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May 22, 2017
Commercial for MCI Mail, 1983
This month, we're launching a new feature for the Collection and Research News called Video of the Month. This new feature will include a digitized video selected from Hagley’s vast collection of historic moving pictures about the history of business and technology.
May 22, 2017
Out of Many Vintage Pamphlets, One Timely Piece of Propaganda
Working at Hagley gives me the daily opportunity to hear voices from the past that speak to pressing concerns of today, such as immigration. Recently I processed a box of mid-20th century publications collected by a retired National Park Service historian.
May 18, 2017
The Second Phase of the NAM Project: Manuscripts and Archives
With the AVD portion of the project complete, I have recently transferred to the Manuscripts and Archives (M&A) department for the second, and larger, part of the project. With this shift, I not only moved to a different department, I have moved to a different building.
May 8, 2017
NAM Finding Aid Online
We are pleased to announce the photograph and audiovisual portion of the NAM collection is now fully processed and available to researchers.
May 1, 2017
Uncovering Audiscan Cartridges
Sometimes as an archivist, you open a box and have to ask: “What is this?”
April 24, 2017
The Everett Worthington Collection Opens for Research
The Manuscripts and Archives Department is pleased to announce the opening of an important new design collection. The Everett Worthington Inc.
April 24, 2017
Twin Brother Inventors and the Yeast Business
The outstanding variety of the Rothschild patent model collection simply amazes me each day I review records of models that have been unpacked and cataloged by Caroline Western, our Special Projects Cataloger. One patent model recently caught my eye so I decided to find out more about it. Most of
April 24, 2017
All The Vintage Books About Cats You Could Possibly Need

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