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The history and collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia.
The Library Company of Philadelphia was a typically pragmatic Franklinian invention. It grew out of the Junto, a discussion group that the twenty-one-year-old Benjamin Franklin created in 1727 with like-minded aspiring artisans and tradesmen who hoped to improve themselves while they improved their community. Discussions within the Junto gave rise to many of the Philadelphia organizations and institutions that made life better for so many people. Whether it was a plan to pave city streets, create a town watch or fire company, found an academy, insure houses from loss by fire, establish a hospital or a learned society, or create a library, Franklin's benevolent genius was ...
- Museum accessions.(Benjamin Franklin's works Library Company of Philadelphia )
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Gustafson, Eleanor H. August 1, 2006 700+ words
...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Philadelphia...exceptional addition to the Library Company's collection...according to the former Library Company research fellow W...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
- Highlights from the collection of paintings and sculpture.(Library Company of...
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Soltis, Carol Eaton August 1, 2006 700+ words
The Library Company of Philadelphia...FIGURE 1 OMITTED] The first...artifact in the Library Company's extensive...FIGURE 4 OMITTED] Over the...shareholder of the Library Company, his bust...FIGURES 5-8 OMITTED] Busts of...
- The clocks in the collection.(Library Company of Phladelphia's case clocks...
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Stiefel, Jay Robert August 1, 2006 700+ words
...1673 One of the Library Company's great rarities...Samuel, a Library Company shareholder since...FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Given those...FIGURE 1A OMITTED] The works incorporate...section of the Library Company known as the...
- The Alexandria Library Company.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Libraries and the Cultural Record Valentine, Patrick M. March 22, 2008 700+ words
The Alexandria Library Company. By William Seale. Alexandria, Va.: Alexandria Library Company, 2007. xiv, 160 pp. $50.00. ISBN...incorporated four years later, the Alexandria Library Company is one of the oldest continuously operating...
- Lynne Cheney Presents Library Company of Philadelphia With $10,000 Gift; Mrs....
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 9, 2002 700+ words
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2002 The Library Company of Philadelphia was awarded a $10...and Chief Executive Officer at The Library Company of Philadelphia Monday afternoon...and organizations -- such as the Library Company -- that foster the appreciation of...
- ADVISORY/Library Company Becomes Literary Landmark.
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 22, 2003 700+ words
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2003 The Library Company of Philadelphia (www.librarycompany...Monday, January 27th at 4 PM at The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust Street...Red Cloud, Nebraska), and now The Library Company of Philadelphia. The Library Company...
- Banning of Slave Trade Bicentennial Commemorated in Philadelphia, April 10-12;...
- News wire article from: AScribe Law News Service March 6, 2008 700+ words
...Emancipations" is presented by the Library Company of Philadelphia, Rochester Institute...friend John Van Horne, director of the Library Company of Philadelphia. With RIT's backing...University of Pennsylvania and the Library Company of Philadelphia. (Founded by Benjamin...
- The Library Company of Burlington Wins Rohm and Haas Community Partnership...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 25, 2008 700+ words
BRISTOL, Pa. -- The Library Company of Burlington receives a Community Partnership Initiative...and Haas Bristol Site to Bristol-area organizations. The Library Company of Burlington received one of the CPI grants in 2004. The...