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August 14, 2024
The APS is older than the concept of an expert, but it has always championed expertise. In the Society’s antecedent—Benjamin Franklin’s lively Junto Club—highly-knowledgeable, self-educated...
August 9, 2024
On November 16th and 17th of 1945, a little over three months after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the American Philosophical Society and the...
August 5, 2024
Header Image: Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, 26 September 1763, Edward Shippen letters and papers, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In September 1763, Edward Shippen...
July 29, 2024
Header Image: Elsie Clews Parsons, photographer unknown, n.d. “Parsons, Elsie Clews #6 [3 prints; 2 neg.] ca. 1913,” Box 2, Series VIII, ECP2, APS. Elsie...
July 22, 2024
You may remember Renee Wolcott’s excellent blog post that addressed why we conservators (and all of us library, archive, and cultural heritage professionals) abhor any...
July 15, 2024
This August, the APS Press will be releasing Edward Duffield: Philadelphia Clockmaker, Citizen, Gentleman, 1730-1803, by Bob Frishman. The story of Edward Duffield’s life is...
July 9, 2024
The Concord Museum, the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society, and the Massachusetts Historical Society will hold a conference on...
July 8, 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...