A collection of stories by Penn alumni whose lives were transformed by engaging with the West Philadelphia communityFor over thirty years, the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships...

The life and times of extraordinary Philadelphia art collector Albert C. BarnesPhiladelphia art collector Albert C. Barnes (1872–1951) is renowned today for collecting many of the world’s most important...

The first comprehensive biography of Philadelphia’s Henry C. Lea (1825–1909): historian, publisher, political activist, and reformerWriting in 1868, the Philadelphia publisher-cum-historian Henry...

The first comprehensive study of the life and times of colonial Philadelphia clockmaker Edward DuffieldEdward Duffield (1730–1803) was a colonial Philadelphia clockmaker, whose elegant brass, mahogany,...