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Collections (189 collections)

  • 1868 to present

    1868 to present

    Welcome to the Keystone College 1868- Present Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection contains materials pertaining to the history more

  • Abington High School Yearbooks

    Abington High School Yearbooks

    This collection of the Oracle, the Abington High School yearbook, covers the years 1918-1921 and 1923-2013.

  • Altoona Area Public Library – Blair County Oral Histories

    Altoona Area Public Library – Blair County Oral Histories

    This collection contains oral histories of the Blair County region of Pennsylvania. The interviews pertain to events that happened in Blair County or stories of Blair more

  • Altoona Area Public Library – Historic Photographs

    Altoona Area Public Library – Historic Photographs

    This collection contains photos documenting the history of Central Pennsylvania and the surrounding region.

  • Alumni Magazine

    Alumni Magazine

    Lycoming College and its predecessor Dickinson Seminary have served the central region of Pennsylvania since 1812. The school carries a historic connection to the Methodist Church more

  • Ambler Gazette Collection – Wissahickon Valley Public Library

    Ambler Gazette Collection – Wissahickon Valley Public Library

    The Wissahickon Valley Public Library: Ambler Gazette Collection is a joint effort with the Fort Washington Historical Society to preserve the society's collection of the Ambler more

  • American Culinary Federation, Pittsburgh Chapter

    American Culinary Federation, Pittsburgh Chapter

    The Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts in Pittsburgh, PA (LCB) hosts and manages the historical American Culinary Federation (ACF) Pittsburgh, PA Chapter. The officers more

  • American Marketplace Collection

    American Marketplace Collection

    American Marketplace chronicles the development of the industrial expansion of the United States following the Civil War, and the parallel emergence of the consumer products reflecting more

  • Andrew Carnegie Online Archive

    Andrew Carnegie Online Archive

    This collection contains primary resources about Carnegie's bequests along with supporting explanatory text, that teachers will be able to use a part of their curriculum.

  • Architecture—Practical and Theoretical

    Architecture—Practical and Theoretical

    This collection is a digitized copy of the book ArchitecturePractical and Theoretical by the Beezer Brothers (1894). The Beezer brothers (Louis and Michael J.) were famous more

  • B. Reed Henderson High School Collection

    B. Reed Henderson High School Collection

    Welcome to the B. Reed Henderson High School Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. Henderson High School, located in the Borough of more

  • Bedford County Library – Winona Garbrick

    Bedford County Library – Winona Garbrick

    Winona Garbrick was one of the most prolific teachers in Bedford High School history. Her legacy includes National Bestselling Author Dean Koontz, who wrote a personalized more

  • Bellwood Bulletin Collection

    Bellwood Bulletin Collection

    The Bellwood Bulletin weekly newspaper provides a unique glimpse into the cultural, economic, political, religious and social activities of Bellwood and the surrounding areas from 1889-1946. more

  • Berks County Yearbooks

    Berks County Yearbooks

    Reading Public Library, as a district center, is working toward granting online access to digitized yearbooks from all Berks County schools and institutions. Digitized content covers more

  • Betzwood Collection

    Betzwood Collection

    Welcome to the Montgomery County Community College's Betzwood Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. In the first decades of the motion picture more

  • Buhl Foundation Photographs

    Buhl Foundation Photographs

    The Buhl Foundation Photographs collection contain photographs of Chatham Village, the Buhl Foundation’s $2 million housing development located in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood. The photographs, dating more

  • Cambria City Church Project

    Cambria City Church Project

    In the Johnstown neighborhood of Cambria City are located five historical, ethnic churches. In 2009, the Altoona/Johnstown Diocese closed four of the churches and renamed the more

  • Cambria County Immigration Declarations

    Cambria County Immigration Declarations

    This collection includes scans of immigration declarations registered in Cambria County from 1835-1991. Information includes name, place of departure, country of origin, and age.

  • Cambria County Library – Johnstown, PA History Books

    Cambria County Library – Johnstown, PA History Books

    Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was originally formed as a town in 1800. The city has experienced three major floods throughout its history and later became the site of more

  • Cambria County Library – Johnstown, PA Postcards

    Cambria County Library – Johnstown, PA Postcards

    This collection contains postcards from the early 20th century of Johnstown, Pennsylvania area landmarks.

  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Industry, Mining, & Technology Journals

    Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Industry, Mining, & Technology Journals

    Pittsburgh’s heritage is strongly rooted in iron, steel, mining and related industries. This section of the Pittsburgh Iron & Steel Heritage Collection is a compilation of more

  • Carnegie Mellon University Historic Image Archive
  • Central Pennsylvania College Photo Collection

    Central Pennsylvania College Photo Collection

    This collection contains photographs from the 1880s to the beginning of the 20th century of Central Pennsylvania College students, faculty, facilities, and grounds.

  • Centre County Library & Historical Museum – Bellefonte Governors’ Papers

    Centre County Library & Historical Museum – Bellefonte Governors’ Papers

    Bellefonte has been home to seven governors, five of whom were Governors of Pennsylvania. This collection features correspondence, documents, and manuscripts of their authorship as well more

  • Chester County Library & District Center – Northern Chester County Historic Photographs

    Chester County Library & District Center – Northern Chester County Historic Photographs

    This collection contains photographs of Northern Chester County in the first decades of the 1900's.

