Research & Collections News

Classrooms were among the many venues for showing industrial and sponsored films in the middle of the 20th century. Placement in classrooms required some stealth from the sponsors and film companies.

The heat of the summer often leads to a desire to cool off with a frozen treat! Whether it’s ice cream, water ice, or a frozen beverage, we have some interesting items from our collection to tempt you.

From the small window of the plane flying over Washington state, Franklin “Frank” T. Matthias (1908-1993) watched as a swath of desert dotted with small bushes passed beneath him.

Watermarks are an often-overlooked source of historical information embedded in many manuscript papers. Watermarks are papermakers identifiers, a kind of a signature woven into the screens used to make sheets of paper.

After several months of working with museum staff and the Vernon Systems personnel who host our website, I am happy to announce that the Museum Collections has a vastly improved and much more user-friendly website.

At the end of April, I had the honor of speaking at a luncheon celebrating the Centennial of Historic Kenmore.

You never know what's waiting to hop out of the Hagley archives. I recently came across this small set of delightfully amphibious advertisements in Hagley's collection from the Philadelphia advertising firm Gray & Rogers.

Anglo-American Catalogers who Read from left to right,