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American Philosophical Society This country's first learned society, the APS has played an important role in American cultural and intellectual life for over 250 years.

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Become Weatherwise! The last day to visit the current exhibition, Becoming Weatherwise: A History of Climate Science in ...
12/19/2022
Visit the Museum | American Philosophical Society

Become Weatherwise! The last day to visit the current exhibition, Becoming Weatherwise: A History of Climate Science in America, is December 30th. This exhibit explores the questions and methods that have driven the study of weather and climate in the Western world from the mid-eighteenth century through today. Click the link below to learn more about our current policies and hours!
https://www.amphilsoc.org/visit-museum

Holiday Hours: Due to unforeseen circumstances our holiday hours have been decreased. The Museum will now only be open Sunday, December 18 (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) and Friday, December 30 (10 a.m.-5 p.m.). Visit this page in the future for more information about our next exhibition, opening March 31, 2023.

Just recently the Society received a manuscript volume by a 19th-century amateur scientist. Born in New Hampshire in 181...
12/16/2022
Nathaniel Holmes, A short treatise on gravitation and electricity… (1894-1898): $2,500 | American Philosophical Society

Just recently the Society received a manuscript volume by a 19th-century amateur scientist. Born in New Hampshire in 1815 and a graduate of Harvard Law, Nathaniel Holmes practiced law in St. Louis before returning to become a professor at Harvard. When he was nearly 80 years old, he wrote this extensive treatise on gravitation and electricity that is remarkable for its length, detail, and evidence of intellectual curiosity. Learn more about the Library & Museum's new acquisitions by checking out its Adopt-A-Book Program!
https://www.amphilsoc.org/item-detail/nathaniel-holmes-short-treatise-gravitation-and-electricity-1894-1898-2500

Born in New Hampshire in 1815 and a graduate of Harvard Law, Holmes practiced law in St. Louis before returning to become a professor at Harvard. Despite this success, the legal field, it seems never caught his attention. Holmes did no legal writing, but was widely interested in other subjects, espe...

The second 2022-2023 Indigenous Studies Seminar will take place December 16, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. ET on Zoom. Speaker David...
12/15/2022
Indigenous Studies Seminar: “Advocating for Allotment: Civil Rights and Sovereign Ends” with David Dry | American Philosophical Society

The second 2022-2023 Indigenous Studies Seminar will take place December 16, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. ET on Zoom. Speaker David Dry will be presenting his paper titled “Advocating for Allotment: Civil Rights and Sovereign Ends.” Use this link: https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/indigenous-studies-seminar-advocating-allotment-civil-rights-and-sovereign-ends-david-dry to learn more!

The second 2022-2023 Indigenous Studies Seminar will take place December 16, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. ET on Zoom.

Calling all those interested in the topic of women in science! Inspired by the 2023 exhibition on that topic, the Librar...
12/14/2022
CFP: "Women in Science: Achievements and Barriers," June 8-9, 2023 | American Philosophical Society

Calling all those interested in the topic of women in science! Inspired by the 2023 exhibition on that topic, the Library & Museum is organizing two international conferences to explore the history of women in science, the present state of science and society, and the opportunities to create a more inclusive and diverse practice of science. Check out and share the call for papers for the June conference focused on "Achievements and Barriers." https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/cfp-women-science-achievements-and-barriers-june-8-9-2023

Inspired by its 2023 exhibition Women in Science, the American Philosophical Society is organizing two international conferences that will explore the history of women in science, the present state of science and society, and the opportunities to create a more inclusive and diverse practice of scien...

Recordings from the Fall 2022 Members Meeting are now available on Youtube! Meetings of the American Philosophical Socie...
12/14/2022
2022 Fall Meetings Prizes and Awards

Recordings from the Fall 2022 Members Meeting are now available on Youtube! Meetings of the American Philosophical Society are held biannually in Philadelphia and offer an engaging selection of talks in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
https://bit.ly/3UNGHcI

Presentation of Society Prizes and Awards at the APS Fall 2022 General Meeting. The APS hosts nearly 350 of its Members, their families, and distinguished gu...

