From the Executive Director

Posted by on Apr 17, 2026 in | Comments Off on From the Executive Director Over the past 40 years, technology has transformed how people connect — with one another and with information. At the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC), we’ve seen remarkable progress in using digital tools to enhance engagement with the history we steward: the documents, maps and photographs preserved in the Pennsylvania State Archives; information about historical...
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Two Hundred Years: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, edited by David R. Brigham

Posted by on Oct 21, 2024 in | Comments Off on Two Hundred Years: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, edited by David R. Brigham Two Hundred Years The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1824–2024 edited by David R. Brigham Historical Society of Pennsylvania, distributed by the University of Pennsylvania Press, 256 pp., hardcover $39.95 In 1824 the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) was founded “to collect and preserve the evidences of Pennsylvania’s own history from the earliest date.” Since then HSP has amassed a...
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