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May 17, 2018
Congratulations to the American Philosophical Society Fellowship recipients for 2018-2019! Each year, the Society offers two long-term, two digital humanities, and twenty to twenty-five short-term...
May 1, 2018
Image above: Studio portrait of George Hunt and Jonathan Hunt, 1920. The manuscripts of George Hunt (1856-1931) are one of the largest and most important...
April 28, 2018
The following persons were offered membership in the American Philosophical Society at the conclusion of the Members' Business Meeting on Friday, April 27, 2018: CLASS...
April 20, 2018
“Climate change” is a touchy subject these days. But in order to have arguments in the first place, some baseline information about past climate has...
April 13, 2018
They calculated the size of the solar system, explored distant lands, shed light on the origins of life, unearthed ancient fossils, invented computer technologies, cured...
April 12, 2018
One of the truly rare and intriguing items in the APS Library collections is a star atlas compiled by John Bevis, a physician (1683-1771) who...
March 29, 2018
On September 17, 1847, the Members of the American Philosophical Society concluded their meeting by gathering in the Librarian’s room to examine a singing mouse...
March 27, 2018
We are pleased to announce that the American Philosophical Society Library is now part of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). To date, the...