The Penn Libraries is pleased to announce the creation of a new web site that brings together finding aids for manuscript and archival research materials held by ten Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collection Libraries repositories. Eventually, this site will provide researchers access to collections at twenty-five archives, libraries and historical societies in the greater Philadelphia area. Currently there are over 115 finding aids in the collection, but that number will continue to grow as each repository adds finding aids and other repositories are included.
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
- Bryn Mawr College
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia
- Drexel University Archives and Special Collections
- Drexel University College of Medicine Legacy Center
- Free Library of Philadelphia Rare Book Department
- Haverford College
- Independence Seaport Museum J. Welles Henderson Library and Archives
- University of Pennsylvania Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Wagner Free Institute of Science
This finding aids collection offers inventories, as well as administrative and descriptive information for collections of personal papers, institutional records, and primary source materials compiled around a particular subject or medium.
Through the use of faceted searching, results can be limited to a single repository or can include all participating repositories. Printer-friendly as well as PDF versions of the finding aids are available from the site.
Follow the progress of the PACSCL/CLIR Hidden Collections Processing Project as additional hidden materials are revealed for researchers across the globe.
For more information:
Holly Mengel, Project Manager, PACSCL/CLIR "Hidden Collections" Project
