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August 15, 2022
Header image: “Appearance of a Steeped Vat,” T reatise on the Process and Manufacture of Fine Indigo, 1832. British Library. Most research projects seem to...
August 1, 2022
As a member of the exhibitions team at the APS, I get the privilege of seeing these public-facing works go from idea to execution. But...
July 25, 2022
Header image: East Front Street, Nome Alaska, April 1909 Three photo albums recently came to the conservation lab, courtesy of two donors to the Society...
July 18, 2022
The Duhamel du Monceau/Fougeroux de Bondaroy Papers, currently held in the American Philosophical Society’s vault, include botanical drawings that are enjoyable to look at for...
June 30, 2022
The American Philosophical Society’s Library & Museum is excited to announce our 2022-2023 Fellowship recipients! This year, the Society has awarded seven long-term fellowships, two...
June 27, 2022
We have a great group of 11 Summer Interns working on various projects at the APS over the next several weeks. Read below to learn...
June 21, 2022
Laura Chilton is the David Center for the American Revolution Project Cataloguer. Over the next two years, she will be cataloging not only David Library...
June 13, 2022
In a letter written in the 1920s to Rockefeller Institute director Rufus Ivory Cole, Joseph Leidy—nephew of the famed Philadelphian with whom he shared a...