  • Christy Mathewson Collection

    Christy Mathewson Collection

    Welcome to the Keystone College 1868- Present Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection contains documents and photos of the more

  • Civil War Grave Registrations

    Civil War Grave Registrations

    This collection contains the grave registrations forms of veterans of the Civil War buried in Lehigh County, PA. Upon burial these forms were filed with the more

  • Clarion Free Library – Mary Hamilton Holiday Cards

    Clarion Free Library – Mary Hamilton Holiday Cards

    This collection contains images of limited edition, hand-printed linocut holiday cards that were made by folk artist Mary Hamilton who lived and worked throughout her career more

  • Clarion Free Library – World War I

    Clarion Free Library – World War I

    This collection contains images of photographs, letters, and other memorabilia and resources contributed by the community documenting the impact of World War I on Clarion County, more

  • Colonial Formularies Collection

    Colonial Formularies Collection

    This collection provides access to two rare dispensatories and receptures that illuminate the therapeutic practices and medical orientation of two dispensing physicians in the multilingual colonial more

  • Conshohocken Recorder Collection

    Conshohocken Recorder Collection

    The Conshohocken Recorder, April 1, 1882 - September 9, 1954.

  • DeSales University – Bishop McShea Archives

    DeSales University – Bishop McShea Archives

    Archival photographs documenting the priesthood of the Most Reverend Joseph McShea, Bishop of Allentown.

  • DeSales University – St. Francis de Sales Collection

    DeSales University – St. Francis de Sales Collection

    We have digitized three rare books by/about St. Frances De Sales. the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales are an international community who will obviously benefit more

  • Eichleay Engineering Corporation Photographs

    Eichleay Engineering Corporation Photographs

    The Eichleay Engineering Corporation Photographs document the company’s business operations through images that depict house raising and moving, structural engineering, industrial construction, and mechanical installation.

  • Elizabethtown College: Historic Image Collection

    Elizabethtown College: Historic Image Collection

    Welcome to the Elizabethtown College: Historic Images Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection consists of ca. 3000 mostly black and more

  • Elizabethtown College’s Anna V. Blough Missionary Letters and Diaries from China Collection

    Elizabethtown College’s Anna V. Blough Missionary Letters and Diaries from China Collection

    The Blough missionary letters and diaries from China are an invaluable resource to those researching Church of the Brethren history, along with those scholars studying the more

  • Elizabethtown College’s Church of the Brethren Photograph Collection

    Elizabethtown College’s Church of the Brethren Photograph Collection

    The Church of the Brethren Photograph Collection consists of more than 500 mostly black and white photographs of meeting houses and churches in eastern Pennsylvania, historic more

  • Elizabethtown College’s Peace Pamphlet Collection

    Elizabethtown College’s Peace Pamphlet Collection

    Elizabethtown College was founded by members of the Church of the Brethren, one of the original "peace churches" to spread from Europe to the United States. more

  • Erie County Public Library – Erie County Yearbooks

    Erie County Public Library – Erie County Yearbooks

    This collection of Erie City / Erie County yearbooks spans 1920-2010 and contains digitized copies from Academy, Northwest PA Collegiate Academy, East High School, and Strong more

  • Evangelical Church Historic Lantern Slides

    Evangelical Church Historic Lantern Slides

    These lantern slides were produced by Rev. Fred W. Solver around 1930 to be used for a lecture about individuals and places associated with the Evangelical more

  • Friends Central School – Early Photographs

    Friends Central School – Early Photographs

    This collection includes early photographs showing student life, faculty, buildings, and grounds of Friends' Central School, a co-ed Quaker School founded by three Quaker meetings in more

  • George Liebegott Genealogy Collection

    George Liebegott Genealogy Collection

    The digitization of the eight index volumes of the George Liebegott Genealogy Collection is the first stage of indexing the entire 247 volumes of the collections. more

  • German Society of Pennsylvania – Women’s Auxiliary of the German Society of Pennsylvania

    Since its founding in 1764, the German Society provided charitable assistance to German-speaking immigrants in the community. The Women’s Auxiliary of the German Society of Pennsylvania more

  • Historic Books

    Historic Books

    The Historic Books collection contains local history and books of historical nature from around the Lehigh Valley. This collection also contains unpublished family history research records more

  • Historic Images and Documents

    Historic Images and Documents

    A collection of Sewickley, Pennsylvania and Quaker Valley region historic images and documents from the history collections of the Sewickley Public Library.

  • Historical Photographs

    Historical Photographs

    This collection contains historical photographs of the Lehigh Valley.

  • Huntingdon County Historical Newspapers

    Huntingdon County Historical Newspapers

    This digital collection contains the archive of the Huntingdon Gazette and the Huntingdon Journal. The Huntingdon Gazette is the first successful newspaper on the town of more

  • Indiana Pennsylvania in the Civil War Collection

    Indiana Pennsylvania in the Civil War Collection

    Welcome to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Indiana Pennsylvania in the Civil War Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Indiana more

  • James V. Brown Library – Historic Documents

    James V. Brown Library – Historic Documents

    This collection contains historic documents about the James V. Brown Library of Williamsport, PA, including Annual Reports and minutes from Board of Trustee meetings.

