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Franklin stands before the Lords in Council
APS Library

How Alexander Wedderburn Cost England America

Charles Greifenstein
January 9, 2018
APS Library
Center for Digital Scholarship

Historic Postal Records as Open Data

Scott Ziegler
January 2, 2018
panel of presenters at a conference

Critical Bibliography and Social Justice

Caroline Wigginton
December 21, 2017
Winter street scene
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APS Museum

APS Holiday Hours

American Philosophical Society
December 20, 2017
The weak, brittle spine leather shattered under the lifting knife.
APS Library
Conservation

Ben Franklin Is Rendered Spineless

Renée Wolcott
December 19, 2017
Nile riverboat
APS Library

Colonialism in the Orange Groves

Will Fenton
December 12, 2017
Back cover of Ben Franklin's Book of Common Prayer with conservator's hand
APS Library
Conservation

Ben Franklin and the Body of Evidence

Renée Wolcott
December 5, 2017
eastern state penitentiary
APS Library
Center for Digital Scholarship

Eastern Apps: Visualizing Historic Prison Data

Scott Ziegler
November 28, 2017
Book of Common Prayer
APS Library
Conservation

Ben Franklin and the Ravages of Time

Renée Wolcott
November 21, 2017
Transactions of the Royal Society
APS Library

Transactions of the Royal Society

Estelle Markel-Joyet
November 14, 2017
Portrait of Jefferson by Thomas Sully, 1783-1872, APS.
APS Library

CFP: The Spirit of Inquiry in the Age of Jefferson - June 7-8, 2018

Adrianna Link
November 7, 2017
Two men work on scientific equipment

Welcome to the New APS Website

American Philosophical Society
October 26, 2017