 Photo by LT member DavidT8 The Library Company of PhiladelphiaWeb site: http://www.librarycompany.org/ Events: http://www.librarycompany.org/ev… (updated February 14) Description: The Library Company of Philadelphia is an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. It was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin and is open to the public free of charge. The Library Company houses an extensive non-circulating collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art. The mission of the Library Company is to preserve, interpret, make available, and augment the valuable materials within its care.
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Reading room and gallery: 9:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m., weekdays
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No events found. Go ahead and add an event. Past eventsMaurice Jackson (February 5 at 6:00pm) Maurice Jackson reads from Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism. Reception at 5:30 PM, Lecture at 6:00 PM
Peter Collinson and the Eighteenth-Century Natural History Exchange (April 15 at 6:00pm) Elizabeth McLean. Elizabeth P. McLean, garden historian and Library Company Trustee (and former President), will speak about her new biography of Peter Collinson, co-authored by Jean O’Neill. Collinson -- a London Quaker, a draper by trade, and a passionate gardener and naturalist by avocation -- was a facilitator in ... (more)Mirror of a City: Views of Philadelphia Recently Acquired from the Jay T. Snider Collection (May 4 at 12:00pm) Over the years, avid collector and former library Company Trustee Jay T. Snider amassed a truly impressive array of books, manuscripts, watercolors, maps, prints, and photographs relating to the history and development of Philadelphia. Last year Mr. Snider sold much of his Philadelphia collection at ... (more)Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson (September 16 at 6:00pm) Peter Mancall, Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Southern California, and author of Hakluyt's Promise and Deadly Medicine, will discuss his new book Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson.
Catching a Shadow: Daguerreotpes in Philadelphia, 1839-1860 Exhibition Opening (October 1 at 6:00pm) Keith Davis. Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Keith Davis will discuss remarkable achievement of the world's first successful photographic process -- the daguerreotype-- and Philadelphia's vital role in the history of early photography in America.
Slavery's Constitution (October 14 at 6:00pm) David Waldstreicher, Professor of History at Temple University and author of Runaway America and In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes; will discuss his new book Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification, which explores the impact of slavery on the United States Constitution. By tracing slavery ... (more) |
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