  • Kiski School Digital Collection

    Kiski School Digital Collection

    The Kiskiminetas Springs School was founded in 1888 by Andrew Wilson who believed its location by the Kiskiminetas River to be an ideal environment for educating more

  • Lancaster County – City Directories 1843 – 1900 Collection

    Lancaster County – City Directories 1843 – 1900 Collection

    This collection consists of Lancaster City and County residential and commercial directories, 1843-1900. These directories provide valuable information regarding the population of Lancaster City and County, more

  • Lancaster County – City Directories 1901 – 1914 Collection

    Lancaster County – City Directories 1901 – 1914 Collection

    Welcome to the Lancasterhistory.org's Lancaster County City Directories 1901 - 1914 Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection consists of more

  • Lancaster County – City Directories 1914 – 1922 Collection

    Lancaster County – City Directories 1914 – 1922 Collection

    Welcome to the Lancasterhistory.org's Lancaster County City Directories 1901 - 1914 Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection is the more

  • Lancaster County – Lancaster Examiner and Herald 1834-1854 Collection

    Lancaster County – Lancaster Examiner and Herald 1834-1854 Collection

    Lancaster's Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834 - 1872, patrons more

  • Lancaster County – Lancaster Examiner and Herald 1855-1872 Collection

    Lancaster County – Lancaster Examiner and Herald 1855-1872 Collection

    Lancaster's Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834 - 1872, patrons more

  • Lancaster County – Lititz Newspaper Collection

    Lancaster County – Lititz Newspaper Collection

    This collection contains issues from 1877 to 1936 of the Lititz Record and from 1937-2001 of its successor, the Lititz Record Express.

  • Lancaster County – The New Holland Clarion 1873-1890 Collection

    Lancaster County – The New Holland Clarion 1873-1890 Collection

    The New Holland Clarion was published weekly in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1873-1984. The newspaper provided the local news, world and regional news, information more

  • Lancaster County – The New Holland Clarion 1891-1910 Collection

    Lancaster County – The New Holland Clarion 1891-1910 Collection

    The New Holland Clarion was published weekly in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1873-1984. The newspaper provided the local news, world and regional news, information more

  • Lancaster County – The New Holland Clarion 1911-1950 Collection

    Lancaster County – The New Holland Clarion 1911-1950 Collection

    The New Holland Clarion was published weekly in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1873-1984. The newspaper provided the local news, world and regional news, information more

  • Lancaster Public Library – Local History

    Lancaster Public Library – Local History

    This is a collection of documents, photographs, and monographs relating to the history of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

  • Lancaster Public Library Yearbook Collection

    Lancaster Public Library Yearbook Collection

    Lancaster Public Library has teamed up with Hempfield School District, McCaskey High School, and Lancaster Catholic High School to digitize yearbooks from all three institutions. Digitized content more

  • Lawton Digital Archive

    Lawton Digital Archive

    The Lawton Digital Archive consists of a selection of presentations made by M. Powell Lawton, Ph.D. throughout his career at conferences for researchers on aging. The more

  • Local History Collection

    Local History Collection

    Welcome to the Keystone College Local History Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection a large number of photos and more

  • Lock Haven University of PA – 1877 to 2008

    Lock Haven University of PA – 1877 to 2008

    Welcome to the Loch Haven University of PA 1877 - 2008 Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents.

  • Lock Haven University Wrestling Program

    Lock Haven University Wrestling Program

    This collection examines Lock Haven University wrestling. Here you will find photographs and other materials highlighting this history of this nationally recognized program.

  • Lycoming College – Historic Documents

    Lycoming College – Historic Documents

    Our Historical Documents Collection features a monograph of the college's history from its beginnings to 1955 and manuscripts of importance to the colleges almost two-hundred year more

  • Lycoming College – Lycoming County Women’s History Collection

    Lycoming College – Lycoming County Women’s History Collection

    Williamsport Women: Voices, Images, Actions Source material related to the history of women in Lycoming County from Lycoming College, the Lycoming County Historical Society, and the J.V. more

  • Lycoming College – Moving Images of Lycoming College

    Lycoming College – Moving Images of Lycoming College

    Lycoming College and its predecessor, Dickinson Seminary, has served the central region of Pennsylvania since 1812. The school carries an historic connection to the Methodist Church more

  • Lycoming College – Student Newspapers, 1856 – present

    Lycoming College – Student Newspapers, 1856 – present

    This digitized collection of eighteen student publication spans the life of the College from its inception as the Dickinson Seminary, through its years as a junior more

  • Lycoming College – Voices of Lycoming

    Lycoming College – Voices of Lycoming

    The Voices of Lycoming Collection includes audio files of speakers in Clarke Chapel. These public addresses give listeners a first-person view of significant people and events more

  • Lycoming College – Yearbooks of Lycoming College and Dickinson Seminary

    Lycoming College – Yearbooks of Lycoming College and Dickinson Seminary

    Lycoming College and its predecessor, Dickinson Seminary, has served the central region of Pennsylvania since 1812. The school carries a historic connection to the Methodist Church more

  • Lycoming College Campus – Past and Present

    Lycoming College Campus – Past and Present

    The Lycoming College Campus - Past and Present collection is an exhibit of photographs depicting the buildings and grounds of the campus from its earliest days more

