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Preserving our pastHSP staff organized 67 collections, conserved almost 1,000 documents, and digitized more than 8,000 items.

This fiscal year, HSP archivists and conservatorsmade great strides in making our collectionmore accessible to the public, both to on-siteresearchers and online visitors. The archivesstaff organized and catalogued a total of 67 collections totaling 656 linear feet, a 17 percentincrease in linear feet from the previous fiscalyear. Of those newly catalogued collections, 18were made possible by donors who participatedin HSP’s successful adopt-a-collection program.Forty-six new finding aids were posted online,including 20 using software called Archivists’Toolkit, which displays finding aids in a moreuser-friendly and web-searchable format.

Among the newly catalogued collections are thepapers of U.S. President James Buchanan,including his correspondence, speeches, scrap-books, and newspaper clippings. Other highlightsinclude the papers of Civil War General George G.Meade, which comprise military papers as well aspersonal letters (pictured at bottom right) toMeade’s wife, Margaretta, and their children; andthe papers of General A. A. Humphreys, includingmuster rolls, reports, orders, and payment vouch-ers that may have been collected whenHumphreys served in the Army of the Potomac.Archivists also processed wash-and-ink drawingsof Confederate prisons by Robert Knox Sneden(pictured at left) and 33 original sketches by artistand Delaware County native Benjamin West.

The Society has more than 21 million items in itscollection, and that number continued to climbthis fiscal year as HSP accessioned throughdonation or purchase approximately 50 new col-lections or additions to existing collections. Oneof the largest additions to HSP’s library was thepapers of the Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlinfamilies, which richly document more than threegenerations of a Swedish-American family.

With the help of our hardworking interns andvolunteers, the conservation staff treated morethan 900 items, among them daguerreotypesfrom the Edwin Forrest Home records and an1840 cookbook compiled by Ellen Emlen ofPhiladelphia. The conservation department alsoworked to preserve Fire Insurance Records,which date back to the 1780s. The staff and volunteers created 187 acid-free boxes to housethe records and protect them from dust and rot.

This fiscal year, HSP formally launched theDigital Center for Americana, a new branch ofthe archives department. The Digital Center forAmericana team has catalogued 37 of HSP’sCivil War–related collections and digitized morethan 8,000 manuscripts, maps, graphics, worksof art, and photographs. HSP also customizedits digital access management system, calledCollectiveAccess, so these digitized images canbe searched and viewed online in 2011. As partof this project, HSP staff and volunteers helpedto convert thousands of paper cards from ourgraphics card catalog to electronic records.When the project is complete, researchers will beable to search online for information about morethan 50,000 graphic items in HSP’s collection.This innovative project was made possible withgenerous support from the Barra Foundation,Robert McNeil Jr., Collin Farquhar McNeil, theMcLean Contributionship, and the RaabCollection.

Serving scholars, family historians, and genealogists.

Sharing our storiesMore than 372,000 people visited HSP’s website last fiscal year. Hundreds of thousands attended events and read our scholarly journal.

HSP shares stories from its collection with hun-dreds of thousands of people each year througha wide variety of ways—through traditional pub-lications, access to our research library, e-mailnewsletters, social media, and public programs.This fiscal year, more than 4,300 researchersvisited HSP’s Reading Room, while another 3,102used HSP’s research/reference-by-mail services.Our website attracted more than 372,000 visitsand almost 1 million page views with visitorsfrom all 50 states and 196 countries.

HSP reaches more than 10,000 people throughsocial media. More than 7,000 subscribe to HSP’se-mail newsletters, including our popular HistoryHits. HSP also communicates through Facebook,Twitter, YouTube, and three different blogs. HSPreaches another half a million readers each weekby publishing history stories in the Sunday editionof the Philadelphia Inquirer.

We continued to share our stories through our history magazine Pennsylvania Legacies and ourscholarly journal the Pennsylvania Magazine ofHistory and Biography (PMHB). PennsylvaniaLegacies was printed in full color for the first timeand posted online in a new page-turning format.The online editions of “Mapping Pennsylvania” and“Pennsylvanians and Their Environment” attractedmore than 500 visitors and more than 14,000page views. PMHB articles, which are availableonline through the History Cooperative websiteand JSTOR, an online repository of scholarly jour-nal articles, received nearly 210,000 article views.

