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"Historic Dress in America" at Stenton Facebook LIVE

Read more Facebook LIVE program, recorded on March 3, 2023 - Curatorial Assistant Kaila Temple discusses Dame and dress scholar Elisabeth McClellan, author of "Historic Dress in America 1607-1800", and how she used objects from Stenton’s early collection to illustrate her 1904 book. This is a special opportunity to see rarely-displayed objects from Stenton’s textiles collection up close and hear how these objects played a role in McClellan’s creation of one of the earliest publications on early American dress.

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'Is She By Gustavus Hesselius?' Zoom Webinar

Read more In this webinar, recorded on 12/16/2022, Tom Price, a University of Delaware Art History PhD candidate, considered and discussed Stenton’s recently arrived Sarah Logan Norris portrait. Nineteenth-century Logan family tradition attributed the portrait to the English painter Sir Godfrey Kneller; however, Tom’s study of the portrait, including comparisons with other portraits at Stenton and elsewhere and archival research in Logan and Norris family papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, points toward the Swedish immigrant painter, Gustavus Hesselius, as the creator of Sarah’s likeness. Speaker Bio: Thomas Price is a third-year PhD student at the University of Delaware studying nineteenth-century American art, where he has focused on landscape representation, the environment, extraction, and queer art. He received his BA in Art History from Drew University in 2015 and his MA from the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art in 2017. Before starting at UD, he was the Curatorial Assistant for American Art at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, where he co-curated the exhibition This Land: American Engagements with the Natural World. More recently, he was a curatorial intern at the Biggs Museum of Art and a Research Fellow for Stenton during summer 2022.

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"Books Are My Disease" Part Two: The Loganian Library at the Library Company of Philadelphia

Read more Support our programs: https://librarycompany.org/development/development-donate-form/ Building upon the November 15 event discussing 18th-century book storage at Stenton, Emily Guthrie andJim Green (with support from Laura Keim) will share highlights and stories from Logan’s collection in its present home at the Library Company. Commonly referred to as the “Loganian Library,” the collection comprised over 2,600 volumes at the time of Logan’s death in 1751. Consisting chiefly of books in Latin and Greek, the collection was among the finest in Colonial America.

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"Books Are My Disease" Part One: The Loganian Library at Stenton

Read more Support our programs: https://librarycompany.org/development/development-donate-form/. Join Stenton’s Curator Laura Keim and the Library Company's Librarian Emeritus Jim Green for a virtual tour and conversation exploring the original rooms, closets, and shelf locations that housed the Loganian Library at Stenton, James Logan’s house near Germantown. After the pre-recorded tour, enjoy the live discussion and audience Q&A.

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A Modern "Colonial" Home: A Century of Dames on Latimer Street - by Laura Keim

Read more To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the NSCDA/PA Headquarters House, Stenton Curator Laura Keim presented this lecture on October 19, 2022. Architects Ritter and Shay designed the NSCDA/PA Latimer Street Club House in 1921. The form and details of the building include both generic and specific visual allusions to Colonial and Federal-era buildings as expressions of the Society's values. In the following decades, landscape designers, Exley Kite, Marian Coffin, and Fred Peck expanded and ornamented the gardens behind the house. G. Edwin and Frances Brumbaugh incorporated 1634 Latimer into the building to create the library in the 1950s. PLEASE NOTE: In the slideshow, there is a photo of Mrs. J. Bancker Gribbel, where there should be a photo of Mrs. John Gribbel on the buildings committee.

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STUNNING STOOLS!!!! LIVE from Kelly Kinzle’s booth at The Philadelphia Show

Read more Stenton Curator Laura Keim went LIVE from Kelly Kinzle’s booth at The Philadelphia Show 2022 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Laura and Kelly examine defining details of the Norris stools from Stenton and how they helped to authenticate this third stool, most certainly once part of a set of four with Stenton’s pair.

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Provenance is Paramount: Silver @ Stenton Facebook LIVE

Read more Stenton’s number-one collecting priority is objects with a history of ownership in the Logan family. In 1928, The Colonial Dames officially voted “to refurnish the house as far as possible with Logan things,” which has remained a guiding principle and is part of what gives Stenton its viscerally authentic feeling. In January 2022, Stenton purchased a Philip Syng silver cann that Isaac Norris gave to James Logan. In this Facebook LIVE, recorded on 3/18/22, Stenton Curator Laura Keim considers the silver objects that were and are stored and exhibited in the parlor buffet including the newly acquired Norris-Logan cann and Sarah Logan’s imported English silver purchased for her marriage to Thomas Fisher.

