“Cataloging History” is a four-part series on the history and theory of museum and exhibition catalogs, focusing on the 1853 New York Crystal Palace. This …
Richard Rabinowitz is one of our best exhibition curators, and his two-part ‘‘Slavery in New York’’ at the New-York Historical Society is among the most …
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New technologies pose new challenges for archivists not only because they change the material nature of archives, but also because they change ideas about information …
What effect does managerial structure have on technological style? In this paper I will examine the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, to investigate that question.
In the 1830s and 1840s cities and towns throughout the United States looked to railroads to bring them prosperity. Yet decisions to build railroads were …