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April 4, 2024
18th and 19th century Philadelphia was a hive of scientific discovery, inspiring artists and scientists to capture the beauty, excitement, and complexity of the natural...
April 1, 2024
I began my Princeton University GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellowship at the American Philosophical Society Press with a clearly delineated task. Press Director Peter Dougherty had...
March 25, 2024
The Library & Museum at the American Philosophical Society supports a diverse community of scholars working on a wide-range of projects in fields including early...
March 18, 2024
The Philadelphia Museum Admission Ticket, signed by Charles Willson Peale and Rubens Peale, 1814. APS. Since its construction in 1787, Philosophical Hall has been both...
March 11, 2024
Self portrait of the artist, 1892 Objects of intrigue and mystery will often present themselves on the cataloger’s desk, the most recent one being a...
March 4, 2024
The Library & Museum at the American Philosophical Society supports a diverse community of scholars working on a wide-range of projects in fields including early...
February 26, 2024
A microscopic sequence framing the different stages of Dictyostelium discoideum in its life cycle. Amoebae aggregates and forms into a slug that leaves behind a...
February 20, 2024
Telegraph from John Ross to anthropologist John Alden Mason, 1932 October 1. John Alden Mason Collection, Box 34, Folder Ross, John. APS Thanks to a...