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March 1, 2012
The Forum of the Twelve Caesars: An Interior Design Masterpiece by William Pahlmann – 1957-1975
In 1956, renowned interior designer William Pahlmann (1900-1987) was approached by Jerome Brody of Restaurant Associates, Incorporated to help create a new upscale restaurant to be located at 57 West 48th Street in New York City’s Rockefeller Center.
February 22, 2012
The Unfolding of Levi Strauss
When you hear the name “Levi Strauss,” chances are that jeans come to mind.  The company name is now synonymous with the product that made it famous.
January 16, 2012
DuPont Magazine In Our Digital Archives
Among the most visited collections in the Hagley Digital Archives is the DuPont Magazine.
November 14, 2011
A Library Conservation Technician's Tool Kit
November 7, 2011
The Pullman Palace Car Company
This past summer, I had the opportunity to attend the American Library Association Conference in New Orleans.  As my husband and I planned our trip, we decided that it would be interesting to make the trip by taking a train.
September 26, 2011
Unearthing the Keystone Mushroom Farm Collection
Tucked away in the quiet darkness of the Pictorial Collections stacks, among a thousand other gray boxes, sits an unassuming gray box lab
September 1, 2011
Conservation Department: My Summer Internship
This summer, like many summers past, young students and graduates come to the Hagley Museum and Library as interns.
May 7, 2011
From "Home Sweet Home" to "Karn Evil 9" : Hagley Documents the Origins of the Synthesizer
Hagley has recently opened the files of RCA engineer Herbert Belar (1901-1997), part of the former David Sarnoff Library, to researchers.  Relatively unknown today, Belar and his superior, Harry F. Olson (1901-1982), developed the first music synthesizers in the 1950s.

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