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Provenance Is Paramount: Stenton@HSP

Read more Join Stenton and Historical Society of Pennsylvania staff members for a virtual broadcast to view and consider documents and manuscripts from Logan Family collections at HSP. Laura Keim and Lee Arnold will share a close look at handwritten business ledgers, personal diaries, maps of early Pennsylvania, and intimately annotated almanacs. They will chat about how these holdings enliven visitors’ experience of Stenton and draw out the family histories and stories connected with the objects and the c.1730 historic house.

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By Loan, By Gift, By Bequest, and By Purchase: New Objects and Object Opportunities for Stenton

Read more Zoom presentation by Stenton Curator Laura Keim, recorded on January 11, 2022. Laura discussed Stenton’s furnishing history, collecting priorities, newly arrived acquisitions and loans, and shared some purchasing opportunities that present themselves later this month (January 2022).

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Dinah Memorial Update with Artist Karyn Olivier Zoom Recording

Read more In this Zoom Webinar, recorded on November 17, 2021, Dinah Memorial Artist Karyn Olivier, Landscape Architect Claudia Levy, and Stenton Curator Laura Keim, provided updates on the Dinah Memorial design and construction progress. To learn more about the Dinah Memorial Project, visit www.stenton.org/dinah

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By Loan, By Gift, By Bequest: New Objects at Stenton Facebook LIVE

Read more 2021 has proved an exceptional year for new acquisitions and loans to Stenton. In this Facebook LIVE recorded on November 17, 2021, Stenton Curator Laura Keim offers a look at long-term loans from Independence National Historical Park, gifts and bequests from Logan family descendants, and a gift from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Stenton remains ever grateful for opportunities to grow the collection of LOGANIA on view to the public.

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Robert Restalrig Logan’s Unintentional Stenton Legacy Facebook LIVE 10/6/21

Read more Stenton Curator Laura Keim went LIVE on Facebook to view objects in Stenton’s collection that belonged to Robert Restalirig Logan (1874-1956). R.R. Logan, who was devoted to anti-vivisection, vegetarianism, and theosophy, avoided giving or bequeathing his inherited family collections to the Colonial Dames for Stenton. Yet in 2021, Stenton exhibits many objects he owned, some on loan from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and some owned by the NSCDA/PA. R.R. Logan sold some of his antiques, and others remained with his Bucks County estate Sarobia, which he bequeathed to the State of Pennsylvania.

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Boxed In: Letitia Wright's "Colonial" Stenton Garden Lecture

Read more In this Zoom presentation, recorded on 5/20/2021, Laura Keim shared highlights from one of Stenton’s archival treasures, the Stenton Garden Scrapbook, assembled from 1911-1913 by Colonial Dame and Logan descendant, Letitia Ellicott Carpenter Wright (1861-1933). The book is a rich and key primary source for understanding the design, plan, and early implementation of what we now call the “Colonial Revival Garden” at Stenton.

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Stenton Garden Tour 5.6.2021

Read more Stenton Garden Tender Susan Yeager leads a tour of Stenton's Colonial Revival Garden. Recorded on May 6, 2021.

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Historic House Museums in the 21st Century: Reimaginings and New Solutions Webinar 3/26/21

Read more Stenton Curator Laura Keim moderates a Zoom panel discussion with authors Donna Ann Harris, Kenneth C. Turino, and Max A. van Balgooy, who provide overviews of their recently released publications, share lessons they’ve learned from the field and their researches, and explore the nature and future of historic house museums.

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Facebook LIVE “…I wish to preserve for Posterity”: Deborah Norris Logan & Memory-making at Stenton

Read more A Facebook LIVE with Stenton Curator Laura Keim amid some of Deborah Norris Logan's things to consider the life and longings of this Quaker lady writer and antiquarian.

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Panel Discussion for "Remember My Name: Dinah's Story"

Read more On February 23, 2021, Stenton hosted a Zoom Panel Discussion with Robert Branch, Irma Gardner-Hammond, and Marissa Kennedy, the writer and performers of "Remember My Name: Dinah's Story." This is a recording of the panel discussion. To view the performance, please visit www.stenton.org/dinah

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"Remember My Name: Dinah's Story"

