Box 5

Spiral bound copy of "Before the Model City: An Historical Exploration of North Philadelphia", by Emma Jones Lapsansky.

Includes: a review for "Black Presence in Pennsylvania", by Emma Lapsansky published in The Public Historian Vol. 16 No. 4, and reviews for "Quaker Aesthetics: Reflections on a Quaker Ethic in American Design and Consumption", edited by Emma Lapsansky and Anne Verplanck in the Haverford Alumni Magazine, Winter 2003 and the Winterthur Portfolio 38:1

Includes: correspondence and materials related to Emma's role as outside evaluator for Abington Art Center's "The Lost Meeting Project" through the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.

Materials related to Emma's role as site evaluator for the Independence National Historical Park review in Philadelphia.

Correspodence from Scribe Video Center about Emma's role as advisor for a project about free African communities in Philadelphia produced by Scribe.

Flyers, schedules, brochures and other printed ephemera that advertise events Emma was involved with including workshops, talks, advisory committees and presentations.

Newspaper articles and photocopies publicizing events Emma was invovled with as a speaker, historian or curator.

Correspondence, questionnaries and workbook from the "My History is America's History", workshop that Emma served as evaluator for put on by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.

Special collections reports from when Emma was curator of Quaker and Special Collections at Haverford College, issues include introductory letters written by Emma.

Newsletter features an article "Emma Lapsansky Named Curator of Library's Quaker Collection" with a biography and photo of Emma.