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Museum will now only be open Sunday, December 18th (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) and Friday, Dece...
12/13/2022

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Museum will now only be open Sunday, December 18th (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) and Friday, December 30th (10 a.m.-5 p.m.). Visit the APS website in the future for more information about our next exhibition opening March 31, 2023!

The Balipara Foundation has recently honored APS Member Dr. Kamal Bawa with the Global Lifetime Service Award. The award...
12/13/2022

The Balipara Foundation has recently honored APS Member Dr. Kamal Bawa with the Global Lifetime Service Award. The award recognizes Dr Bawa’s work in setting up Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) Eastern Himalaya Programme and his contribution to conserving the critical and biodiversity-rich landscape. Click the link to read more about Dr. Bawa's work! https://bit.ly/3j3VBOA

12/12/2022
Susan O. Montgomery Lecture: Performance and Conversation with Curtis Faculty

On December 12th, two members of the leadership team at the Curtis Institute of Music will join each other in conversation at the Susan O. Montgomery Lecture Series. Nick DiBerardino (composition, ’18), Senior Associate Dean of Performance Studies and Chair of Composition Studies, and Amy Yang (piano, ’06), Associate Dean of Piano Studies and Artistic Initiatives will discuss their multifaceted roles as creators, interpreters, educators, and leaders, with a special focus on the ways their artistry has driven their unique careers.

This program will interweave musical performance and conversation. Mr. DiBerardino, who brings to Curtis a distinguished musical and scholarly pedigree, will speak about how his formative experience attending Curtis led to subsequent positions in which his transformative vision has shaped the school. He will also present and discuss the creative process behind an original composition. Ms. Yang will perform a solo piano work she commissioned from current Curtis composition student Alistair Coleman, who she first encountered in her previous role as program director of Curtis Summerfest’s Young Artist Summer Program. Ms. Yang will speak about interpretation, her collaborative process with composers, and the evolutionary stages of Mr. Coleman's piece.

Together, Ms. Yang and Mr. DiBerardino hope to weave a picture of the fertile artistry at the core of the Curtis educational experience and the musical values they work to uphold for future generations.

In coordination with this year's exhibition Becoming Weatherwise: A History of Climate Science in America, APS educators...
12/08/2022
Community Science Weather Data Project | American Philosophical Society

In coordination with this year's exhibition Becoming Weatherwise: A History of Climate Science in America, APS educators worked with two schools on a year-long project to collect weather data in Fall 2021 and Spring 2022. This week's blog post from Education Coordinator Alexandra Rospond reports on some of the project's outcomes.
https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/community-science-weather-data-project

Weather affects our everyday lives. That sentiment may sound familiar for two reasons: 1.) It’s true and 2.) These were the starting words of my blog in October 2021 on the pilot phase of the APS Community Science Weather Data Project (CSWDP). The American Philosophical Society partnered with Bodi...

When you've run out of topics of conversation, there's always the weather. In this November 1776 letter, Dr. Samuel Adam...
12/07/2022

When you've run out of topics of conversation, there's always the weather. In this November 1776 letter, Dr. Samuel Adams (not the Boston statesman) wrote to his wife from Vermont, "I seem to have exhausted all subject matter for letters," but remarks on the "very warm" weather. Without standard measurements, warm in 1776 Vermont was very likely not the same as 2022 Philadelphia. Learn more about the history of weather and visit our exhibition , closing this month!

APS Member Claudia Goldin recently joined the Social Science Bites podcast for a discussion of the gender pay gap and he...
12/02/2022
Claudia Goldin on the Gender Pay Gap - Social Science Space

APS Member Claudia Goldin recently joined the Social Science Bites podcast for a discussion of the gender pay gap and her book Career & Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity. https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2022/12/claudia-goldin-on-the-gender-pay-gap/

Harvard University economic historian Claudia Goldin studies the origins, causes and persistence of te gender pay gap in the United States, which she discusses in this Social Science Bites podcast.

