The Library Company Philadelphia

The Library Company of Philadelphia is a non-profit organization based in Philadelphia. Founded by Benjamin Franklin as a library, the Library Company of Philadelphia has accumulated one of the most ...

The Library Company reading room on Juniper Street in Philadelphia c. 1935, one of the group’s main locations from 1880 to 1935. The Library Company of Philadelphia Founding father Benjamin Franklin ...

insider.si.edu: The first American library, a short account of the Library company of Philadelphia, 1731-1931 ..

The first American library, a short account of the Library company of Philadelphia, 1731-1931 ..

insider.si.edu: Selected art related documents from the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1785-1883

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Miscellaneous art related letters, pamphlets and catalogs selected from the Library Company of Philadelphia's manuscript collections. Included are a group of letters to Albert Newsam, treasurer of the ...

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The Library Company of Philadelphia is the oldest lending library in America, and also its oldest cultural institution, founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, among others in Philadelphia. Created ...

Kwasi Hope Agyeman records an episode of his virtual series, ''Hidden History,'' at the Library Company of Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Way back in September 2021 — what feels like eons ago on the ...

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"The Loganian library, formed by James Logan, 1699-1751, and incorporated with the Library company, 1792": p. [63]-72. Pref. signed: Austin K. Gray.

Smithsonian Magazine: How Ben Franklin Invented the Library as We Know It

WHYY: Doing it for the Gram: Showcasing the ‘Imperfect History’ of America’s oldest lending library

Doing it for the Gram: Showcasing the ‘Imperfect History’ of America’s oldest lending library

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