The Library Company of Philadelphia
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-546-3181

Independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries, housing an extensive non-circulating collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art.

• Nicole Scalessa, PACSCL representative, nscalessa@librarycompany.org

National Archives at Philadelphia
14700 Townsend Road
Philadelphia, PA 19154
Phone: 215-305-2044

Historically significant records of Federal agencies and courts from the region — immigration records, landmark court cases, military records, more — documenting the rights of Americans, the actions of the Federal government, and the American experience.

• Leslie Simon, PACSCL representative, leslie.simon@nara.gov

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
McLean Library
100 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-988-8782

America’s first horticultural society. Strong collection of American and European gardening classics, as well as books, catalogs and images documenting history of Delaware Valley horticulture.

• Janet Evans, PACSCL representative, jevans@pennhort.org

Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives
2525 Pennsylvania Avenue
(Mailing address: Box 7646, Philadelphia 19101-7646)
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: 215-684-7650

The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Library and Archives, located in the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, constitute a comprehensive resource for art history research and study, with an emphasis on the collections of the Museum. They serve the Museum’s staff–curators, conservators, educators, and guides–as well as visiting scholars, college and university students, and the general public.

Kristen Regina, PACSCL representative, kristen.regina@philamuseum.org

Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Phone: 215-627-1852

Founded in 1852 and serving as the national archives of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), includes official records, personal papers, books, and images documenting the history of the church and the Reformed tradition in America.

• Nancy Taylor, PACSCL representative, ntaylor@history.pcusa.org

Princeton University Libraries
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton, NJ 08540
[consult website for division phone numbers]

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is one of the premier repositories of its kind. Its holdings span five millennia and five continents, and include around 300,000 rare or significant printed works; 30,000 linear feet of textual materials, ranging from cuneiform tablets to contemporary manuscripts; a wealth of prints, drawings, photographs, maps, coins, and other visual materials; the Cotsen Children’s Library; and the Princeton University Archives. The recently-gifted Scheide Library is also associated with the Department.

• Alexis Antracoli, PACSCL representative, alexis.antracoli@princeton.edu

Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia
2008-2010 Delancey Place
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-732-1600

Collections are especially strong in manuscript and printed American History, British literature, and book illustration; also large special collections of James Joyce, Marianne Moore, and Maurice Sendak.

• Derick Dreher, PACSCL representative, ddreher@rosenbach.org

Rowan University Libraries Archives and Special Collections
201 Mullica Hil Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone: (856) 256-4967

Rowan University Archives and Special Collections (RUASC) holds approximately 600 linear feet of manuscript collections and University Archives papers and 17,000 linear feet of books and journals. RUASC collects in the areas of southern New Jersey history, southern New Jersey Quaker history, 19th and 20th century children’s books, University Archives and faculty papers, and University publications.

• Sara Borden, PACSCL representative, borden@rowan.edu

Science History Institute
Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer Library 
of Chemical History
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 215-873-8205

The Science History Institute’s collections represents centuries of the material culture of the chemistry and related sciences, technologies, and industries.

• Ronald Brashear, PACSCL representative, rbrashear@sciencehistory.org

State Library of Pennsylvania
Location: 607 South Drive
Mailing Address: 333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745
Phone: 717-787-4440

The State Library of Pennsylvania collects and preserves our written heritage through materials published for, by, and about Pennsylvania. Collection strengths are Pennsylvania Newspapers, Genealogy, Pamphlets, and General Assembly Collection.

• Iren L. Snavely,  PACSCL representative, irsnavely@pa.gov

Swarthmore College
McCabe Library / Friends Historical Library / Peace Collection
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399
Phone: 610-328-8493 general reference

Quaker history, doctrine, and activity in various fields; Indian rights, women’s rights, and abolition of slavery; the history of the peace movement. Fine Press and artists’ books; rare book collections in the history of technology and science, Wordsworth, Thomson, and Auden. Additional telephone numbers: 610-328-8496 (Friends Historical Library); 610-328-8557 (Peace Collection)

• Celia Caust-Ellenbogen, PACSCL representative, ccauste1@swarthmore.edu

Temple University Libraries — Special Collections Research Center
1210 Polett Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19122

The Special Collections Research Center includes the Urban Archives, Philadelphia Jewish Archives collections, rare books and manuscripts, science fiction and fantasy, the Contemporary Culture Collection printing/publishing/bookselling records, the Philadelphia Dance Collection, and the University Archives (Templana Collection).

• Margery Sly, PACSCL representative, msly@temple.edu

United Lutheran Seminary – Gettysburg + Philadelphia
Krauth Memorial Library
7301 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119
Phone: 215-248-6329

Original Reformation-era publications; Lutheran liturgical publications from the 16th to 18th century; early printed Bibles and Books of Hours. The Seminary campuses also host the Lutheran Archives for their regions.

• Evan Boyd, PACSCL representative, eboyd@uls.edu

University of Delaware
Morris Library
181 College Avenue
Newark, DE 19717-5267
Phone: 302-831-2229

Books, manuscripts, and other materials from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century with particular strengths in the arts; English, Irish, and American literature; history and Delawareana; horticulture; and history of science and technology.

• Timothy Murray, PACSCL representative, tdm@udel.edu

University of Pennsylvania
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
3420 Walnut Street, sixth floor
(enter on Locust Walk)
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
Phone: 215-898-7088

American, British, & Continental history, literature, & philosophy; medieval & Renaissance studies; Shakespeare; history of science & technology, esp. chemistry; cookery; book history & arts; local arts history; South Asia; Judaica.

• William Gerard Noel, PACSCL representative, wgnoel@upenn.edu

Villanova University
Falvey Memorial Library
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085-1683
Phone: 610-519-5271

Augustiana, European imprints to 1800, Hubbard/Roycrofter Press, Irish and Irish-American history, incunabula, fine bindings, North American imprints to 1820. Also hosts university archives and the Augustinian Historical Institute.

• Michael Foight, PACSCL representative, michael.foight@villanova.edu

Wagner Free Institute of Science
1700 Montgomery Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19121
Phone: 215-763-6529, ext. 12

Founded in 1855 as a free educational institution. The library collections focus on natural and physical sciences, engineering, education, and technology from the 17th through the early 20th century.

• Lynn Dorwaldt, PACSCL representative, lynnd@wagnerfreeinstitute.org

Wolfgram Memorial Library
1 University Place
Chester PA 19103
(610) 499-4376

• Jill M. Borin, Archivist (PACSCL rep), jmborin@widener.edu
• Molly Wolf, Archivist, Sexuality Archives (PACSCL alternate), mmwolf@widener.edu

Documents the history of Widener University and its predecessor institutions, including the Pennsylvania Military College; also houses the Widener Sexuality Project. The archives also include material on the history of Chester, Pennsylvania.

The John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives of the
William Way LGBT Community Center
1315 Spruce Street
Philadelphia PA 19107
Phone: 215-732-2220

Philadelphia’s most extensive collection of personal papers, organizational records, periodicals, audiovisual material, and ephemera documenting the rich history of the area’s LGBT community

• John Anderies, PACSCL representative, janderies@waygay.org

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Winterthur Library
5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735
Phone: 302-888-4681

American decorative arts and material culture. Includes architecture and design pattern books, trade catalogs, manuscripts, printed ephemera, Shaker Collection, Decorative Arts Photographic Collection.

• Emily Guthrie, PACSCL representative, eguthrie@winterthur.org