More than 5,400 people attended events and special programs sponsored by HSP this fiscalyear. Highlights included a lecture about radicalabolitionist John Brown; a panel discussion aboutimmigrant groups in Philadelphia; and a gathering

of local pastors and historians toreflect on the legacy of BishopRichard Allen. More than 200 peo-ple attended HSP’s new series ofgenealogy workshops, where theylearned how to conserve familyrecords, trace their family roots,and use online genealogy tools.Also this year, as part of the Philagrafika 2010festival, HSP displayed artwork from contempo-rary artist Duke Riley, who used old maps anddocuments from HSP’s collection as inspiration.

In December 2009, HSP launched PhilaPlace.org,an interactive website that connects stories toplaces across time in Philadelphia’s neighborhoods.Since the website went live, 38,000 people havevisited and 50 more have shared a story or posteda photo. The PhilaPlace blog has featured commu-nity members and educators as guest bloggerswriting about Philadelphia neighborhood history,family history, and the uses of technology andmapping to understand our history.

HSP commemorated the 100th anniversary ofits building in April 2010 and celebrated with an exhibit and behind-the-scenes tours for thegeneral public. Our anniversary was the themefor HSP’s annual Founder’s Award dinner, called“A 1910 Celebration.” The event honored CokieRoberts, Marciarose and Jerry Shestack, andHenry Lafayette Collins III. The event for 220guests, co-chaired by Alice Lea Tasman andDeborah Dilworth Bishop, raised more than$150,000 for the Society.

The Treasures Society, a special group ofHSP supporters, gathered for a privatetour of the Winterthur Museum, a lecturefrom author Nancy M. Heinzen aboutRittenhouse Square, and an exclusivetrip to the Library of Congress and theFolger Shakespeare Library. Also thisfiscal year, HSP formed a YoungFriends group for adults between theages of 21 and 45. The Young Friendsgroup held its inaugural event with a“treasure hunt” in December 2009.

The 2009/10 fiscal year has been one of innovation and growth for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. One major initiative launched this year is the Digital Center for Americana, a branch of our archives department that has already digitized thousands of Civil War–era documents. Another project is PhilaPlace.org, an interactive website where people share theirown memories of Philadelphia neighborhoods. Through these efforts and many others, HSP isstriving to make its collections—and the stories they contain—more accessible and engaging.

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Inspiring our futureLesson plans, teacher workshops, fellowships—these are just a few of theways that HSP reaches out to students and educators.

Teachers and students have a valuable newresource to interpret history and culture. ThePhilaPlace website includes neighborhoodtimelines and several lesson plans designed forgrades 6 to 12. Through the lesson plans, stu-dents can go on a “treasure hunt” through the9th Street Market or use a South Philadelphiamural about immigration to interpret neigh-borhood change.

Hundreds of students, teachers, and collegeprofessors visited HSP this fiscal year for tours,document show-and-tells, and teacher work-shops. HSP coordinated library orientations forabout 150 local college students from DrexelUniversity, the University of Pennsylvania,LaSalle University, Tyler School of Art, BrynMawr College, and the University of the Arts.HSP staff went off site for presentations as well,including visits to Masterman High School,Abington Junior High School, and TempleUniversity. More than 100 community collegeprofessors and high school teachers visited HSPfor orientations and show-and-tells as part ofworkshops and seminars sponsored by theNational Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

HSP’s history magazine Pennsylvania Legaciesincluded lesson plans for teachers. In“Pennsylvanians and Their Environment,” stu-dents learned about the devastating effects ofindustrial waste on the drinking-water supply ofPhiladelphia in the late 19th century and aboutthe solutions employed to improve publichealth. In “Mapping Pennsylvania,” studentswere introduced to Geographic InformationSystems (GIS) mapping through the explorationof static maps from Philadelphia’s South FourthStreet or “Fabric Row.” The next edition ofLegacies, on the subject of the civil rights move-ment, will be distributed to all public middle andhigh schools in the state of Pennsylvania.

