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July 22, 2016
Museum Collection: Improving the Sound of Music with U. S. Patent Models
The beautiful melodic sounds made by musical instruments, such as pianos and organs, have enriched our lives for centuries. Many of these instruments, as well as the sounds they produced, have been greatly enhanced by inventors who patented their improvements through the U. S. patent system. 
July 20, 2016
Research: Thrift in America
I received a one-week Hagley Exploratory grant to conduct research in January 2016 on the history of saving and investing.
June 20, 2016
Audiovisual & Digital Collections: New Digital Archives launch!
The Hagley Library is excited to announce the launch of a new platform for our digital archives. We have been hosting an online archive of curated library content for nearly a decade and this is our first major upgrade. The AVD Department has been working on migrating to the new site for close to two years and we are thrilled to finally share it with the research community.
June 16, 2016
Research: Iron, Cotton, Cows and Wawa Coffee
In 2007, Wawa Inc. deposited a substantial number of public relations documents and images with Hagley which are now part of the AVD and Manuscripts collections.
June 16, 2016
Miller Center/Hagley Library Dissertation Fellow Announced!
Jeannette Estruth, a Ph.D. candidate at New York University working under Professor Linda Gordon, is the 2016-17 recipient of the Miller Center/ Hagley Library Fellowship in Business and Politics.
June 16, 2016
Manuscripts and Archives: The research team of Margaret Kane and P.S. du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont (1870-1954), like many in his family, had a voracious appetite for historical research and preservation.
June 16, 2016
Museum Collection: Marshall H. Mallory’s Theater-Stage Patent Model
One patent model in particular has piqued my interest over the last few weeks: a Theater-Stage, invented by Marshall H. Mallory on June 8, 1880.
June 16, 2016
Published Collections: Jell-O, America's Most Favorite Dessert
It’s summer time!  Burgers on the grill, potato salad, corn on the cob, and Jell-O salad!  At least that’s the way it was in my family growing up in the 1960s!  

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