Penn Libraries have a number of materials related to socially-driven organizations within the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania region. While browsing through the stacks, researchers have access to organization reports and records that often date back to the early 19th century.
Annual reports from organizations can provide a rich history of an organization's activities, concerns, and vision for the future. The Penn Libraries hold an array of annual reports from many Philadelphia and Pennsylvania organizations. The socially-focused organizations can be found within the HV classification range. These reports cover topics such as child welfare, charities, city planning, prisons, social services, housing, and urban renewal.
Unfortunately, due to the age of many of these records the descriptive data is often limited and often may not have one universal term to link most records together.
Search by keyword in the catalog for a specific organization to locate organizational histories such as the examples below:
Examples of directories in the collection:
Note that many catalog records simply have the title Annual Report. Click on a given record to learn more about the source author. Examples of annual reports in the collection:
Examples of journals, periodicals, and other serials in the collection:
Search by keyword in the catalog for a specific organization to locate ephemeral documents produced by local welfare and charitable organizations, such as:
