Member Libraries and Representatives
| The Academy of Natural Sciences – Ewell Stewart Sale Library Kelsey Manahan-Phelan: km3476@drexel.edu Founded in 1812, the library’s resources focus on natural history and the environment from the 16th century to the present; holdings include over 200,000 volumes, plus archives, photographs, art, and artifacts. |
| Athenaeum of Philadelphia Beth Hessel: bhessel@philaathenaeum.org Museum and Library. Founded in 1814, the Athenaeum houses a nationally significant collection on architecture and design history. |
| Bryn Mawr College – Canaday Library Gina Seising (Acting): gsiesing@brynmawr.edu Academic Library. British and American literary history; European travel accounts to Africa, Asia and Latin America; Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and books; women’s history, especially suffrage; women writers and artists; history of London; art study collections; archaeological and ethnographic materials; decorative arts. |
| Catholic Historical Research – Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Leslie O’Neill: leoneill@archphila.org CHRC contains the archives of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the collections of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. |
| City of Philadelphia Department of Records – Philadelphia City Archives Tracey Williams: tracey.t.williams@phila.gov City records not in current use and possessing historical, administrative, legal, research, cultural or other important value. Home of the www.phillyhistory.org online archive of historic photographs. |
| The College of Physicians of Philadelphia – Historical Medical Library Library collections focus on medical history: books, journals, prints/photographs, physician papers, and institutional archives. The Mütter Museum is known for its nineteenth-century collection of anatomical and pathological specimens. |
| Curtis Institute of Music – John de Lancie Library and Curtis Archives Kristina Wilson: kristina.wilson@curtis.edu The Curtis Institute of Music Special Collections and Archives holds over 340 linear feet of materials, including 66 donated manuscript collections, more than 400 audiovisual materials, and 8000 photographs. |
| Drexel University Archives and Special Collections Matthew Lyons: ml3342@drexel.edu Drexel University Archives and Special Collections collects the records created by Drexel University administrative offices and academic departments from 1892 to the present. |
| Drexel University College of Medicine, Legacy Center Margaret Graham: mmg24@drexel.edu The Legacy Center: Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine and Homeopathy is the repository for records documenting the history of the College and its predecessor institutions including Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University. |
| Free Library of Philadelphia – Special Collections Division Janine Pollock: pollockj@freelibrary.org Collections include illuminated manuscripts, Americana, common law, children’s literature and illustrations, and Pennsylvania German Fraktur. The Central Library houses special collections in other departments; consult website. |
| German Society of Pennsylvania – Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library Bettina Hess: librarian@germansociety.org The library houses approximately 60,000 volumes; three-quarters are in German. The library’s collections include the historic reading library of the German Society, with rare holdings in German and American history, literature and culture since the 18th century. Other special collections document German-American life in the United States since 1683, including books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and German-American newspapers and periodicals. |
| Haverford College – Quaker & Special Collections Sarah Horowitz: shorowitz@haverford.edu Quaker books and manuscripts, 17th century to present, especially regarding Native Americans, civil rights and women’s rights, Quakers in Japan; other rare books and manuscripts dating back to the 13th century; photographs and historic maps. |
| Independence Seaport Museum – J. Welles Henderson Research Center Craig Bruns: cbruns@phillyseaport.org The J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library at Independence Seaport Museum is a regional maritime research center, offering resources that document Philadelphia’s relationship with its rivers and the greater Delaware River Valley. |
| Institute for Advanced Study – Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center Caitlin Rizzo: crizzo@ias.edu The Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center at the Institute for Advanced Study sustains and provides access to the history of the Institute’s historic community of scholars. |
| La Salle University, – Connelly Library Heather Willever-Farr: willeverfarr@lasalle.edu Strengths include Imaginative Representations of the Vietnam War, the Holocaust, and Trauma Literatures; the Owen Wister Collection; the life and work of Bob Dylan; Illustrated Woodcut Bibles; Tea Ceremony and other local historical documents relating to La Salle’s heritage and grounds. |
| Lehigh University – Linderman Library Lois Fischer Black: lob206@lehigh.edu Lehigh University’s Special Collections holds a rare book collection of over 40,00 volumes, with first editions of English and American literature dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries. |
| The Library Company of Philadelphia Rachel D’Agostino: rdagostino@librarycompany.org 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. |
| The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – McLean Library Janet Evans: jevans@pennhort.org 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. |
| The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – McLean Library Janet Evans: jevans@pennhort.org |
| Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Heidi Nance: heidina@pcom.edu |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art – Library and Archives Kristen Regina: kristen.regina@philamuseum.org |
| Princeton University Libraries – Special Collections Jenn Garcon: jg5753@princeton.edu |
| The Rosenbach Museum and Library Nancy Loi: nloi@rosenbach.org |
| Rowan University – Libraries Archives and Special Collections Sara Borden: borden@rowan.edu |
| Science History Institute – Othmer Library Michelle DiMeo: mdimeo@sciencehistory.org |
| State Library of Pennsylvania Mike Lear: mlear@pa.gov |
| Swarthmore College – McCabe Library – Friends Historical Library – Peace Collection Celia Caust-Ellenbogen: ccauste1@swarthmore.edu and Rachel Mattson: rmattso1@swarthmore.edu |
| Temple University Libraries – Special Collections Research Center Margery Sly: msly@temple.edu |
| Thomas Jefferson University – East Falls Archives & Special Collections, Sarah Slate: sarah.slate@jefferson.edu |
| Union League – Legacy Foundation Keeley Tulio : tuliok@unionleague.org |
| United Lutheran Seminary Victoria Jesswein: vjesswein@uls.edu |
| University of Delaware Curtis Small: csmalljr@udel.edu |
| University of Pennsylvania – Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Holly Mengel: hmengel@pobox.upenn.edu |
| Villanova University – Falvey Memorial Library Michael Foight: michael.foight@villanova.edu |
| Wagner Free Institute of Science Lynn Dorwaldt: lynnd@wagnerfreeinstitute.org |
| Widener University – Wolfgram Memorial Library Jill Borin: jmborin@widener.edu |
| The John J. Wilcox – Jr. Archives of the William Way LGBT Community Center, John Anderies: janderies@waygay.org |