Archives & Research Tools

African American Museum in Philadelphia http://www.aampmuseum.org/
701 Arch Street, Philadelphia (215-574-0380)

African-American Newspapers: 19th Century [Computer File]
Includes: Freedom's Journal (New York City), Colored American (New York City), North Star (Rochester, NY), and National Era (Washington, DC)
Connect via the web through http://tripod.brynmawr.edu

American Friends Service Committee Archives http://www.afsc.org/archives.htm
1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia (215-241-7044)

American Philosophical Society Library http://www.amphilsoc.org/library
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia (215-440-3400)

Archives USA http://archives.chadwyck.com/

Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies http://www.hsp.org/news/balch_collections.html
(see Historical Society of Philadelphia)

Directory of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the Delaware Valley, ed. by David S. Miller and David M. Weinberg (Philadelphia: City of Philadelphia Department of Records, 1998)
Canaday Ref CD3052.D57 1998

Guide to Manuscript and Microfilm Collections of the Research Library of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, ed. by Monique Bourque and R. Joseph Anderson (Philadelphia: The Institute, 1992)
Canaday Ref fZ1361.E4B35 1992

Guide to Women's History Resources in the Delaware Valley Area, ed. by Trina Vaux (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983)
Canaday Ref HQ1438.A118V38 1983

Historical Society of Philadelphia http://www.hsp.org/visit/index.html
1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia (215-732-6200)

Library Company of Philadelphia http://www.librarycompany.org/hours.htm
1314 Locust Street, Philadelphia (215-546-3181)

[Hahnemann] Medical College of Pennsylvania
Florence A. Moore Library
3300 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia (215-842-4700)

Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries www.pacscl.org

Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center http://www.rc.net/philadelphia/pahrc/index.html
100 East Wynnewood Road, Bala Cynwyd (610-667-2125)

Philadelphia Athenaeum http://www.philaathenaeum.org/library.html
219 Sixth Street, Philadelphia (215-925-2688)

Philadelphia City Archives http://www.phila.gov/phils/carchive.htm

Presbyterian Historical Society http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_phs.htm
425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia (215-627-1852)

Rosenbach Museum and Library http://www.rosenbach.org/main.html
2010 Delancey Place, Philadelphia (215-732-1600)

Subject Collections: A Guide to Special Book Collections and Subject Emphases as Reported by University, College, Public, and Special Libraries and Museums in the United States and Canada, compiled by Lee Ash & William G. Miller (New Providence, New Jersey: R. R. Bowker Company, 1993)
Canaday Ref fZ688.A2A8 1993

United States National Archives and Records Administration Philadelphia Branch www.archives.gov/facilities/pa/philadelphia_center_city.html
900 Market Street, Philadelphia (215-597-3000)

University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt Library http://www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt/s
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia (215-898-7088)

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