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March 16, 2022
The Work Is Never Done: Fighting Discrimination on the Pennsylvania Railroad
March 16, 2022
Alphonse Normandia, cartoonist and comedian
Alphonse Normandia was a man who looked like he was wearing the fake glasses, nose, and mustache disguise and embraced it, turning it into humor with co-workers and interviewees.
March 16, 2022
Museum Collections: A Duco Dilemma
In preparation for an upcoming refresh of Hagley’s car exhibit, the museum’s curatorial team has been digging deeper into the history of the cars in the collection. One car in particular, the 1928 DuPont Motors Phaeton, sent us down a deep research rabbit hole that we only recently emerged.
March 16, 2022
More Campbell Soup found in the Archives
On a rainy Friday morning in the stacks of the Library's Soda House, I came across a set of interesting boxes from the Penrose R. Hoopes collection.
March 16, 2022
Salute to Black Inventors
As primary sources of information on new ideas, patents offer inquiring minds an immediate connection with an historic act of discovery.
February 16, 2022
National Urban League Publications Acquired
The National Urban League is a non-partisan historic civil rights organization that advocates for economic and social justice of African Americans and has fought against discrimination since its founding in 1910.
February 16, 2022
Catalyst Connections—via the Information Center
Conducting ground-breaking research lies at the heart of Catalyst’s mission, and to do good research…you need a good library!
February 16, 2022
New Jersey Sources in Delaware? Hudson Maxim, Lake Hopatcong, & the Hagley Library

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