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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.
Meet the 2016 Mellon Scholars!
As part of the Library Company’s African American History Program, directed by Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar, the Mellon Scholars Fellowship Program aims to promote research in the collections of the Library Company and to enhance the production of scholarly work in African American history of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
You can keep up with the Mellon Scholars and more about African Americana at the Library Company by following our Curator of African American History, Krystal Appiah, on Twitter: @kaappiah, or by checking out the program site http://www.librarycompany.org/paah/fellowships.htm.