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November 11, 2024
Walking down the street in Old City, Philadelphia, I noticed a gothic building with the name Robert Morris in large, engraved letters. As I stared...
November 5, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, PA [November 6, 2024]— The American Philosophical Society (APS) is pleased to announce the creation of its new Center for the History of Science...
November 4, 2024
When coming to the American Philosophical Society as an intern with the Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI), I was thinking of something my dad has...
October 28, 2024
Header image: Cornelius Bogart to John Bancker, March 6, 1779 “I am sorry to Inform you that I cannot Get any Waggons to Ride wood,”...
October 21, 2024
In 1956, the American Philosophical Society acquired a 1773 almanac that had been used as an account book and diary by James Wilson (1742-1798, APS...
October 15, 2024
The Library & Museum at the American Philosophical Society supports a diverse community of scholars working on a wide-range of projects in fields including early...
October 7, 2024
Header Image: The anole breeding colony at La Selva Biological Station. Each screened butterfly cage contains anole lizards with sticks, leaves, and rocks that mimic...
September 30, 2024
Portrait of William Jacobs Robbins by Albert Ketcham Murray, 1966, APS Collection; Robbins is the only Executive Officer to be pictured in his lab coat...