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Hagley Provides a Sneak Peek of the Z. Taylor Vinson Transportation Collection

Hagley Museum and Library invites visitors to look at items from the Z. Taylor Vinson Transportation Collection. This collection is not currently open for research (expected to be open in March 2014). The Z. Taylor Vinson Collection is comprised of automotive literature that documents virtually every known make and model of automobile, both domestic and foreign, from 1893 through 2010. This collection also includes printed material about railroads and airplanes. Curators will be available to speak to visitors about the collection and to give tours of the library.

What: Sneak Peek of the Z. Taylor Vinson Transportation Collection

Where: Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware, Buck Road Entrance

When: Saturday, October 13, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Admission: Free

About Hagley Museum and Library

Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. Hagley Library is the nation’s leading business history library, archives, and research center. Current holdings comprise 37,000 linear feet in the Manuscripts and Archives Department, 290,000 printed volumes in the Imprints Department, 2 million visual items in the Pictorial Department, and more than 300,000 digital images and pages in the Digital Archives Department. Hagley’s Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society organizes conferences, research seminars, and a public lecture series; it also operates a research grants-in-aid program.

For more information, call (302) 658-2400 weekdays or visit www.hagley.org.

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