Incunable Collection
The Kislak Center holds over 560 exemplars of books printed in Europe from movable type before 1501.
Notable Collections
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Johan Thorsten Sellin Papers
Johan Thorsten Sellin (1896-1994) was a sociologist and internationally-recognized criminology expert.
LGBT Film
The Van Pelt Video Collection reflects Penn's large and visible LGBT community's broad interests in its acquisitions.
Mahler-Werfel Collection
The Mahler-Werfel Collection includes personal papers of Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, memorabilia related to Gustav Mahler; research files; and a portion of the library of Alma and Franz Werfel.
Making the Invisible Visible: Ancient Economy and Ordinary Lives in Ancient Greece and Rome
The Penn Libraries is purchasing widely and in multiple languages in areas of research related to economy and everyday life in Ancient Greece and Rome.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts (Kislak Center)
The Kislak Center possesses over 1500 Western manuscript codices, collections, and fragments dating from ca. 850 to ca. 1700.
Otto E. Albrecht Collection
Otto Edwin Albrecht (1899-1984) was an internationally known music bibliographer and professor of romance languages and musicology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture (PSPA)
The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture collections include the Society's records, beginning with its 1785 founding, and its extensive library.