<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:56:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@phillyhistory/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Insects: a Case(s) Study]]></title><description><![CDATA["With so much abundance, it very likely never occurred to most entomologists of the past that their multitudinous subjects might dwindle away. As they poured themselves into studies of the life cycles]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@phillyhistory/insects-a-case-s-study</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@phillyhistory/insects-a-case-s-study</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:50:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9FL8egxaYT8BajXBXiLepS5dY3grnXtcPchwuJG15ytB2ex3zTjjpWBpn4VFMoxrTy3yhJtfrZRga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is Scary at the Wagner]]></title><description><![CDATA[WARNING: Contains graphic content involving wild animals killing, eating, and fighting for dominance. Cooper's Hawk and Prey So reads the bio of the Twitter and Instagram account @NatureisScary. Much like]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/taxidermy/@phillyhistory/nature-is-scary-at-the-wagner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/taxidermy/@phillyhistory/nature-is-scary-at-the-wagner</guid><category><![CDATA[taxidermy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UwmNuYX2BH8u1w6efsz7bqR6qTS7GYq2xFtHugbA5nPazc3eePDRtuSzAAekifT6MuWAjzuPRh4R2v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Aesthetics of Anatomical Illustration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Human anatomy & physiology was a staple of the Wagner’s educational program during its first thirty years. It was taught almost every semester between 1855 and 1885 by over 15 different professors.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/publichistory/@phillyhistory/the-aesthetics-of-anatomical-illustration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/publichistory/@phillyhistory/the-aesthetics-of-anatomical-illustration</guid><category><![CDATA[publichistory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:24:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9adwE2VsRqwp5w558qqwcjppamdov8RpXAD3CSrXdSe9Fkz4WNRXbJjvaHgJeafS3sXiuRnXWrimLDiYXj7y3gwThsc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make History Now  Funding Humanities   Arts Research Fellowships]]></title><description><![CDATA[Support this project on Fundition.io]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/en/@phillyhistory/8c41ehbas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/en/@phillyhistory/8c41ehbas</guid><category><![CDATA[en]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:02:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWMGm4Xa2MvD5AT2bJsSA8F9WeC71rKR4BBHpY3L1n7uYPoWxeUkHCTN2EpcezLxbJWDJL6E2X4XKfMoqqazqHLmC1RSPJsnaGpyQLPh6gox?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free and Open To All]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Wagner Free Institute of Science was born out of William Wagner’s love of the natural world, his belief in the importance of science education, and his knowledge that it was not accessible to the majority]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/publichistory/@phillyhistory/free-and-open-to-all</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/publichistory/@phillyhistory/free-and-open-to-all</guid><category><![CDATA[publichistory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 20:48:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvNgJKbAbegJqgMBivBQRGx1nhoFB2GM1smozKRM6X4TqFC6uxm42A8AcLch1UEQ6CVKGLVCDkDpPQpNr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Macro Entomology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a fun Friday post of some close-up photographs of the Wagner's entomology collection with just a little bit of history. The Wagner’s entomological collections were primarily collected and installed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/museum/@phillyhistory/macro-entomology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/museum/@phillyhistory/macro-entomology</guid><category><![CDATA[museum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 20:46:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UxHRfzyqvM43rdrKdVkMhEEBRTAF3N1fnMHQ2UBHixauxLMZucBofSZm6ECXAZysXqXLyKVsGZ7C1C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research Paths - From Coral to a Poem and Everything Inbetween]]></title><description><![CDATA[Temple University-Wagner Fellow, Jena Osman, found inspiration in a single specimen of brain coral. See our previous post to learn more about this specimen and other corals in our collection. This specimen]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@phillyhistory/research-paths-from-coral-to-a-poem-and-everything-inbetween</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@phillyhistory/research-paths-from-coral-to-a-poem-and-everything-inbetween</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:36:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjnzfBiDDuiTPeHrUVurHhCDkvoSB1vQTE6CjmXQmiBUZ4oJg67R5yijhs6m9ZRmAM17utJopdbVb1TaMgVc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Brain? A Maze? No, it's Coral!