Collections News
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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
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George F. Parry family volumes at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
June 18, 2013
George F.
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New Website: PGH Photo Collection
May 7, 2013
The Philadelphia General Hospital photo collection is a collaboration between the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing and the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Imag
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Online Publication of Medical History at the University of Pennsylvania
February 7, 2013
The University Archives and Records Center of the University of Pennsylvania is proud to announce the online publication of Medical History at the University of Pennsylvania (
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Hagley Museum & Library aquires Howe and Lescaze Design Archive, Dessauer Papers
November 26, 2012
Pennsylvania Saving Fund Society Howe and Lescaze Design Archive (Accession 2062) Although acquired in 1993, the blueprints, drawings, and photographs by Howe and Lescaze, designers of Phila
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Hagley Museum & Library obtains Pahlmann Papers, Schroeder Papers, and Sperry Corporation Photographs
November 23, 2012
William Pahlmann Papers (Accession 2388) William Pahlmann defined mid-century modern in domestic and public interior designs.
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The Hagley Museum & Library's Hendrick Manufacturing Company Records
November 20, 2012
Hendrick Manufacturing Company Business Records, 1861-1980 (Accession 2409). This collection, assembled by the last family president of the Hendrick Manufacturing Company, documents both the