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- Petri Dish with Glass Inclusions, Used by Paul Stankard, 2010-2015 - Paul Stankard, renowned paperweight artist of the Studio Glass movement, uses a technique called flame working to create what he calls "inclusions"--amazingly lifelike tiny flowers, insects, and even human figures made of glass. Stankard fashions these "inclusions" from commercially available rods of glass--a process perfected only after hours of trial and error. He then encases them into a glass mold, to produce a paperweight.
- 2010-2015
- Collections - Artifact
Petri Dish with Glass Inclusions, Used by Paul Stankard, 2010-2015
Paul Stankard, renowned paperweight artist of the Studio Glass movement, uses a technique called flame working to create what he calls "inclusions"--amazingly lifelike tiny flowers, insects, and even human figures made of glass. Stankard fashions these "inclusions" from commercially available rods of glass--a process perfected only after hours of trial and error. He then encases them into a glass mold, to produce a paperweight.
- Wabash-Union Pacific Low Colonist Fares Every Day from March 15 to April 15, 1913 Inclusive - The Wabash Railway, with origins dating back to 1838, was a strong Midwestern carrier until Amtrak took over the national passenger railroad system in 1971. This timetable advertised Wabash's passenger trains to the western United States, operated jointly with Union Pacific. Low-cost "colonist" fares were offered to attract immigrant travelers heading west to start new lives.
- 15 March to 15 April 1913
- Collections - Artifact
Wabash-Union Pacific Low Colonist Fares Every Day from March 15 to April 15, 1913 Inclusive
The Wabash Railway, with origins dating back to 1838, was a strong Midwestern carrier until Amtrak took over the national passenger railroad system in 1971. This timetable advertised Wabash's passenger trains to the western United States, operated jointly with Union Pacific. Low-cost "colonist" fares were offered to attract immigrant travelers heading west to start new lives.
- Sustainable and Inclusive Design: What We’re Reading - Get reading suggestions from our staff around the ideas of sustainable and/or inclusive design.
- January 31, 2022
- Collections - article
Sustainable and Inclusive Design: What We’re Reading
Get reading suggestions from our staff around the ideas of sustainable and/or inclusive design.
- Why Should Museums Diversify Their Library Collections? - Museum collections like most parts of society, in that they are always growing. It is important for us to see gaps in the collection as opportunities for growth and learning. Whether these gaps are related to different racial identities, age groups,
- February 28, 2024
- Collections - article
Why Should Museums Diversify Their Library Collections?
Museum collections like most parts of society, in that they are always growing. It is important for us to see gaps in the collection as opportunities for growth and learning. Whether these gaps are related to different racial identities, age groups,
- OUT!: LGBTQ+ Visibility and Identity Leadership Spotlight - Today we'e excited to share our latest THF Conversation with our partners at @GeneralMotors. Our own Cynthia Jones sits down Sabin Blake — General Motors Director, North American Business Communications to discuss how GM’s Employee Resource Groups are bringing our whole selves to work in an inclusive environment, empowering collaboration, and creating an innovative workplace.
- August 12, 2022
- Collections - Video
OUT!: LGBTQ+ Visibility and Identity Leadership Spotlight
Today we'e excited to share our latest THF Conversation with our partners at @GeneralMotors. Our own Cynthia Jones sits down Sabin Blake — General Motors Director, North American Business Communications to discuss how GM’s Employee Resource Groups are bringing our whole selves to work in an inclusive environment, empowering collaboration, and creating an innovative workplace.
- Great Lakes Brewing Co.: Brewing Good before and during a Pandemic - Great Lakes Brewing Company's business model addresses profit, people, and planet, with initiatives that include water stewardship, renewable and clean energy, and inclusive economic growth.
- January 05, 2022
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Great Lakes Brewing Co.: Brewing Good before and during a Pandemic
Great Lakes Brewing Company's business model addresses profit, people, and planet, with initiatives that include water stewardship, renewable and clean energy, and inclusive economic growth.
- The Alchemy of Empathy - To challenge behaviors that contribute to fragmentation in our communities, we need more than an intellectual understanding of our interconnectedness. Besides knowledge, we need a deeper connection that makes us care and act compassionately toward the whole to which we belong — all of humanity, our kin that we share our world with and our planet.
- May 23, 2025
- Collections - article
The Alchemy of Empathy
To challenge behaviors that contribute to fragmentation in our communities, we need more than an intellectual understanding of our interconnectedness. Besides knowledge, we need a deeper connection that makes us care and act compassionately toward the whole to which we belong — all of humanity, our kin that we share our world with and our planet.
- "To Establish the Rule of Justice": 60 Years of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - The 1960s were a decade filled with turbulence and change. The country was beginning to come out of the fog of grief caused by the death of President John F. Kennedy, and the healing was still raw.
- February 21, 2024
- Collections - article
"To Establish the Rule of Justice": 60 Years of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The 1960s were a decade filled with turbulence and change. The country was beginning to come out of the fog of grief caused by the death of President John F. Kennedy, and the healing was still raw.
- Leonard W. Miller and the Black American Racers Association - Learn how Leonard W. Miller, racing team owner and co-founder of the Black American Racers Association, strove to make auto racing a better and more inclusive sport.
- February 01, 2022
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Leonard W. Miller and the Black American Racers Association
Learn how Leonard W. Miller, racing team owner and co-founder of the Black American Racers Association, strove to make auto racing a better and more inclusive sport.
- A Decade of Personal Computing - Introduced in 1977, the Commodore PET computer was part of the computer industry's transition from experimental to mass-marketed products. Manufactured by Commodore Business Machines of West Chester, Pennsylvania, it was the first computer with an integrated color display monitor. This model's calculator-style keyboard was not popular with Americans, but became a standard in Europe.
- October 16, 2015
- Collections - Set
A Decade of Personal Computing
Introduced in 1977, the Commodore PET computer was part of the computer industry's transition from experimental to mass-marketed products. Manufactured by Commodore Business Machines of West Chester, Pennsylvania, it was the first computer with an integrated color display monitor. This model's calculator-style keyboard was not popular with Americans, but became a standard in Europe.