Many students from local colleges worked atHSP as volunteers and interns this fiscal year.Students from the University of the Arts, TylerSchool of Art at Temple University, and theUniversity of Maryland, College Park assisted inthe conservation lab, while students from DrexelUniversity, Arcadia University, Temple University,Penn State University, and Cabrini Collegehelped process archival collections. Studentsfrom Drexel University wrote content for thePhilaPlace website.

HSP continued to support National History Dayand hosted a teacher workshop for the partici-pants in July 2009. Area students performedwell at the state and national competition,focusing on the theme “Innovation in History:Impact and Change.” Several school groupsused primary sources from the HistoricalSociety for their projects.

Through a joint fellowship program, HSP andthe Library Company of Philadelphia welcomed16 graduate and/or postgraduate scholars whoconducted research at our library. These scholarsfocused on topics as varied as the Seven Years’War, public housing, and the political thought ofWilliam Penn. HSP also independently funded

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Serving educators, andhistory and heritageorganizations.

two Balch fellowships in immigrant and ethnichistory and/or 20th-century history. HSP thanksDr. Dorothy J. del Bueno for her support of thisfellowship program. The Historical Societysecured funding to endow a new fellowship,which will begin in fiscal year 2010. The AlbertM. Greenfield Fellowship will focus on 20th-century history. In addition, the Esther AnnMcFarland Fellowship in memory of JudgeWilliam Lewis will fund a joint HSP/LCP fellow-ship on 17th-century Pennsylvania history orAfrican American history.

Collaborating with othersHSP works with other organizations to strengthen the history and heritage community as a whole.

This fiscal year, HSP began the planning processfor its new History Affiliates program, designedto provide support and resources to small history and heritage organizations in SoutheasternPennsylvania. HSP hired Calista Cleary to leadthe planning process, funded by the BarraFoundation. In the fall of 2010, HSP will conducta formal needs survey and convene its firstHistory Affiliates event.

For PhilaPlace, HSP worked closely withthe project’s lead partners—the City ofPhiladelphia Department of Records and theUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Design—along with nonprofit institutions, communityorganizations, members of the PhilaPlaceadvisory committee, and funders. HSP staffcontinues to work closely with local organiza-tions to develop programming and add content to the website. HSP has obtained agrant from Temple University to work withjournalism students to produce and publishmore Philadelphia neighborhood stories andvideos during the 2010–2011 academic year.The HSP staff has also partnered with the Cityof Philadelphia Mural Arts Program on a proj-ect titled Journeys South, a series of publicart projects that explore South Philadelphia’simmigrant history.

HSP continued to support the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia by helping to organizeand publicize a series of Greater PhiladelphiaRoundtables in the spring of 2010. These fourevents, which were held at different locationsaround the city, promoted dialogue and greaterunderstanding of the Philadelphia region’srecent history. Another collaborative venture isthe Civil War History Consortium, a group ofmore than 60 organizations that are working tocommemorate the 150th anniversary of the CivilWar. The group launched a regional website(www.civilwarphilly.net) with a calendar of events,maps of self-guided cell phone tours, and linksto Civil War resources.

HSP often collaborated with other institutions toco-sponsor exhibits and events. Most notably thisyear, the Historical Society loaned David Kennedywatercolors (pictured above) to the Arthur RossGallery for an exhibition that ran from July toOctober 2009 and attracted more than 3,000visitors. Other event partners and sponsorsincluded the Winterthur Museum, the PennTowne Chapter of the Links, the PhiladelphiaTribune, Philagrafika, the Library Company ofPhiladelphia, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society,the Conservation Center for Art and HistoricArtifacts, Moonstone, Tria, Southwest Airlines,the 9th Street Italian Market, Yards Brewing Co.,the Penn Treaty Museum, the PhiladelphiaInquirer, and CBS3.

The staff of HSP continued to serve on boardsand advisory committees of more than a dozenorganizations, including the Avenue of the ArtsInc., the Delaware Valley Archivists Group, theGreater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, the Mayor’sCultural Advisory Council, the Pennsylvania DigitalNewspaper Project, the Pennsylvania HistoricalAssociation, the Pennsylvania Homefront in theCivil War Digital Archives Project, the PhiladelphiaArea Center for History of Science, thePhiladelphia Area Consortium of SpecialCollections Libraries, and the State HistoricalRecords Advisory Board.

