PACSCL Finding Aids

This Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) site provides access to finding aids for manuscript and archival collections held by its members, a group of 36 libraries and archives, whose collections offer primary resources on national, regional, and local history; the natural and social sciences; world history; literature; religion; art and architecture; business and industry; and the performing arts. It also hosts finding aids for smaller institutions in the region prepared through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories.

Bryn Mawr College Special Collections: Jean Scobie Davis, from her first year at Bryn Mawr, 1910, from the Jean Scobie Davis Papers

Temple University Libraries: Rare Books & Manuscripts Collection, Special Collections: English literary and drama editor, novelist, Naomi Royde-Smith (1875-1964), wife of Ernest Milton, from her Papers, 1886-1957

The Free Library of Philadelphia: First page of autographed manuscript of "The Raven," written by Edgar Allan Poe, from the Richard Gimbel Collection of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1995

National Archives and Records Administration - Mid Atlantic Region: Pledge of Allegiance Fan, c. 1941-1945, from the Naval Districts & Shore Establishments [RG 181]

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1st Regiment Infantry Museum ‎(2)

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia ‎(20)

African American Museum in Philadelphia ‎(26)

American Swedish Historical Museum ‎(13)

Andalusia Foundation ‎(1)

Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department ‎(1)

Awbury Arboretum ‎(4)

Bridesburg Historical Society ‎(1)

Bryn Mawr College ‎(73)

Bucks County Civil War Round Table Library and Museum ‎(1)

Byberry Library ‎(4)

Chadds Ford Historical Society ‎(5)

Charles Albert Tindley Institute ‎(1)

Charlestown Historical Society ‎(4)

Chester County Archives ‎(1)

Chester County Historical Society ‎(8)

Chestnut Hill Historical Society ‎(68)

Chichester Historical Society ‎(1)

Christian C. Sanderson Museum ‎(2)

City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, City Archives ‎(4)

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation ‎(2)

Concord Township Historical Society ‎(8)

Conshohocken Historical Society ‎(16)

Craven Hall Historical Society ‎(3)

Dabbs Woodfin Library and Archives at Newlin Grist Mill ‎(3)

Delaware County Historical Society ‎(47)

Delaware County Institute of Science ‎(6)

Downingtown Area Historical Society ‎(14)

Doylestown Historical Society ‎(15)

Drexel University ‎(31)

Dublin Historical Society ‎(3)

East Falls Historical Society ‎(4)

Eastern State Penitentiary ‎(3)

Elwyn ‎(2)

Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archives ‎(24)

Fireman's Hall Museum ‎(11)

Free Library of Philadelphia ‎(56)

Friends of Northeast Philadelphia History ‎(4)

German Society of Pennsylvania ‎(42)

Germantown Historical Society ‎(38)

Glen Foerd on the Delaware ‎(5)

Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc. ‎(14)

Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library ‎(29)

Hagley Museum and Library ‎(705)

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections ‎(70)

Haverford Township Historical Society ‎(9)

Haycock Historical Society ‎(2)

Highlands Historical Society ‎(4)

Historic Carversville Society ‎(3)

Historic Fallsington, Inc. ‎(3)

Historic Langhorne Association ‎(14)

Historic Sugartown, Inc. ‎(2)

Historic Waynesborough ‎(1)

Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia ‎(32)

Historical Society of Bensalem Township ‎(6)

Historical Society of Fort Washington ‎(12)

Historical Society of Hilltown Township ‎(5)

Historical Society of Montgomery County ‎(52)

Historical Society of Tacony ‎(10)

Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area ‎(20)

Horsham Preservation and Historical Association ‎(3)

Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library ‎(26)

John Bowman Bartram Special Collections Library ‎(5)

John Gloucester Memorial and Historical Society ‎(1)

John J. Wilcox Jr. GLBT Archives of Philadelphia ‎(35)

John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove ‎(6)

Johnson House Historic Site ‎(2)

Kennett Township Historical Commission ‎(5)

King of Prussia Historical Society ‎(6)

Lansdale Historical Society ‎(13)

Library Company of Philadelphia ‎(21)

Limerick Township Historical Society ‎(7)

Lower Makefield Historical Society ‎(4)

Lower Merion Historical Society ‎(25)

Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society ‎(2)

Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia ‎(2)

Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library ‎(13)

Marple Historical Society ‎(2)

Media Historic Archives Commission ‎(9)

Mennonite Heritage Center ‎(5)

Mill at Anselma Preservation and Educational Trust ‎(2)

Millbrook Society ‎(15)

Montgomery Township Historical Society ‎(4)

Moore Archives at Historic Yellow Springs ‎(1)

Morris Arboretum Archives ‎(5)

Mummers Museum ‎(9)

Museum of the American Revolution ‎(1)

National Archives at Philadelphia ‎(1)

National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum ‎(5)

Nether Providence Historical Society ‎(2)

New Hope Historical Society ‎(9)

Newtown Historic Association ‎(24)

Newtown Square Historical Society ‎(2)

Pennepack Baptist Historical Foundation ‎(1)

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ‎(8)

Pennypacker Mills ‎(1)

Perkasie Historical Society ‎(6)

Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center ‎(4)

Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries ‎(2)

Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts ‎(2)

Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives ‎(6)

Philadelphia Sketch Club ‎(4)

Philadelphia Society of Free Letts ‎(1)

Philadelphia University ‎(6)

Plumstead Historical Society ‎(2)

Plymouth Meeting Historical Society ‎(6)

Pottsgrove Manor ‎(1)

Pottstown Historical Society ‎(11)

Published Collections ‎(10)

Quakertown Historical Society ‎(6)

Radnor Historical Society ‎(19)

Richard Wall House Museum ‎(2)

Roxborough Manayunk Wissahickon Historical Society ‎(1)

Ryerss Museum and Library ‎(2)

Sharon Hill Historical Society ‎(3)

Solebury Township Historical Society ‎(4)

Spring-Ford Area Historical Society ‎(6)

Springfield Township Historical Society (Bucks County, Pa.) ‎(3)

Springfield Township Historical Society (Montgomery County, Pa.) ‎(9)

St. James' Community History Center ‎(3)

Stenton ‎(4)

Strawberry Mansion ‎(4)

Sunrise Mill ‎(1)

Temple University Libraries Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection ‎(2)

Temple University Libraries Special Collections Research Center ‎(16)

The Center for Art in Wood ‎(7)

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania ‎(6)

The Historical Society of Trappe, Collegeville, Perkiomen Valley ‎(9)

Thornbury Historical Society ‎(3)

Tinicum Township Historical Society ‎(2)

Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society ‎(6)

Tyler Arboretum ‎(2)

Union League of Philadelphia ‎(2)

Union Library of Hatboro ‎(4)

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Department ‎(7)

University of Pennsylvania ‎(718)

Upper Darby Historical Society ‎(2)

Upper Moreland Historical Association ‎(6)

Upper Uwchlan Township Historic Commission ‎(1)

Uwchlan Township Historical Commission ‎(5)

Violette de Mazia Foundation ‎(2)

Wagner Free Institute of Science ‎(10)

Wallace Township Archives ‎(7)

Warwick Township Historical Society ‎(3)

Welkinweir ‎(2)

Welsh Valley Preservation Society ‎(3)

West Caln Township Historical Commission ‎(2)

Westtown School Archives ‎(13)

Wharton Esherick Museum ‎(2)

Wissahickon Valley Historical Society ‎(10)

Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association ‎(2)

Woodford Mansion ‎(1)

Woodlands Mansion and Cemetery ‎(1)

Worcester Historical Society ‎(11)

Yardley Historical Association ‎(6)

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