not on the long lines that bound the continent together, but the large urban train stations that spread over acres of American cities in the late 1800s.
May 21, 2018
Jervis Langdon, Jr., Railroad Executive
Jervis Langdon (1905-2004) was a major figure in the U.S.
May 21, 2018
Gunpowder Can Collection Goes Online
Lately, we’ve been very busy here in Museum Collections: patent models going to China, preparing for a patent model exhibit, and processing more patent models from our collection.
May 21, 2018
Travel to 17th-Century Siam through a Rare Acquisition
As Memorial Day ushers in the season of summer travel, I pondered the works on wanderlust among Published Collections at Hagley. Currently our department is processing the collection of 20th-century roadside memorabilia amassed by John Margolies during his career as a photographer.
May 21, 2018
A New Business Manager for Hagley Heritage Curators
The Library welcomes its new HHC Business Manager, Michelle DiMeo. Michelle is a historian whose research has focused on the intellectual and cultural history of early modern science and medicine. She is also interested in technology, strategic planning and library leadership.
April 23, 2018
The 50th anniversary of Raymond Loewy’s DF 2000 furniture line
Raymond Loewy (1893-1986) was one of the best known and prolific industrial designers of the twentieth century. His work included the prosaic and iconic, from American shopping centers to the interior of Skylab. 
April 23, 2018
DuPont commercial with Crawford Greenewalt, 1954
This Video of the Month is from the May 18, 1954 broadcast of Calvacade of America, a television show sponsored by the DuPont Company.

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