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With appreciationDonors to the HistoricalSociety of Pennsylvania fromJuly 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010

CORPORATIONS/ORGANIZATIONSAbington Junior High School

History ClubAlta Management, LLCAmerican Friends of St. George’s

Church in Venice, ItalyAmerican Friends of the Studium

Generale MarcianumArader GalleriesBeneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc.Cooke & Bieler, LPDelaware River Port AuthorityDevon Horse Show & Country FairDilworth Paxson, LLPErnst & Young, LLPEisner, LLPEwingColeeXude Benefits GroupGreater Philadelphia Tourism

Marketing CorporationHangley Aronchick Segal & PudlinThe Haverford Trust CompanyHolt Chew Family Management

CompanyKensington Soup SocietyKPMG, LLPLincoln Financial FoundationMasonry Preservation Group, Inc.Millbrook Friends of Music in

the SchoolsMoore Brothers Wine CompanyNaked Chocolate CaféPepper Hamilton, LLPThe Philadelphia TribunePNC FoundationPricewaterhouseCoopers LLPQuaker City MercantileRaab Collection, LLCReading Terminal MarketSMART and Associates, LLPSolis HealthcareSouthwest AirlinesSquadron A. Association Inc.UBSUnion League LibraryValley Forge Flowers, Inc.Wachovia Wells Fargo FoundationZarwin, Baum, DeVito, Kaplan,

Schaer, Toddy, P.C.

FOUNDATIONSThe Barra Foundation, Inc.Blue Sky Family FoundationThe Albert M. Greenfield FoundationJohn C. and Chara C. Haas

Charitable TrustHeritage Philadelphia Program, a

program of the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

Jewish Community FoundationThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationNational Horse Show FoundationNelson Talbott FoundationPennsylvania Abolition Society

Endowment Fund c/o the Philadelphia Foundation

The Philadelphia FoundationPiasecki Family FoundationQuaker City FoundationRaynier Institute & FoundationRobert S. Waters Charitable Trust

GOVERNMENTPennsylvania Department of

EducationPennsylvania Historical & Museum

CommissionPennsylvania Humanities CouncilPhiladelphia Cultural Fund

SUSTAINERSH.F. (Gerry) and Marguerite LenfestMr. and Mrs. Howard H. LewisMrs. George Conrad McFarlandMr. and Mrs. Collin F. McNeilMr. and Mrs. Philip Price Jr.

CONSERVERSMr. and Mrs. Henry Lafayette

Collins IIIDr. Dorothy J. del BuenoJohn C. and Chara C. HaasMr. and Mrs. Ranney R. Moran

STEWARDSMs. Linda L. BeanMs. Lori CohenMr. and Mrs. Bruce K. Fenton, Esq.Alice L. GeorgeMr. and Mrs. Leon L. LevyCharles E. and Mary MacGregor

MatherNathan Kenneth and Karen

Pearlman RaabMr. and Mrs. Robert J. RittenhouseDr. and Mrs. William Tasman

Fiscal Year 2009–2010

Annual OperatingRevenue & Expenses

revenue

expenses

revenue

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18%

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12%

Income from investments 39%Contributions 18%Grants for Special Projects 18%Board Designated Funds 12%Founders Award Dinner 6%Earned Income 4%Membership 3%

TOTAL REVENUE $2,840,297

Library 39%Education and Special Projects 15%Occupancy 17%Administrative 17%Development 12%

TOTAL EXPENSES $2,825,846

For a copy of HSP’s audited financial statements, please contact mhairston@hsp.org.

