Blog
Explore to learn more about what's going on at the APS.
September 4, 2018
By Benjamin Breeden, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah; Lewis and Clark Field Scholar 2017–2018 In southwestern Japan—far from the bright lights and...
August 30, 2018
My summer research project with the Native American Scholars Initiative focused on the experiences of Lenape people who remained in their homelands, currently known as...
August 28, 2018
On April 16, 1802, the Swedish pastor Nicholas Collin (APS 1789) sent the American Philosophical Society a manuscript map by Samuel Fahlberg (1758-1834), displaying the...
August 23, 2018
When conducting my initial searches in the archives of the American Philosophical Society (APS), I developed an interest in collections related to Carlisle Indian Industrial...
August 21, 2018
As tense as today’s immigration debate may feel, many historians rightfully note that it pales in comparison to the early 20th century, when federal government...
August 14, 2018
by Layla Huff I attend Morgan State University, where I am a rising sophomore, a member of the Honors College, and a history major. I...
August 9, 2018
This installment is a continuation of a previous article, visit part one here. Finding information about female apprentices in early modern period was more difficult...
August 2, 2018
Florence Barbara Seibert (1897-1991) was an American biochemist who invented the first reliable tuberculosis test and helped improve the safety of intravenous injections. Born in...