If you enjoyed yesterday's plenary discussion of the meanings of the 1772 Somerset v. Steuart case, today and tomorrow o...
12/01/2022
"Somerset v Steuart" Conference | The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

If you enjoyed yesterday's plenary discussion of the meanings of the 1772 Somerset v. Steuart case, today and tomorrow offer two more days of panels held at McNeil Center for Early American Studies and virtually. Find the program here: https://www.mceas.org/somerset-v-steuart-conference

"Somerset v Steuart @ 250: Facts, Interpretations, and Legacies" Conference1-2 December 2022 In recent years, the Somerset v. Steuart trial of 1772 has emerged as an event of much discussion in the history of transatlantic antislavery. Scholars have debated the decision’s importance and centrality...

The APS Library's history of science collections contain many materials related to the history of the computer, includin...
11/30/2022

The APS Library's history of science collections contain many materials related to the history of the computer, including documents related to John Von Neumann's (APS 1938) first stored computer program. Here is an excerpt from a ca. 1945 document outlining that program.

The next David Center for the American Revolution Seminar, held virtually on Dec 7, features Christian Koot. He will pre...
11/30/2022
David Center for the American Revolution Seminar: “Fashioning an Ornament to the Colony: Imperial Belonging and Crisis in the Governor’s Palace at New Bern" with Christian J. Koot | American Philosophical Society

The next David Center for the American Revolution Seminar, held virtually on Dec 7, features Christian Koot. He will present his paper, “Fashioning an Ornament to the Colony: Imperial Belonging and Crisis in the Governor’s Palace at New Bern.” https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/dcar-koot

The second meeting of the 2022-2023 David Center for the American Revolution Seminar Series will take place December 7, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. ET on Zoom.

Amid the dislocations of war and disease, revolutionary Philadelphians had babies, made scientific discoveries, and enga...
11/28/2022
Revolutionary PHL: Things Still Happen… Even During War | American Philosophical Society

Amid the dislocations of war and disease, revolutionary Philadelphians had babies, made scientific discoveries, and engaged in everyday transactions. In this week's blog post from Bethany Farrell (NEH Digitization Technician for The Revolutionary City), she details the human moments in correspondence that spoke to her while digitizing and creating metadata. https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/revolutionary-phl-things-still-happen-even-during-war

Header image: A medallion with a profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin made in 1777 while he was a diplomat in France. APS.]

The world's top soccer stars are lacing up their cleats for the beginning of the  this week. They are part of a long tra...
11/23/2022

The world's top soccer stars are lacing up their cleats for the beginning of the this week. They are part of a long tradition of international sports competition, both professional and amateur. These photos from Henry Houston II depict the WWI French ambulance corps in a friendly match with Houston's fellow American volunteers.

On November 30, four leading scholars who have written about varied aspects of slavery, antislavery, and the American Re...
11/22/2022
Somerset v. Steuart @ 250: A Virtual Roundtable Discussion | American Philosophical Society

On November 30, four leading scholars who have written about varied aspects of slavery, antislavery, and the American Revolution will hold a virtual roundtable discussion of the landmark Somerset v. Steuart trial of 1772.

The case has emerged as an event of much discussion in the history of transatlantic antislavery. Scholars have debated the decision’s importance and centrality to the emancipatory impulses in the British Atlantic, and, more recently, weighed its possible role in the coming of the American Revolution. Some have argued that Lord Mansfield’s decision in James Somerset’s favor was a central, even epochal event, while others maintain that North Americans scarcely noticed the decision.

https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/somerset-v-steuart-250-virtual-roundtable-discussion

The Somerset v. Steuart trial of 1772 has emerged as an event of much discussion in the history of transatlantic antislavery. Scholars have debated the decision’s importance and centrality to the emancipatory impulses in the British Atlantic, and, more recently, weighed its possible role in the co...