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TREASURERSMr. and Mrs. Majid AlsayeghMr. and Mrs. Ronald C. AndersonW. Graham Arader IIIMr. Mark A. AronchickMrs. Deborah Dilworth BishopMr. Thomas H. BishopMr. Robert W. BogleMs. Diana BrashMr. and Mrs. Julian BrodskyMs. Sandra L. CadwaladerMs. Carol Ann CarlsonLeonard and Patricia CombsMr. and Mrs. J. Morris EvansMr. Jack M. FriedlandMr. and Mrs. Walter R. GarrisonMs. Elizabeth H. GemmillMrs. Barbara L. GreenfieldMs. Melissa J. HancockBob and Susie HarriesMs. Eliza Cope HarrisonMr. and Mrs. Robert HauptfuhrerThe Honorable and Mrs. Louis G. HillMs. Carol A. IngaldMr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Ix Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Michael KalogrisMr. and Mrs. Robert E. KeithMs. Erica L. KnuthMr. and Mrs. Berton E. KormanStephen and Mary KurtzDr. Krishna LahiriDr. and Mrs. Walter M. LichtMr. and Mrs. Jerry J. MaginnisMr. John J. Medveckis and

Ms. Marina KatsDr. Randall M. MillerBarbara J. Mitnick, Ph.D.Mr. Thomas MoranMr. and Mrs. Ron NaplesMr. David A. Othmer and

Ms. Maureen BardenMrs. Vivian W. PiaseckiJohn PickeringMs. Deborah L. RaksanyMs. Kim Sajet and Dr. Anthony N.

MeadowsMr. and Mrs. Samuel J. SavitzMr. Timothy R. SchantzMr. and Mrs. Jerome J. ShestackMs. Renee SnowtenDr. Erik SoifermanMr. and Mrs. Robert G. SouaidDr. Page E. Talbott and

Mr. James E. GouldMr. Carmen D. ValentinoDr. James D. B. Weiss Jr.Mr. Thomas C. Woodward

PHILADELPHIANSValla AmsterdamJim H. AverillMr. and Mrs. David Bauman

Mr. and Mrs. James C. BiddleMr. and Mrs. J. Linzee CoolidgeMrs. Amy D. CoxeMr. and Mrs. Leonard FeldmanMs. Helen H. FordDr. Sarah Barringer GordonSteven A. GrasseMichael S. HairstonMr. Gregory Harvey and

Ms. Emily WallaceHannah L. HendersonMr. Timothy P. HughesMr. Charles J. IngersollMr. and Mrs. Michael T. KieselMr. and Mrs. David H. KilmerDr. and Mrs. Francis R. ManloveMr. and Mrs. David W. Maxey, Esq.Prof. John M. MurrinArthur E. Newbold IVDr. and Mrs. George J. PeckhamMr. and Mrs. Harold S. RosenbluthMr. David Seltzer and

Ms. Lisa RobertsMrs. Louise H. ShaferJudge and Mrs. Fred StampDr. Thomas J. Sugrue and

Ms. Dana BarronMr. Leon C. Sunstein Jr.Mr. Arthur Willson and

Ms. Jane FosterDr. and Mrs. Harrison M. Wright

SPONSORSMr. William C. AllenMr. Louis J. Appell Jr.Catherine BarnesJane B. Baron, Esq.Dr. Richard J. Baron and

Jane B. Baron, Esq.Ms. Susan H. BellLaura Haines BelmanMr. Peter A. Benoliel and

Ms. Willo CareyMs. Sally BerlinMrs. John A. BlanchardMs. Patricia Z. BonsallMs. Phyllis J. BoyerMr. and Mrs. Rex BrienMary Dunn Brown Ed.D., Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. McBee ButcherMs. Elizabeth CahillMr. Glenn C. CarterMr. and Mrs. Cummins

W. Catherwood Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. ChewMr. Charles P. CollingsMr. Edward W. Coslett Jr.Ms. Mary Ann CoyleDr. Donald H. CresswellMiss Maude de SchauenseeMr. and Mrs. Joseph P. DennyMs. Joanne Denworth

