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September 22, 2016
Avon Lady: Ruth Leverenz's Story
I recently completed a finding aid for a scrapbook created by Ruth Leverenz, who documented her twenty year career at Avon Products. I was deeply affected by her story and her personal papers and thought I’d share it.
September 22, 2016
Trolley Square, Wilmington’s Streetcar System, and the Delaware Coach Company
The Trolley Square neighborhood in Wilmington, Delaware, is well-known for its distinctive restaurants, bars, and nightlife.
September 22, 2016
Free with Purchase: The History of Promotional Items
Did you ever save your bubble gum wrappers or cereal box tops to send away for a special toy? Or paste stamps into an album to exchange for a unique item for your home? If so, you probably had a loyalty to a certain brand or store so that you could collect enough premiums to place an order.
September 22, 2016
Researching Conservative Philanthropy
In the summer of 2015 I spent one week at the Hagley collecting research on organized philanthropy, funded by an exploratory grant from the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society.
August 19, 2016
My Summer Experience with the Smithsonian Affiliations Visiting Professionals Program
The problem of dealing with mold on papers and books in collections has been an ongoing concern of mine for a number of years.
August 19, 2016
Doodling in an Old-School Math Class
Figure 1
August 19, 2016
Introducing the Carol Litchfield Collection on the History of Salt
Dr. Carol D. Litchfield, a Ph.D. in biochemistry, devoted her life’s research to halophilic microbiology, the study of tiny microorganisms that thrive in super salty waters.
August 19, 2016
New Collections in the Hagley Digital Archives (August 2016)
As we reported last month in the Collection and Research News, the library recently launched a new Digital Archives platform. While we were busy migrating a huge amount of content to the new site, we built up a backlog of new digitized material that we are now putting online.
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