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We don’t see too many white cloth bound books, and those we do see are usually quite discolored. At least the grayed cloth on our copy of Pictorial Life of Benjamin Franklin (Philadelphia, 1846) adds to the moodiness of those gilt-stamped clouds!
#PublishersBindingThursday
Pictorial life of Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia : Lindsay & Blakiston.
1846.
Our copy of Juliana Berners’ The Gentlemans Academie (London, 1595) is decked out in gorgeous marbled endpapers and fancy decorated turn-ins featuring gilt-stamped tulips.
Originally published in 1486 with the title The Booke of St. Albans, The Gentlemans Academie covers a broad range of topics, including falconry, hunting, and heraldy.
#MarbledMonday
The deadline to apply for our First Biennial Innovation award is TODAY!
The Innovation Award will recognize a project—digital or analog—that critically and creatively expands the possibilities of humanistic scholarship.
The recipient of the Innovation Award will receive a $2,000 prize, a spotlight interview in our “Talking in the Library” podcast, and recognition at the 288th Annual Dinner of the Library Company of Philadelphia (October 29, 2019).
We look forward to reviewing all proposals!
Marriott C. Morris captured this image of his friends Anne and Mary Emlen in August, 1885, while in Sea Girt, NJ. Notice the flower tucked in one of the sister’s buttonholes!
#MorrisMonday
For nearly two hundred years, researchers of Philadelphia history from all disciplines and backgrounds have turned to John Fanning Watson’s extensive Annals of Philadelphia to help uncover the stories of the city’s past. First published in 1830 and subtitled “A Collection of Memoirs, Anecdotes, & Incidents of the City and Its Inhabitants from the Days of the Pilgrim Founders,” Watson’s Annals has become an enduring and impactful source of knowledge on a range of Philadelphia’s legacies that includes information on everything from agriculture and apparel to transportation and military history.
Library Company Print and Photograph Department intern and Haverford College student, Allison Wise, has spent the last few months working with our extra-illustrated copy of Watson’s Annals. Read all about it on the Library Company blog.
Watson, John Fanning. Annals of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830.
William Birch, An Unfinished House, in Chesnut Street, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: William Birch, 1800).
There’s still time to apply for our First Biennial Innovation Award! We’re pleased to announce we are extending the deadline until next Thursday, August 8.
The recipient of the Innovation Award will receive a $2,000 prize, a spotlight interview in our “Talking in the Library” podcast, and recognition at the 288th Annual Dinner of the Library Company of Philadelphia (October 29, 2019).
Proposals will be evaluated by a committee of leaders in higher education, research libraries, and cultural heritage institutions who will evaluate how proposed projects make scholarly work new again. That scholarly work might take the form of an article, chapter, academic monograph, scholarly edition, or other project, in either print or digital form. “Innovation” will be defined broadly, and may include refashioning scholarly work with new partners, for new audiences, or into new forms.
We welcome proposals from applicants in all fields and at all career stages, including graduate students, junior and senior faculty, as well as independent scholars. Visit the Innovation Award webpage for complete details.
Joe Freeman Collection of Trade Cards. United States, [ca. 1874 - ca. 1910]
So you’ve heard us mention our First Biennial Innovation Award, and now you’re wondering how we’ll be evaluating proposals… well, you’re in luck! We are pleased to share the evaluative criteria the award committee will be using.
The Innovation Award will recognize a project—digital or analog—that critically and creatively expands the possibilities of humanistic scholarship.
The recipient of the Innovation Award will receive a $2,000 prize, a spotlight interview in our “Talking in the Library” podcast, and recognition at the 288th Annual Dinner of the Library Company of Philadelphia (October 29, 2019).
Submissions are due by August 1, 2019.
We look forward to reviewing all proposals!
James Reid Lambdin. Benjamin Franklin. Ca. 1880. Oil on canvas.
Marriott C. Morris captured this image of his sister, Bessie, and their friend, Alice Shipley, sketching beside a river in Sea Girt, NJ #OnThisDay in 1886. What a dreamy way to spend a summer afternoon! #MorrisMonday
Call for Proposals – First Biennial Innovation Award
The Library Company of Philadelphia is still accepting applications for its First Biennial Innovation Award. The Innovation Award will recognize a project—digital or analog—that critically and creatively expands the possibilities of humanistic scholarship.
The recipient of the Innovation Award will receive a $2,000 prize, a spotlight interview in our “Talking in the Library” podcast, and recognition at the 288th Annual Dinner of the Library Company of Philadelphia (October 29, 2019).
Proposals will be evaluated by a committee of leaders in higher education, research libraries, and cultural heritage institutions who will evaluate how proposed projects make scholarly work new again. That scholarly work might take the form of an article, chapter, academic monograph, scholarly edition, or other project, in either print or digital form. “Innovation” will be defined broadly, and may include refashioning scholarly work with new partners, for new audiences, or into new forms.
We welcome proposals from applicants in all fields and at all career stages, including graduate students, junior and senior faculty, as well as independent scholars. Visit the Innovation Award webpage for complete details.
Submissions are due by August 1, 2019.
Queen B! We found this royal insect in our copy of Charles Butler’s The Femininʻ Monarchiʻ, or The Histori of Beeʻs (Oxford, 1634), which was likely previously owned by Benjamin Franklin. #BugginOut