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Susan Anderson
Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815) was an early member of the American Philosophical Society (APS), who distinguished himself in many ways. He wrote the first botany...
American Philosophical Society
NEH Grant to American Philosophical Society and the Library Company of Philadelphia Supports Early Career Scholars and Revolutionary Portal Leading Up to America’s 250th Philadelphia...
Brian Carpenter
In the early decades of the 20th century, many anthropologists whose archival collections are housed at the APS’s Library & Museum used maps to try...
Michael Madeja
Those who know the organization and the staff, know the APS can be full of fun. From goofy chats with coworkers to UFO coloring books...
Renée Wolcott
When I first saw Petrus Ramus’s 1636 Via Regia ad Geometriam—its thin wooden boards warped and broken, its mold-eaten leaves as soft, pulpy, and ragged...
American Philosophical Society
By Verónica Ivette Mercado Oliveras, Willman Spawn Conservation Intern Verónica Mercado Oliveras, a Mellon Library and Archives Conservation Education Fellow in the Winterthur/University of Delaware...
Charles Greifenstein
Header Image: Francis Peyton Rous. Picture courtesy of the Royal Society. Letters are the type of document used most frequently by researchers who visit the...
American Philosophical Society
The Center for Digital Editing, the American Philosophical Society, and the Papers of Thomas Jefferson Editorial Project at Princeton University Receive NEH Support to Plan...