The Center for Business, Technology, and Society at the Hagley Museum and Library has announced a new class of grants, "Exploratory Research Grants." The Center now invites applications for these one-week grants, which are intended to allow researchers to determine if the Hagley Library collections are useful for a particular project. Priority will be given to junior scholars with innovative projects that seek to expand on existing scholarship. Applicants should reside more than 50 miles from Hagley; the stipend is $400. The next application deadline is March 31, 2011; other deadlines are June 30 and October 31 of each year. See the Hagley's website for detailed information about this and other available grants.
The Princeton University Library has digitized a number of posters from the Interborough Rapid Transit Subway Company . The posters, designed by the public relations firm Ivy Lee, were displayed in subway cars to provide information to riders about changes in fares and routes, safety issues, and other matters of interest. The collection consists of 385 images dating from 1918 to 1932; many of them provide financial information about rates, company dividends, and a general look at an early rapid transit system. October 29, update: Jonathan Rees over at "More or Less Bunk" was moved by this post to go off in search of a better site, and found the massive collection of the London Transport Museum , which displays over 5,000 items in a searchable collection .
