Two hundred years : the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1824-2024 / edited by David R. Brigham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brigham, David R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical Society of Pennsylvania--History.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania--History--Sources.

Pennsylvania.

History--Societies, etc.

History.

History--Sources.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

256 pages (some folded) : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm

Distribution:

Philadelphia : Distributed by the University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]

Other Title:

Two hundred years

Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1824-2024

200 years : the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1824-2024

200 years

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Historical Society of Pennsylvania, [2023]

Summary:

"As the Historical Society of Pennsylvania commemorates its 200th anniversary, this volume celebrates the growth of its extraordinary collections of more than twenty-one million manuscripts, books, photographs, maps, broadsides, prints, and drawings"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Deed from Lenape sachems to William Penn / Daniel K. Richter

William Penn, A Portraiture of the City of Philadelphia / Elizabeth Milroy

Francis Daniel Pastorius, Alvearialia / Patrick M. Erben

Christopher Witt, Johannes Kelpius / Patrick M. Erben

Wharton Family Bible / Katy Bodenhorn Barnes

Mark Catesby, Smilax lavis Lauri folio non Serrato / Joel T. Fry and Amy Meyers

Andrew Hamilton's Freedom Box and Certificate / Emma Hart

A Treaty of Friendship and Minutes of Conferences / John H. Pollack

Map of that Part of Bucks County released by the Indians / Daniel K. Richter

Articles of the Fellowship Fire Company / Jessica Choppin Roney

Ephrata Cloister, Chronicon / Patrick M. Erben

An act for granting the sum of sixty thousand pounds / Emma Hart

An east prospect of the city of Philadelphia / Elizabeth Milroy

Perspective view of Pennsylvania Hospital / David S. Barnes

Plan of Whitehall Plantation / Rebecca Brannon

Resolution of Non-Importation / Jessica Choppin Roney

A letter from a merchant in London / James N. Green

Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker, Diary / Emma Hart

Phillis Wheatley, Poems and Letter to Samuel Hopkins / David Waldstreicher

Charles Thomas, Secret Journal of Congress / Patrick Spero

Declaration of Independence, printer's proof / Charles T. Cullen

John Dickinson, Articles of Confederation, draft / Jane E. Calvert

Sarah Logan Fisher, Diaries / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Duportail, Brouillon ou plan du camp de Vallée Forge / Lee Arnold

John H. Hawkins, Journal / Holly A. Mayer

Benedict Arnold paraded in effigy in Philadelphia / Susan G. Davis

William Bartram, Catalogue of American Trees / Joel T. Fry and Amy Meyers

Benjamin West, William Hamilton and his Niece / David R. Brigham

James Wilson, United States Constitution, first manuscript draft / Charles T. Cullen

Charles Willson Peale, Peale's Museum subscription book / David R. Brigham

Moses Williams, Patience Marshall Tyson / Anne A. Verplanck

Plan of Philadelphia / Elizabeth Milroy

Booke of Cookery and Booke of Sweetmeats / Megan J. Elias

Tobias Lear, Diary / Lee Arnold

Washington Relic Case / Robert McCracken Peck

Benjamin H. Latrobe, Section from West to East / Jeffrey A. Cohen

William Birch, High Street, from the Country Market-place, Philadelphia / Martha Hutson-Saxton

Thomas Birch, Penn's Treaty Tree / Martha Hutson-Saxton

Magdalen Society of Philadelphia, Seal Die / Marie A. Conn

Thomas Jefferson, Draught of garden plan and key to plants / Therese O'Malley

William Charles, The Cock Fight / Georgia B. Barnhill

Orphan Society of Philadelphia, Life and family of Robert Jones / Sandra M. Hewlett

Samuel H. Kneass, Front Elevation of the Bank of the U.S. / John C. Van Horne

James Forten Matthew Skic

The New Theatre in Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia / Wendy Bellion

