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In what year did the Ladies' Home Journal make its debut?

2/17/13

19th century, 20th century, Arts and Culture, Curtis Publishing Company, Cyrus Curtis, Edward Bok, Ladies' Home Journal, Philadelphia, Women

New Indians of North America Collection Titles Added

If you're researching the history of the American Indian, HSP's library may have just what you need, including these new books that were recently cataloged. Click on the links for more information from our online catalog Discover.

New in the Library

2/14/13

Indians of North America, Native American, new books, New in the Library

Which 19th-century Philadelphia physician was one of the first to study "hysteria"?

Question of the Week

2/10/13

19th century, erythromelalgia, Science and Medicine, Silas Weir Mitchell, The Yellow Wallpaper, Women

Comments: 2

New Titles Added to the Genealogical Collection

Calling all genealogists and family historians! Check out these new books that further bolster HSP's collection of genealogical publications. The links will take you to our online catalog Discover where you can search for these and other books and manuscripts.

New in the Library

2/7/13

Genealogy, genealogy, new books

Which African American activist was an editor of the Philadelphia Courant?

Question of the Week

2/3/13

19th century, 20th century, African American, Civil Rights, James Stemons

New Books Added to General Library Collection

HSP's library gets larger week after week thanks to newly cataloged books such as the ones below. Click on the links for more information from our online catalog Discover.

New in the Library

1/31/13

new books, New in the Library

What was W.C. Fields's real name?

Question of the Week

1/27/13

19th century, 20th century, Arts and Culture, Juggling, Philadelphia, W.C. Fields

Comments: 4

From the HSP Archives: Recently Processed Genealogical Collections

Several months back, I discussed a recently processed collection, the Vauclain family papers. Well, HSP's archives have been abuzz with processing projects of late, and a few new genealogical collections have recently been made available since then. Here's a sampling with links to our online catalog Discover.

Roots & Branches: Genealogy at HSP

1/25/13

19th century, 20th century, Batcheler, Brake, Ethnic history, genealogical collections, Genealogy, genealogy, Hartshorne, Immigration, Lois Dare, Sahlin, Wineman, Women

New Titles Added to HSP's Culinary History Collection

Are you interested in historic cookbooks or culinary history? Here's a sampling of some new related books that are now in HSP's library. You can search for these and many more titles in our online catalog Discover.

New in the Library

1/24/13

cookbooks, culinary history, new books

George F. Parry's Civil War Diaries: Introduction and January 1863

If you've been keeping up with recent HSP news, you've probably seen a press release documenting records of the Parry family that we recently acquired. These two wonderful collections, one the George F. Parry family volumes (Collection 3694) and the other of Susan Parry volumes (Collection 3695), contain interesting and in-depths glimpses into the history of medicine and veterinarian medicine in Pennsylvania during the 1800s.

Fondly, Pennsylvania

1/23/13

19th century, Civil War, Civil War diaries, George F. Parry, Parry family, Pennsylvania, Science and Medicine, transcriptions, veterinary medicine