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Welcome to the Library Company of Philadelphia's Tumblr page! Founded by Ben Franklin in 1731, we are an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. This page highlights materials from LCP's extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art.
We’re kicking off Black History Month with Carter G. Woodson, the “Father of Black History”. Woodson received his PhD in history from Harvard University in 1912, and later founded what is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
His first book, The Education of the Negro prior to 1861, was a groundbreaking, and previously neglected, record of the African American pursuit of education in slavery and freedom during the antebellum era.