Primary Philadelphia Studies Libraries, Museums, Catalogs & Archives

Drexel University, Hagerty Library
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Free Library of Philadelphia
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog
    Research Collections
    Central Library Departments

National Archives, Mid-Atlantic Region
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Unrestricted Access

Philadelphia City Archives
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Unrestricted Access

Temple University Libraries
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog
    Blockson Afro-American Collection
    Special Collections
    Urban Archives

Important Philadelphia Studies Libraries, Museums, Catalogs & Archives

Academy of Natural Sciences, Stewart Library
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Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

American Friends Service Committee Archives
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American Philosophical Society
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Athenaeum of Philadelphia
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Collection at HSP
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Bryn Mawr College Library
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog, Tripod

Bucks County Community College Library
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Unrestricted Access

Bucks County Historical Society
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Spruance Library

Camden County Library System
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Chestnut Hill College Library
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Unrestricted Access

David Library of the American Revolution
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Unrestricted Access

Delaware County Community College Library
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Delaware County Library System
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Economic History in the Philadelphia Region
bank, banks, banking, merchant, merchants, economics, economy, insurance...   [more]
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Fairman Rogers Collection
An ongoing digitization project. The collection comprises 1,054 rare volumes on horses and horsemanship including medical guides, stud books, books on shoeing, harnessing, training, riding, driving, r...   [more]
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Franklin and Marshall College Library
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

German Society of Philadelphia
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Germantown Historical Society
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Unrestricted Access

Hagley Museum and Library
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog and Inventories

Haverford College Library
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog
    Special Collections

Health Sciences Libraries Consortium
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Jenkins Law Library
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia (JGSGP)
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Unrestricted Access

La Salle University, Connelly Library
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Lafayette College Libraries
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Lehigh University Library & Technology Services
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Library Company of Philadelphia
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Lutheran Theological Seminary, Krauth Memorial Library
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog (Eastern Cluster)

Montgomery County Library & Information Network Consortium
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Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

PACSCL Finding Aids
Finding aids for manuscript and archival collections held at Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) member libraries....   [more]
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Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
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Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSL)
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Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalogs

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Library
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    Online Catalog

Philadelphia Museum of Art
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    Library and Archives
    Online Catalog

Philadelphia University, Gutman Library
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    Online Catalog

PhillyHistory.org Mobile
Free. Photographic images of Philadelphia from the Philadelphia City Archives, which holds approximately 2 million photos dating from the late 1800s, as well as the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Some int...   [more]
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PhILS
Also Known as: Philadelphia City Archives
Archival record group descriptions for Philadelphia Department of Records's City Archives. Useful for determining the genealogy of current Philadelphia government agencies and for identifying historic...   [more]
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Presbyterian Historical Society
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Princeton University Library
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Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Rider University Libraries
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Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Rosemont College, Gertrude Kistler Memorial Library
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Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Rosenbach Museum & Library
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Rowan University Library
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Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Rutgers University Libraries
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Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Ryan Memorial Lib.
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    Online Catalog

Saint Joseph's University, Francis A. Drexel Library
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    Online Catalog, Jerome

Swarthmore College Library
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    Online Catalog
    Peace Collection
    Friends Historical Library

Thomas Jefferson University, Scott Memorial Library
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    Online Catalog

University of Pennsylvania Library
Other campus Archives and Libraries:...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Architectural Archives
    Archive of Folklore and Folklife
    Center for the Study of the History of Nursing
    Museum Archives
    University Archives and Records Center

University of the Arts, Libraries
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    Online Catalog

University of the Sciences Library
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    Online Catalog

Urban Archives, Temple University Libraries
Archival repository for Philadelphia community organizations and some municipal government commissions, Philadelphia newspapers (including the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin clippings file and Bulletin...   [more]
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Villanova University, Falvey Memorial Library
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Supplemental URLs
    Online Catalog

West Chester University, Green Library
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    Online Catalog

Winterthur Library
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    Online Catalog