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HSP Receives State Historical Marker This year the Historical Society of Pennsylvania celebrates the 100th anniversary of its stately red brick building at the corner of 13th and Locust Streets. Thousands of people pass by this building every day, but few know the fascinating story behind this historic structure—one of the first fireproof libraries in the United States. 10/19/10 Read More	Rare Autographed Phillies Newspaper To Be Auctioned In October Auction will raise funds for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 10/7/10 Read More
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Launches an Online Store Prints of maps, watercolors, and other documents available in time for the holiday season 10/5/10 Read More	Fourteen Collections Documenting Civic Engagement Will Be Processed and Preserved Work made possible through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission 9/29/10 Read More
Six Original Drafts of the United States Constitution on Display These national treasures are coming out of the vault for one day only on Constitution Day 8/20/10 Read More	HSP Historian Featured on National Geographic Channel Dr. Daniel Rolph, historian and head of reference services at HSP, was recently featured on the National Geographic Channel. Rolph was interviewed as part of a show titled "Blood Rain and Star Jelly." The show first aired on June 7 and will be rebroadcast. 6/14/10 Read More
Congratulations to the Winners of Pennsylvania National History Day Several local students and teachers will continue to the national finals in June Local students and teachers distinguished themselves and our city with a large number of awards at Pennsylvania National History Day, held May 12-13 at Millersville University. 5/26/10 Read More	Celebrate Beer Week with HSP Discover a time when taverns were more numerous than churches, and the price of beer was a penny a pot (pint). The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will hold a special event on Thursday, June 10, during Philadelphia Beer Week, featuring local brewery historian Rich Wagner. Wagner will give a talk about early Philadelphia taverns and the drinks they served. 5/24/10 Read More
PhilaPlace Wins "Best of the Web" Honor PhilaPlace.org has won an honorable mention at the highly competitive Museums and the Web 2010 conference hosted by the Archives & Museum Informatics. Museums and the Web is the most prestigious of the annual Web site conference awards that recognizes great work in the field of culture, science, and heritage online. PhilaPlace.org received the award in the exhibitions category, which receives the most submissions of any of the competitive categories. 5/1/10 Read More	Director of Information Technology Appointed to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Raymond Frohlich comes to HSP from New York University The Historical Society of Pennsylvania recently hired Raymond Frohlich as Director of Information Technology, a newly created position that will help HSP improve and enhance its use of technology. Frohlich has a masters degree from New York University and most recently worked as the Systems Manager for the Division of Libraries at New York University. 4/14/10 Read More