R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Wendy in Disguise

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As I continued to read about the topic of women soldiers in the Civil War, I learned that there are a number of women that disguise themselves as men to portray male soldiers in Civil War re-enactments. This discovery led me to the panhandle…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Choosing a Topic

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When I began to visit the Library Company’s Print Room to view the McAllister Collection of Civil War ephemera, I was both fascinated and overwhelmed by the collection and the scope of the subject. Not only did the Civil War seem much…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Stewardship Program

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Become a Steward of the collections of the Library Company and sponsor your own piece of history! Through our Stewardship Program, you can support the purchase of interesting and important rare books, pamphlets, prints, and photographs.…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Illustrating the Civil War

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Jennifer recently visited the Library Company to look at some of our printed material, including Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Leslie’s was a heavily illustrated American literary and news serial founded in 1855. It portrayed the…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Introductions

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  I’m Jennifer Levonian, a Philadelphia artist working in painting and cut-paper animation. The above self-portrait is a still from an animation I made last winter. Currently, I’m making an animation inspired by the Library Company’s…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

In-Service Day 2-4-11

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The Library Company has scheduled an in-service day for staff on Friday, February 4, 2011. Consequently, the Library Company reading rooms will be closed to all researchers except current fellows. The McNeil Center program in the Logan…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Friday, January 21, 2011

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This day in history: On January 21, 1738 Revolutionary War Hero, Ethan Allen was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. In our collection: Allen, Ethan. A narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's captivity:from the time of his being taken by the…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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This day in history: On December 14, 1799 General George Washington died in Mount Vernon at the age of 67 breathing his last words: "Tis' well". In our collection: Caldwell, Charles, An elegiac poem on the death of General Washington…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Laurel Hill Cemetery Exhibtion

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Laurel Hill Cemetery is celebrating their 175th year with an exhibition at the Library Company. "Building a City of the Dead: The Creation and Expansion of Philadelphia’s Laurel Hill Cemetery" was highlighted in a piece by Jon Snyder of the…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Library Company Receives NEH Grant to Catalog and Digitize Its 18th- and 19th-Century Ephemera Collections

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With the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Library Company will catalog, conserve, and selectively digitize between Spring 2010 and 2012 its uncataloged and recently donated collections of printed and graphic…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Early Book Structures and the Nag Hammadi Codices

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Friday, October 29 Program at 6:00 P.M. Julia Miller, former senior conservator on the staff of the University of Michigan conservation lab, will discuss the Nag Hammadi Codices. These are the manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945 that…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

October 18th in History

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William Henry Seward, secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson, championed the purchase of Alaska from Russia for two cents an acre resulting in the United States taking possession of the territory on this day in 1867. In our collection: Seward,…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Photograph Collections from the Library Company now on PhillyHistory.org

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The Library Company has recently partnered with PhillyHistory.org, providing several photographic collections to its website. Run by the Philadelphia Department of Records, PhillyHistory.org includes photographs and maps from the Free…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Library Company Images Now on SepiaTown Website

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The Library Company has uploaded several images from the Print and Photograph Department onto SepiaTown, an interactive website where visitors can view historical images from all over the world based on geographic location. SepiaTown’s homepage…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Article by Librarian James Green Available Online

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Librarian James Green has published an article in the September Readex eNewsletter entitled “Supplementing Early American Imprints: The Extraordinary Collection of Michael Zinman.” The article describes how the Zinman Collection has significantly…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Library Company’s Collection of African Americana Featured in Philadelphia Inquirer

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In a recent Philadelphia Inquirer article staff writer Tom Stoelker highlighted the Library Company’s collection of African Americana and profiled curator of African American History Phil Lapsansky.
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

More Library Company Collections Added to the Athenaeum’s Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Website

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In coordination with the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, the Library Company has recently added collections to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) website. Unlike previous records supplied by the Library Company, the newly uploaded…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

Octavius Catto Event

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Octavius Valentine Catto was a teacher, activist, and orator as well as second baseman on Philadelphia’s best black baseball team. The nation lost a civil rights pioneer when Catto was murdered at an election-day race riot in 1871. Daniel…
R. Newell & Son, “Herod’s Palace and Towers,” No. 6 in Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion. Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia. Albumen print on stereograph mount. Recto.

September 23rd in History

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September 23rd, 1806 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis, Missouri, from their nearly 3 year long exploratory journey of the Louisiana Purchase. In our collection: Meriwether Lewis, History of the expedition under…