Research & Collections News

One of Hagley Library's newest additions to its Digital Archives is the World’s Columbian Exposition, Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) exhibit photographs (Accession 2022.226),

Happy Fall, y’all! Year round, our Technical Services and Digital Archives staff work on processing, cataloguing, and digitizing arrivals to the Hagley archives, and they worked through tons of materials over the past few months.

The Hagley community was saddened to learn of the passing of Joseph “Joe” Plasky.

Thanksgiving is all about family traditions.

According to an AI search, up to 15% of humans have a fear of spiders. Strangely though, spiders get a pass during the build up to Halloween. Spider-themed decorations adorn many homes and businesses with nary a blink or shudder from passersby.

It is not often that great works of art lost for 70 years can be seen again in some form approximating their original appearance. Yet, that is now the case for several long-destroyed paintings by master Surrealist Salvador Dalí.

The exhibit will be on display in the Hagley Library building through March 31, 2026.

My name is Murat Iplikci, and I am a Visiting Scholar in the Department of History at Tufts University. I received my undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and later completed both my M.A. and Ph.D.