The Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, or ITPS, is an academic center dedicated to the preservation, study and dissemination of the life, work and legacy of Thomas Paine, and is located on the campus of Iona University in the city of New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York.
[1] Thomas Paine was one of the founding fathers of the United States and the key political philosopher of the age of democratic revolutions.
He was a resident of New Rochelle and lived on a farm just a short distance up North Avenue from the Iona University campus.
Established in 2013, the ITPS houses one of the world's unique Paine collections, including multiple first editions and early copies of his famous writings Common Sense, Age of Reason, and Rights of Man.
Years of legal work ensued and in 2013 the state Supreme Court approved a petition transferring custody of the collection from the TPNHA to the college.