  • Lycoming College Collection

    Lycoming College Collection

    The Lycoming College Collection begins after the accreditation of the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College as a four year college. It is a growing collection more

  • Lycoming County Digital Photo Archive

    Lycoming County Digital Photo Archive

    Over two thousand (2,000) local historical photographs, drawings and images of old Lycoming County, PA. can be found here. Images are shown in a small version more

  • Matthews Public Library – Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania Historic Images

    Matthews Public Library – Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania Historic Images

    Founded in 1761 by Frederick Stump, Fredericksburg (formerly Stumpstown) is situated in northern Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Formerly a predominantly rural, farming community with a substantial German more

  • McBride Memorial Library – Berwick High School Yearbooks

    McBride Memorial Library – Berwick High School Yearbooks

    This collection consists of High School yearbooks for Berwick High School, in Berwick, PA, from 1927 to present.

  • Meadville Local History Collection

    Meadville Local History Collection

    The Meadville Local History Collection is a condensed sketch of the early history of Meadville, Pennsylvania which covers the city's natural resources and a portrayal of more

  • Mengle Memorial Library Jefferson County Punxsutawney Spirit Collection

    Mengle Memorial Library Jefferson County Punxsutawney Spirit Collection

    Welcome to the Mengle Memorial Library's Punxsutawney Spirit Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Punxsutawney Spirit represents a significant regional newspaper more

  • Meyersdale Public Library Photograph Collection

    Meyersdale Public Library Photograph Collection

    The Meyersdale Public Library photograph collections contain approximately 2,000 photographs. From the total collection, about 320 will be selected for digitization based on the selection criteria. more

  • Milton Hershey School Hershey News Collection

    Milton Hershey School Hershey News Collection

    Hershey News, published from 1953 until 1964, reported news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Pennsylvania (informally known as Hershey). A small town newspaper, there more

  • Milton Hershey School Hershey Press Collection

    Milton Hershey School Hershey Press Collection

    "The Hershey Press (alternatively published as ”Hershey’s Weekly” or “Hershey’s The Progressive Weekly”) was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and more

  • Minutes of the Town Council Collection

    Minutes of the Town Council Collection

    Minutes of the Town Council of the Borough of Conshohocken, Volume 1, July 1850 - March 1874 Collection.

  • Monroeville Public Library – Gateway High School Yearbooks

    Monroeville Public Library – Gateway High School Yearbooks

    A collection of student yearbooks from schools near Monroeville, Pennsylvania, including Gateway Senior High School.

  • Montgazette Collection

    Montgazette Collection

    Welcome to the Montgomery County Community College's Montgazette Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Montgomery County Community College's Brendlinger Library is more

  • Myerstown Photo Collection

    Myerstown Photo Collection

    Albright Collegiate Institute was established in Myerstown,PA, 1895, and was re-chartered as Albright College, 1898, and remained in Myerstown until 1928 when it then moved to more

  • Nazareth Area World War II Scrapbook

    Nazareth Area World War II Scrapbook

    Newspaper clippings chronicling the lives of area Servicemen and women during World War II and the Korean Conflict.

  • Nazareth Item Collection

    Nazareth Item Collection

    An independent family newspaper devoted to literature, local and general intelligence. Published 1891-1975.

  • New Castle Public Library – Cascade Park

    New Castle Public Library – Cascade Park

    Cascade Park is a former amusement park which now serves as a recreational nature park; it is located 2 ½ miles from downtown New Castle in more

  • New Castle Public Library – New Castle Directories 1872-1899

    New Castle Public Library – New Castle Directories 1872-1899

    This collection contains a selection of various directories from 1872-1899 (not exhaustive), covering the Mahoning, Shenango, and Beaver valleys, as well as Lawrence County and the more

  • New Castle Public Library – New Castle Directories 1900 -1910

    New Castle Public Library – New Castle Directories 1900 -1910

    This collection contains City of New Castle directories covering all years, 1900-1910.

  • New Castle Public Library – New Castle Directories 1911-1918

    New Castle Public Library – New Castle Directories 1911-1918

    This collection contains City of New Castle directories covering all years, 1911-1918 (not exhaustive).

  • New Castle Public Library – New Castle Directories 1921-1928

    New Castle Public Library – New Castle Directories 1921-1928

    This collection contains City of New Castle directories covering all years, 1921-1928.

  • New Castle Public Library – New Castle High School Yearbooks

    New Castle Public Library – New Castle High School Yearbooks

    This collection contains yearbooks from New Castle High School, located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1913-2012. Ne-Ca-Hi was published from 1913-1961, and Pergodian has been published more

  • New Castle Public Library – New Castle Public Library 100th Anniversary

    New Castle Public Library – New Castle Public Library 100th Anniversary

    A selection of photographs and video clips from the New Castle Public Library's 100th Anniversary celebration, October 21, 2010.

  • New Castle Public Library – Laurel High School Yearbooks

    New Castle Public Library – Laurel High School Yearbooks

    This collection contains yearbooks from Laurel High School, located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1964-1992. Some years are missing.

