Collections News
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New Collections at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
December 2, 2014
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania recently made the following acquisitions: Dr.
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Shared Strength of Consortium Collections
July 31, 2014
by Elizabeth Bennett, Librarian for History and History of Science, Princeton University
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New Collection on Veterinary Science at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
July 31, 2014
In 2012, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania purchased the papers of veterinarian George F. Parry and his family. George F.
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Drexel University acquires faculty papers from the dawn of the Macintosh
July 19, 2013
Drexel University Libraries announces the acquisition of a collection of faculty papers documenting the rise of microcomputing at Drexel.
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Correspondenzblatt der Homoeopatischen Aerzt at Drexel University College of Medicine Legacy Center
July 18, 2013
The history of homeopathic medicine in the United States is rooted in the area around Allentown, Pennsylvania, where the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Art was founded in 1835 as
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American Philosophical Society receives the papers of Britton Chance
June 20, 2013
The Library of the American Philosophical Society has received the papers of Britton Chance (1913-2010), the Eldridge Reeves Johnson Emeritus Professor of Biophysics, Physical Chemistry, and Radiol
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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania obtains American Society for Testing Materials records
June 20, 2013
The American Society for Testing and Materials, now known as ASTM International, was founded in 1898 by a group of engineers and scientists to tackle the problem of frequent break in railroad track
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Susan Parry volumes, 1849-circa 1890, come to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
June 19, 2013
Susan Parry (circa 1833-circa 1895) of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, taught school in Lumberville, Pennsylvania in 1849.
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Schoenberg and Albert Collections of Manuscripts donated to the University of Pennsylvania
June 19, 2013
Two collections containing important materials relating to the history of science, technology, and medicine were recently donated to the University of Pennsylvania. The first, the Lawrence J.
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New Collections at Hagley Museum and Library
June 18, 2013
Hagley announces the addition of four new collections in the history of technology, covering the rise of shooting sports, computer developments at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a landmark