Fondly, Pennsylvania

Fondly, Pennsylvania is HSP's main blog. Here you will find posts on our latest projects and newest discoveries, as well articles on interesting bits of local history reflected in our collection. Whether you are doing research or just curious to know more about the behind-the-scenes work that goes on at HSP, please read, explore, and join the conversation!

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Enhancing Access through Data Visualization

7/12/19

Author Monica Fonorow

Alyson Gamble, a fellow through Drexel’s IMLS-funded program LEADS-4-NDP, is using data visualization to create new connections in HSP's collections.

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Innovation in Conservation

6/28/19

Author Monica Fonorow

In a dedicated space nicknamed “the mold room,” equipped with HVAC and HEPA filters, conservators outfitted in full Tyvek suits and latex gloves are painstakingly working to repair a priceless collection.

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Philadelphia-Based Artist Bass Otis Published the Nation’s First Lithograph in 1819

6/28/19

Author pglennon@hsp.org

In his home studio at 515 Cherry Street, Bass Otis began experimenting with lithography: a process for creating prints using a stone or metal plate. He would produce the first lithograph in the United States.

Topics : Arts and Culture

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Abundance, Dependence, and Trauma at Philadelphia’s Point Breeze Petroleum Refinery

6/21/19

Author Monica Fonorow

Pennsylvania's history reveals an often traumatic relationship with the commodity that it introduced to the world in 1859.

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Teacher’s Turn: Pestilence and Pandemics through Pennsylvania History

6/19/19

Author pglennon@hsp.org

Our students live in an era of germ theory, sanitation, and vaccination. It is often difficult for them to understand an era in which the supposed greatest thinkers did not understand the vectors that caused illness or a time before vaccinations could prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

Topics : Science and Medicine

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Legacies for Kids: Books about Epidemics and Public Health

6/14/19

Author pglennon@hsp.org

Teaching children about disease can be a difficult task. Christopher A. Brown of the Free Library of Philadelphia shares some excellent books to help kids understand this complex and important subject.

These reviews were published in the spring 2019 issue of Pennsylvania Legacies (vol. 19, no 1): Epidemics and Public Health in Pennsylvania.

Topics : Science and Medicine

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Thomas L. Thomas: An Immigrant from Wales Who Became a TV Musical Sensation

6/13/19

Author pglennon@hsp.org

The Voice of Firestone was a popular radio (and later television) program broadcast by NBC that brought classical music to households across the United States from 1928 through 1957. Among its most notable performers was Pennsylvania’s Thomas L. Thomas (1911-1983).

Topics : Arts and Culture, Immigration

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Epidemics and Public Health in Pennsylvania: Book Reviews and Online Resources

6/10/19

Author pglennon@hsp.org

The spring 2019 issue of Pennslvania Legacies focused on the history of public health in the Keystone State. Want to learn more?

Topics : Science and Medicine

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Remembering Frank Kearney: A Daughter's D-Day Tribute

6/6/19

Author Monica Fonorow

Francis Joseph Kearney was 26 years old and newly engaged to Edith Doreen Govier, an English nurse, when he came ashore on Omaha beach late on June 6, 1944, as part of the 29th Infantry. His daughter Susan helped to keep his memory alive by donating the family's collection to HSP.

Topics : 20th century, World War II

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