Doing any holiday shopping for unique titles in American History, the History of Science, Anthropology, or Art History? ...
11/21/2022

Doing any holiday shopping for unique titles in American History, the History of Science, Anthropology, or Art History? Our distributor, Diane Publishing, is running a sale on select APS books for a special price of $15 with free U.S. domestic shipping: http://www.dianepublishing.net/category_s/508.htm

Friday sessions for the General Meeting of the APS are beginning now. Tune in for this morning's talks from Ellen Cohn o...
11/18/2022

Friday sessions for the General Meeting of the APS are beginning now. Tune in for this morning's talks from Ellen Cohn on Benjamin Franklin and international humanitarian law, Marion Alexander on David Rittenhouse, Olivier Zunz on Tocqueville, and Richard Kagan on Philadelphia and Spanish America. https://boxcast.tv/channel/ufhnq8iwqjtkontsuhsr

Edwin Ko recently visited the APS as 2022-2023 Daythal L. Kendall Short-Term Fellow. In this week's blog post he discuss...
11/17/2022
The ancient history of the Siouan-Catawban language family: Synthesizing archival and computational approaches | American Philosophical Society

Edwin Ko recently visited the APS as 2022-2023 Daythal L. Kendall Short-Term Fellow. In this week's blog post he discusses his work on the linguistic history of the Siouan-Catawban language family. https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/ancient-history-siouan-catawban-language-family-synthesizing-archival-and-computational

An outdated Siouan language family tree (APS Mary R. Haas Papers, Series 2, Box 23). My dissertation investigates the linguistic history of the Siouan-Catawban language family, consisting of around 18 language varieties spoken across North America, from around the Appalachians in the east to as far....

After two years of remote meetings, the APS General Meeting is back in Benjamin Franklin Hall! Tune in beginning at 1:30...
11/17/2022

After two years of remote meetings, the APS General Meeting is back in Benjamin Franklin Hall! Tune in beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET for talks from Roger Cohen, Sara Seager, new Member induction, and the award and prize ceremony. https://boxcast.tv/channel/ufhnq8iwqjtkontsuhsr

APS Member Margaret Levi appeared on the latest episode of the Mindscape podcast. She and host Sean Carroll discuss the ...
11/15/2022
217 | Margaret Levi on Moral Political Economy – Sean Carroll

APS Member Margaret Levi appeared on the latest episode of the Mindscape podcast. She and host Sean Carroll discuss the nature of trust in government and other issues in moral political economy. Listen here: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2022/11/14/217-margaret-levi-on-moral-political-economy/

217 | Margaret Levi on Moral Political Economy November 14, 2022 November 14, 2022 / Politics / 1 Comment Why do people voluntarily hand over authority to a government? Under what conditions should they do so? These questions are both timeless and extremely timely, as modern democratic governments s...

Enjoy these beautiful images of Sugpiaq weaving from our colleagues at Chugachmiut Heritage Preservation. We have been h...
11/14/2022

Enjoy these beautiful images of Sugpiaq weaving from our colleagues at Chugachmiut Heritage Preservation. We have been honored to get to know CHP through Assistant Archivist Dawn Randazzo’s work with as a Digital Knowledge Sharing Fellow.

This  in  is a great time to learn more about the experiences of Alaska Native WWII veterans and elders through the oral...
11/11/2022
Listening to Alaska Native Elders: Oral History and Digital Platforms Expand the US History Narrative

This in is a great time to learn more about the experiences of Alaska Native WWII veterans and elders through the oral history work of Dr. Holly Guise. In this article, she describes her work, which has been supported by the APS through grants and fellowships, and her decision to preserve the interviews both with APS and tribal communities. https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/september-2022/listening-to-alaska-native-elders-oral-history-and-digital-platforms-expand-the-us-history-narrative

Through oral and digital history projects, Holly Miowak Guise works to bring her Alaska Native people into the US history narrative.

