Thank you to all our generous donors to the Adopt-a-Collection program. Thanks to their support, these collections are in the process of or have now been preserved and made more accessible to researchers. This list includes all donors to the Adopt-a-Collection program from 2009 through 2017.
Click on the collection name to visit the finding aid that was created during collection processing.
If you have a question about a finding aid or the Adopt-a-Collection program, please contact Cary Hutto, Director of the Archives, at 215-732-6200 ext. 301 or chutto@hsp.org. If you believe this list is incomplete, please contact Jon-Chris Hatalski, Director of Institutional Development and Grants Management, at 215-732-6200 ext. 220 or jchatalski@hsp.org.
Adopt-a-Collection Donors 2017 |
Wayne R. Strasbaugh The Young Friends of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
Adopt-a-Collection Donors 2016 |
Abington Junior High School History Club Joseph Danciger Joan Hauger Randall M. Miller Wayne R. Strasbaugh The Young Friends of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
Adopt-a-Collection Donors 2015 |
Carol Ingald: Contemporary Club Records Michael McDowell: PA Abolition Society (partial adoption) Randal Miller: Frank C. Di Pima Papers Wayne R. Strassbaugh: Richard Peters Papers (partial adoption) Young Friends of HSP: French Benevolent Society Papers, Judith Shuman Eden |
Adopt-a-Collection Donors 2014 |
Abington Junior High School History Club: Balch Institute Political Ephemera Collection Lori Cohen: Valley Forge Manuscript Map, Part 1 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lafayette Collins III: World War I Posters Mary-Elizabeth Ellard: George F. Parry Family Volumes Carol A. Ingald: American Society of Testing Materials Collection; Charles H. Sykes Papers; Grim-McFarland-Woodbridge Family History Marcia M. Falconer: Richard Peter Papers Theodore H. McCalla: E. Wurster Photograph Collection Dagmar E. McGill: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Records; Women's University Club Records; Girls Club of Southeastern Pennsylvania Records Christine Miller: Pennsylvania Abolition Society Papers; Charles H. Sykes Papers Randall M. Miller: Asylum Company Papers; Nellie R. Bright Family Papers Amy Parenth: Henry Charles Carey Papers Dr. Page Talbott and Mr. James E. Gould: French Benevolent Society Papers Young Friends of HSP: Theatre of Living Arts, Balch Institute of Ethnic Images in Advertising |
Scull and Heap's "East Prospect of Philadelphia" (1754) |
The contributions of these generous donors helped to adopt Scull and Heap's "East Prospect of Philadelphia" (1754): Russell Austin Victor Blevons Mark Chauhan Mankit Chu Timothy Collins Susan Egnor Brian Goo Jeremy Fassler Peggy Hartzell Aradhana Ishwar MD Saha Jamaluddin Daniel Katz Prabhat Kumar Kevin Le Gail McCormick Michael McCormick Ms. Christine Meier Girija Natarajan Mark O'Hara Kevin Osman Anuj Patel Donna Pointer Patricia Likos Ricci Rohan Saldanha Andrew Sellers Nirali Shah William Shipley Devon Turner Ernest Wong
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Adopt-a-Collection Donors 2013 |
Randall M. Miller: F. Furman Betts Papers Robert DeCoursey and Wayne and Carol Strasbaugh: "Plan de la Retraite de Barrenhil on Pensilvanie" manuscript map Marcia Falconer: Richard Peter Papers (partial adoption) |
Adopt-a-Collection Donors 2012 |
Philip Price Jr.: Woodlands Documents Carol Ingald: Women's PSPCA Records (finding aid in progress) Dorothy J. del Bueno: Violet Oakley Collection (finding aid in progress) Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation: Lewis & Clark Heritage Foundation Records Susan and Steven Raab: George Parry papers Barbara Deas: Lois Dare Family History Collection The Young Friends of HSP: Trade Card Collection Lori Cohen: The American Negro Historical Society Collection Abington Junior High History Club: The Frank Gordon Bradley Papers Henry L. and Suzanne Collins III: The New Constitution of the United States, 1787 Daniel and Donnamarie Dailey: Palmer Cemetery Records Howard H. Lewis: John Neagle Papers, Mrs. Howard Lewis Collection, and James Gibson Papers Randall M. Miller: Leon Gardiner Collection and the Brake and Wineman Families Papers Saunders House: Saunders House Records |
Adopt-a-Collection Donors 2011 |
Abington Junior High History Club: Abraham Barker Collection Lori Cohen: The Arthur C. Bining Collection; Charles A Tracy Collection of Hardie Family Papers; George Wolf Papers Clarence Faulcon: Viri Viginti Club of Philadelphia Records Carol Ingald: Women's PSPCA Records (Partially adopted) Maxine Lewis: Jasper Yeates Papers Randall M. Miller: World War II Propaganda Collection Philip Price Jr.: Woodlands Documents (Partially adopted) Theodore Wood: R.D Wood volumes Woodlands Cemetery: Woodlands Documents (Partially adopted) The Young Friends of HSP: HSP's Trade Card Collection (Partially adopted) Elliott Zayon: Michael and Elliott Zayon Collection |
Adopt-a-Collection Donors 2010 |
Abington Junior High History Club: Edward Hand Papers George J. Ahern: Pennsylvania Revolutionary Manuscripts W. Graham Arader: Logan Family Papers Susan Bell: Hartshorne Memorabilia Sheila Bodine: Cox-Parrish-Wharton Papers The Buckman Family Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey: The Buckman Collection Lori E. Cohen: Stephen H. Noyes Papers; Shee Family Papers Henry L. and Suzanne Collins III: 1st Newport Printing of the Declaration of Independence; The John Galt Collection of Benjamin West Drawings Mary L. Dugan and the Kennett Underground Railroad Center: Cox-Parrish-Wharton Papers Bruce K. Fenton: Fenton and Remak Families Papers Melissa Hozik: William Strahan Letters Carol Ingald: Women's PSPCA Records (Partially adopted) Charles J. Ingersoll: Charles Jared Ingersoll Papers Howard H. Lewis: Benjamin West Drawings Morris Lloyd Jr.: Mrs. Stacy B. Lloyd Papers Charles and Mary Mather III: The John Galt Collection of Benjamin West Drawings Donna Meidt: Pisano and Siciliano Family Papers Thomas and Cynthia Moran: Felton Family Papers; Joseph Boggs Beale Papers Kevin Passerini: Cartoons and Caricatures Collection The Raab Collection: The James Wilson Papers Donna Rilling: Cox-Parrish Wharton Papers The Young Friends of HSP: Cartoons and Caricatures Collection; The James Wilson Papers; The Minstrel Scrapbook |
Adopt-a-Collection Donors 2009 |
Frank Chew: Digitization of the Chew Family Papers Lori E. Cohen: Thomas Hutchins Papers, WPA Poster Collection Clarissa F. Dillon: Thomas Hutchins Papers Holt Chew Family Management Company: Maintenance of the Chew Family Papers Carol Ingald: Carl P. Berger Collection; John MacCarley Collection of Willow Grove Concert Programs; Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker Diaries Karen Kashary: Jonathan Potts Papers Kensington Soup Society: Kensington Soup Society Records Howard H. Lewis: HSP Collection of Academy of Music Programs, Playbills, and Scrapbooks Randall M. Miller: Jonathan Potts Papers; Davis, Brown and Yale Families Correspondence David Othmer: Engineers' Club of Philadelphia Records Penn Towne Chapter, The Links, Inc.: William Still Diary |