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Native American Scholars Initiative
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A Summer of Searching: Conducting a survey of APS materials relating to the Diné and Yale University's relationship with Indigenous people

Mara Gutierrez
October 9, 2023
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APS Library

Notes revealed Ben Franklin’s date of arrival in Philadelphia

Valerie-Anne Lutz
October 2, 2023
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APS Library

Featured Fellow: Max Flomen (2020-2021 William S. Willis, Jr. Fellow)

Max Flomen
September 25, 2023
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APS Library

Featured Fellow: Tessa Bangs (2023-2024 Friends of the APS Short-Term Fellow)

American Philosophical Society
September 18, 2023
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APS Library

Katherine Esau, 1898-1997

Marian Christ
September 11, 2023
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APS Library

Featured Fellow: Leo Garofalo (2022-2023 William S. Willis Jr. Short-Term Fellow)

American Philosophical Society
September 5, 2023
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APS Library

Bibliotheca Americana : A dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time. Begun by Joseph Sabin, continued by Wilberforce Eames and completed by R. W. G. Vail for the Bibliographical society of America

Laura Chilton
August 28, 2023
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APS Library
APS Museum

Sabin’s Women in Science: A Mystery in the Archives

Anna Shuff
August 21, 2023
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APS Library
Center for Digital Scholarship

Charles Thomas Jackson Papers: A Unique Look into the World of 19th-Century Science and Culture

Joseph DiLullo
August 14, 2023
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APS Library
David Center for the American Revolution

Prisoners of War in the Sol Feinstone Collection

Susan Brynne Long
August 7, 2023
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APS Library
Center for Digital Scholarship

Florence Sabin and Gertrude Stein: Who Counts as a Scientist?

David Nelson
July 31, 2023
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APS Library

Kidnappings! Duels! Secrets! Pirates! Dismissals!

Tracey deJong
July 24, 2023