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“A 1910 Celebration” at HSP Honorees include Cokie Roberts, Marciarose Shestack, Jerome Shestack, and Henry Lafayette Collins III Philadelphia, PA— The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will honor four extraordinary individuals at its prestigious Founder’s Award dinner on Thursday, April 29, 2010. Called “A 1910 Celebration” in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Society’s building, the event will be held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania at 1300 Locust Street in Philadelphia. 4/1/10 Read More	Sale of Emancipation Proclamation Duplicate Bolsters Conservation and Care of Historical Society Collection The Historical Society of Pennsylvania sold a rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln to an anonymous buyer March 23. This document was one of two in the Historical Society’s collection. The sale price set a record for this type of document. The proceeds from the sale will be placed in a board-restricted fund, which will be used for the care and conservation of the Historical Society’s collection, as per the guidelines of the American Association for State and Local History. 3/30/10 Read More
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Marks the 100th Anniversary of Its Landmark Building HSP will celebrate with an exhibit, behind-the-scenes tours, and festive party This April, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania will celebrate 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. 3/16/10 Read More	PhilaPlace Web Site Launches New Mapping Feature PhilaPlace—an interactive Web site that connects stories to places across time in Philadelphia’s neighborhoods—announces an exciting new mapping feature to be unveiled March 26, 2010. On the PhilaPlace “Map” page at PhilaPlace.org, visitors can click on the new “Streets” tab and view enhanced historical maps that reveal in-depth patterns of change over time for specific blocks in South Philadelphia and Northern Liberties neighborhoods. 3/9/10 Read More
Work Continues on The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia will host a series of roundtable discussions this spring—with topics ranging from women leaders to African American attorneys. The roundtables are designed to promote a greater understanding of the Philadelphia region’s recent history and help shape the content of The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. 3/8/10 Read More	HSP Receives NEH-IMLS Digital Partnership grant for PhilaPlace THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA AWARDED OVER $500,000 IN GRANTS FOR MULTICULTURAL HISTORY PROJECT Capturing Philadelphia History and Culture “Beyond the Bell” 9/26/07 Read More
HSP Appoints Kim Sajet as New President and Chief Executive Officer The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP), one of the nation’s oldest historical societies, announced today the appointment of Kim Sajet to the position of President and CEO. Sajet comes to HSP from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and assumes her new role on April 2, 2007. 2/14/07 Read More	Network to Freedom In July 2006 HSP received a grant from the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, a subsidiary of the National Park Service, for the project, "From Slavery to Freedom: An Interactive Network to Learning." This project will make rare and fragile collections available online for researchers, educators, and the public for the first time. Accompanied by lesson plans, essays, background readings, and links to related historical sites, these digital resources will represent a crucial first step towards building a central interpretive resource for Philadelphia’s Afri 7/1/06 Read More
2002 Founder’s Awards The Historical Society of Pennsylvania presented its 2002 Founder’s Awards for Exemplary Service to History on Monday, April 22, to four distinguished members of the historical community: James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress, for Study and Preservation of History Charles L. Blockson, Curator, The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University, for Historical Documentation 4/23/02 Read More