  • Old Economy Village – Archives

    Old Economy Village – Archives

    The Harmonists, a Christian Communal society, founded Old Economy Village in 1824. They were known for their piety, as well as for their economic successes in more

  • Pennsylvania Geological Survey Historical Photograph Collection

    Pennsylvania Geological Survey Historical Photograph Collection

    This collection includes photographs from the Pennsylvania Geological Survey Historical Photographs Collection.

  • Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – Cambria Civil War 150

    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – Cambria Civil War 150

    As part of the 150th commemoration of the Civil War, the Pennsylvania Highlands Community College has digitized a diary and personal letters associated with Cambria County more

  • Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – Cambria Memory Project

    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – Cambria Memory Project

    This collection features items collected from the public that focus on the immigrant and ethnic heritage of Cambria County.

  • Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – Cresson Sanatorium

    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – Cresson Sanatorium

    In 1900, there were 34 sanatoriums in the United States. By 1925 there were 536. The Cresson Sanatorium was one of the earlier sanatoriums and provides more

  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Archive Collections Guides

    Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Archive Collections Guides

    This ongoing collection consists of finding aids created for the archival holdings of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (1827- ). Included are guides to historical materials such more

  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Philadelphia Flower Show Collection

    Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Philadelphia Flower Show Collection

    This collection consists of documentation related to the Philadelphia Flower Show from 1829 to the present including tickets, advertisements, posters and high-quality photographs to exhibits and more

  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Philadelphia Garden Photographs, 1900-1940: 1. Garden Club of Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Philadelphia Garden Photographs, 1900-1940: 1. Garden Club of Philadelphia

    The Garden Club of Philadelphia was established in 1904 by Mrs. J. Willis Martin and Miss Ernestine Goodman to promote an interest in gardens, their design, more

  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Philadelphia Garden Photographs, 1900-1940: 2. John C. Wister Collection

    Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Philadelphia Garden Photographs, 1900-1940: 2. John C. Wister Collection

    The noted scholar, horticulturist, and landscape architect John Caspar Wister (1887-1982) focused on eastern Pennsylvanian climate and ecology through his work as first director of both more

  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Philadelphia Garden Photographs, 1900-1940: 3. PHS Collection Portfolios

    Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Philadelphia Garden Photographs, 1900-1940: 3. PHS Collection Portfolios

    This collection is comprised of photographic images documenting designed landscapes both private and public in and around Philadelphia. Digitized materials include early-twentieth century views of private, more

  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – PHS Archives Digital Image Collection

    Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – PHS Archives Digital Image Collection

    This collection documents activities and projects undertaken by or in partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society from its inception in 1827 to the 21st Century (apart more

  • Pennsylvania State Archives – All Collections

    Pennsylvania State Archives – All Collections

    Visit all the collections available from the Pennsylvania State Archives. Below are a few highlights from the Pennsylvania State Archives collections.

  • Pennsylvania State Archives – Postcards

    Pennsylvania State Archives – Postcards

    This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, more

  • Pennsylvania State Archives – Posters

    Pennsylvania State Archives – Posters

    This is a collection of posters of varying size, color and medium pertaining to the U.S. and Pennsylvania from before the start of the Civil War more

  • Pennsylvania State Archives – Polk Center Glass Plate Negative Collection

    Pennsylvania State Archives – Polk Center Glass Plate Negative Collection

    This collection includes historical glass plate negatives documenting daily life of staff and residents of Polk State School in Venango County, Pennsylvania. In the early 20th more

  • Pennsylvania State Archives – World War I Posters

    Pennsylvania State Archives – World War I Posters

    This collection is of World War I era posters of varying size, color and medium pertaining to the U.S. and Pennsylvania. The posters are manufactured for more

  • Peters Township Public Library – Historic Images and Documents Collection

    Peters Township Public Library – Historic Images and Documents Collection

    A selection of historic photographs, documents, and ephemera from the archival collections at Peters Township Public Library. These primary source materials document changes within Peters Township more

  • Pittsburgh Iron & Steel Heritage Collection

    Pittsburgh Iron & Steel Heritage Collection

    Pittsburgh’s heritage is strongly rooted in iron, steel, mining and related industries. The Pittsburgh Iron & Steel Heritage Collection is a digital compilation of books, journals, more

  • Pittston Gazette Collection

    Pittston Gazette Collection

    Welcome to the West Pittston Library's Pittston Gazette Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Pittston Gazette Collection includes the more

  • Postcards Collection

    Postcards Collection

    The collection consists of Geneva College postcards. The initial set of images consists of 28 postcards, showing campus buildings in photographs and artistic renderings. Dates of more

  • Pottsville Free Public Library – Schuylkill County Photographs

    Pottsville Free Public Library – Schuylkill County Photographs

    This collection contains photographs of people and places in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

  • Reading Area Community College – The Schuylkill Navigation System

    Reading Area Community College – The Schuylkill Navigation System

    The Schuylkill Navigation Company was incorporated in 1815 for the purpose of making the Schuylkill River navigable. In the State Archives of Pennsylvania Manuscript Group 110 more

  • Reading Public Library – Berks County Postcards

    Reading Public Library – Berks County Postcards

    This collection contains postcards that show images from around Berks County. The list of categories includes advertisements, attractions, exhibits, bridges, dams, buildings, businesses, clubs, organizations, hospitals, more

  • Saint Francis University Student Newspapers from 1927-2006

    Saint Francis University Student Newspapers from 1927-2006

    This collection consists of the Saint Francis University student newspapers Loretto and Troubadour.

