Research & Collections News

Recent News

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
Workplace Safety Films from Thomas Edison Studios
Two of the oldest items in the National Association of Manufacturers collection are The Workman’s Lesson and Crime of Carelessness from 1912.
April 24, 2017
Hagley Center Announces NEH Postdoctoral Fellows
April 24, 2017
A Pest Smorgasbord at the Library: Paper Grazers and Leather Eaters
Preservation of collections often includes some element of risk management: monitoring a storage area can help head off disasters like leaks or insect invasion.

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