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March 20, 2017
How to Have Lovely Nails: The History of Modern Nail Polish
March 20, 2017
Radio Pioneer Willard Wilson and his film of Charles Lindbergh in Delaware
On June 2, 1977 staff from the Hagley Library recorded an interview with Mr Willard Wilson. The interview with Wilson, delved into a career in communications that spanned a period that covered the early history of wireless telegraphy, radio, and moving pictures.
February 20, 2017
New England Silver: Lunt Silversmiths Records Open for Research
In 2013, through a generous donation, a treasure trove of industrial design ideas and sketches from Lunt Silversmiths arrived at Hagley Museum and Library. Lunt Silversmiths was incorporated in Greenfield, Massachusetts in 1901.
February 20, 2017
The Roots of Aramark: The Automatic Merchandising Company
At the Hagley Library we collect the business records of thousands of different companies. The businesses run the gamut of being very large, still in operation, well-known companies to very small, defunct, and little known.
February 20, 2017
Life in the Brandywine Valley: An Oral History Grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum
Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing into the early 1980s, Hagley staff interviewed 175 people from the Brandywine Valley area in Delaware, creating a phenomenal archive of daily life and work in the region going back to the late nineteenth century. These 352 hours of audio and full typed i
February 20, 2017
Exploring Trade Catalogs on Universal Design and Barrier-free Living
At the 2016 Grammy Awards show, Stevie Wonder issued an earnest charge to his audience: “We need to make every single thing accessible to every single person with a disability.” To a cataloger, the thought of providing access to every single thing may present a daunting challenge. But in the Publ
February 13, 2017
Meet the NAM Archivist
February 13, 2017
The Modern Pioneer Awards
In 1965, for the first time in 25 years, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) presented the Modern Pioneer Awards. These awards were presented to individuals who had made outstanding contributions to industrial research and development.

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