Article supporting the Building Fund and the construction of an APS building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Published by the American Philosophical Society News on October 14, 1929.
Source
William E. Lingelbach Papers (Mss.B.L635); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.L635-ead.xml
The Library's holdings were moved to the Drexel Building (former home of Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the site of the present Library) across the street from Philosophical Hall to alleviate space issues created by a growing collection. The Library of APS was housed in the Drexel Building, at Fifth and Chestnut Streets (on the site of the former Library Company building) until it was torn down in 1954 as part of the Federal Government's plan for the creation of the Independence National Historical Park.
Record of borrowings from the Library of members and others. The first and third volumes, 1803-1835 and 1889-1941, are in the form of printed promissory notes to return the volume or forfeit a sum of money (the financial forfeiture was disregarded after about 1900). The first volume is indexed by borrower. This volume also contains a copy of the library regulations drawn from the minutes and by-laws, 1802-1816, and several pages headed "Account of Importation of Journals by the Treasurer," 1803-1831.