  • Samuel and Rosa Kern Letters

    Samuel and Rosa Kern Letters

    The Samuel and Rosa Kern Letters collection spans a time frame from 1879 - 1887. These letters cover a broad range of topics spanning sports, social more

  • Schuylkill Seminary Photo Collection

    Schuylkill Seminary Photo Collection

    Schuylkill Seminary was established in Reading PA in 1881, moved to Fredericksburg in 1886, then returned to Reading in 1902. It was renamed Schuylkill College in more

  • Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – Rosina Heydrich’s Midwifery Manual and Ledger, 1770-1819

    Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – Rosina Heydrich’s Midwifery Manual and Ledger, 1770-1819

    An extensive midwifery manuscript (Hebamme Büchlein) in the archive of the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, penned between the years 1770-1819, is attributed to Rosina Heydrich, more

  • Scranton Public Library – Celebrating Our Towns: Lackawanna Co. Centennial Books and Community Histories

    Scranton Public Library – Celebrating Our Towns: Lackawanna Co. Centennial Books and Community Histories

    Lackawanna County has many different towns, townships, cities, and boroughs.  This collection gives histories of how those places developed.  Most of the books in this collection more

  • Scranton Public Library – Century Club of Scranton

    Scranton Public Library – Century Club of Scranton

    The Century Club of Scranton is a women's club that was founded in 1911 by prominent women of Scranton.  During the long history, which continues today, more

  • Scranton Public Library – Community and Church Cookbooks from Northeastern PA

    Scranton Public Library – Community and Church Cookbooks from Northeastern PA

    This is a collection of cookbooks mostly dating from the 1960's and 1970's.  They are all from Northeastern PA and contain many ethnic and cultural recipes. more

  • Scranton Public Library – Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series

    Scranton Public Library – Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series

    Funded by a grant from the Scranton Area Foundation, this collection contains streaming video of over 50 readings by nationally renowned poets such as W.S. Merwin, more

  • Scranton Public Library – From Lace Makers to Coal Miners: Life in the Lackawanna Valley 1866-1920

    Scranton Public Library – From Lace Makers to Coal Miners: Life in the Lackawanna Valley 1866-1920

    From Lace Makers to Coal Miners contains photos, books, church records, and brochures of what life was like in the Lackawanna Valley from 1866-1920.  The photos more

  • Scranton Public Library – History of the Scranton Public Library

    Scranton Public Library – History of the Scranton Public Library

    A collection of very early photographs of the library from 1893. There are also documents of the history of one of our buildings, the Silkman House. more

  • Scranton Public Library – Nay Aug Amusement Park–The Strohl Collection

    Scranton Public Library – Nay Aug Amusement Park–The Strohl Collection

    Karl and Ralph Strohl owned and operated the Nay Aug Amusement Park for nearly 70 years. These photos are from their personal collection.

  • Scranton Public Library – Out of the Wilderness: The Industrialization and Development of the the Scranton Area 1850-1865

    Scranton Public Library – Out of the Wilderness: The Industrialization and Development of the the Scranton Area 1850-1865

    Funded by a grant from the Willary Foundation, this collection contains letters, books, paintings, photographs, and other artifacts from the era when the Lackawanna Valley emerged more

  • Scranton Public Library – Scranton Christmas Windows

    Scranton Public Library – Scranton Christmas Windows

    In 2009 Gene Giancini was cleaning out a building on the West Side of Scranton. His family had operated a business in the building for 60 more

  • Scranton Public Library – The Story of the Community Medical Center

    Scranton Public Library – The Story of the Community Medical Center

    Contains over 100 photographs, scrapbooks, newsletters, and other items from the century-long history of this storied health care provider.

  • Sewickley Herald Collection

    Sewickley Herald Collection

    The collection is the digitized microfilm archive of the Sewickley Herald from 1902-2012. The Sewickley Herald is a local, weekly newspaper that is significant in documenting more

  • St. Marys Public Library – The St. Marys Daily Press

    St. Marys Public Library – The St. Marys Daily Press

    The daily newspaper covering events in St. Marys, PA, located in Elk County. The newspaper begins in 1911 and is still currently printing.

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Abraham Lincoln Collection

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Abraham Lincoln Collection

    A representative sampling of valuable items on Abraham Lincoln in the State Library's collection that have been digitized to commemorate the Lincoln Bicentennial in 2009. Items more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Ambler Gazette Newspaper

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Ambler Gazette Newspaper

    This collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919, that are held in the State Library of Pennsylvania. This is a weekly more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Benjamin Franklin Collection

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Benjamin Franklin Collection

    Materials by and about Benjamin Franklin from the State Library collection digitized in commemoration of his 300th birthday.

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Comics
  • State Library of Pennsylvania – ERIC Documents

    State Library of Pennsylvania – ERIC Documents

    Welcome to the State Library of Pennsylvania's ERIC Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection contains documents produced under the more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Fort Necessity

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Fort Necessity

    A selection of documents on the battles of Fort Necessity and Braddock's Campaign, along with background on French and English relations as well as their interactions more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Governor’s Mansion

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Governor’s Mansion

    This collection contains photos, reports, and other information related to a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the building of the Governor's Mansion in Harrisburg.

