The Junto
The Junto was a group founded by Benjamin Franklin to discuss news of the day and pool resources for what eventually became the Library Company of Philadelphia’s collections.
Today, the Junto is an annual event that allows dedicated Library Company supporters to learn about collection items and support new acquisitions and other collection-focused work. The event is open to Library Company members at the Phyllis Wheatley level and above, as well as to all who donate to that year’s Junto campaign.
You can donate online to this year’s Junto campaign here; please earmark your donation as “Junto/collections.”
To learn more about the Junto, please contact the Development Office at [email protected].
In support of the Kathryn S. Alpert Collection of Women’s History Postcards and Ephemera and other Graphic Arts collections
Together, we hope to raise $35,000 to support processing and digitization of the recently acquired Alpert collection and similar visual culture collections. Library Company members at the Phillis Wheatley level and above, as well as all donors to the Junto campaign, are invited to join us on April 10, 2025 at 5:15 pm for a special Junto event with collector and writer Kathryn S. Alpert. She’ll discuss her impressive collection that will foster the study of the lives of women before the mid-20th century and that offers exciting new avenues for the study of visual culture.
If you have questions about the 29th Annual Junto, please feel free to contact [email protected].
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Past Campaigns:
28th Annual Junto (December 13, 2023) – Celebrating Librarian Emeritus Jim Green
27th Annual Junto (December 14, 2022) – A Collector’s Talk Featuring Clarence Wolf and Natural History
26th Annual Junto (October 5, 2021) – Popular medicine, including primary sources that discuss mental health in early America
25th Annual Junto (December 11, 2020) – The Robert Staples Metamorphic Collection
24th Annual Junto (December 11, 2019) – Visual works created by women
23th Annual Junto (December 11, 2018) – Patterned cloth book bindings