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New
Members, 2004
PACSCL welcomed
three new members in 2004, for a total of 28 member libraries.
City of
Philadelphia, Department of Records
The Philadelphia City Archives
Suite 150, 3101 Market Street, Philadelphia PA 19104
215-685-9401, 02, 03 phone; 215-685-9409 fax
http://www.phila.gov/phils/carchive.htm
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-5
Its mission is to preserve all City records not in current use which
possess historical, administrative, legal, research, cultural or
other important value. Currently, it forms an integral part of the
Records Management Division of the Department of Records. As one
of the few large municipal archives never to suffer a devastating
fire, it offers an important window into the life of the American
city from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.
LaSalle
University, Connelly Library
1900 West Olney Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19141-1199
215-951-1285 phone; 215-951-1595 fax
http://www.lasalle.edu/library/speccoll.htm
Library Hours: 8 AM - midnight, Mon.- Thu., 10 AM - 6 PM Sats.,
noon - midnight Sun. Special collections by appointment; call 215-951-1286
Special collections include Imaginative Representations of the Viet
Nam War, the Holocaust, and Trauma Literatures; the Owen Wister
Collection; the Art of the Japanese Tea Ceremony; the life and work
of Bob Dylan; and teaching collections of works and correspondence
from a number of prominent writers.
The Abraham
Lincoln Foundation of
The Union League of Philadelphia
140 South Broad Street; Philadelphia PA 19102
215-587-5594 phone
degeorgeb@unionleague.org
Specializing in American Civil War, American and European history,
World War I & II, regional history, biographies and early 20th
century travel.
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