Read more "Remember My Name: Dinah's Story" Written by Robert Branch Performed by Irma Gardner-Hammond & Marissa Kennedy Film by PWP Video "Remember My Name: Dinah's Story" was developed as part of Stenton's Inequality in Bronze: The Dinah Memorial Project, supported by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. The Dinah Memorial Project included an artist’s residency for Storyteller, Irma Gardner-Hammond, to augment Dinah’s story. Last year, Stenton staff connected with Robert Branch, who writes and creates stories and characters for Historic Philadelphia, Inc., and he began researching and writing a historically contextualized Dinah story, which developed into "Remember My Name". Initially conceived as a live performance, “Remember My Name” became a COVID creation, a video by necessity, able to be widely shared. On February 23, 2021, Stenton hosted a Zoom Panel Discussion with Bob, Irma, and Marissa. You can also view the recorded panel discussion and the script by Robert Branch at www.stenton.org/dinah

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'Reinstating Color, Texture, and a Flying Tester Bedstead in Stenton’s Yellow Lodging Room' Program

Read more "OCHRE, OLD FUSTIC, AND MAPLE: Reinstating Color, Texture, and a Flying Tester Bedstead in Stenton’s Yellow Lodging Room" Zoom program by Stenton Curator Laura Keim

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Facebook LIVE: Giving Tuesday Feast of Gratitude with Stenton Curator, Laura Keim

Read more With gratitude for your interest and support during this unusual year, Stenton’s staff invites you to a brief afternoon Facebook LIVE program highlighting some of the Logan family’s best dining equipage and recipes from Logan ladies.

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"An Atlantic Life: James Logan of Lurgan and Philadelphia"

Read more A Zoom presentation exploring the life of the Ulster-Scot James Logan of Lurgan (1674-1751), whose migratory Atlantic life took him from a boyhood in Lurgan, Ireland, to the port of Bristol in England, and ultimately to the “Wilds of Pennsylvania” in America. There he exercised power and influence, becoming the leading colonial administrator in the province, while accumulating great wealth from Atlantic trade. Logan's success was monumentalised through the construction and furnishing of his fine country mansion called Stenton, near Germantown, Philadelphia, which today is recognised as a National Historic Landmark and operates as an historic house attraction. This special presentation will be provided by Laura C. Keim, the current curator of Stenton, whose slides will also provide a visual tour of the house, highlighting objects and furnishings, as well as selections from Logan’s exceptional colonial library at the Library Company of Philadelphia. The house displays the relative worldliness of a leading 18th-century Pennsylvania Quaker merchant with roots in Ireland. Webinar hosted by Lurgan Townscape Heritage Initiative

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Stenton Facebook LIVE - Philadelphia Queen Anne Chairs: Logan and Loganesque

Read more A brief examination and comparison of the attributes of Logan Family Queen Anne side chairs and others related by provenance and form.

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Researching and Re-shingling Stenton's Roof Webinar

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Virtual Tour of Stenton's Garden and Grounds

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Expanding Our Stories Webinar - Laura Keim

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Stenton Virtual Garden Party Recording

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Stenton's Food Axis Tour

Read more "Kitchen, Wash-house, and Cellars"- This Curator-led Facebook LIVE Tour from July 15, 2020 investigates the spaces where food and beverages were stored and prepared for consumption.

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Stenton LIVE Tour- Back to Front and Upstairs to Downstairs

Read more Facebook LIVE from Wednesday, July 8th: Stenton's Curator, Laura Keim, takes you on a behind-the-scenes tour of movement and circulation patterns in the daily lives of enslaved and indentured workers at Stenton.

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Live from the Hive- Stenton Open Hive Talk Part 1

Read more Part 1 of 2: Stenton Caretaker and Beekeeper Jeff Eckel shows inside of a hive at Stenton. We apologize for the technical difficulties!

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Live from the Hive- Stenton Open Hive Talk Part 2

Read more Part 2 of 2: Stenton Caretaker and Beekeeper Jeff Eckel shows inside of a hive at Stenton. We apologize for the technical difficulties!

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Facebook LIVE Tour of the Stenton Parlor

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"Relics of the Olden Time: John Fanning Watson and Material Memorials of Early Philadelphia"

Read more Laura Keim presented "Relics of the Olden Time: John Fanning Watson and Material Memorials of Early Philadelphia" at the invitation of The Philadelphia Club’s Program Committee. In the recorded PowerPoint presentation, Laura discusses objects associated with noted antiquarian and annalist, John Fanning Watson (1779-1860) and the origins of the Colonial Revival in the 1820s. Her slides include objects and manuscripts from the collections of Stenton, Wyck, Winterthur, the Germantown Historical Society, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Independence National Historical Park.

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Facebook LIVE Tour of the Blue Lodging Room

Read more Stenton Curator, Laura Keim's tour of the Blue Lodging Room.

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