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Title: Magic Cyclovolute
Identifier(s): APSdigobj3384; APSdigobj3384
Description: Graphic representation of the magic squares first introduced by Benjamin Franklin, using overlapping circles.; Page 208
Creator: Nulty, E.
Source: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (506.73.Am4t);
Subject: Math & Physics; Mathematics; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Date: 1837

Title: Albert S. Gatschet to Henry Phillips, 1892 February 17
Identifier(s): text:205560
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Date: 1892-02-17

Title: John Allen to Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, 1819 March 9
Identifier(s): text:223525
Description: Forwards letter from Vienna, case from Royal Imperial Institution of Milan, and packet from Mrs. Rivardi to A.P.S.
Subject: Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844.; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1819-03-09

Title: Subscription list for the building of Philosophical Hall.
Identifier(s): APSimg6759; APSimg6759
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives);
Subject: Early American history; American Philosophical Society. Philosophical Hall
Date: 1785 July 11

Title: Joseph Frieherr von Hammer-Purgstall to unknown, 1851 November 7
Identifier(s): text:223515
Description: Relative to exchange of publications between the Imperial Academy of Sciences at Vienna and the A.P.S.
Subject: Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Frieherr von, 1774-1856; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1851-11-07

Title: 1858. [List of] stated meetings [and] ...stated business [for the year]. ...Officiating secretaries and curators
Identifier(s): text:842; APSimg6711; Goodman Number: 15
Description: Calendar of meetings for the American Philsophical Society for the year 1858.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: American Philosophical Society
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; American Philosophical Society--Meetings; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1858

Title: Admission of New Members
Identifier(s): video:670; 2006_04_012
Description: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kurth and Dr. Gary B. Nash are admitted into the Society and sign the members' book
Subject: APS Archives; American Philosophical Society, Members; Kurth, Reinhard, 1942-; Nash, Gary B.; American Philosophical Society. Spring Meeting. April, 2006; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2006-04-28

Title: Proposals, by Abraham Small, no. 165, Chestnut Street, 2nd door below Fifth Street, Philadelphia, for publishing by subscription, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. New series--volume II
Identifier(s): text:1417; APSimg6424; Goodman Number: 89; 973 C683 No. 503
Description: On obverse, includes manuscript addition apparently indicating several of the subscribers: "David Hosack of New York, [Edm.-François] Jomard of Paris, the 'editor of the Am. journal of medical sciences,' Edward Everett of Boston, H. Niles of Baltimore, and [Severin] Lorich."; Broadside contains partial tear at top of page.
Creator: American Philosophical Society
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: General Publications; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1823

Title: Robert J. Oppenheimer, Number 2 of two sessions
Identifier(s): text:277392
Description: Includes transcripts of interviews which took place in Princeton, New Jersey on 18 November 1963 (21 pages) and 20 November 1963 (32 pages): Also includes copies of correspondence, 1926-1935. Related material: Audio of interviews available for listening (See Mss.530.1.Ar2, Oral History Interviews).
Subject: American Philosophical Society; American Physical Society; Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Date: 1963-11-20

Title: On the Election of Thomas Jefferson as President of the American Philosophical Society
Identifier(s): text:233566
Description: Originally as a scroll; flattened, Oct. 1974. Filed with Series I: Correspondence.
Subject: Hare, Robert, 1781-1858; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; American Philosophical Society
Date: n.d.

