Entries by Laura Blanchard
New Year, New Data: In Her Own Right Project Update
What better way to celebrate all those members of the House of Representatives in white at last night’s State of the Union address than to celebrate the new collections added to our In Her Own Right Database. More than 600 new records, representing photos, letters, diaries, school records, and much more, cover women’s activism in […]
“For the Health of the New Nation” — Digitizing 140,000 pages of early medical education records
PACSCL-ORGANIZED PROJECT TO DIGITIZE 140,000 PAGES OF EARLY MEDICAL EDUCATION RECORDS FROM SEVEN PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES. Two-year initiative headquartered at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) announced the 2018 awards in its Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives […]
New Member: Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University
The PACSCL Board of Directors recently accepted the membership application of the Wolfgram Memorial Library of Widener University, welcoming the organization as its fortieth member. “The Philadelphia area enjoys the intellectual and economic contributions of a robust higher-education sector, and the records held at Widener University’s library will add an important new dimension to the […]
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Three Resources Offline December 26-January 1
–Will affect BiblioPhilly, Philadelphia Area Archives Research Portal, PACSCL Diaries Project– Researchers encouraged to download images and finding aids before the migration The servers housing the three PACSCL resources hosted at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries will be moving over the year-end break. They will be unavailable from Wednesday, December 26 through Tuesday, January 1. […]
New Member: The John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives of the William Way LGBT Community Center
The PACSCL Board of Directors recently accepted the membership application of the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives of the William Way LGBT Community Center, welcoming the organization as its thirty-ninth member. “Philadelphia has been a city of firsts in the struggle for equal rights for LGBT individuals, and the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives has […]