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APS Museum

APS Museum Guides Take Over Social Media

American Philosophical Society
June 8, 2020
Willis in his Classroom
APS Library
CNAIR

The Anti-Racist Scholarship of William Shedrick Willis

Brian Carpenter
June 2, 2020
Benjamin Franklin and the Art of Eating
APS Library
APS Museum

Revisiting Benjamin Franklin and the Art of Eating: Janine Boldt

Kyle Roberts
May 29, 2020
APS Library
APS Museum

Left on the Cutting Room Floor - #LAMPTakeover Scraps

Michael Madeja
May 27, 2020
APS Library
APS Museum

Zoom Backgrounds from the Digital Library

Michael Madeja
May 27, 2020
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APS Library

Revisiting Benjamin Franklin and the Art of Eating: Marie Pellissier

Kyle Roberts
May 21, 2020
The "fortune-wheel" is a brown cardboard circle divided into sixteen wedges
APS Library
APS Museum
Center for Digital Scholarship

Peale's Mysterious Fortune Wheel

Cynthia Heider
May 13, 2020
Barbara McClintock
APS Library

Barbara McClintock’s Early Scientific Ephemera

Susan Anderson
May 7, 2020
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Members

APS Membership Issues Rare Public Resolution in Light of COVID-19 Preparedness

American Philosophical Society
May 6, 2020
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Members

The American Philosophical Society Welcomes New Members for 2020

American Philosophical Society
May 5, 2020
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APS Library
APS Museum
Center for Digital Scholarship
CNAIR

APS Programming Staff Take Over May Social Media

Michael Madeja
May 1, 2020
Rittera pinnata, Plate 7, José Francisco Correia da Serra, Vues carpologiques, [Paris : Museum d'histoire naturelle, 1807], American Philosophical Society Library & Museum, Pamphlets on botany, 580 Pam. v.5, no.3
APS Library

Jefferson’s Catholic Priest

Jeffery Appelhans
April 30, 2020