Title: Thomas Jefferson to Thomas T. Hewson, January 21, 1810.
Identifier(s): APSimg7914; APSimg7914
Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives);
Subject: Early American history; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Hewson, Thomas; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1810 January 21

Title: Conrad Louis Wirth to William J.Robbins 1956, November 16
Identifier(s): text:174124
Description: Releases as of November 16, 1956, the site in Independence National Historical Park necessary for the reconstruction of Library Hall
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: Wirth, Conrad Louis, 1899-1993; Robbins, William J.; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1956-11-16

Title: Visiting the A. Irving Hallowell papers at the American Philosophical Society
Identifier(s): audio:22827; : Philadelphia-199112-02; : 02
Description: Begins with tour and looking through the A. Irving Hallowell papers in the library stacks with Martin Levitt. Edward Carter appears briefly, starting at 12:12. Beth Carroll-Horrocks interview starts at 13:53.
Subject: Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974; Ojibwa Indians--Canada; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1991-12

Title: R.H. Mathews to Frederick Fraley, 1897 May
Identifier(s): text:276145
Description: Parramatta, New South Wales, A.L.S. 5p. concerns publication of his paper on Australian rock carvings. Is sending copies of five other papers for library. For printed paper, see: "Australian Rock Carvings," APS Proceedings vol. 36, pp. 195-208.
Creator: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918et al
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Petroglyphs
Date: 1897-05

Title: Leacock, John to Thomas Coombe, 1772 December 29
Identifier(s): text:327382
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Leacock, John, 1729-1802; Coombe, Thomas, 1747-1822
Date: 1772-12-29

Title: Admission of New Members
Identifier(s): video:533; 2005_04_019
Description: Justice Stephen Breyer and Prof. Caroline Humphrey are admitted into the Society and sign the members' book
Subject: APS Archives; American Philosophical Society, Members; Breyer, Stephen G., 1938-; Humphrey, Caroline; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2005-04-30

Title: Observations meteorologiques faites a Springmill, 1787-1800 ... Part II; Part II
Identifier(s): text:345748
Description: One of two volumes that contains the meteorological records Peter Legaux kept for fourteen years in Spring Mill, Pennsylvania. One portion contains his correspondence to the American Philosophical Society in which he explains his methods for recording data. The materials dated 1801 were addressed to Thomas Jefferson, then president of the APS. The second part of the collection contains the raw data. Also included in the data collection are records from the 1740s to the 1770s for Philadelphia that are believed to be done by Phineas [possibly Israel] Pemberton. One chart is addressed to Benjamin Franklin, "président de l'Etat de Pennsylvanie et président de la société phylosophique...1789." All or most of the material was sent to Thomas Jefferson as president of the United States and of the American Philosophical Society.; Includes an English translation of the above Observations and copies made by M. Legaux of tables 2-5.
Creator: Legaux, Peter, 1748-1827et al
Subject: Science and technology; Meteorology; Meteorology--Observations; Weather; Legaux, Peter, 1748-1827; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1802-02-25; 2021

Title: Shaler, William to John Vaughan, Philadelphia, 1831 September 27
Identifier(s): text:348711
Description: Havana, A.L.S. 1p. and add. Forwards Sagra's gift. See letter from Sagra to the Secretary of the APS; Sept. 26, 1831. General physical description: 10x8
Subject: Vaughan, John, 1756-1841; Sagra, Ramón de la, 1798-1871; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1831-09-27

Title: Robert J. Oppenheimer, Number 1 of two sessions
Identifier(s): text:277367
Description: Includes transcripts of interviews which took place in Princeton, New Jersey on 18 November 1963 (21 pages) and 20 November 1963 (32 pages): Also includes copies of correspondence, 1926-1935. Related material: Audio of interviews available for listening (See Mss.530.1.Ar2, Oral History Interviews).
Subject: American Philosophical Society; American Physical Society; Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Date: 1963-11-18

Title: List of APS Objects Deposited at Metropolitan Museum of Art During the Second World War
Identifier(s): text:159292
Description: The Metropolitan Museum of Art had leased for the duration of the Second World War a country estate, Whitemarsh Hall, where it had removed part of its collection. In 1942, APS rented 110 cubic feet of space for the storage of boxed material and 120 square feet for the storage of paintings, so that it can relocate portraits and busts from Philosophical Hall. On October 28, 1943, APS requested the return of the objects listed.
Subject: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); American Philosophical Society; World War, 1939-1945
Date: 1943-10-28