APS Library
January 16, 2018
In anticipation of Benjamin Franklin's birthday on January 17, APS Fellow Madalina Veres has written the following post about one of Franklin's chief scientific interests...
January 9, 2018
Benjamin Franklin thought of himself as British. Yes, he was born in America, and certainly some of his identity was that of an American, but...
January 2, 2018
This post is part of a brief series celebrating the American Philosophical Society's 275th Anniversary in 2018 and Benjamin Franklin's birthday on January 17. Follow...
December 20, 2017
The American Philosophical Society offices and library will be closed Saturday December 23 through Monday January 1, 2018. The Society will re-open for normal business...
December 19, 2017
After thoroughly documenting Ben Franklin’s 1760 Book of Common Prayer (see posts one and two of this series), I was ready to begin conservation treatment...
December 12, 2017
While accompanying Theodore M. Davis on archaeological trips to Egypt between 1889-1913, Emma B. Andrews provides rich insights into the field of archeology at the...
December 5, 2017
In April 2016, Benjamin Franklin descendant Mai Duane Harper and her husband, James A. Harper, presented the APS Library with a lectern-sized edition of the...
November 28, 2017
As part of the Center for Digital Scholarship’s Open Data Initiative, we have been reformatting APS Library collections as computational data. We’re happy to announce...