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“Do you suppose I’m an international incident?”

I recently finished processing the fantastic papers of Curtis Bok (Philadelphia attorney and judge) and his wife Nellie Lee Holt Bok (religious educator from Nebraska). This collection has been full of so much wonder and discovery that it’s been hard to know what to highlight – it’s all so great! – from learning about Nellie Lee’s world tour and visit with Mahatma Gandhi in 1926 to Curtis Bok’s landmark obscenity case, Commonwealth V. Gordon.

Fondly, Pennsylvania
5/18/11
1937 Coronation, 20th century, Bok family, Bristish Royal Family, Curtis Bok 1897-1962, King George VI, Nellie Lee Holt Bok 1901-1984
What Jewish fraternal organization was founded by Russian immigrants to promote the preservation of the Yiddish language and culture?

Question of the Week
5/15/11
Industry, Labor, Workmen's Circle
What Philadelphia-born actor was involved in the Astor Place riot of 1849 in New York City?

Question of the Week
5/8/11
Edwin Forrest, Government and civics
What architect designed the Bank of Pennsylvania, built from 1798 to 1801

Question of the Week
5/1/11
Architecture, Benjamin H. Latrobe
John Wilkes Booth joined which Philadelphia theatre company in 1857?

Question of the Week
4/24/11
Arch Street Theatre, John Wilkes Booth, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
John Wilkes Booth Slept Here

Fondly, Pennsylvania
4/21/11
Arch Street Theatre, Arts and Culture, John Wilkes Booth, Philadelphia theatre history
The Rock Ford Plantation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was once home to what Revolutionary War general?

Question of the Week
4/17/11
American Revolution, Colonial period, Edward Hand, Pennsylvania
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, thus beginning the Civil War. How many soldiers were killed in this battle?

Question of the Week
4/10/11
Civil War, Ft. Sumter
Before 1825, what was Franklin Square called?

Question of the Week
4/3/11
Franklin Square, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Ring, ring, ring goes the trolley!

Before SEPTA, public transportation in the city was largely the responsibility of the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and its predecessor, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT).  HSP's Harold E.

Fondly, Pennsylvania
3/28/11
Harold E. Cox Transportation collection, Industry, PACSCL, PACSCL Hidden Collections Project, Philadelphia, Philadelphia public transportation, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, Philadelphia Transportation Company