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September 18, 2018
Today when a visitor walks into a natural history museum there are dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures that they can identify right away. Some people know...
September 13, 2018
In February of 1831, a 12-year-old Maria Mitchell quietly sat beside her father in their house on the isolated island of Nantucket and observed an...
September 11, 2018
The Library at the American Philosophical Society supports a diverse community of scholars working on a wide-range of projects in fields including early American history...
September 6, 2018
CNAIR Stories: Watt Sam as Natchez Cherokee Collaborator Header image: Watt Sam on his Porch. Lantern Slide by John Reed Swanton. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian...
September 4, 2018
By Benjamin Breeden, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah; Lewis and Clark Field Scholar 2017–2018 In southwestern Japan—far from the bright lights and...
August 30, 2018
My summer research project with the Native American Scholars Initiative focused on the experiences of Lenape people who remained in their homelands, currently known as...
August 28, 2018
On April 16, 1802, the Swedish pastor Nicholas Collin (APS 1789) sent the American Philosophical Society a manuscript map by Samuel Fahlberg (1758-1834), displaying the...
August 23, 2018
When conducting my initial searches in the archives of the American Philosophical Society (APS), I developed an interest in collections related to Carlisle Indian Industrial...