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Featured Collection

Medieval Manuscripts

Free Library of Philadelphia

Browse or search the Free Library's collection of more than 3,000 online images. The Free Library’s digital manuscript collection includes two different sorts of objects: complete manuscript books, or "codices," and separate leaves and cuttings—fragments… view complete listing>>

Featured Event

"Trickle-Down Economies in the Nineteenth Century: Junkers, Scavengers, and Beggars."

May 15, 2012 (5:45 pm-6:45 pm)
Library Company of Philadelphia

Join us for a talk by Wendy Woloson, guest curator of our current exhibition “Capitalism by Gaslight”. Dr. Woloson will discuss legitimate but marginal ways that people earned money in the 19th… view complete listing>>

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Chaos Unveiled: New Exhibit on the Nativitist Riots in Philadelphia in 1844

Death of George Villanova University

Villanova University is proud to announce a new, all online exhibit featuring Philadelphia history and the origins of the University. Drawing on the collections of multiple institutions the exhibit brings together manuscript materials and images… view complete listing>>