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John Wilkes Booth Slept Here
Thursday, 4/21/11 4:08 pm
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The Rock Ford Plantation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was once home to what Revolutionary War general?
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On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, thus beginning the Civil War. How many soldiers were killed in this battle?
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Before 1825, what was Franklin Square called?
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Ring, ring, ring goes the trolley!
Before SEPTA, public transportation in the city was largely the responsibility of the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and its predecessor, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT). HSP's Harold E. Monday, 3/28/11 3:01 pm
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Harold E. Cox Transportation collection, Industry, PACSCL, PACSCL Hidden Collections Project, Philadelphia, Philadelphia public transportation, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, Philadelphia Transportation Company
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Who was the director of the American Red Cross Allied Prisoners of War Food Packing Service which delivered over one million food packages overseas during World War II?
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In what year was Philadelphia's first orphanage founded?
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Good things come in small packages: the papers of Mrs. Stacy B. Lloyd
As interesting as it can be to process a large collection of papers from an individual or organization, I find processing small collections just as satisfying, if not more so. It’s true that small collections can be difficult to process since sometimes there’s not enough information in them to form coherent background or scope notes, but that’s not the case with the Mrs. Stacy B. Thursday, 3/17/11 9:52 am
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20th century, American homefront efforts during World War II, American Red Cross, American Red Cross's Allied Prisoners of War Food Packing Service, Care packages for American soldiers, Eleanor Burroughs Morris, Mrs. Stacy B. Lloyd, prisoners of war, Women, World War II, World War II
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Philadelphia William McCarter documented his military service with the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. What was his regiment also known as?
![]() Sunday, 3/13/11 12:00 am
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Cartoons and connections
One of my all time favorite TV series is Connections, created by science historian James Burke. In each show, he delved into the history of science, invention, and culture to present connections between seemingly unrelated people, places, and objects. Though not quite in the same vein as Burke's connections, in the archives, we regularly come across connections among our collections. Now relationships between collections of family papers may seem obvious since Philadel Thursday, 2/17/11 2:20 pm
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1866 Pennsylvania governors race, cartoons and caricatures, Hiester Clymer (1827-1884), John White Geary (1819-1873), Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania governors, political cartoons, Politics, race relations
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