The deadline for applications to the Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research is next week, November 15! ...
11/09/2022
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research | American Philosophical Society

The deadline for applications to the Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research is next week, November 15! Funds support doctoral students as they collect field specimens and data. More details: https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewis-and-clark-fund-exploration-and-field-research

The Lewis and Clark Fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation.

Alexandra Navrotsky (APS 2011) is co-PI on a U.S. Department of Energy-funded project to devise technologies that will e...
11/09/2022
ASU professor receives federal funding for technology to grow domestic critical minerals supply chain

Alexandra Navrotsky (APS 2011) is co-PI on a U.S. Department of Energy-funded project to devise technologies that will extract rare earth elements from red mud, a byproduct of aluminum manufacturing. https://news.asu.edu/20221107-asu-professor-receives-federal-funding-technology-grow-domestic-critical-minerals-supply

The U.S. Department of Energy announced $39 million in funding for 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories a...

At the APS,   Scholars Initiative Intern Alexis Scalese worked with the papers of anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons, wh...
11/07/2022
For Now and For Later: (Re)Contextualizing Elsie Clews Parsons from a Pueblo Perspective | American Philosophical Society

At the APS, Scholars Initiative Intern Alexis Scalese worked with the papers of anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons, who used exploitative methods in her research of the Pueblo of Isleta. Scalese used poetry to respond:
https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/now-and-later-recontextualizing-elsie-clews-parsons-pueblo-perspective

Before I began my internship, I knew I wanted to conduct research about Elsie Clews Parsons, a notorious anthropologist who conducted research in my Pueblo. She used extractive, and anti-Indigenous anthropological practices to research Isleta’s culture. Based on prior conversations I have had with...

: Have a research project (especially in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Early American History, or Nat...
11/04/2022
Research Fellowships at the Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society | American Philosophical Society

: Have a research project (especially in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Early American History, or Native American and Indigenous Studies) that could benefit from time with APS collections? Applications are open for short and long-term fellowships at the APS's Library & Museum. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/fellowships

The APS's Library & Museum invites scholars to apply for fellowships to do research in the collections. Fellowships are offered for short-term and long-term opportunities, for subject-specific research, and in digital humanities. More information about these opportunities can be found below.

Join us on November 9 at Washington Crossing Historic Park for a talk from Kevin J. Weddle on his book The Compleat Vict...
11/03/2022
“The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution” With Kevin J. Weddle | American Philosophical Society

Join us on November 9 at Washington Crossing Historic Park for a talk from Kevin J. Weddle on his book The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution. Register to attend or to receive the live stream link: https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/compleat-victory-weddle

In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were determined to end the rebellion and devised what they belie...

Applications are open! Apply for one of our  Native American Scholars Initiative’s year-long residential , open to pre- ...
11/03/2022
Research Fellowships at the Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society | American Philosophical Society

Applications are open! Apply for one of our Native American Scholars Initiative’s year-long residential , open to pre- and post-doctoral scholars. Applications are due January 20th. Learn more here: https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/fellowships

The APS's Library & Museum invites scholars to apply for fellowships to do research in the collections. Fellowships are offered for short-term and long-term opportunities, for subject-specific research, and in digital humanities. More information about these opportunities can be found below.

Anita Allen (APS 2022) wins the 2022 Bioethics Founders’ Award from The Hastings Center, recognizing "substantial, susta...
11/02/2022
Hastings Center Recognizes Anita L. Allen and Farhat Moazam with 2022 Bioethics Founders’ Award

Anita Allen (APS 2022) wins the 2022 Bioethics Founders’ Award from The Hastings Center, recognizing "substantial, sustained contributions to bioethics in ways that have advanced thinking and practice in medicine, the life sciences, and public policy." https://www.thehastingscenter.org/news/hastings-center-recognizes-anita-l-allen-and-farhat-moazam-with-2022-bioethics-founders-award/

Anita L. Allen, JD, PhD, the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law, and

Cartographer Margaret Pearce recently visited the APS to read linguists' field notebooks from the Mississippi River vall...
11/01/2022

