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Hagley Museum & Library obtains Pahlmann Papers, Schroeder Papers, and Sperry Corporation Photographs

Hagley Museum & Library now holds the William Pahlmann Papers, the Herman Schroeder Papers, and the Photographs of the Sperry Corporation, UNIVAC Division.

The Hagley Museum & Library’s Hendrick Manufacturing Company Records

The Hagley Museum and Library now holds the Hendrick Manufacturing Company Business Records (1861-1980) and the Letterpress copybook of E.E. Hendrick (1899-1903).

American Philosophical Society acquires Fitch Papers and Bonner Papers

The American Philosophical Society acquired the papers of biochemist and evolutionary biologist Walter M. Fitch (25 linear feet) as well as the papers of biologist John Tyler Bonner (59 linear feet).

New Chemical Industry Collections at the Chemical Heritage Foundation

The Chemical Heritage Foundation recently acquired 50 linear feet of Hercules, Inc. records from Ashland, Inc. in March 2012.  The Hercules Powder Company was formed in 1882 by DuPont and the Laflin & Rand Powder Company and was acquired by Ashland, Inc. in 2008. CHF has also acquired a nearly complete run of the U.S. Field Information Agency, Technical (FIAT) reports on WW2 German chemical technology and industries.

The Library Company’s William H. Helfand Collection of Proprietary Medicine Pamphlets

The Visual Culture Program at the Library Company of Philadelphia recently held a reception at the Philadelphia Museum of Art where Trustee William H. Helfand gave a personal tour for Library Company members of a selection of the Helfand Collection of Proprietery Medicine Pamphlets.

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