APS Library
May 13, 2024
Starting in October 2023, the American Philosophical Society (APS) began a transcription program to transcribe documents included in the digital portal, The Revolutionary City: A...
May 6, 2024
In the APS Conservation Department, winter is museum time. We check the items from the APS Library that were exhibited in the previous year, and...
April 29, 2024
Oliver Evans engraving, APS Print Collection: Persons (EY 12.02). APS. Oliver Evans (1755-1819) was born in Delaware, and became a prolific inventor. One of his...
April 22, 2024
Portrait of Sara Yorke Stevenson by Leopold Seyffert presented to the University Museum in 1917 in honor of her 70th birthday. Courtesy of the University...
April 15, 2024
Historians of Britain, Ireland, and early America have approached the imperial crisis of the late 18th century from a number of angles, seeking to diagnose...
April 8, 2024
Header Image: Katharine Way, undated. Photo courtesy of Physics Today . When I was first asked whether I could contribute something original to the story...
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 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...