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HSP's technical services archivist since 2007.

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A housewife in Philadelphia during the Civil War, Ellen Emlen compiled a cookbook in 1865. How many recipes did she record?

Question of the Week
11/14/11
18th century, Arts and Culture, Civil War, Ellen Emlen, Philadelphia
Where was one of the oldest and largest iron ore deposits in America found in the 1730s?

Question of the Week
11/7/11
18th century, 19th century, American Revolution, Cornwall Furnace, Industry, Pennsylvania
Philadelphian Charles Godfrey Leland was a journalist, editor, poet, and soldier during the Civil War. What is he most remembered for writing and researching?

Question of the Week
10/31/11
19th century, Charles Godfrey Leland, Civil War, Industry, Philadelphia
Parting is such sweet sorrow: the really real and official end of PACSCL processing at HSP

Earlier this year, I posted about the end of the PACSCL Hidden Collections Processing Project at HSP.  Well...it wasn't quite the end.   Earlier this month, Holly and Courtney, spent time finalizing the finding aids for the six collections that they and Michael and Celia processed during their months here from January to June.  It was very sad to see them go (for real, this time), yet what they left behind is nothing short of exciting.

Fondly, Pennsylvania
10/28/11
Belfield papers, Harold E. Cox Transportation collection, League of Women Voters of Philadelphia records, Logan family papers, PACSCL Hidden Collections Project, Penn family papers, World War II papers
What ship carried William Penn and some of the first settlers to Pennsylvania across the Atlantic Ocean in 1682?

Question of the Week
10/24/11
Colonial period, Immigration, Pennsylvania, William Penn
Who was the first Democratic mayor elected in Philadelphia in the twentieth century?

Question of the Week
10/17/11
20th century, Government and civics, Joseph Sill Clark, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Politics
Announcing a new project at HSP: HCI-PSAR

Thanks to HCI-PSAR Project Director Jack McCarthy who wrote the following introduction to one of HSP's newest endeavors. CM

Fondly, Pennsylvania
10/13/11
Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
In 1821, Thomas P. Cope began a freight and passenger service that sailed between what two port cities in Pennsylvania and England?

Question of the Week
10/10/11
18th century, 19th century, Abolition, Community and Public Service, Education, Government and civics, Industry, Philadelphia, Thomas P. Cope
What influential Philadelphia publishing house once produced The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies’ Home Journal?

Question of the Week
10/3/11
19th century, 20th century, Business, Curtis Publishing Company, Industry, Philadelphia
A Day in the Life, or, What do Archivists do Anyway?

 

The following recollection of one of my work days is dedicated to (1) anyone who’s ever asked me “So what do you do at HSP?” or (2) anyone curious to know what an archivist might actually do on any given a day.  This "day in the life" represents my own experiences and does not speak for archivists working in the field generally. Even other archivists who work at HSP have completely different chores and take on many other challenges.

Fondly, Pennsylvania
9/29/11
archival procedures, archival tasks, archivists' work, Glen Mills School, Jane Campbell papers
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