Research & Collections News

While employed by Hamilton Beach / Proctor Silex, Marshall Johnson was asked to compile information about the many predecessor companies that were acquired by or merged with Hamilton Beach and Proctor Silex.  Unfortunately, he could

Within our more than 65,000-piece museum collection, there is a group of approximately seventy watercolor and oil paintings that has fascinated me since I began working at Hagley. Over time I was fortunate to learn what some of them were

“The influence exercised by women, individually and through women’s organizations, is one of the most constructive forces in this country.

Cataloging the patent model collection continues to be an interesting journey. A remarkable object crossed my desk earlier this month: Seth Green’s patent model for a Device for Hatching the Spawn of Fishes.

Rear-Admiral Bradley A. Fiske (1854-1942) made a name for himself in the U.S. Navy as an innovator.

Several of us at Hagley noticed a recently released film called "Green Book.”  It caught our attention because of a rare published work recently acquired in our library.    According to Wikipedia, the film’s plot concerns "a to

January marks the anniversary of the National Association of Manufacturers founding, more specifically, January 22, 1895.

How do people think about what they do with and for money? I came to the Hagley Library twice to research this fascinating pecuniary question. I examined documents full of clues about outlooks on economic and financial matters.