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January 25, 2024
New Collection: The E. I. du Pont de Nemours Science Library
Hagley Museum and Library is thrilled to have received a gift of the personal library of science books collected by Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (1771-1834), the founder of the DuPont Company.
January 25, 2024
Sometimes It's the Little Things: Finding Beauty in 18th Century Utilitarian Bindings
January 25, 2024
Alfred D. Crimi's Art for Sperry Gyroscope
January 24, 2024
General Electric Film Featuring the Cast of Leave it to Beaver (1960)
When the Hagley Museum and Library acquired the Cinecraft film archive, an industrial film production company in Cleveland, Ohio, the collection included films from another Cleveland industrial producer, Genera
December 19, 2023
Hagley Film Highlight: ‘A Silent Panic’ Starring Harpo Marx
December 19, 2023
Arranging & Describing Reports from the RCA Rocky Point Station Records
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is a well-known American company that is often associated with audio equipment and RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey. The RCA Rocky Point Station, located on Long Island in Rocky Point, NY was RCA’s Radio Central.
December 19, 2023
Researching the William Rau Pennsylvania Railroad Photographs
Some conservation treatments can be monotonous. Take the process of carefully removing adhesive from the front of a photographic print. This is one step of the preservation of the 1890s industry and site images taken along the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) by William Rau and his assistants.
November 21, 2023
Hagley's Newest Digital Collection Offers a Colorful Spectrum
Hagley Museum and Library's newest addition to its Digital Archive features selections from our Inter-Society Color Council records (Accession 2188) and 

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