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Canononizing Homophile Sexual Respectability: Archives, History, and Memory
11/24/14
In this lecture recorded at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on October 2, 2014, Dr. Marc Stein used Philadelphia LGBT history to explore the sexual dimensions of the past when historians, librarians, archivists, publishers, and others construct and reconstruct historical narratives. |
Lost in the Great War, Resurrected from the Archives
11/24/14
Over twenty-five hundred service people from Philadelphia lost their lives in the Great War, and each of them had a story. While some live on through their descendants, many died young with no heirs. As a result, there was no one left to remember and share the story of their lives. |
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Stories From the Archives: Franklin, Printing, and Wild Court
11/20/14
Joint LCP/HSP Fellow Hazel Wilkinson discusses her research into Benjamin Franklin and the 18th century printing house at Wild Court. |
Stories from the Archives: Politics of Cultural Institution Building in the Early Mid Atlantic Region
10/16/14
Mark Boonshoft, PhD candidate and a Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Fellow discusses Benjamin Chew and the Academy College and Charitable School of Philadelphia as part of his research in "Education, Civil Society, and State Formation from the Great Awakening to the Early Republic." |
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Stories from the Archives: William Rawle and Copyright
9/23/14
Nora Slonimsky, PhD candidate and a Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Fellow, discusses how she discovered William Rawle as part of her research on The Political Development of Copyright in the Colonial British Atlantic and Early National United States. |
Stories from the Archives: Free Produce Movement
9/12/14
HSP McNeil Fellow Dr. Bronwen Everill discusses the Free Produce Movement as part of her research on African Trade and Consumption in the Atlantic World, 1760-1840. |