Cartographer Margaret Pearce recently visited the APS to read linguists' field notebooks from the Mississippi River valley as part of the Mississippi Dialogues public art project. Read more about that project at https://www.studio1to1.net/mississippi

Will you be celebrating Halloween by cracking open a pumpkin ale? If you do, it will look very different from this recip...
10/31/2022
Pompion Ale as Useful Knowledge | American Philosophical Society

Will you be celebrating Halloween by cracking open a pumpkin ale? If you do, it will look very different from this recipe for "pompion ale" submitted to the APS in 1771. https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/pompion-ale-useful-knowledge

Love it or hate it, pumpkin beer’s appearance on drink menus is a perennial sign that fall has arrived. Today’s pumpkin beers are usually brewed with a traditional grain mash including barley, corn, or wheat, and finished with pumpkin and spices like cinnamon, allspice, and cloves at the end of ...

Happy Halloween from the APS! This raven comes from the elephant folio of Audubon's Birds of America, measuring at 39.5 ...
10/31/2022

Happy Halloween from the APS! This raven comes from the elephant folio of Audubon's Birds of America, measuring at 39.5 x 28.5 inches. The print series was released from 1827 to 1838, with 435 hand colored engravings making up a complete set.

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December 24, 1774: Deborah Franklin, the wife of Benjamin Franklin, dies at the age of 66 after suffering a stroke. Benjamin Franklin was still overseas in Europe, and the couple had not seen each other in ten years.

(Image: Deborah Read Rogers Franklin, by Benjamin Wilson, 1758, courtesy of the American Philosophical Society)
Last week, 13 of our volunteers attended a private tour at the American Philosophical Society Museum. We had a wonderful time learning about the "Becoming Weatherwise" exhibit. We are so glad that so many volunteers could make it to this end-of-year appreciation event. 🌟

It's been an exciting year for our volunteer program. Throughout the entire program, we've saved over 2,000 toads, warmly greeted many visitors, folded hundreds of maps, planted and maintained many native plants in our Courtyard garden and front garden, incorporated new trees, spent countless hours tending the property, saved hundreds of patients at our Wildlife Clinic, and so much more. Without our volunteers, it would not have been possible. We ❤️ our volunteers!

We've digitized nine of Walter Dyk's (BA 1928) original (1931) notebooks of texts in Washo, an isolate language of the California-Nevada border region near Lake Tahoe. The notebooks are numbered I-X (linked below, catalog items 2014-21.003.016 through 2014-21.003.024), and were originally given to William Jacobsen (PhD 1964), in whose collection they appear; notebook VIII is missing, seemingly never given to Jacobsen (page 33 of III is pictured here).

Dyk was born in Halberstadt, Germany in 1899, and after Berkeley received an MA from the University of Chicago under Edward Sapir in 1931, and a PhD from Yale University under Sapir in 1933, working with the Wishram language of Oregon (see here for more details: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/aa.1974.76.1.02a00220). Stay tuned for the future digitization of a second series of 13 Washo notebooks from 1932! Other of Dyk's papers are held by the American Philosophical Society: https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.H998m-ead.xml.

• Book I, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2ZS2VGJ
• Book II, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2V123SZ
• Book III, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2Q81C2N
• Book IV, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2KH0M9G
• Book V, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2FQ9VK6
• Book VI, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29Z93W9
• Book VII, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X26972J5
• Book IX, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X22J69VW
• Book X, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2XS5TCM
Pianist Dynasty Battles, recipient of the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia's 2021 Career Advancement Award, makes his PCMS debut on December 16th at the American Philosophical Society, and online via the . The program culminates in George Walker’s Piano Sonata No. 1, the composer's first major work for the instrument. Join us in person or online: https://buff.ly/3irRJGU
When is the Celebration of Benjamin Franklin’s January 17th birthday?
Greetings for all members APS
A post by Berkeley PhD student Edwin Ko, also a former graduate student researcher in this archive, is featured on the American Philosophical Society Library blog this week!
Recently, our archaeologist Chuck Fithian presented at The John Dickinson Symposium: New Perspectives on the American Founding. The symposium consisted of twelve invited papers that discussed new research on the ideology, political philosophy, and contributions of John Dickinson during the American Revolution and early Republic. It was hosted by the American Philosophical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and The Library Company of Philadelphia on October 20-21, in Philadelphia. His presentation was on Dickinson's military role, specifically when he was President of the Delaware State, 1781-1782.
We're excited to begin our livestreamed performance shortly, at 7:30 PM, on our YouTube channel. Join us to hear Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano; Marlène Ngalissamy, bassoon; Ryan McCullough, piano LIVE from Benjamin Franklin Hall at the American Philosophical Society! https://youtu.be/w1KOX6Ae1pc

