A receipt from a book sale, discussions of tax negotiations and a mortgage register may not seem worthy of display in their ...

Highlights from the Jay T. Snider collection of Benjamin Franklin are on display at The Library Company of Philadelphia, before heading to auction at Sotheby’s.

In 1738, Benjamin Franklin wasn’t yet the revolutionary history remembers him to be. It had been 10 years since he had set up a printing house and nine since he began to publish the Pennsylvania ...

The artifacts include books, newspapers, letters and manuscripts printed by the Founding Father. They're being shown at the ...

There is an old-fashioned turf war going on at the Franklin Public Library, which was founded in 1790 with a gift of three books by the town’s namesake, Benjamin Franklin. And at the root of the ...

As millions of students return to school across the country, we take a look at how a gift from a founding father helped spark a movement to make public education a reality. Pamela Watts of Rhode ...

With the story in yesterday's Times about the privatization of public libraries in several states, I was put in mind of Benjamin Franklin and the bit of his autobiography which describes the founding, ...

The Library Company of Philadelphia launches a monthly club to discuss civic values, based on virtues set down by its founder, Benjamin Franklin. Michael Barsanti, director of the Library Company of ...

Question: Did the Neenah Arts Council, Library Board or the Common Council approve the placement of the Benjamin Franklin statue at the Neenah Public Library? Will Neenah ever get a statue of FDR? JFK ...