David J. Kennedy, Grand Civic Arch / Susan G. Davis

History, Genealogy, and the Origins of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania / Karin Wulf

John Neagle, Mr. Sully's palette for a lady / Anna O. Marley

Baldwin Locomotive Works / Walter Licht

Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society / Kathleen M. Brown

Joseph Saxton, Philadelphia Central High School for Boys / Sarah J. Weatherwax

Robert Cornelius, Martin Hans Boyè / Sarah J. Weatherwax

Albert Newsam, P.S. Duval Lithography trade card / Kristen Nassif

Francis Scott Key, Handwritten Souvenir Copy of lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner" / Mark Clague

Henry R. Robinson, View of the City of Brotherly Love / Elizabeth Milroy

William H. Horstmann & Sons, Ribbon sample book / Walter Licht

Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Policy / Jeffrey A. Cohen

George Dubois, Chapel of the Lebanon Cemetery / Aaron V. Wunsch

Sidney & Neff, Plan of Chelten Hills / Aaron V. Wunsch

Gustav Runge and Napoleon LeBrun, Academy of Music / Michael J. Lewis

Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of John Butler, February 13, 1849 / Randall M. Miller

Freedom to the Slave / Randall M. Miller

William Still, Journal C / Nell Irvin Painter

Banneker Institute, Constitution / Emma Lapsansky-Werner

Men of Color, To Arms! Now or Never! / Emma Lapsansky-Werner

John Sartain, Men of Progress

American Inventors / Elizabeth Milroy

William McIlvaine, Jr., Camp of Harrison's Landing, James River, Va. / Randall M. Miller

Emancipation Proclamation / Randall M. Miller

Social, Civil, and Statistical Association of the Colored People of Pennsylvania / Randall M. Miller

James Fuller Queen, Buildings of the Great Central Fair / Elizabeth Milroy

The True Issue or "Thats Whats the Matter" / Randall M. Miller

David J. Kennedy, Pop Corn Pavilion / Elizabeth Milroy

Benjamin Linfoot, Synagogue for the Congregation Rodef Sholam / Michael J. Lewis

Coxe Mining Company, Unidentified workers and Drifton breaker / Walter Lich

Mr. & Mrs. McKee Rankin. In their New Play, "49." / Alice George

De Witt Clinton Baxter, Elevation of 800 block of Chestnut Street / Jeffrey A. Cohen

Construction of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit System rail line / James Wolfinger

John Wanamaker Department Store, Fall and Winter Catalogue, 1905-1906 / Alice George

W. T. Littig & Co., Philadelphia of To-Day / Elizabeth Milroy

Violet Oakley, Penn's arrival on the "Welcome" 1682 / Martha Hutson-Saxton

J. B. Lippincott Company, Sectional View / Michael Winship

Horace Trumbauer, The Free Public Library of Philadelphia / David B. Brownlee

Fred Spear, Enlist / David M. Lubin

Bethlehem Steel / Walter Licht

Justice Bell Tour / Christina Larocco

Dora Kelley Lewis / Christina Larocco

Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt / Ralph Richard Whyte

Albert E. Dutrieulle Catering / Danya M. Pilgrim

Dox Thrash, Charlotte / Kymberly Pinder

The Philadelphia Record, Father Divine / Alice George

Sumiko Kobayashi, Internment camp / Alice George

Henry Koerner, United We Are Strong, United We Will Win / Alice George

The Balch Institute Ethnic Newspapers / Walter Licht

Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church, Basketball game / Kathryn E. Wilson

Albert Greenfield / Dan Rottenberg

Richardson Dilworth speaking in front of the Bellevue Hotel / Richardson Dilworth

Charlotte Ives Montgomery at Ardrossan / Janny Scott

John Fryer, Speech to the American Psychiatric Association / Lee Arnold

Tony Auth, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there / Alice George

Angela Davis urges-declare your independence / Alice George

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the author, inscribed; copy 2: Gemmill fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9798218133306

OCLC:

1370249979