APS Library
January 10, 2020
Susan Laquer joined the APS last May after 21 years as archivist at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. As we reviewed applicants for the archivist...
January 6, 2020
The APS Library & Museum is a proud partner of National History Day Philly (NHD Philly). This year, middle and high school students are presented...
January 3, 2020
When I visited the American Philosophical Society (APS) Library in mid-August 2019, I was on a mining expedition for documents that would help me determine...
December 6, 2019
The Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) is excited to announce the launch of Franklin’s Philadelphia Post Office Ledgers: A Glimpse Into Colonial Correspondence Networks. This...
November 27, 2019
My first collection to process at the American Philosophical Society is the Hampton L. Carson Papers. A pioneering geneticist and evolutionary biologist, Carson worked with...
November 18, 2019
The APS Library & Museum’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) is very glad to announce the completion of a substantial new resource...
November 15, 2019
By David Dunning, PhD Candidate, Princeton University 2019-2020 Leon and Joanne V.C. Knopoff Fellow During his one-month residential research fellowship held during June 2019, Dunning...
November 14, 2019
APS offices, the Library reading room, and the Museum gallery will be closed on select dates in November and December 2019. November Holiday Hours APS...