“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Show and Bestow: The Ruth Hughes Collection of Artists’ Books, recently assembled and about to be donated to Oberlin College.

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This collection, gathered by Library Company Conservator Alice Austin in honor of Chief Cataloger Ruth Hughes, will be on display from November 20 – December 30, 2009 in the Art and Print Department Galleries on the 2nd floor of the Free Library…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Philadelphia On Stone: Radio Broadcast

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Saturday, March 13th, at 11 a.m., WRTI 90.1 FM aired the radio interview of Philadelphia on Stone director and Assistant Curator Erika Piola and Project Assistant Linda Wisniewski. Conducted by local historian and commentator Tom Keels, the…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Huntington Library Visitors

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On April 27 the Library Company hosted a group of Trustees and friends of the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. This was a stop on the group’s marathon eight-day trip to libraries and museums…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

LCP 2009 Annual Meeting

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(May 12, 2009)   Audio Download (MP3)
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Talk by Leo Damrosch, the Ernest Bernbaum, Professor of Literature at Harvard University, on “Tocqueville’s Discovery of America.”

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(May 11, 2010)   Audio Download (MP3)   Alexis de Tocqueville is more quoted than read; commentators across the political spectrum invoke him as an oracle who defined America and its democracy for all times. But in fact his masterpiece,…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Seeing Shylock: Images of Pawnbroking in Three Centuries

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Thursday, April 22, 2010, 6:00 p.m. Wendy A. Woloson, independent scholar and consulting historian, will discuss her new book, In Hock: Pawning in America from Independence through the Great Depression. This illustrated talk traces…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Philadelphia on Stone: The First Fifty Years of Commercial Lithography in Philadelphia, 1828-1878

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Philadelphia on Stone: The First Fifty Years of Commercial Lithography in Philadelphia, 1828-1878, explores the history of 19th-century Philadelphia lithography and its impact on contemporary visual culture. Philadelphia on Stone explicates…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America

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Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America By Ann Norton Greene, University of Pennsylvania Tuesday, March 2, 6:00p.m. The Library Company of Philadelphia This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to [email protected]…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Library Company Conservator Alice Austin in New Yorker Blog

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Click here to view the blog. The Library Company of Philadelphia 1314 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 TEL 215-546-3181 FAX 215-546-5167 http://www.librarycompany.org
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

New acquisition: “And Cheap at That”: Early American Marriage Manuals

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This past month, we bought a copy of the first edition of The Married Woman’s Private Medical Companion (New York, 1847), by an “A.M. Mauriceau,” in part because it contains a remarkable inscription: “Book Bought April 22d…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

New Online Digital Catalog

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Please Note: In 2017, we moved to a new digital repository. We have recently upgraded ImPAC, our digital collections catalog, to DigiTool, a Digital Asset Management System that replaces ENCompass, our former platform. The new ImPAC provides…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Slavery’s Constitution

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Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification Wednesday, October 14, 6:00 p.m.   David Waldstreicher, Professor of History at Temple University and author of Runaway America and In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes;…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

The Logan Room Renovation

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Panoramic View Available Here The Logan room has been dramatically transformed into an exhibition gallery displaying works from our permanent collection of Art and Artifacts. Board President Beatrice Garvan and Trustee Carol Soltis selected…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

This summer, the Library Company says “Goodbye” to a talented group of interns and volunteers.

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  Madeline Carlson: Madeline Kreider Carlson, a history major from Haverford College, added to our database of published portraits of American women. Madeline also assisted in the Reading Room and designed an online exhibition…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Exhibition Opening and Daguerreotype Lecture by Keith Davis

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  Exhibition Opening: Catching a Shadow Thursday, October 1, 2009 Reception at 5:30 p.m., program at 6:00 Keith F. Davis, Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, in Kansas City, and author of numerous books…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Summer project increases access to early 20th-century photograph collection

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With support from the Samuel S. Fels Fund the Library Company is pleased to make a wonderful collection of photographs available for public research and use. The collection consists of more than 200 portraits taken ca. 1910-1940 by local…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Jane Johnson Marker Dedication

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Jane Marker Dedication Philadelphia: July 7, 2009 – On July 18, 1855, one hundred fifty-four years ago, Jane Johnson, an enslaved woman from North Carolina, found herself in Philadelphia on free soil for the first time. She seized the…
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Peter Mancall on the Daily Show

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Peter Mancall on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart The Library Company of Philadelphia 1314 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 TEL 215-546-3181 FAX 215-546-5167 http://www.librarycompany.org
“The Goldfish” in Ada M. Skinner’s A Child’s Book of Modern Stories (1935).

Peter Mancall on the Daily Show

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Peter Mancall will be a guest tonight on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He will discuss his new book: “Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson: A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic ”. Peter is a former fellow and will…