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Miscellany Collection

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Miscellany Collection

    Items include a report on the 1907 Dar Mine Disaster relief efforts; the Twin Shaft mining disaster investigation, 1986, Early Indian history along the Susquehanna River, more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – PA Exhibitions

    State Library of Pennsylvania – PA Exhibitions

    This collection contains miscellany from various exhibitions and expositions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in Pennsylvania.

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Bulletin

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Bulletin

    The Pennsylvania bulletin is the official gazette of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It contains notices, regulations and other documents filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau... and more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Capitol Centennial Collection

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Capitol Centennial Collection

    Pennsylvania Capitol Centennial Collection Historic descriptions, explanations, and illustrated visitors' guidebooks to the State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Documents Collection

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Documents Collection

    Contains reports of Pennsylvania State Agencies such as the Annual Reports of the Eastern and Western State Penitentiaries from the 1800's - early 1900's; Reports of more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Genealogy Collection

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Genealogy Collection

    Welcome to the State Library of Pennsylvania's Pennsylvania Genealogy Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. Includes the Harrisburg Newspaper Index containing marriages more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Historical Newspapers

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Historical Newspapers

    This collection of Pennsylvania newspapers includes incomplete runs of the following titles:  Christian Observer (1840-1850), Colonization Herald, Lancaster Intelligencer/Intelligencer and Journal (1830-1852), Lewistown Republican/Republican (1840-1844), Mansfield more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Legislative Record

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Legislative Record

    This collection contains publications related to the official record of laws, regulations, and discussions in the Pennsylvania Senate and House of Representatives. Incomplete runs of the more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Native Americans Collection

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Native Americans Collection

    This collection contains periodicals, both newspaper and magazine in format, from the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, as well as Pennsylvania State documents and more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Regimental Histories

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Regimental Histories

    Selected Pennsylvania Regimental Histories in the Civil War, with histories of Pennsylvania units from other wars to be added.

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Journal

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Journal

    Pennsylvania State House of Representative Journal contains an address to the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives on 2/22/1861 which includes a speech given by then President-Elect more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – United States Civil War Collection

    State Library of Pennsylvania – United States Civil War Collection

    A wide variety of Civil War literature, including a report on the battle of Gettysburg, preparations for the internment of the remains of the dead at more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – World War I Collection

    State Library of Pennsylvania – World War I Collection

    Welcome to the State Library of Pennsylvania's World War I Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. A collection of Materials about more

  • Summerville Story Project

    Summerville Story Project

    The Summerville, Pennsylvania Story Project is a collection of documents, photos, and other memorabilia intended to present the human side of Summerville. The collection material dates more

  • Susquehanna University – 1858-1894

    Susquehanna University – 1858-1894

    This collection contains the archive of documents, photographs and brief publications and correspondence revolving around the evolution of Susquehanna University from 1857 through 1894.

  • Susquehanna University – 1895-1939

    Susquehanna University – 1895-1939

    This collection contains the archive of documents, photographs, and brief publications and correspondence revolving around the evolution of Susquehanna University from 1985 through 1939.

  • Susquehanna University – 1940-1949

    Susquehanna University – 1940-1949

    This collection contains the archive of documents, photographs, and brief publications and correspondence revolving around the evolution of Susquehanna University from 1940 through 1949.

  • Susquehanna University – 1950-1959

    Susquehanna University – 1950-1959

    This collection contains the archive of documents, photographs, and brief publications and correspondence revolving around the evolution of Susquehanna University from 1950 through 1989.

  • Susquehanna University – 1960-1969

    Susquehanna University – 1960-1969

    This collection contains the archive of documents, photographs, and brief publications and correspondence revolving around the evolution of Susquehanna University from 1960 through 1969.

  • Susquehanna University – 1970-1979

    Susquehanna University – 1970-1979

    This collection contains the archive of documents, photographs, and brief publications and correspondence revolving around the evolution of Susquehanna University from 1970 through 1979.

  • Susquehanna University – 1980-1989

    Susquehanna University – 1980-1989

    This collection contains the archive of documents, photographs, and brief publications and correspondence revolving around the evolution of Susquehanna University from 1980 through 1989.

  • Susquehanna University – 1990-1999

    Susquehanna University – 1990-1999

    This collection contains the archive of documents, photographs, and brief publications and correspondence revolving around the evolution of Susquehanna University from 1990 through 1999.

  • Susquehanna University – 2000-2009

    Susquehanna University – 2000-2009

    This collection contains the archive of documents, photographs, and brief publications and correspondence revolving around the evolution of Susquehanna University from 2000 through 2009.

  • Swarthmore Public Library: The Swarthmorean Newspaper, 1914-1955

    Swarthmore Public Library: The Swarthmorean Newspaper, 1914-1955

    This collection includes some of Swarthmore's earliest newspapers, including the Swarthmore News followed by its still current paper, The Swarthmorean.

