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From 1790 to 1800, where did the U.S. Congress convene?

Question of the Week
7/10/11
Congress Hall, Pennsylvania, Politics
"Welcome to the digital age, William Penn!"

Last week, we said a sad goodbye to Celia, Michael, Holly, and Courtney of the PACSCL Hidden Collections Processing Project.  They're moving on to other repositories, but in their wake here they left a trail of fantastically processed collections!  One of the final collections they processed at HSP was the William Penn papers (Collection 485).  Click here to read about

Fondly, Pennsylvania
7/5/11
History of Pennsylvania, Penn family, William Penn, William Penn papers
In 1926, how did Philadelphia celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

Question of the Week
7/3/11
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sesquicentennial International Exposition
Which Philadelphia law firm is officially recognized as the oldest continuously operating practice in the United States?

Question of the Week
6/26/11
Business, Rawle and Henderson
Ghosts in the Machines

 

How about a quick game of word association?  What's the first thing that pops into your head when I say the word...

...gremlin!

Fondly, Pennsylvania
6/24/11
aviation myths, Esso Company, gremlins, World War II, World War II propaganda, World War II superstitions
What is the name of the longest running Polish American newspaper in Philadelphia?

Question of the Week
6/19/11
Ethnic history, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Polish Heritage
What Philadelphia landmark was once known as the “Grand Dame of Broad Street”?

Question of the Week
6/12/11
Architecture, Arts and Culture, Bellevue Stratford Hotel
From 3 Musketeer boxes to document boxes: the Belfield papers

When we chose the Belfield papers (Collection 3159) for the PACSCL Hidden Collections Processing Project, we weren't entirely sure what the processors might find in those 3 Musketeer boxes.  We only knew for certain that (1) they contained papers of members of the Wister family, the Starr family, Logan family, and Daniel Blain.

Fondly, Pennsylvania
6/6/11
Belfield House, Belfield papers, Daniel Blain, Logan family, minimal processing, PACSCL, PACSCL Hidden Collections Project, Starr family, Wister family
The Friendly Society, one of Philadelphia's first charitable organizations, was founded in what year?

Question of the Week
6/5/11
Anne Parish, Community and Public Service, Women
The On Lok House in Philadelphia's Chinatown provides low-income housing to elderly Chinese citizens. Who founded it?

Question of the Week
5/29/11
Ethnic history, On Lok House, Religion