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And Yet Forsooth! A Crime of Injuring Infringement!
My past two blog entries chronicled the history behind the enchanting name of Isaac Hazlehurst, and hinted that there must be countless other histories awaiting discovery within the Bank of North America collection. With that said, I never expected to begin treatment on a bank-related volume and find a dramatic story lying within, its details already thoroughly chronicled, merely awaiting a reader to appreciate the rhetoric of the author.
Friday, 5/15/15 3:12 pm
epaulson@hsp.org
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Discoveries of an Enchanting Name: Part Two
October saw Part One of my discoveries pertaining to a name within our Bank of North America collection, Isaac Hazlehurst. If you missed that first post, please read it prior to the following, where I detail Part Two of my findings. Friday, 2/6/15 12:00 pm
epaulson@hsp.org
18th century, 19th century, American Revolution, Bank of North America, Banking, Colonial period, Conservation, genealogy, Genealogy, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Wells Fargo
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Discoveries of an Enchanting Name: Part One
As a conservation technician on the Bank of North America project, I am constantly amazed and inspired by the collection. Indeed, it is inevitable that as I clean and mend pages in the manuscripts, my interest is piqued by what I find within – whether it be ink blots, insects, doodles, or in this case, certain recurring names. The names I find particularly eye-catching are those that speak of bygone eras, names that I have not previously encountered in contemporary society, names that inspire narrative imaginings like fictional characters in a favorite novel. Monday, 10/6/14 11:37 am
epaulson@hsp.org
18th century, 18th century, 19th century, Bank of North America, Banking, Colonial period, Conservation, economics, genealogy, Genealogy, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Wells Fargo
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Now Available to Researchers: Items in the Bank of North America Collection
We in the conservation department are excited to share that many of the volumes in the Bank of North America collection are now available to researchers. Over three hundred volumes and boxes are now finished, covered in sleeves for their further protection, and labeled. Upon the completion of this huge percentage of the collection (almost half!), we made the decision to move the volumes to their permanent home in our newly renovated second floor vault so that they can now be accessed by public researchers. Tuesday, 3/11/14 1:32 pm
epaulson@hsp.org
18th century, 19th century, 20th century, Bank of North America, Banking, Collections, Conservation, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Researchers, Wells Fargo
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Ink Blots Found in the Bank of North America Collection
When I began working on the Bank of North America collection in August, I was pleasantly surprised by the prevalence of ink blots within the ledgers I was cleaning and consolidating. As I collected these dark, obscure visions, I began to see them as evidence of the original bank clerk’s humanity – his unavoidable errs in writing and his inability to produce a completely perfect manuscript despite the obvious mastery of his writing implement. Tuesday, 10/8/13 9:41 am
epaulson@hsp.org
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