  • The Baldwin School Archives – Blazers, Uniforms, Gowns Collection

    The Baldwin School Archives – Blazers, Uniforms, Gowns Collection

    This collection is comprised of photographs of the blazers, uniforms, and commencement gowns of the girls and women of The Baldwin School, dating from the 1800s more

  • The Baldwin School Archives: Hourglass Newspaper Collection

    The Baldwin School Archives: Hourglass Newspaper Collection

    The Baldwin School Hourglass Newspaper Collection includes selections from the Hourglass newspaper of The Baldwin School, which was first printed in 1945.

  • The Baldwin School Archives: Photos and Documents

    The Baldwin School Archives: Photos and Documents

    In 1888, Miss Florence Baldwin founded "Miss Baldwin's School for Girls, Preparatory for Bryn Mawr College" in her mother's house at the corner of Montgomery and more

  • The Builder Collection

    The Builder Collection

    The Builder is an architectural publication that was published in Pittsburgh from 1901 to 1919. Its subtitle is: "Devoted to Architecture". The Builder is a highly more

  • The Johnstown Flood of 1889

    The Johnstown Flood of 1889

    On May 31, 1889, the breaking of the South Fork Dam caused the single greatest natural disaster in the history of the United States: the Great more

  • The Kiski School  – The Kiski School Digital Collection

    The Kiski School – The Kiski School Digital Collection

    The Kiskiminetas Springs School was founded in 1888 by Andrew Wilson who believed its location by the Kiskiminetas River to be an ideal environment for educating more

  • The Seminary Guard Newspaper

    The Seminary Guard Newspaper

    The Union Seminary student newspaper. The Union Seminary was a forerunner institution of Albright College. The student newspaper was co-published by the Excelsior and Neocosmian literary more

  • Ulysses Library Association – Phil Bennett Collection

    Ulysses Library Association – Phil Bennett Collection

    The Phil Bennett Collection is a collection of photographs provided by a patron. It contains photos of people and places in the Ulysses and surrounding Potter more

  • Ulysses Library Association – Ulysses History

    Ulysses Library Association – Ulysses History

    This collection contains artifacts, documents, newspaper items, photographs, and transcripts related to the people, items, and events in the history of Ulysses (Lewisville), PA from the more

  • United Lutheran Seminary – In Her Own Right: the Lutheran Deaconess Movement in the United States

    United Lutheran Seminary – In Her Own Right: the Lutheran Deaconess Movement in the United States

    Books and serial publications published by the various Lutheran Deaconess Communities in the United States, focused on those with Motherhouses in Philadelphia and Baltimore. The “In more

  • Upper Merion Area School District Yearbooks Collection

    Upper Merion Area School District Yearbooks Collection

    Digital Version of Upper Merion Area High School (King of Prussia, PA 19406) yearbooks 1934-2013 (some missing).

  • Warren Library Association – Historic Flood Control (1943)

    Warren Library Association – Historic Flood Control (1943)

    An archive of papers examining historical flood control and new proposals under construction during the 1930's and 40's.

  • Warren Library Association – Historic Photographs

    Warren Library Association – Historic Photographs

    An archive of over 300 digital images from the library's Historic Warren Photograph Collection.

  • Warren Library Association – The Allegheny Pilot

    Warren Library Association – The Allegheny Pilot

    Provides a detailed navigational study of the river during the era of early rafting and lumbering.

  • Warren Library Association – The Carnival, First Presbyterian Church, 1899

    Warren Library Association – The Carnival, First Presbyterian Church, 1899

    The Carnival was a weeklong fundraiser event of the First Presbyterian Church of Warren, PA, featuring internationally and hobby themed booths, meals, and a daily publication. more

  • Whitehall High School Yearbooks

    Whitehall High School Yearbooks

    Whitehall Township Public Library is making available the yearbooks of the Whitehall Coplay School District.  When completed, the yearbooks will range from 1922 (vol. 4) – more

  • Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

    Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

    This collection contains the archive of the "Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent" newspaper from 1913 through 1958. This newspaper is historically significant to the region, state and nation more

  • Williamson College of the Trades – Isaiah Van Sant Williamson History

    Williamson College of the Trades – Isaiah Van Sant Williamson History

    A collection of papers and biographical materials from Williamson College of the Trades founder Isaiah Van Sant Williamson. Some photographs and genealogical research as well as more

  • Williamson College of the Trades – Williamson Trade School History

    Williamson College of the Trades – Williamson Trade School History

    This collection includes early to mid century photographs and documents detailing the creation of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, now Williamson College of the more

  • Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Junior College and College Preparatory School Collection

    Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Junior College and College Preparatory School Collection

    This collection contains material originating from and telling about Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Junior College and Preparatory School. Although spanning almost two decades, from 1928 through 1947, more

  • Williamsport Dickinson Seminary of Lycoming College Collection

    Williamsport Dickinson Seminary of Lycoming College Collection

    The Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Collection traces the first eighty years of the school's extensive history. Documented here is the early struggle of the founding of the more

  • Williamsport Technical Institute

    Williamsport Technical Institute

    This collection is black and white photographs of the Williamsport Technical Institute, which originally operated as the vocational technical division of the Williamsport School District (1914 more

  • World War II Collection

    World War II Collection

    Wilson College World War II Collection documents the experience of Wilson alumnae through correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from the time. The Collection primarily features the correspondence more

  • Yearbook Collection

    Yearbook Collection

    The Montgomery County Community College yearbook collection: Montgomery County Community College is proud to present the entire run of yearbooks.