Alexander Lawrence Ames is Curator & Senior Director of Collections Engagement at the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, USA. He holds an M.A. in American Material Culture, an M.A. in History, and a Ph.D. in History of American Civilization and Museum Studies from the University of Delaware. His publications include Grolier Club Bookplates: Past & Present, (2023, with Mark Samuels Lasner), and Portrait of a Citizen: Stephen Girard, Mariner, Merchant, Banker, and Philanthropist of the Early American Republic (2026).