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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 11/09/2026

Things PACSCL was frightened of as a child: 1) Would people take all the Legacies of Genius exhibit books off our hands? 2) The first Pew grant 3) Having paid staff! 4) Would PACSCL get new members? Do they like us, I mean really, really like us? pacscl.org/who-we-are/3... Yes, it needs updating

PACSCL @pacscl.org · 10/09/2026

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Expanding Access! Best Practices for Reparative Description

Join PACSCL's Harmful Language Working Group (HLWG) as they announce their best practices for reparative description.

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 10/09/2026

What better way to highlight Gospel Music Month than with this organ, produced by the Cornish Company in Washington, NJ some time before they ended organ production in 1917. It was played at the First Baptist Church in Pennington. #BlackJoy #SSAAM blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

Organ at Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 18/08/2026

Back to school season reminds the #BlackJoy team that so many fought for Black children to have access to education, as demonstrated by this letter detailing the founding of the first Philadelphia-area school for Black children in Germantown in 1874. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

From Acorn Great Oaks Grow - Letter · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

PACSCL @pacscl.org · 07/08/2026

PACSCL members in the news! The Academy of Natural Sciences received a #CLIR Recordings at Risk grant for "Preserving Moving Images of Our Natural World: Digitizing Scientific Expedition and Field Work Films from the Academy of Natural Sciences." Read more at www.clir.org/recordings-a...

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Funded Projects

A listing of the funded projects of CLIR's Recordings at Risk program

PACSCL @pacscl.org · 09/07/2026

PACSCL is delighted to welcome Gratz College as its 40th member! To learn more, and to discover the Grayzel Digital Platform, go to: pacscl.org/pacscl-welco...

Kat @byekitty.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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when you’re doodling in meetings but you’re William Morris

a page from a notebook including artistic stylised floral patterns and designs for the letter G alongside notes possibly relating to socialism

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 02/07/2026

Folks in #Philly would be smart to copy these beautiful girls and hit the beach instead of staying in town for the 250th mayhem! #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 25/06/2026

PACSCL is delighted to announce the release of Engaging Liberty, a look at the unending 250+ year quest for liberty through stories generated from #PACSCL member collections. To learn more, go to: pacscl.org/pacscl-relea...

PACSCL Releases Engaging Liberty – PACSCL

PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 24, 2026) The Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Library is pleased to release Engaging Liberty, a consortium-wide exploration of the semiquincentennial…

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 19/06/2026

This Juneteenth we remember Friday Truehart, who was captured in Gambia & who eventually settled in Hopewell, NJ. This milkbox was handmade by his grandson William “Billy” Henry Truehart for the Blackwell family, for which Billy Truehart was a handyman. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

Billy Truehart milkbox · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

PACSCL @pacscl.org · 18/06/2026

PACSCL is delighted to share that In Her Own Right, the groundbreaking exploration of women's activism, was featured in Clio and the Contemporary as a model of accessing and using sensitive material online. #Ihttps://clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/06/16/digital-archives-sensitive-material/ #InHOR

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Using Digital Archives to Engage Students, Part II: Accessing and Using Sensitive Material Online

Ethical access to digital archives includes issues of privacy, sensitive content, and ethical representation of marginalized communities. This piece examines nine digital archives and their attempt…

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 15/06/2026

The PACSCL Home Office reopens after me and Spouse traveled out west to visit the spawn. Eight days, 3 climates, 3 motels, one friend's house, one sheep & wool show, two states - and we are too damn old to travel like that any more. Climate examples....

Lighthouse, Cape Disappointment, mouth of the Columbia River, Washington state

Mt. Adams as seen from roughly 30 miles south of Portland, OR

PACSCL @pacscl.org · 09/06/2026

These lyrics were transcribed by Jean Smith, a member of Earl's All-Girl Chorus, a Pennington singing group directed by Earl Hubbard. These pages show the repertoire for the chorus and the titles cover gospel, hymns, folk, classical, and pop #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

Song Lyrics, Handwritten · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 02/06/2026

#Black Joy has much to celebrate! First up is PRIDE. This Resolution was passed in honor of Jaci Adams. Adams was a remarkable transwoman whose life embodied resilience. Despite childhood neglect, she transformed her hardships into dedicated service. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The House of Representatives, Condolence Resolution · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...

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Lament for the MIT Libraries - MIT Faculty Newsletter

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 25/05/2026

In honor of Memorial Day, we highlight a letter from U.S. Army veteran, educator, & musician William James Goggans who congratulated contralto Marian Anderson for being selected as one of the 10 most admired women in the world. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

Letter, William J. Goggans to Miss Anderson, January 26, 1957 · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

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You’ve heard of Between Two Ferns, now get ready for: also that

A scrapbook page featuring a chromolithograph of a lady surrounded by pressed ferns

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 12/05/2026

The 2026 Noel Prize was awarded at the PACSCL Annual General Meeting last week! The winner? The German Society of Pennsylvania's Historic German-American Manuscripts Transcription Project. To view the project, and learn about the runners-up, go to pacscl.org/pacscl-award...

