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January 22, 2019
The American Philosophical Society Library invites scholars in all fields to submit paper proposals for an international and interdisciplinary conference investigating the power of maps...
January 17, 2019
In 1976, John Archibald Wheeler deposited his papers with the American Philosophical Society. Ten years later, James Wheeler officially presented the papers to the Society...
January 14, 2019
The APS Library is pleased to announce a one-year pilot program in the History of Science. The program encourages scholars to make greater use of...
January 8, 2019
When a December 28, 1774, issue of the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser featuring Benjamin Franklin’s iconic “Unite or Die” political cartoon surfaced at a...
December 20, 2018
The APS recently acquired a small archive of papers of Abijah Chauncey Owen, a Westfield, Massachusetts, man who participated in the California Gold Rush. The...
December 18, 2018
The Jonathan Williams Papers are now digitized in their entirety and are available to view in our Digital Library. This collection of approximately 55 letters...
December 13, 2018
The Fall 2018 public lecture season was packed with events celebrating the Society's 275th anniversary. Many events were inspired by the Society's history or presented...
December 11, 2018
Whenever I have the opportunity, I take a moment to look through the book pictured above, even though I cannot understand a single word on...