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LCP Blog: Beyond the Reading Room

Photograph of May 8, 1806 minutes showing Zachariah Poulson given leave to purchase three shares for his children — Shareholder Spotlight: Susanna Poulson Dobson (1797-1843)
September 23, 2026/by Dana Dorman

unnamed — New Hours for Researching at the Library Company
September 10, 2026/by aweakins

Am 1798 AM Primer 124860.D Alphabet — Michael Zinman Collection of Early American Primers Now Available to Researchers
September 4, 2026/by Grace Harrington

From the New Director to Library Company Shareholders

September 4, 2026/by Grace Harrington

Shareholder-Member Update August 2026

September 4, 2026/by Grace Harrington

JDP91-9545 — Reflections from the Mellon Scholars Summer Program, 2026
September 1, 2026/by aweakins

Photograph of title page with Aaron Levy inscription — Shareholder Spotlight: Aaron Levy (1742-1815) and Hyman Gratz (1776-1857)
August 24, 2026/by Dana Dorman

Photograph of page of Library Company share record book — Shareholder Spotlight: Sarah Wistar
July 28, 2026/by Dana Dorman

JDP97-3074 — In Celebration of Retiring Senior Curator of Graphic Arts Sarah J. Weatherwax
July 27, 2026/by Grace Harrington

OBJ_digitool_59435_Suggestion Box — The Library Company of Philadelphia in the News
July 6, 2026/by Grace Harrington

Photograph of frontispiece portrait of the Public Universal Friend from 1844 published work — Looking Back at The Public Universal Friend
June 29, 2026/by Dana Dorman

Photograph of title page of Thoughts on Government book, showing it was printed by John Dunlap — Shareholder Spotlight: John Dunlap (1746-1812)
June 26, 2026/by Dana Dorman

7.28 Magna — Philadelphia’s Radical Revolution: From the Stamp Act to the Federal Constitution
June 1, 2026/by Grace Harrington

Photograph of page of text with the names of the members of the Union Library Company being added as Library Company shareholders in 1769 — Shareholder Spotlight: Susanna Carmalt
May 29, 2026/by Dana Dorman

Photograph of color illustration of water lily from Bigelow's American Medical Botany — Shareholder Spotlight: Zaccheus Collins (1764-1831)
April 29, 2026/by Dana Dorman

Postcard showing Benjamin Franklin Bridge with a large boat passing underneath — Shareholder Spotlight: Marguerite Marie LaHalle Cret (1877-1965)
March 26, 2026/by Dana Dorman

Chromolithograph advertisement showing busy port scene with ships at dock, barrels, and assorted men moving about — Shareholder Spotlight: Thomas Ash
February 26, 2026/by Dana Dorman

jrc_headshot — Jessica Roney Appointed Director Designate of the Library Company of Philadelphia
February 10, 2026/by Grace Harrington

Photograph of open book showing frontispiece portrait of Stephen Girard — Shareholder Spotlight: Stephen Girard (1750-1831)
January 30, 2026/by Dana Dorman

Photograph of cover of book with label Order Book of Library Company of Philadelphia — Library Company Papers Project Launches New Web Portal
January 12, 2026/by Dana Dorman

Photograph of portrait of Lucy Hooper used as frontispiece in her 1871 volume of poetry — Shareholder Spotlight: Lucy Hamilton Jones Hooper (1835-1893)
December 22, 2025/by Dana Dorman

Illustration of the seal of the Library Company, with books pouring knowledge from single large jar to many smaller jars — Library Company of Philadelphia to Merge with Temple University
December 8, 2025/by Dana Dorman

OBJ_Islandora_13353_Preparation for war to defend commerce — Shareholder Spotlight: Connections to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 2025/by Dana Dorman

Photograph of cover of sheet music "Welcome to Spring" — Shareholder Spotlight: S. Decatur Smith (1820-1908)
September 29, 2025/by Dana Dorman

Color engraving of the Library Company of Philadelphia's 1791 building on 5th and Library Streets — LCP’s Summer Mellon Interns Spotlight
August 29, 2025/by Grace Harrington