News and Notes
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Julia Mansfield Wins Fellowship
August 10, 2014
Julia Mansfield of Stanford University was a Dissertation Writing Fellow for 2013-2014.
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An Empire of Skulls: The History of The Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection and Scientific Collecting Practices in 19th Century Philadelphia
July 31, 2014
Brandon Zimmerman, Independent Scholar
2013 to 2014 Research Fellow -
Terra Desconhecida: Nature, Knowledge, and Society in the Pantanal Wetlands of Brazil and Bolivia
July 31, 2014
Jason Kauffman, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2013 to 2014 Research Fellow -
Moving Beyond Vision: Eadweard Muybridge in Philadelphia
July 31, 2014
Emily Handlin, Brown University
2013 to 2014 Research Fellow -
Technology, Privacy and Security
July 31, 2014
What is the current status of our privacy online and how did we arrive at a situation of ubiquitous tracking and surveillance?
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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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Add Your Name
June 6, 2014
The Center has had a very eventful year. In the last year:
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Chymical Medicine, Corpuscularism, and Controversy: A Study of Daniel Sennert’s Works and Letters
June 3, 2014
Joel Klein, Indiana University
2013 to 2014 Research Fellow -
The Fruit of Their Labors: Exploring William Hamilton’s Greenhouse Complex and the Rise of American Botany in Early Federal Philadelphia
June 3, 2014
Sarah Chesney, College of William and Mary
2013 to 2014 Research Fellow