Shareholder Spotlight: S. Decatur Smith (1820-1908)
Image: Receipt for a Library Company share, 1733.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
Image: Receipt for a Library Company share, 1733.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
During my time at the Library Company of Philadelphia, I researched women’s forms of maternity, especially enslaved African women, which I call alternative maternity. I utilize definitions of motherhood from the New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1908), edited by Sir James A. H. Murray, which I discovered at the Library Company, to construct my definition. Alternative maternity refers to Brown women who have either given birth or provided maternal care and protection to childr...| The Library Company of Philadelphia
Image: Receipt for a Library Company share, 1733.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
Image: Receipt for a Library Company share, 1733.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
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Image: Receipt for a Library Company share, 1733.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
Image: Receipt for a Library Company share, 1733.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
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The Library Company of Philadelphia strongly opposes the recent actions by the Department of Government Efficiency to terminate already awarded National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants, including funding for the Library Company of Philadelphia. This is an unprecedented and damaging move that puts critical community programs and cultural organizations across Pennsylvania at risk.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
Image: Receipt for a Library Company share, 1733.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
Image: Receipt for a Library Company share, 1733.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
Image: Receipt for a Library Company share, 1733.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
Image: Receipt for a Library Company share, 1733.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
Over the course of its long history, the Library Company of Philadelphia has had many homes. Our ongoing work in the Library Company Papers Project is helping to provide new access to the records that document those moves over our first 150 years of operations.| The Library Company of Philadelphia
