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APS Library
Center for the History of Science
Conservation

Radioactive Archives? The Case of the Curie Correspondence

Renée Wolcott
March 3, 2025
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Members

In Memory of Keith Thomson 1938–2025

American Philosophical Society
February 25, 2025
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APS Museum

Sketching Splendor’s Sketches: A Recap of 2024 at the Museum

Deanna Johnson
February 24, 2025
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APS Library
Center for the History of Science
Center for Digital Scholarship

New to the Digital Library: John Wheeler's Relativity Notebooks

Joseph DiLullo
February 18, 2025
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APS Library
David Center for the American Revolution

Featured Fellow: Lyne Hervey-Passée (2024-2025 David Center for the American Revolution International Fellow)

American Philosophical Society
February 10, 2025
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APS Library

Featured Fellow: Arlene Leis (2024-2025 Edward C. Carter II Short-Term Research Fellow)

American Philosophical Society
February 3, 2025
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APS Library
Center for the History of Science

Constructing Taxonomies: Surveying the Manuscript Holdings of the APS’s Center for the History of Science

Gina Pungello
January 27, 2025
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Finding Classical Connections

Catherine Person
January 21, 2025
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APS Library
Grants and Fellowships

Featured Fellow: Charlotte Williams (2024-2025 William S. Willis, Jr. Short-Term Fellow)

American Philosophical Society
January 13, 2025
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APS Library
Center for the History of Science

A Glance at the Spiritual Side of the John M. Opitz Papers

Jessica Hutchison
January 7, 2025
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APS Library
CNAIR

What’s in a Name? (Re)Introducing CNAIR’s Indigenous Community Research Fund!

Ruth Rouvier
December 16, 2024
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APS Library
APS Museum

No Book Too Big—Displaying Audubon's The Birds of America

Nandini Subramaniam
December 9, 2024