PACSCL Awards the 2026 Noel Prize – PACSCL

(Philadelphia, PA, May 6, 2026) The Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries, Inc. (PACSCL) awarded prizes to honor its late Chair, Will Noel, in recognition of achievements in…

PACSCL @pacscl.org · 12/05/2026

With thanks to The Library Company of Philadelphia for their support of - and contributions to - Black Joy & Resilience. #Black Joy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

Georgine Upshur Willis, William Willis, and Agnes Saunders Chew Upshur in formal attire during Christmas holiday · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 08/05/2026

No trip to the beach is ever successful without a mother's planning! And this anonymous mom got her fam to #ChickenBoneBeach in style! Happy Mother's Day! blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/... #BlackJoy

With thanks to University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts for their support of - and contributions to - Black Joy & Resilience. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

Letter, Barlana Bates to Miss Anderson · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

With thanks to Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church for their support of - and contributions to - Black Joy & Resilience. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

"Pickle Your Easter Eggs" · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

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With thanks to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia for their contribution to, and support of, Black Joy & Resilience! blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/... #BlackJoy

Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School charter and certificate of incorporation · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

With thanks to the Mercer Museum for their support of - and contributions to - Black Joy & Resilience. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

[Dinner at the Myers home in Levittown] · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

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With thanks to the Temple University Libraries, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection for their support of - and contributions to - Black Joy & Resilience. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

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Thanks to the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing for their contribution to, and support of, Black Joy & Resilience! 1st Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital & Training School, 1896: blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/... #BlackJoy

First Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, 1512 Lombard Street Philadelphia 1896 · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

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With thanks to the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at William Way LGBT Community Center for their support of - and contributions to - Black Joy & Resilience. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

With thanks to The Barnes Foundation for their support of - and contributions to - Black Joy & Resilience. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

Photograph. Paul B. Moses with his painting Ice House · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

With thanks to the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum for the joy within their community as well as their partnership in - and their contributions to -Black Joy & Resilience! #BlackJoy would not exist without them! blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

Group of 1930's - 1940's Church Hats · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

With thanks to the Historical Society of Princeton for their support of - and contributions to - Black Joy & Resilience. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

Emancipator Hard Pressing Iron by Christine Inc. · Black Joy & Resilience · Black Joy & Resilience

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With thanks to Historic Germantown for their support of - and contribution to - Black Joy & Resilience. #BlackJoy blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/...

PACSCL @pacscl.org · 06/05/2026

Welcome to Black Joy & Resilience, an #NHPRC funded adventure in creating a new descriptive vocabulary in #BlackJoy. #MLK at Chicken Bone Beach, Atlantic City, NJ, c. 1950’s. Read more at pacscl.org/pacscl-relea...

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 07/04/2026

PACSCL is thrilled to announce that #SSAAM has joined #PACSCL as its 39th member! Read more at: pacscl.org/pacscl-welco...

PACSCL Welcomes The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum – PACSCL

Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

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BASEBALL'S BACK, BABY! #MedievalistsWhoLoveBaseball #RedSox #MLB #OpeningDay (this is Walters Art Museum MS W.851, f.8V (Flanders, ca. 1300): art.thewalters.org/object/W.851...)

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content

“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 12/03/2026

One of my fave texts in #BiblioPhilly is the 1584 Feuer Buech (Oversize MS Codex 109). A puerile fascination with things that go boom + cats (see 137r) = the mug a friend made with "Cat Bomb." bibliophilly.library.upenn.edu/viewer.php?i...

PACSCL @pacscl.org · 10/03/2026

PACSCL benefits from the expertise of folks w/in member institutions, e.g.: best practices. Check out the Digital Projects Sustainability Framework, the brainchild of the Tech Sustainability Committee, at pacscl.org/what-we-do/f... Easily adaptable!

PACSCL @pacscl.org · 09/03/2026

PACSCL thanks the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation for their support of - & @ccaha.bsky.social for their expertise in teaching - 7 upcoming workshops all about mold, book cradles, housing solutions, & ID-ing preservation issues during accessioning.

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 04/03/2026

The application deadline draws near for the 2026 Noel Prize for open access projects! For more information and to apply: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f... Apps due 3/15/2026.

PACSCL @pacscl.org · 26/01/2026

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Oh my, Happy Belated New Year and Happy Proper Snow Storm! PACSCL announces the opening of the 2026 Noel Prize for open access projects. For more information and to apply: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f... Apps due 3/15/2026. [A far too serious picture of Will.] #noelprize

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PACSCL @pacscl.org · 08/12/2025

Who won the coveted #PACSCL Biennial Cookie Bake-Off at the German Society of PA last Friday? Patrick Shank/Catholic Historical Research Center with his great-grandmother's (exquisite) whiskey/anise/lemon-infused pizzelle recipe! With thanks to Edna Cruz/Nook Bakery & Coffee Bar for judging!

Patrick Shank/CHRC, Judge Edna Cruz/Nook Bakery & Coffee Bar, Melissa VandeBurgt/Temple SCRC, Bettina Hess/German Society of Pennsylvania.

Thanks to all our bakers! From left to right: Melissa VandeBurgt/Temple SCRC, Bettina Hess/German Society of PA, Lorena Boylan/German Society of PA, Heather Willever-Farr/Drexel University, Kayla Van Osten/Widener University, Holly Mengel/University of Pennsylvania, Chrissie Perella Clement/Drexel University, Lynn Dorwaldt/Wagner Free Institute of Science, Patrick Shank/CHRC, Rae Blanchard/German Society of PA & Drexel University