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.

: Brief notes in a saw mill account book kept by Joseph Hawley (1772-1851) of West Bradford Township

: Lincoln autograph document. Pass authorizing the release of an unknown boy, 1864, from the Lincoln Collection

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

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1st Regiment Infantry Museum ‎(2)

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia ‎(20)

African American Museum in Philadelphia ‎(26)

African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas ‎(4)

American Philosophical Society ‎(3)

American Swedish Historical Museum ‎(13)

Andalusia Foundation ‎(1)

Archives of the Associated Alumni of the Central High School of Philadelphia ‎(3)

Aston Township Historical Society ‎(2)

Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department ‎(4)

Awbury Arboretum ‎(4)

Bridesburg Historical Society ‎(1)

Bryn Mawr College ‎(76)

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)

Chemical Heritage Foundation Archives ‎(1)

Chester County Archives ‎(1)

Chester County Historical Society ‎(8)

Chester Heights CampMeeting Association ‎(1)

Chestnut Hill Historical Society ‎(68)

Chichester Historical Society ‎(1)

Christ Church Archives ‎(1)

Christian C. Sanderson Museum ‎(2)

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

Cliveden of the National Trust ‎(2)

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)

Darby Free Library ‎(2)

Delaware County Historical Society ‎(47)

Delaware County Institute of Science ‎(6)

Downingtown Area Historical Society ‎(14)

Doylestown Historical Society ‎(15)

Drexel University ‎(120)

Dublin Historical Society ‎(3)

East Falls Historical Society ‎(4)

Eastern State Penitentiary ‎(3)

Eden Cemetery ‎(1)

Elwyn Historical Archives and Museum ‎(2)

Eugenio M. de Hostos Archives at Taller Puertorriqueno ‎(1)

Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archives ‎(24)

Fireman's Hall Museum ‎(11)

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia Archives ‎(1)

Free Library of Philadelphia ‎(67)

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College ‎(3)

Friends of Northeast Philadelphia History ‎(4)

Friends' Central School Archives ‎(1)

German Society of Pennsylvania ‎(45)

Germantown Historical Society ‎(38)

Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust ‎(2)

Glen Foerd on the Delaware ‎(5)

Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc. ‎(14)

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

Greek American Heritage Museum ‎(5)

Hagley Museum and Library ‎(940)

Harcum College Archives ‎(2)

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections ‎(791)

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 ‎(37)

Historical Society of Bensalem Township ‎(6)

Historical Society of Fort Washington ‎(12)

Historical Society of Frankford ‎(44)

Historical Society of Hilltown Township ‎(5)

Historical Society of Montgomery County ‎(52)

Historical Society of Tacony ‎(10)

Historical Society of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church ‎(57)

Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area ‎(20)

Horsham Preservation and Historical Association ‎(3)

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

James A. Michener Art Museum Archives ‎(24)

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)

Laurel Hill Cemetery ‎(1)

Lehigh University Special Collections ‎(8)

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)

Malvern Historical Commission ‎(14)

Manuscripts and Archives Department ‎(1)

Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library ‎(13)

Marple Historical Society ‎(2)

Media Historic Archives Commission ‎(9)

Mennonite Heritage Center ‎(5)

Mikveh Israel Archives ‎(1)

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)

New London Area Historical Society ‎(1)

Newtown Historic Association ‎(24)

Newtown Square Historical Society ‎(2)

Old Eagle School ‎(1)

Old York Road Historical Society ‎(89)

Pearl S. Buck International ‎(7)

Pennepack Baptist Historical Foundation ‎(1)

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ‎(8)

Pennypacker Mills ‎(1)

Perkasie Historical Society ‎(6)

Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center ‎(22)

Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries ‎(2)

Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts ‎(2)

Philadelphia Folksong Society ‎(1)

Philadelphia History Museum ‎(30)

Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives ‎(148)

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)

Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections Rare Books Division One Washington Road Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA ‎(2)

Published Collections ‎(10)

Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College ‎(3)

Quakertown Historical Society ‎(6)

Radnor Historical Society ‎(19)

Radnor Hunt Archives ‎(2)

Richard Allen Museum Archives ‎(1)

Richard Wall House Museum ‎(2)

Roxborough Manayunk Wissahickon Historical Society ‎(1)

Ryerss Museum and Library ‎(2)

Sellersville Museum ‎(5)

Sharon Hill Historical Society ‎(3)

Solebury Township Historical Society ‎(4)

Southampton Baptist Corporation ‎(2)

Spring-Ford Area Historical Society ‎(6)

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

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

St. David's Episcopal Church Parish Archives ‎(1)

St. James' Community History Center ‎(3)

St. Peter's Episcopal Church ‎(1)

Stenton ‎(4)

Strawberry Mansion ‎(4)

Sunrise Mill ‎(1)

The Archives at the School in Rose Valley ‎(1)

The Center for Art in Wood ‎(7)

The Henry George Birthplace, Archive and Historical Research Center ‎(4)

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania ‎(6)

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

The Historical and Interpretive Collections of The Franklin Institute ‎(49)

The Wilma Theater ‎(1)

Thornbury Historical Society ‎(3)

Tinicum Township Historical Society ‎(2)

Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society ‎(5)

Tri-County Heritage Society ‎(16)

Tyler Arboretum ‎(2)

Union League of Philadelphia ‎(2)

Union Library of Hatboro ‎(4)

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Department ‎(7)

University of Pennsylvania ‎(1241)

Upper Darby Historical Society ‎(2)

Upper Moreland Historical Association ‎(6)

Upper Uwchlan Township Historic Commission ‎(1)

Uwchlan Township Historical Commission ‎(5)

Village Improvement Association of Doylestown ‎(2)

Villiger Archives of St. Joseph's Preparatory School ‎(1)

Violette de Mazia Foundation ‎(2)

WHYY Archives ‎(1)

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)

West Nantmeal Township Historical Commission ‎(2)

Westtown School Archives ‎(13)

Wharton Esherick Museum ‎(2)

William M. Lennox Archives Center at Malvern Retreat House ‎(1)

Williamson College of the Trades (Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades) ‎(3)

Wissahickon Valley Historical Society ‎(10)

Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association ‎(2)

Woodford Mansion ‎(1)

Woodlands Mansion and Cemetery ‎(1)

Woodmere Art Museum ‎(6)

Worcester Historical Society ‎(11)

Yardley Historical Association ‎(6)

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