Committee of APS members who presented a congratulatory address to President-Elect Herbert Hoover at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. on January 11, 1929. Hoover was the Ninth Member of the Society to be elected President of the United States.; Photograph from the APS Photograph Collection: Item F11.22.14
The Library's holdings were moved to the Drexel Building (former home of Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the site of the present Library) across the street from Philosophical Hall to alleviate space issues created by a growing collection. The Library of APS was housed in the Drexel Building, at Fifth and Chestnut Streets (on the site of the former Library Company building) until it was torn down in 1954 as part of the Federal Government's plan for the creation of the Independence National Historical Park.
The Library's holdings were moved to the Drexel Building (former home of Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the site of the present Library) across the street from Philosophical Hall to alleviate space issues created by a growing collection. The Library of APS was housed in the Drexel Building, at Fifth and Chestnut Streets (on the site of the former Library Company building) until it was torn down in 1954 as part of the Federal Government's plan for the creation of the Independence National Historical Park.
The Library's holdings were moved to the Drexel Building (former home of Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the site of the present Library) across the street from Philosophical Hall to alleviate space issues created by a growing collection. The Library of APS was housed in the Drexel Building, at Fifth and Chestnut Streets (on the site of the former Library Company building) until it was torn down in 1954 as part of the Federal Government's plan for the creation of the Independence National Historical Park.
The Library Committee discussed how much APS should cooperate with the National Park Service in opening the two buildings to tourists. They agreed to service an increasing number of visitors, with the least disturbances for the researchers in the reading room, neither building should be on the point of call for regular tours conducted by the Park Service, and they would prepare a small pamphlet on the Society and Library, distributed free to the public. Pictured from left to right: G.Chinard, W.G. Leland, W.E.Lingelbach, H.A.Moe, R.F.Nichols, W.J.Robbins, K.M.Setton, R.H.Shryock, G.D.Hess and L.J.Rosenwald.
Pictured from left to right: Vice President of Lincei, Giorgio Salvini, President of Lincei, Sabatino Moscati, APS President Arlin M. Adams, and APS Executive Officer Herman H. Goldstine.
