Learn about the early years of the Great Depression and the December 1930 failure of a large Philadelphia bank, Bankers Trust Company.
Digital History Projects
Digital History projects present history using new multi-media and technological tools. Each project focuses on a theme. Unlike documents in the Collections section, documents here are offered with historical context or interpretation. Watch this area for new additions throughout 2013!
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 This project tells the story of the evolution of American freedom through 50 remarkable and nationally significant documents from HSP's collection. |
 Founded in 1775, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS) worked on “improving the Condition of the African Race.” The PAS Papers contain the records of the Society's meetings, legal actions they took, papers related to education for the free black community, and the records of numerous anti-slavery societies. |
 Explore the Philadelphia - the City of Neighborhoods - through maps, stories, photographs, and documents. Share your favorite "PhilaPlace" by adding photographs and stories. HSP welcomes interns to help add new stories; to apply see the Internships section of the website. |
 Highlights in History is a timeline of information drawn from HSP's collections. It was created as part of the Documentary Families Project and has since been expanded to include material from other collections. |
 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has begun work on a new digital history project about the Underground Railroad. The project will weave new connections between the manuscript journal and published book of William Still, known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad." |
