Aissatou Gaye (pictured in the middle, between two of her colleagues), a Middlebury College undergraduate majoring in Economics, is exploring the world of French Finance this semester. In addition to the […]…Continue Reading One Internship Experience : Aissatou Gaye, Middlebury 2016
Day: November 20, 2014
A phonograph record on a post card? A professor throws a curveball at Special Collections.
Recently Paul Sommers, Paige-Wright Professor of Economics, stopped by the archives with an unusual item: he had purchased a “melody card” online, a paper phonograph record first manufactured in the 1930s, most notably on cereal boxes or as inserts in magazines. His postcard reads: Play this record on the PHONOGRAPH, 78rpm speed manual. Prof. Sommers doesn’t have a record player that […] Continue reading →…Continue Reading A phonograph record on a post card? A professor throws a curveball at Special Collections.