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stony Corals, or hard corals, are the reef builders of the world and exist in many different shapes and sizes. In fact, there are over 3,000 species of stony corals! While the Wagner museum does not have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/museum/@phillyhistory/a-brain-a-maze-no-it-s-coral</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/museum/@phillyhistory/a-brain-a-maze-no-it-s-coral</guid><category><![CDATA[museum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 21:49:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovRKmdvHuGdjQcC3KKcy54dkrLBqtkVB2516J2j1U34LfHeCLvtDnpxoTaRPerNQVDL9m94RjjNK9dcdoQDxbBJsY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiration under the Microscope]]></title><description><![CDATA[The weekly question from @sndbox is How can we engage our audience differently? 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Emily Cobb first visited the Wagner's museum over ten years ago and returned repeatedly finding inspiration in the displays of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@phillyhistory/victorian-biology-and-contemporary-jewelry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@phillyhistory/victorian-biology-and-contemporary-jewelry</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 21:32:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvTw7mWv9gDKkbBp985tyUYsDrk84YhMscF5g9WDjBEFt6w5499DLQSUZv5wthzEuWzCTNgwAySWvWkva?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Frontier for the Wagner Free Institute of Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello from the staff at the Wagner Free Institute of Science! We are very excited to be part of the Steemit world and to explore the new and exciting ways a cultural institution can add to and benefit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/publichistory/@phillyhistory/a-new-frontier-for-the-wagner-free-institute-of-science</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/publichistory/@phillyhistory/a-new-frontier-for-the-wagner-free-institute-of-science</guid><category><![CDATA[publichistory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 19:59:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZjmSb2cNEofGUsfZxsSMtfq8n4Z8rEMTWW5LCAbF9UVkCRvWqoFS6uL5cyegdmCksn7GJEQ8NsoU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[PhillyHistory’s Decision: The Wagner Free Institute of Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[As promised, the semester-long crypto-experiment conducted by graduate courses at Temple University's Center for Public History and Temple's MLA Program has concluded with an allocation of the rewards]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/phillyhistory-s-decision-the-wagner-free-institute-of-science</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/phillyhistory-s-decision-the-wagner-free-institute-of-science</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 14:48:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs758mYGixiZgCY3xAJAXCAZjpAzFwfyjdZQeAZBaGQvATPP3iNsyicse25fB4qDAUw7nJn1YHzkFXPxhhie9RQB4rGtcVxz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Semester Summary: The Most Talked About Posts]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we boasted last time, the @phillyhistory project was brought to life by 15 students who, along with @phillyhistory, published 297 posts in 15 weeks drawing 872 comments and 10,647 upvotes. Thanks to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/projects/@phillyhistory/semester-summary-the-most-talked-about-posts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/projects/@phillyhistory/semester-summary-the-most-talked-about-posts</guid><category><![CDATA[projects]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 20:36:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiRyFqypKrdqP6is6NnJaiJ2JA6VUUhQarkhKmYghXVGRxEfoYGm4qBePHmVGY77B7dYVzEWGKNXYSfGrNbwgQmjV9PXyGbQ9EPiH4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Semester Summary at “Steemit U”– What Have We Accomplished?