November is a musical month indeed! It's always a pleasure to share some of the outstanding performances on Steinway pianos shown here on STEINWAY ON STAGE.

Parx Casino Casino presents Paul Anka – “Greatest Hits: His Way!”
Saturday, November 5, 2022, 8:00PM // Parx Casino, Bensalem, PA

Princeton University Theatre Intime special performance – Barry Miles Trio in Concert
Saturday, November 5, 2022, 9:00 PM // Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

The Philadelphia Orchestra with Tugan Sokhiev, Conductor and Lukas Geniušas Piano
Saturday, Nov 5, 2022, 8:00 PM and Sunday, Nov 6, 2022, 2:00 PM // Verizon Hall,
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano; Marlène Ngalissamy, bassoon; Ryan McCullough, piano
Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 7:30 PM //
American Philosophical Society, Philadelpia, PA

The Philadelphia Orchestra Digital Stage presents “Chopin and Shostakovich”- Kensho Watanabe, Conductor; Charlotte Blake Alston, Speaker; Steinway Artist Sergio Tiempo, Piano
Wednesday–Wednesday, Nov 9, 2022, 8:00 PM – Nov 16, 2022, 11:00 // Digital Stage

Delaware Symphony Orchestra, David Amado, Music Director; Michelle Cann, piano
Friday, November 11, 2022, 7:30PM // The Grand Opera House, Wilmington DE

Coastal Concerts presents the Smetana Trio - Jitka Cechová, piano; Jan Talich, violin; and Jan Pálenícek, cello
Saturday, November 12, 2022, 7:30PM // Bethel United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, Lewes, DE

Princeton University Concerts presents the Richardson Chamber Players –Bohemian Café - Steinway Artist Alan Feinberg, Piano; Sarah Shin Flute; Liam Boisset Oboe; Jo-Ann Sternberg, Clarinet; Christopher Komer, Horn; Robert Wagner, Bassoon; Eric Wyrick, Violin; Jessica Thompson, Viola; Tomoko Fujita, Cello; Jack Hill Bass
Sunday, November 13, 2022, 3:00 PM // Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ

Performing Arts at Rowan University Faculty Spotlight: Stanley DeLage, piano
Monday, November 14, 2022, 7:30 PM // Boyd Recital Hall, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

Princeton Pianists Ensemble presents “Reverie”
Friday, November 18, 2022, 8:00 PM // Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ

The Kimmel Cultural Campus Presents Steinway Artist Harry Connick, Jr. – A Holiday Celebration
Saturday, November 19, 2022, 8:00 PM // The Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA

Harrison Township Historical Society presents Timothy Schwartz in Concert - Rowan University's Head of Strings Timothy Schwarz presents a fascinating recital program that combines old European masters with new and vibrant works by living American composers.
Sunday, November 20, 2022, 3:00 PM // Richwood Academy Cultural Center, Mullica Hill, NJ

Princeton University Concerts presents Steinway Artist Víkingur Ólafsson, piano – “Mozart and Contemporaries”
Sunday, November 20, 2022, 3:00 PM // Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ

Montgomery County Community College Lively Arts Series presents Samara Joy
Sunday, November 20, 2022, 6:00 PM // Parkhouse Hall, Blue Bell Campus of Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA

Penn Libraries and University of Pennsylvania Department of Music present “Music in the Stacks” - A collaboration between the Albrecht Music Library and the Department of Music – featuring the Penn Chamber Ensemble
Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 7:00 PM // University of Pennsylvania,
Van Pelt Dietrich Library Center Lobby, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Steinway Artists Christina &Michelle Naughton, piano
Tuesday, November 22 2022, 7:30 PM // Perelman Theater,
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA

Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel -Steinway Artist Jeffrey Siegel presents– “The Power and Passion of Beethoven”
Monday, November 28, 2022, 7:30 PM // Perelman Theater,
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Davóne Tines, bass-baritone; Adam Nielsen, piano
Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 7:30 PM // Perelman Theater,
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA

Without them, a Steinway piano is silent. But together, the artist and piano create music - and over nineteen out of twenty professional pianists performing with orchestra choose to perform on Steinway pianos.

As Steinway & Sons' only dealer representative for Southeastern and South Central Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware for sales, technical service and concert and artist service, it is Jacobs Music's honor to provide instruments and technical services for the most renowned international and local pianists performing in our area.
For updates and a full event listing with links to the presenters and ticketing site visit: http://www.jacobsmusic.com/news/steinway-on-stage
Happy Halloween, happy fall!
I'm happy to be following the APS, especially their CNAIR (Center for a Native American and Indigenous Research).
More to look forward to in the coming days, posted here on STEINWAY ON STAGE!

As Steinway & Sons' only dealer representative for Southeastern and South Central Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware for sales, technical service and concert and artist service, it is Jacobs Music's honor to provide instruments and technical services for the most renowned international and local pianists performing in our area.

Boyer College of Music and Dance - Temple University Guest Artist Recital: Karen Walwyn, piano
Thursday, October 20, 2022, 7:30 pm // Rock Hall, Temple University Philadelphia, PA

Coastal Concerts presents pianist Amy Yang - featuring works by contemporary composers Brett Dean and Ted Babcock, along with Schumann, Chopin Schubert
Saturday, October 22, 2022, 7:30PM // Bethel United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, Lewes, DE

Mario Lanza Institute presents the Mario Lanza Ball
Sunday, October 23, 2022, 6:00 PM // IATSE Ballroom, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Chamber Music Societypresents Marina Piccinini, flute; Peter Wiley, cello; Steinway Artist Anna Polonsky, piano
Sunday, October 23, 2022, 3:00 PM //
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA

Astral Artists Fall Showcase - Featuring the 2022 Astral National
Competition Winners: Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano; Kayla Harriott, soprano; Iwo Jedynecki, classical accordion; Andy Sledge, bassoon, In collaboration with 2019 Astral National Competition Winner: Byeol Kim, piano- Susan Lewis, WRTI Senior Producer of Arts & Culture, host
Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 7:00 PM // Stotesbury Mansion, Philadelphia, PA

Princeton University Concerts presents Jess Gillam, Saxophone; Thomas Weaver, Piano
Wednesday, Oct 26, 2022, 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM // Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents the Merz Trio: Brigid Coleridge, violin; Julia Yang, cello; Lee Dionne, piano with Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 7:30 PM // American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA

Bryn Mawr College Family & Friends Weekend – Including performances by The Chamber Singers, the Bryn Mawr College a ca****la groups and an assortment of trios and quartets from the BiCollege Orchestra
Friday, October 28, 2022 & Saturday, October 29, 2022 // Old Library Great Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

BRE Presents and the Camden County Board of Commissioners present Chris Botti
Saturday, October 29, 2022, 8:00 PM // Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood, NJ

Without them, a Steinway piano is silent. But together, the artist and piano create music - and over nineteen out of twenty professional pianists performing with orchestra choose to perform on Steinway pianos. For updates and a full event listing with links to the presenters and ticketing site visit: http://www.jacobsmusic.com/news/steinway-on-stage

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