Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture 
Society Notes
May 11, 2018

PSPA Welcomes Monika Crosby from Philabundance for Final Meeting of Season
The June meeting will round out the year and bring us up-to-date on the remarkable work of this organization. Our very own, Monika Crosby will be presenting.
 
Students From Delaware Valley University Present at May Meeting
The Society meeting in May was treated to a presentation by the ag marketing team from Delaware Valley University. The two young men presented the same pitch that they made at the national student competition recently in Kansas City.
 
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MEMBER UPDATES
PSPA Welcomes Mark Brault to the Society

Our Society president, John Urnamchuk welcomed a new member to the Society by presenting credentials to Mark Brault. Mark is the owner of Deer Creek Malt and a big proponent of utilizing local agricultural products in his business. In the past, the Society visited Mark‘s operation and was impressed at the developing sector of locally grown and produced malts.
PSPA Member Database Updated

The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture’s Memoirs VI, printed in 1939, contains a consolidated list of PSPA members from 1785 to 1939. In it, the Committee on Activities details the sources from which the names were gathered, notably the Germantown Telegraph, which provided “a number of names elected” in the second half of the nineteenth century.

One of the current projects of the Historical and Library Committee has been to list names of members elected since 1939. An initial start was made by simply typing a list, but Lynne Farrington, who curates the Society’s collections at the University of Pennsylvania, saw the limits of such activity. Instead, Lynne designed a spread sheet that would list name, city, date of election, type of membership, and office held. Then she assigned the project to a student, Ryan Morgan, who in a short period of time completed a consolidated list of all PSPA members since 1785.  

The Society expresses its appreciation to Lynne and Ryan for a project that will be of great use in the years to come.



How to Use the PSPA Library Online 

Last year the Historical and Library Committee worked on some reorganization of the online access to the PSPA Library and set-up some clear directions for use. On www.pspaonline's website, click “Resources,” then “ Library and Archive .” You will see a collection of options. Click “ How to Search the Penn Libraries Online Catalog ” and the instructions for use will come up. If you wish to learn more about the collections, on the website, click “Resources,” then “Library and Archive,” then “ Introduction ."



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