Research Catalog

Title

Two hundred years : the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1824-2024 / edited by David R. Brigham.

Publication

Philadelphia : Historical Society of Pennsylvania, [2023]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Brigham, David R.

Description

256 pages (some folded) : illustrations (some colour); 28 cm

Summary

"As the Historical Society of Pennsylvania commemorates its 200th anniversary, this volume celebrates the growth of its extraordinary collections of more than twenty-one million manuscripts, books, photographs, maps, broadsides, prints, and drawings"--

Alternative Title

Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1824-2024

Subject

• Historical Society of Pennsylvania > History
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania
• History > Societies, etc
• History > Sources
• Pennsylvania > History > Sources
• Pennsylvania

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Deed from Lenape sachems to William Penn / Daniel K. Richter -- William Penn, A Portraiture of the City of Philadelphia / Elizabeth Milroy -- Francis Daniel Pastorius, Alvearialia / Patrick M. Erben -- Christopher Witt, Johannes Kelpius / Patrick M. Erben -- Wharton Family Bible / Katy Bodenhorn Barnes -- Mark Catesby, Smilax lavis Lauri folio non Serrato / Joel T. Fry and Amy Meyers -- Andrew Hamilton's Freedom Box and Certificate / Emma Hart -- A Treaty of Friendship and Minutes of Conferences / John H. Pollack -- Map of that Part of Bucks County released by the Indians / Daniel K. Richter -- Articles of the Fellowship Fire Company / Jessica Choppin Roney -- Ephrata Cloister, Chronicon / Patrick M. Erben -- An act for granting the sum of sixty thousand pounds / Emma Hart -- An east prospect of the city of Philadelphia / Elizabeth Milroy -- Perspective view of Pennsylvania Hospital / David S. Barnes -- Plan of Whitehall Plantation / Rebecca Brannon -- Resolution of Non-Importation / Jessica Choppin Roney -- A letter from a merchant in London / James N. Green -- Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker, Diary / Emma Hart -- Phillis Wheatley, Poems and Letter to Samuel Hopkins / David Waldstreicher -- Charles Thomas, Secret Journal of Congress / Patrick Spero -- Declaration of Independence, printer's proof / Charles T. Cullen -- John Dickinson, Articles of Confederation, draft / Jane E. Calvert -- Sarah Logan Fisher, Diaries / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich -- Duportail, Brouillon ou plan du camp de Vallée Forge / Lee Arnold -- John H. Hawkins, Journal / Holly A. Mayer -- Benedict Arnold paraded in effigy in Philadelphia / Susan G. Davis -- William Bartram, Catalogue of American Trees / Joel T. Fry and Amy Meyers -- Benjamin West, William Hamilton and his Niece / David R. Brigham -- James Wilson, United States Constitution, first manuscript draft / Charles T. Cullen -- Charles Willson Peale, Peale's Museum subscription book / David R. Brigham -- Moses Williams, Patience Marshall Tyson / Anne A. Verplanck -- Plan of Philadelphia / Elizabeth Milroy -- Booke of Cookery and Booke of Sweetmeats / Megan J. Elias -- Tobias Lear, Diary / Lee Arnold -- Washington Relic Case / Robert McCracken Peck -- Benjamin H. Latrobe, Section from West to East / Jeffrey A. Cohen -- William Birch, High Street, from the Country Market-place, Philadelphia / Martha Hutson-Saxton -- Thomas Birch, Penn's Treaty Tree / Martha Hutson-Saxton -- Magdalen Society of Philadelphia, Seal Die / Marie A. Conn -- Thomas Jefferson, Draught of garden plan and key to plants / Therese O'Malley -- William Charles, The Cock Fight / Georgia B. Barnhill -- Orphan Society of Philadelphia, Life and family of Robert Jones / Sandra M. Hewlett -- Samuel H. Kneass, Front Elevation of the Bank of the U.S. / John C. Van Horne -- James Forten Matthew Skic -- The New Theatre in Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia / Wendy Bellion -- David J. Kennedy, Grand Civic Arch / Susan G. Davis -- History, Genealogy, and the Origins of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania / Karin Wulf -- John Neagle, Mr. Sully's palette for a lady / Anna O. Marley -- Baldwin Locomotive Works / Walter Licht -- Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society / Kathleen M. Brown -- Joseph Saxton, Philadelphia Central High School for Boys / Sarah J. Weatherwax -- Robert Cornelius, Martin Hans Boyè / Sarah J. Weatherwax -- Albert Newsam, P.S. Duval Lithography trade card / Kristen Nassif -- Francis Scott Key, Handwritten Souvenir Copy of lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner" / Mark Clague -- Henry R. Robinson, View of the City of Brotherly Love / Elizabeth Milroy -- William H. Horstmann & Sons, Ribbon sample book / Walter Licht -- Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Policy / Jeffrey A. Cohen -- George Dubois, Chapel of the Lebanon Cemetery / Aaron V. Wunsch -- Sidney & Neff, Plan of Chelten Hills / Aaron V. Wunsch -- Gustav Runge and Napoleon LeBrun, Academy of Music / Michael J. Lewis -- Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of John Butler, February 13, 1849 / Randall M. Miller -- Freedom to the Slave / Randall M. Miller -- William Still, Journal C / Nell Irvin Painter -- Banneker Institute, Constitution / Emma Lapsansky-Werner -- Men of Color, To Arms! Now or Never! / Emma Lapsansky-Werner -- John Sartain, Men of Progress -- American Inventors / Elizabeth Milroy -- William McIlvaine, Jr., Camp of Harrison's Landing, James River, Va. / Randall M. Miller -- Emancipation Proclamation / Randall M. Miller -- Social, Civil, and Statistical Association of the Colored People of Pennsylvania / Randall M. Miller -- James Fuller Queen, Buildings of the Great Central Fair / Elizabeth Milroy -- The True Issue or "Thats Whats the Matter" / Randall M. Miller -- David J. Kennedy, Pop Corn Pavilion / Elizabeth Milroy -- Benjamin Linfoot, Synagogue for the Congregation Rodef Sholam / Michael J. Lewis -- Coxe Mining Company, Unidentified workers and Drifton breaker / Walter Lich -- Mr. & Mrs. McKee Rankin. In their New Play, "49." / Alice George -- De Witt Clinton Baxter, Elevation of 800 block of Chestnut Street / Jeffrey A. Cohen -- Construction of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit System rail line / James Wolfinger -- John Wanamaker Department Store, Fall and Winter Catalogue, 1905-1906 / Alice George -- W. T. Littig & Co., Philadelphia of To-Day / Elizabeth Milroy -- Violet Oakley, Penn's arrival on the "Welcome" 1682 / Martha Hutson-Saxton -- J. B. Lippincott Company, Sectional View / Michael Winship -- Horace Trumbauer, The Free Public Library of Philadelphia / David B. Brownlee -- Fred Spear, Enlist / David M. Lubin -- Bethlehem Steel / Walter Licht -- Justice Bell Tour / Christina Larocco -- Dora Kelley Lewis / Christina Larocco -- Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt / Ralph Richard Whyte -- Albert E. Dutrieulle Catering / Danya M. Pilgrim -- Dox Thrash, Charlotte / Kymberly Pinder -- The Philadelphia Record, Father Divine / Alice George -- Sumiko Kobayashi, Internment camp / Alice George -- Henry Koerner, United We Are Strong, United We Will Win / Alice George -- The Balch Institute Ethnic Newspapers / Walter Licht -- Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church, Basketball game / Kathryn E. Wilson -- Albert Greenfield / Dan Rottenberg -- Richardson Dilworth speaking in front of the Bellevue Hotel / Richardson Dilworth -- Charlotte Ives Montgomery at Ardrossan / Janny Scott -- John Fryer, Speech to the American Psychiatric Association / Lee Arnold -- Tony Auth, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there / Alice George -- Angela Davis urges-declare your independence / Alice George

Call Number

JFF 24-13

ISBN

9798218133306

LCCN

2023006601

OCLC

1370249979

Title

Two hundred years : the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1824-2024 / edited by David R. Brigham.

Publisher

Philadelphia : Historical Society of Pennsylvania, [2023]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Brigham, David R., editor.

Research Call Number

JFF 24-13