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“False! False!! as Hell!!!”: A Reader’s Response to The MonkIn October 1796 Matthew Gregory Lewis, M.P., aged twenty-one, revealed himself to be the author of the recently published triple-decker The Monk...
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No Scruples About It: The Apothecary SystemGuest Author Stephen Hall, Computer Science & Engineering Librarian, University of Pennsylvania Libraries “Give me an ounce of civet, good...
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The Many Stories of Magazinist Gail Cameron WescottAmong the chief pleasures of working in archives are the stories embedded within each collection. Archival collections—amalgamations of...
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Touring Philly Through the Kaplan CollectionThe Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica contains a multitude of different mediums from books to playing cards to painted...
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Finding the Halls and Hallams … thanks to Hephzibah!Being an archivist is often a bit like being a detective … but we generally don’t find bad guys or solve crime. Instead, I like to think that we...
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They grow up so fast: Getting to know Sarah Wistar Pennock through her childhood lettersMy favorite items from the Wistar, Pennock, Lukens, Miller, and Davis family papers are Sarah Wistar Pennock’s (1840-1909) letters that she wrote...
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“Books Are a Symbol of Liberty”Previously on Paeans to Books on Dust Jackets, we had the argument that “[a] book is best! absolutely!” from the first American edition...
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The Kislak Kitchen: Eliza Pierce’s Clove CakeThe Eliza Dwight Pierce cookbook came to the Kislak Center via the Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library as the Mrs. John J. Pierce cookbook....
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It Takes a Lot of Power to Play Lightning and ThunderI’m old enough to remember shopping for music in physical stores, flipping through the albums by hand in the hopes of finding a hidden gem....
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Loose Lips Sink ShipsFor men and women deployed during World War II, mail was an important morale boost. Letters from home were a brief escape from the stress and...
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The Philadelphia Orchestra, an Argentinian researcher, and the Free Library of PhiladelphiaSTORIES FROM THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION RECORDS In honor of National Library Week, I’m sharing a story of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a...
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Finding Your Ancestors in the ArchiveNote: Please refer to the University of Pennsylvania’s Sensitive Materials Statement in reference to the harmful language found in documents...
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What’s in a name? An Alternate Identity of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and a Brief Foray into its Recording ActivitiesSTORIES FROM THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION RECORDS Many of us are aware that some of the most famous movie stars of the 20th century had...
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The art and creativity in Jewish tuǧrasAfter cataloging enough documents and manuscripts with tuǧras of fascinating dimensions, drawings, and levels of design, I realized that a post...
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Tracing the History of Communication Studies with the Records of the International Communication AssociationThe International Communication Association (ICA) is a professional organization representing thousands of media and communication scholars from...
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John Philip Sousa: The March King HimselfAfter working in an archive long enough, one gets used to seeing certain types of documents, ephemera, and objects. The University Archives is no...
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The Kislak Kitchen: Henrietta Butler’s Little CakesHenrietta Butler’s cookbook is one I was so excited to work on as I rarely get to put a full name to the recipes. She was writing this cookbook in...
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Leonard Bernstein: world-famous musicianThe recent release of the movie Maestro will introduce a new generation to musician, composer, conductor, educator, author and humanitarian,...
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Just Gossip About the Philadelphia Charity Ball: Stories from the Thomas Hart papers about Philadelphia Society’s Event of the YearThe Thomas Hart papers thrust beholders into the vibrant world of early 20th century Philadelphia high society. The creator, Thomas Hart, was a...
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Introducing the Philadelphia Orchestra Association recordsSTORIES FROM THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION RECORDS After a year and a half of hard work, and with a healthy dose of support and some heavy...
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Alexander Kendrick reporting…Though the world is in its “digital era,” I am still a fan of the analog life. Each week when I see the new issue of The Daily Pennsylvanian, I am...
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The Film Box Set to End All Film Box Sets: Stanley Kubrick’s The ShiningGuest Post by Ian Dykstra I love reading about film productions. Getting behind-the-scenes details on how projects came to be, the personalities...
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Herbert Schiller: Media Scholar and Critic of American EmpireHerbert Schiller (1919-2000) was an American media critic and political economist who studied the systematic connections between mass media,...
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So much to do!Laura Capron and her sister Annie sailed to America from India with their parents, who were evangelical missionaries, in 1872. Their parents...
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James G. Spady: A Pan-Africanist Renaissance ManMy name is Zhangyang Xie, and I am a senior studying Africana Studies and Science, Technology, and Society in the college. During the summer, I...
