Kenneth Finkel (MA, 19xx) is a Distinguished Lecturer in the American Studies Department at Temple University. Before joining Temple as a Distinguished Lecturer in the Spring of 2008, Finkel held various positions in Philadelphia’s cultural community: Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Library Company of Philadelphia, Program Officer at the William Penn Foundation, and most recently, Executive Director of Arts & Culture Service at WHYY. Publications include seven books and catalogues on 19th-century photography, graphics, and architecture with a focus on Philadelphia as a center of creativity. Finkel's first book: Nineteenth-Century Photography in Philadelphia was published in 1980. Other published worked include the early 19th-century sketchbooks of Joshua Rowley Watson and the Pennsylvania Railroad photographs of William H. Rau. Finkel revived the almanac format with the publication of The Philadelphia Almanac and Citizens’ Manual for 1994 and 1995. Finkel also launched WHYY’s Arts & Culture blog, The Sixth Square, first with an information campaign about Thomas Eakins’ Gross Clinic, at the time of its pending sale, and subsequently on several issues of cultural interest, including the Underground Railroad episode of Jane Johnson’s escape at Penn’s Landing.