[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

The Women of the Republican Court Revisited

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(March 11, 2009)  Audio Download (MP3)   An evening event in the spirit of Martha Washington! As part of the Library Company's Visual Culture Program, Curator of Women's History Cornelia King brings to life the women depicted in…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

Ed Pettit, the “Philly Poe Guy”: Edgar Allan Poe and the Philadelphia Gothic Tradition

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(February 19, 2009)   Audio Download (MP3)  An intriguing glance into the world of Philadelphia Gothic literature, where writers such as Charles Brockden Brown, George Lippard, Robert Montgomery Bird, and Edgar Allan Poe flourished.…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

Maurice Jackson: Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism

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(February 5, 2009)  Audio Download (MP3)    In celebration of Black History Month, the Library Company’s Program in African American History and the University of Pennsylvania Press present Maurice Jackson, Assistant Professor…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

2008 LCP Annual Meeting

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[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

Christopher Looby, “The Paradox of Philadelphia Gothic”

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(October 29, 2008)   Audio Download (MP3)   In the first half of the 19th century, Philadelphia spawned a literary tradition of Lurid Crime, Weird Hallucination, Brooding Supernatural, and Sheer Horror - largely the work of three…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

The Library Company Celebrates its Newest Exhibition: Philadelphia Gothic

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On October 29 our gallery, Reading Room, and Logan room were overflowing with guests who came to catch the first viewing of “Philadelphia Gothic: Murders, Mysteries, Monsters, and Mayhem Inspire American Fiction, 1798-1854,” and to hear…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

The Library Company Visits Temple University Libraries

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On October 22 a group of Library Company members traveled north of Center City to partake in an intimate tour of some very special collections housed within Temple University Libraries. The pictures were taken in the Urban Archive department…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

Thomas Slaughter, The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman

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(October 14, 2008)  Audio Download (MP3)   John Woolman (1720-1772), a Quaker tailor from New Jersey, had an extraordinary commitment to attaining self-purification through the rejection of slavery, war taxes, and rampant consumerism.…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

Library Company Receives Grant for Preservation

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The Library Company has received a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to upgrade our environmental monitoring equipment. The grant funds will be used to purchase new dataloggers, a light meter, and a wireless receiver…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

Mayor Nutter Visits The Library Company

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2008 Mayor Nutter at LCP from Library Company on Vimeo.
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

Juneteenth Event: Featuring Richard Newman

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(June 19, 2008)  Audio Download (MP3)  Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers by Richard S. Newman is a long-overdue biography of Richard Allen (1760–1831), founder of the first…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

2008 LCP Annual Dinner: Dr. Richard J. Blackett

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(May 5, 2008) Audio Download (MP3)  Richard J. Blackett is a historian of the abolitionist movement in the U.S. and particularly its transatlantic connections and the roles African Americans played in it. He is the author of Building…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

Stone Lithography Demonstrations at Deer Tree Press

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There is an element of magic in the creation of a lithographic print. The process is based on a simple principle familiar to any cook or observer of urban mud puddles – oil and water do not mix. However, in practice there is nothing straightforward…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

Talking Prints: a Conversation With Donald Cresswell & Christopher Lane

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(April 3, 2008)  Audio Download (MP3)   The Library Company’s Visual Culture Program got off to a rousing start with our April 3rd program, “Talking Prints: A Conversation with Donald Cresswell and Christopher Lane.” Seventy-five…
[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

2007 LCP Annual Meeting

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[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

2007 LCP Annual Dinner: Dr. Francois Furstenberg

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Audio Download (MP3)   Former Library Company Fellow François Furstenberg speaks about his book, In the Name of the Father: Washington’s Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation, released in paperback by The Penguin Press.  François…