Mrs. Ineke DiklandMr. Thomas M. DoerflingerMr. G. Morris Dorrance Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. DriscollProfessor Robert S. DuPlessisHonorable Oliver S. C. Franklin Jr.Mr. John Frazer Jr.Mrs. Beverly Caplan FreemanGrace Jean FriedMr. David B. GasparMr. and Mrs. Richard H. Gherst IIMs. Shanta GhoshDr. Howard F. Gillette Jr.Ms. Marygrace GilmoreMr. Dennis GoloveykoDr. Julia Haller and Dr. John GottschMr. Jay HanusDr. and Mrs. Donald E. HarropBernard and Nancy HeinzenMr. David IamsMr. Orton P. Jackson Jr.Mrs. Linda G. JohnsonMiss Bertha KaravinMr. and Mrs. Charles R. KasharyMs. Phoebe KornfeldMs. Mary V. KurtzMrs. Lia LashMr. Peter J. LiacourasMs. Caroline LinzMs. Katherine LippincottMs. Jacqueline B. MarsMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. MarshallMs. Donna J. MeidtMrs. James MoroneDr. Eleanor Smith MorrisMr. and Mrs. Richard W. PalmerMr. and Mrs. Robert McCracken PeckDr. and Mrs. Robert PriemDr. John M. RobertsDr. and Mrs. Donald J. RosatoMr. Arthur G. SolmssenMr. and Mrs. David A. StewartMr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Stroud Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Strouse, Esq.Ms. Brenda A. Sudell-BensonMs. Patricia S. WalshMr. Sedgwick A. WardMr. Jonathan E. Wood Jr.Minturn T. Wright III, Esq.William Levant and Carol R. YasterMr. Kevin Young

BEQUESTSMrs. Barbara Gohn DayMr. Samuel D. Karavin

GIFTS IN MEMORYTevis Goldhaft Mary Ernestine Newbold

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OFFICERSSarah D. Price,

Board ChairBruce K. Fenton,

Executive Vice ChairLeonard L. Combs,

Vice ChairHoward H. Lewis,

Vice ChairPage Talbott,

Vice ChairNathan K. Raab,

SecretaryMajid Alsayegh,

Treasurer

COUNCILORSMark A. AronchickDeborah Dilworth

BishopThomas H. BishopRobert W. BogleAlice L. GeorgeBarbara L. Greenfield Carol Clark LawrenceLeon L. LevyWalter LichtJerry J. MaginnisCharles E. Mather IIICollin F. McNeilThomas MoranDavid A. OthmerRobert J. RittenhouseTimothy R. SchantzRobert G. SouaidThomas J. SugrueAlice Lea TasmanJoseph P. Watkins

EX OFFICIOJohn C. Haas

EMERITIGeorge W. ConnellJack FriedlandBruce H. HooperDavid W. Maxey, Esq.Harrison M. Wright

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Staff

Historical Societyof Pennsylvania’s 2010 AnnualReport1300 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 | 215.732.6200 | www.hsp.org

Senior StaffKim Sajet, President & CEO

Lee Arnold, Senior Director of the Library and Collections

Raymond Frohlich, Director of Information Technology

Marygrace Gilmore, Senior Director of Development

Michael Hairston, Chief Operating Officer

StaffLauri Cielo, Director of Programs

and Communications

Calista Cleary, History Affiliates Consultant

Dana Dorman, Greenfield Project Manager

Willhem Echevarria, Project Archivist

Tammy Gaskell, Historian & Director of Publications and Scholarly Programs

Ashley Harper, Digital Imaging Technician/R&R Assistant

Watsuki Harrington, Preservation Technician

Jon-Chris Hatalski, Coordinator of Grants and Government Relations

David Haugaard, Director of Research Services

Sarah Heim, Research Services Librarian

George James, Facilities Technician

Emilie Kretschmar, Development Associate

Weckea Dejura Lilly, Project Archival Processor

Tyrone Lites, Assistant Facilities Manager

Keith Lyons, Coordinator of Membership

Matthew Lyons, Director of Archives and Collections Management

Leah Mackin, Project Conservation Technician

Cary Majewicz, Technical Services Archivist

Melissa Mandell, Project Coordinator, PhilaPlace

Tamara Measler, Research Assistant

Ronald Medford, Senior Research Services Associate

Tara O’Brien, Director of Preservation and Conservation Services

Laura Proctor, Administrative Assistant and Coordinator of Board Materials

Daniel Rolph, Historian and Head of Reference Services

Michael Ryan, Programs Associate

Matt Shoemaker, Director of Digital Collections and Systems

Steve Smith, Public Services Librarian

Jacqueline Taddonio, Director of Cataloguing

Elsa Varela, Rights and Reproductions Coordinator

Kathy Waldron, Staff Accountant