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November 24, 2021
Upon arrival at the APS for my summer internship I was unsure of what I wanted to research because I knew there would be multiple...
November 19, 2021
I came to the American Philosophical Society (APS) with no prior experience with archival research and was excited to have the opportunity to work with...
November 12, 2021
When I arrived at the American Philosophical Society (APS) I was unsure of what exactly I would be researching. As a member of the Sac...
October 17, 2021
Each year, the Library & Museum at the American Philosophical Society hosts a rich intellectual community of scholars working on a wide-range of projects in...
October 8, 2021
As an archivist, I’ve worked with a variety of institutional archives, ranging from a hospital, to a museum, and now the American Philosophical Society (APS)...
October 1, 2021
Weather affects our everyday lives. We look it up before we go outside, to work, or to school. Today, we can check weather forecasts on...
September 23, 2021
Once I had solved the problem of resewing John Blair’s Chronology and History of the World from Creation to the Year of Christ, 1788, which...
September 16, 2021
The American Philosophical Society’s Library & Museum exhibition, Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist, explores the obstacles and opportunities people without formal training can face when trying...