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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
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APS Library
David Center for the American Revolution
Center for Digital Scholarship

First Forays into Rev City and Automatic Transcription

David Nelson
December 2, 2024
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APS Library
Center for the History of Science

Face-Off: How Race Science Factored into Regional Rivalries

Margaret Spaulding
November 22, 2024
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APS Press

Reviving Two of the Oldest Scholarly Journals in America

Jon Repetti
November 18, 2024
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APS Library
Native American Scholars Initiative
CNAIR

Philly’s Colonial History → How it feels to be indigenous in this space

Dani Cohen
November 11, 2024
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APS Library
Center for the History of Science
Grants and Fellowships

APS Establishes Center for the History of Science

American Philosophical Society
November 5, 2024