LCP Blog: Beyond the Reading Room

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

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

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
Black and white photograph of exterior of house

Shareholder Spotlight: Sarah Jenkins Harmar (1761-1847)

August 19, 2025/by Dana Dorman
Hand-colored map of United States showing geological details

Shareholder Spotlight: William Maclure (1763-1840)

July 18, 2025/by Dana Dorman

Library Company Announces Plans for Semiquincentennial

July 10, 2025/by Grace Harrington
Side portrait illustration of Frances Cadwalader Erskine, labeled Mrs. Erskine 1809

Shareholder Spotlight: Anne Bond Travis Erskine (circa 1792-1851)

June 24, 2025/by Dana Dorman
Photograph portrait of Frank Etting that appeared in published book

Shareholder Spotlight: Frank M. Etting (1833-1890)

May 27, 2025/by Dana Dorman
Photograph of miniature depicting Cadwalader Morris

Shareholder Spotlight: Cadwalader Morris (1741-1795)

April 21, 2025/by Dana Dorman

Library Company Acquires the William Woys Weaver Collection of Culinary Ephemera

April 7, 2025/by Grace Harrington
Illustration of the seal of the Library Company, with books pouring knowledge from single large jar to many smaller jars

Statement in Support of NEH

April 7, 2025/by Dana Dorman
Photograph of inside flyleaf of book with Emma M Bouvier incscription

Shareholder Spotlight: Emma M. Bouvier Drexel (1833-1883)

March 20, 2025/by Dana Dorman
Photographic postcard of the exterior of Christ Church

Shareholder Spotlight: Rev. Robert Blackwell (1748-1831)

February 20, 2025/by Dana Dorman

Announcing an Unparalleled Gift from Dr. Charles E. Rosenberg

January 31, 2025/by Grace Harrington

Shareholder Spotlight: Elizabeth Hewson Caldwell (1774-1851)

January 23, 2025/by Dana Dorman
Photograph of William Pepper membership ticket to the First Pan-American Medical Congress

Shareholder Spotlight: Dr. William Pepper (1843-1898)

December 12, 2024/by Dana Dorman
Lithograph portrait of Margaret Morris sitting in a chair holding a book

Shareholder Spotlight: Margaret Morris (1737-1816)

November 15, 2024/by Dana Dorman
Photograph of cover of bound volume titled Minutes of the Committee for Fixing the Value of Lost Books

Finding Aid Now Available for Library Company Institutional Records

November 7, 2024/by Dana Dorman