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October 15, 2015
Going Round and Round to Find the World’s Fair That Wasn’t
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October 15, 2015
From the Object Files - True tales behind some of Hagley's most remarkable collections
If you spend a significant amount of time amongst museum collections there are bound to be some objects with which you develop a fondness for and some you just fail to appreciate.   One such object came to Hagley in the Amram/Brick Woman Inventor Collection.  He is a Billiken and, to me at least,
October 15, 2015
Manuscripts and Archives: Hagley Receives Edward Lowe Foundation Records
The Edward Lowe Foundation has donated its archival records to Hagley Library. Edward Lowe (1920-1995), a pioneer in the development of the cat box filler industry, invented clay-based Kitty Litter in 1947.
October 15, 2015
Audiovisual Collections: Matchbooks, Department Stores, and a Wild Publicity Stunt
This past month the Audiovisual Department added three new collections to the Library that document the history of advertising, shopping, and flying machines. Match Cover Albums
October 15, 2015
Museum Collection: From the Object Files - The all too true tales and back stories behind some of Hagley's most remarkable collections
If you spend a significant amount of time amongst museum collections there are bound to be some objects with which you develop a fondness for and some you just fail to appreciate.   One such object came to Hagley in the Amram/Brick Woman Inventor Collection.  He is a Billiken and, to me at least,
October 15, 2015
Business and Religion - Charles Lukens Huston and Cyrus Ingerson Scofield
September 18, 2015
A German Box of Color
Doing research at an archive is sometimes like playing detective. You’ll come across a document or an object which seems rather mysterious - a simple description, undated and looking rather irrelevant for your topic. But it catches your attention and will stick in your mind like an open case.
September 18, 2015
Radio and Electrical Exposition Album, 1935
This past summer, Hagley added a unique piece of history to its Audiovisual Collections. We acquired an album of photographs from the 1934 National Electrical and Radio Exposition that took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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