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Riding the Forgotten Rails: Part 1 The first in a series, the following article was written by HSP Digital Services Intern Mark Carnesi and is being posted on his behalf. Stay tuned in the coming weeks as Mark continues his look at the George A. Foreman scrapbook collection. Fondly, Pennsylvania Wednesday, 3/16/16 9:02 am Vincent Fraley 19th century, 20th century, Architecture, Business, Government and civics, Industry, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Politics Comments: 2	The sound of music, from city's earliest days Often thought of as the last bastions of hush, libraries are louder than one might have heard. So tune in and listen closely to Philadelphia's 300-plus-year musical legacy. Forsaking it in their religious services and sneering at it in their private lives, the Quaker founders of Philadelphia were a decidedly unmusical bunch. Fortunately for future ears, other religious and ethnic groups were counted among the city's early settlers, many with active musical traditions - and instruments - in tow. Fondly, Pennsylvania Sunday, 2/21/16 9:33 am Vincent Fraley 18th century, 19th century, African American, Arts and Culture, Ethnic history, Philadelphia
Memories & Melodies Listen close: Libraries are louder than you’ve heard. Sitting silent in the stacks and vaults are the booming soundscapes of the past: scores of sheet music, recordings, concert posters, songbooks, and more. Get noisy in the library this spring as the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) plugs into Philadelphia’s roaring history with a chorus of public programs. Thursday, 1/7/16 1:34 pm Vincent Fraley	HSP & FamilySearch The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP), one of the largest and most comprehensive genealogical centers in the nation, and FamilySearch, a nonprofit family history and records preservation organization, are collaborating to share the stories of more than 300 years of American history with researchers across the country and around the world. Monday, 12/7/15 3:09 pm Vincent Fraley
An Artist Embedded The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will collaborate with playwright and artist Ain Gordon to explore the intersections of history and contemporary life. Titled An Artist Embedded, Gordon will take the traditional “artist in residence” to the next level by becoming part of HSP’s programs development team over the next two years. This project is made possible by a grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Thursday, 8/28/14 4:34 pm Vincent Fraley Arts and Culture, Ethnic history, Philadelphia	An Artist Embedded When we look back, we cannot know ALL that happened. The historical record is rarely, if ever, complete. When we present history, we fill in the gaps, create the voices that spoke, the characters that lived. Are we creating fiction? Have we made history un-true? Or have we created a truth greater than mere fact? Thursday, 8/28/14 4:32 pm Vincent Fraley Arts and Culture, Ethnic history, Philadelphia
Russell H. Conwell was the founder and first president of which Philadelphia university? Question of the Week Monday, 6/9/14 12:51 pm Vincent Fraley Community and Public Service, Education, Philadelphia	The United States' first saving bank was founded in Philadelphia in 1816. What was it called? Question of the Week Monday, 6/2/14 2:58 pm Vincent Fraley 19th century, Banking, Economics, Philadelphia Comments: 1
Who was the first African American graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School? Question of the Week Monday, 6/2/14 2:58 pm Vincent Fraley African American, civil rights, Civil Rights, desegregation, Education, law, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania	Who did Martin Luther King Jr. visit with during a 1957 trip to Philadelphia? Question of the Week Monday, 6/2/14 1:22 pm Vincent Fraley Civil Rights, civil rights movement, Community and Public Service, desegregation, Martin Luther King Jr, Philadelphia

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