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This past week marked the birthday of Philadelphia's Henry Ossawa Tanner - Who was he? Question of the Week Tuesday, 6/23/15 2:15 pm chutto@hsp.org 19th century, African American, Arts and Culture, Philadelphia	New Books Now in the Pennsylvania Collection New books relating to Pennsylvania's history were recently added to our library, and below is a sampling of them. Click on the links for more information from our catalog Discover. New in the Library Thursday, 6/18/15 12:06 pm chutto@hsp.org new books, New in the Library, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania history
Besides founding Germantown, this man also penned the first anti-slavery protest. Who was he? Question of the Week Monday, 6/15/15 4:40 pm chutto@hsp.org 17th century, Abolition, Colonial period, Philadelphia, Politics, Religion, Slavery	New Culinary Titles Added to the Collection If you're into historic cooking and cookbooks, then HSP's culinary history collection should be on your must-see list! Below are some new books that were recently cataloged into the collection. Click on the links for more information from our online catalog Discover. New in the Library Thursday, 6/11/15 11:00 am chutto@hsp.org cookbooks, culinary collection, culinary history, historic cooking, new books, New in the Library
PHL's first free library was not the Free Library of Philadelphia. Which library predated it? Question of the Week Tuesday, 6/9/15 2:37 pm chutto@hsp.org 20th century, Arts and Culture, Community and Public Service, Philadelphia, Women	Now Available in the Library's General Collections This week we're happy to offer up another listing of recently cataloged books that our patrons will now find on our shelves. For more information, click on the links to head to our online catalog Discover. New in the Library Thursday, 6/4/15 3:07 pm chutto@hsp.org general collection, general history, new books, New in the Library
In 1965, Barbara Gittings helped organize which early PHL gay rights demonstration? Question of the Week Monday, 6/1/15 1:37 pm chutto@hsp.org 20th century, Civil Rights, Philadelphia, Politics, Women	New Biographies Now Available HSP's collection of biographies just got bigger! The following new titles were recently added. You'll find these and HSP's full collection of biographical publications in our online catalog Discover. New in the Library Friday, 5/29/15 1:52 pm chutto@hsp.org biographical collection, biographies, biography, new books, New in the Library
George F. Parry's Civil War Diaries: May 1865 Greetings, everyone! We're happy to be back with more transcriptions from the George F. Parry Civil War diaries (George F. Parry family volumes, Collection 3694). If you're just joining us, in 2012 HSP acquired the diaries of Bucks County resident and Civil War veterinary surgeon George F. Parry. In that collection are three diaries he kept during the Civil War dating from 1863 to 1865, when he served with the 7^th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Fondly, Pennsylvania Thursday, 5/28/15 2:31 pm chutto@hsp.org 19th century, Civil War, Civil War diaries, Civil War manuscripts, George F. Parry, Science and Medicine, veterinarian, veterinary medicine, veterinary surgeon	In 1918, Philadelphian Edith Madeira served as chief nurse with which Red Cross Commission? Question of the Week Tuesday, 5/26/15 1:48 pm chutto@hsp.org 20th century, Philadelphia, Science and Medicine, Women, World War I

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