Hagley Library is pleased to announce that our exhibit Just Text Me! Telecommunications and Computing History at Hagley is now available online.
Featuring more than 28 items from Hagley's collection, the exhibit traces over a century of communications and computing history - from the telegraph to email - and the technological innovations that transformed how we connect with the world.
Hello, Spring! It may be off to a chilly start, but spring is here and blooms are sure to follow. We're getting the jump on those early spring flowers this week with a page from the Henry F. Michell Company's Fall 1945 catalog.
The still-operating and still family-owned horticultural business was founded in Philadelphia in 1890 by Swedish immigrants, the brothers Henry and Frederick J. Michell.
The catalog is part of Hagley Library's collection of trade catalogs. You can view it, as well as other publications from the Henry F. Michell Company, online in our Digital Archives by clicking here.
Yaass, duplex! We're going to werk this week with some buildings that serve, honey. Or serve gasoline, anyway.
This ca. 1940 pamphlet from the Sun Oil Company is a guide to service station construction, intended to walk its dealers through the basics of the exterior and interior of 'Suntype' gasoline and automobile service station construction and layout.
This manual is part of Hagley Library's collection of published materials. You can view it online now in our Digital Archives by clicking here.
The overtly intimate relationship between tech industry leaders and politicians is on frequent display in newspapers and on screens today. In an international context, this builds on a long history of corporate involvement in shaping favorable policy.
The mid-twentieth century emergence of the black middle class in the United States reshaped American society, consumer markets, and even the bodies of African Americans.
Be a Tree Champion for Hagley!
This giving day, give to the living heart of Hagley Museum and Library. As part of our Natural Hagley Initiative, we are focusing in 2026 on improving tree health by protecting and strengthening the canopy that defines our 235-acre historic landscape, supports diverse wildlife, and welcomes visitors year-round.
The weekend forecast for the grounds of Hagley Museum and Library is looking ready to spring for Spring, and we are feeling so fine about it we're bringing you a feline this week in the Hagley Vault.
This ca. 1929 poster from our Mather & Company workplace posters (Accession 1994.319) collection was produced by Mather & Company, a Chicago, Illinois-based printing firm that ran a subscription-based motivational workplace poster service.
Between 1923 and 1929, the company produced approximately 350 work-incentive posters. The posters were color lithographs with illustrations and captions that addressed workplace interpersonal interactions, appropriate behaviors, ideals, and guidelines.
Welcome back to another Hagley Staff Favorites article! Every quarter, we share stories from our collections staff, giving you the opportunity to hear from the experts—the people who first lay hands on our archives and objects—about the items that made a mark. We hope you find something new to investigate!