10am - 4:30pm | Library Hours
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
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Welcome to the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts!
The Kislak Center is the principal site for rare books, manuscripts, and archives at the University of Pennsylvania and a hub for events, exhibits, and research. The Kislak Center is open to all. We invite you to visit us on the sixth floor of Van-Pelt Library and explore our collections.
Our Mission and History
Access Kislak Center Collections On-Site and Remotely
Search by Subject, Period, Language, and More
Fellowships and Support for Researchers, Students, and Faculty
How to Find Us
Teaching and Resources for Instructors
Bringing manuscript culture, modern technology, and people together.
Partnerships celebrating the history, culture, and people of Philadelphia.
Creative research and development in Jewish studies, informed by digital humanities, Jewish studies, and public scholarship.
Researchers and students gain access to "form-bending" and "boundary-pushing" comics through gifts from Dawn and Gary Prebula.
How 50 years of material from the Program in Gender Studies and Women’s Studies and the Penn Women’s Center becomes more accessible for students, faculty, and researchers.
The accessible entrance of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center opens into the Goldstein Undergraduate Study Center. This entrance is on the ground floor of the building facing Blanche P. Levy Park and College Hall. A wheelchair accessible doorbell is located on the railing leading toward the door.