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What has the @phillyhistory collective, the 15 students in this 15-week, crypto-experiment in higher education and the nonprofit sector done since mid January? Quite a lot, really. Late last year, in December]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/projects/@phillyhistory/semester-summary-at-steemit-u-what-have-we-accomplished</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/projects/@phillyhistory/semester-summary-at-steemit-u-what-have-we-accomplished</guid><category><![CDATA[projects]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:32:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiRyFqypKrdqP6is6NnJaiJ2JA6VUUhQarkhKmYghXVGRxEfoYGm4qBePHmVGY77B7dYVzEWGKNXYSfGrNbwgQmjV9PXyGbQ9EPiH4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dozen Weeks In: Thoughts and Posts from the Steemians of 5151]]></title><description><![CDATA[What we’ve been reading, discussing & doing Here are some summaries from the @Phillyhistory Feed our twelfth week of the semester. In this thoughtful post, @johnesmithiii highlights from the reading]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/publichistory/@phillyhistory/a-dozen-weeks-in-thoughts-and-posts-from-the-steemians-of-5151</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/publichistory/@phillyhistory/a-dozen-weeks-in-thoughts-and-posts-from-the-steemians-of-5151</guid><category><![CDATA[publichistory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:18:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uorbjCZXrQEAUejCAZNrYnhMkVf3LXnjFb8sMnkheDvZnwXvRz8DSGfMAcKnZsKGsw2Dhux2Fn5fmv9kUnu3TeKm13M8u66ormvJU4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help Needed: Time to Reach Out to Potential Award Recipients]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now we are seven. We’re down to seven projects, that is. And each of the home organizations will soon receive a version of the email below. Before we hit the “send” button, does anyone have any corrections,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/help-needed-time-to-reach-out-to-potential-award-recipients</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/help-needed-time-to-reach-out-to-potential-award-recipients</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:21:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNH8q6FEif2uzpmXjQNog2n2huWTcwn78xkcjhjjM8GNH3h4mSvEZLpeUzJpu8TYvW1bK6jQRbQEdKC1o6FiDRSTqnd9Mf7Z1EJVXV8Fo3NHZ14DhCQTFp4hba1RWgUs1oze6pyaQVC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steeming Ahead Toward a Funding Decision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Class is cancelled today (snow!), but we’re moving along in several ways as we have seven projects to consider: • Create Paid Internships at Art-Reach (proposed by @charliehersh) • Develop Community Led]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/steeming-ahead-toward-a-funding-decision</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/steeming-ahead-toward-a-funding-decision</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:22:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZVVKmXhtvgKqwbwBkEW2Zw4TQ1mz82vfpmoiHY1vHNPtW5XrP8XximfJ5eng5QPtDmRnnRLbieakX5radSE94Sg8XmD9W7pTgc4XQFfqjYHsg3w9Y9W1zoPa5ffkPGbiW1i7hipyGAH44kf7ozyMutNokz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Plan to Give Away 3,000 STEEM: Criteria x Capacity = Cultural Capital]]></title><description><![CDATA[Decision Time Approaches Thanks to our collective teamwork, we now have two essential lists: 1) Nonprofit organizations, candidates capable of implementing projects with the 3000 STEEM we’ve accumulated,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/our-plan-to-give-away-3-000-steem-criteria-x-capacity-cultural-capital</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/our-plan-to-give-away-3-000-steem-criteria-x-capacity-cultural-capital</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uorbjCZXrQEAUejCAZNrYnhMkVf3LXnjFb8sMnkheDvZnwXvRz8DSGfMAcKnZsKGsw2Dhux2Fn5fmv9kUnu3TeKm13M8u66ormvJU4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[3000 STEEM Awaits the Winning Project. But How to Choose Which One?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s time to rank our top 10 project ideas for funding. In two recent posts - this one and this one - we presented summaries of ten interesting project ideas proposed by graduate students in public history.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/3000-steem-awaits-the-winning-project-but-how-to-choose-which-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/3000-steem-awaits-the-winning-project-but-how-to-choose-which-one</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:20:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdzwBnxT9HthiqQpcTqrtqHLFvuHS4RYZmhxoPe6GSvLkb2pJz2odrv3ogJZfjDMDXC8LvhjEJYhjT7NPg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Saved 3,000 STEEM to give to a Non-Profit in Philadelphia - Help us Decide Where it Should Go]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's time to design a decision grid. We have many ideas, good ones, and they are before us in posts on the PhillyHistory feed, summarized here and here. Now’s the time to look at them more closely and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/we-saved-3-000-steem-to-give-to-a-non-profit-in-philadelphia-help-us-decide-where-it-should-go</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/we-saved-3-000-steem-to-give-to-a-non-profit-in-philadelphia-help-us-decide-where-it-should-go</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kyJM9JABQLS7EhjmU3VVqJQJsLWXdiMs2jXqdN3wNajsmvhGG9TXg7UHKWKy7zJSqt5vtxPeq2vasPgehp2JwKp7vY6Q9VD9GPYcWsPKK2KDNfHim9BbNTruToDX8bfT4VvELYW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>