Month: November 2017

Recap of the October 28, 2017 Hagley Film Screening and Open House

November 26, 2017

Posted on behalf of Hillary Kativa. On Saturday, October 28th, Hagley Library closed out Archives Month 2017 with a film screening and open house spotlighting the breadth of Hagley’s collections related to the history of American business, technology, and innovation. Running on a continuous loop, the film screening featured rarely-seen selections from Hagley’s vast audiovisual … More Recap of the October 28, 2017 Hagley Film Screening and Open House

Round-up: Monument Lab “From the Archives” blog series

November 21, 2017

What is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia? This is the question engaged by Monument Lab, a public history and art project that collected hundred of proposals from members of the public responding to that prompt. Monument Lab officially wrapped up on November 19th, 2017. Throughout the month of October, archivists blogged … More Round-up: Monument Lab “From the Archives” blog series

Recap of “Risk and Reward” at the Union League

November 6, 2017

On October 24, 2017, archivist and guest curator Jack McCarthy treated visitors to a special tour of his exhibit “Risk & Reward: Entrepreneurship and the Making Philadelphia” at the Heritage Center of the Union League of Philadelphia as part of Archives Month Philly. Usual suspects like John Wanamaker, Matthias Baldwin, and Stephen Girard were featured in … More Recap of “Risk and Reward” at the Union League