Library History
- The Old Academy Bell
- Now resting in Van Pelt Library, and cast at the same foundry as the Liberty Bell, the University Bell once hung in the belfry of the Academy of Philadelphia, the parent of the University of Pennsylvania. David Toccafondi
- Proceedings at the Opening of the Library, Feb. 7, 1891
- An HTML-ized edition of the 1891 program, including photos of the (then) new library designed by Frank Furness. (pronounced like "furnace"), speeches given during the ceremonies, and original floorplans. David Toccafondi<
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- Dedication of Charles Patterson Van Pelt Library
- Proceedings from the opening, October 22, 1962.
- The Library's rapidly-disappearing Card Catalog.
- With the advent of the online catalog, the card catalog, used at Penn for over a hundred years, is closing in on extinction. Here's some more info, and some samples of the cards themselves. David Toccafondi
- Van Pelt Library's Namesake
- Who was Charles Patterson Van Pelt? David Toccafondi
- University Librarians
- 1884-Present. Start date, Name, and Birth/Death dates. David Toccafondi
- The Thorsten Sellin criminology collection
- Almanac article about the donated books and journals of Dr. Sellin. David Toccafondi
- A Description of the Rittenhouse Orrery and the University of Pennsylvania
- French, with English translation. Excerpt from Voyages de M. le marquis de Chastellux dans l'Amirique Septentrionale : dans les annies 1780, 1781 & 1782., published 1786. Vol. 1, pp. 189-90. David Toccafondi
- The Relation of David Rittenhouse and His Orrery to the University
- A detailed early history of the Rittenhouse Orrery, currently housed in Van Pelt Library, printed in the General Magazine and Historical Chronical. David Toccafondi
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