CONTACTS -- AREA REPOSITORIES of ICONOGRAPHIC RESOURCES:

[libraries] [archives] [colleges and universities] [museums] [historical societies] [other]

LIBRARIES:

American Philosophical Society Library
105 South 5th St., Phila., 440-3408
http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/

Athenaeum of Philadelphia
219 S. 6th St., Phila, 925-2688
http://www.PhilaAthenaeum.org/

Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine St., Philadelphia, P&P Coll., 686-5405; Map Coll., 686-5397
http://www.library.phila.gov/
Prints and Pictures Dept.
http://www.library.phila.gov/central/art/pix/cpix.htm

Independence National Historical Park Library
120 South 4th St., Phila., 597-1189, 597-8047

Library Company of Philadelphia
1314 Locust St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5698
http://www.librarycompany.org
(215) 546-3181; fax (215) 546-5167

ARCHIVES:

Lutheran Archives Center
7310 Germantown Ave., 248-4616

National Archives -- Mid-Atlantic Region
9th & Chestnut, Phila., 597-3000
http://www.nara.gov/regional/philacc.html

Philadelphia City Archives
Suite 942, 401 North Broad St., Phila., 686-1581, 686-1580
Dept of Records
http://www.phila.gov/records/index.html

Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, Balch Institute
18 S. 7th St., Phila., 925-8090

COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES:

Bryn Mawr College
(Canaday Library, 610 526-5276; BMC Archives, 610 526-5285)

Haverford College
(Magill Library, 610 896-1166; Quaker Coll., 896-1284; Spec Colls., 896-1284)

Swarthmore College
(McCabe Library, 610 328-8478; Friends Hist'l Lib., 328-8496; Peace Coll., 328-8557; Spec Colls., 328-8495)

Temple University Urban Archives
Paley Library, 13th & Berks, Phila., 204-6639, 787-8257
Temple University Urban Archives

University of Pennsylvania
Special Collections, 898-2065; University Archives, 898-7024
University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives, 898-8323

Ursinus College
Myrin Library, Collegeville, PA, 489-4111

MUSEUMS:

Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum
701 Arch St., Phila, 215 574-4381, 849-9733

American Swedish Historical Museum
1900 Pattison Ave., 389-1776
http://www.libertynet.org:80/~ashm/

Atwater Kent Museum
15 S. 7th St., Phila. 686-3630
http://www.philadelphiahistory.org/

Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
18 South 7th St., Phila., 925-8090
http://www.balchinstitute.org

Museum of American Art/ex-Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad & Cherry sts., Phila., 972-7600

Philadelphia Maritime/Independence Seaport Museum
Penn's Landing, Phila, 925-5439

Philadelphia Museum of Art
BF Parkway, Phila., 763-8100
http://pma.libertynet.org/

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES:

Bucks County Historical Society
http://www.mercermuseum.org/

Chester County Archives & Records Services
117 Gay St., West Chester, 610 344-6760

Chester County Historical Society
225 N. High St., West Chester, 610 692-4800

Chestnut Hill Historical Society
8708 Germantown Ave., Phila., 247-0417

Delaware County Historical Society

Germantown Historical Society
5503 Germantown Ave., Phila., 844-8428 (open Su 1-5pm, T-Th, 12-4pm)
www.libertynet.org/ghs/

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust St., Phila., 732-6201
http://www.hsp.org/
HSP: architectural resources
http://www.hsp.org/library/guides/archa.html

Historical Society of Montgomery County
1654 DeKalb St., Norristown, 272-0297

Old York Road Historical Society
Jenkintown Library, York & Vista rds, Jenkintown, 215 886-8590 (215 884-0593, Jnktn Lib). (open Mo 7-9pm, Tu 11am-2pm, Wed 10am-3pm)
www.jenkintown.com/oyrhs/

Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard St., Phila., 627-1852

Radnor Historical Society
113 West Beechtree La., Wayne, 610 688-2668

University City Historical Society
P.O. Box 31927, Philadelphia, PA 19104
http://uchs.net/

 

OTHER -- GOVERNMENTAL:

Philadelphia Historical Commission (7/02)
Room 576, City Hall. 
(215) 686-7660

Fairmount Park Commission
Memorial Hall, West Fairmount Park
(215) 685-0047

OTHER -- RELIGIOUS:

Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust
6133 Germantown Ave., 843-0943

Archdiocese of Phila
St. Charles Seminary, Overbrook, 667-2125

Christ Church
20 North American St., Phila., 525-0201

German Society of Phila
611 Spring Garden St., Phila., 627-4365

OTHER -- COMMERCIAL:

CIGNA Companies
1601 Chestnut St., Phila., 526-5289

Mutual Assurance Company/ The Green Tree Group
414 Walnut St., Phila, 925-0609

Philadelphia Contributionship
212 S. 4th St., 627-1752

OTHER:

Foundation for Architecture
http://www.foundationforarchitecture.org/

Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia
http://www.libertynet.org/historic/

Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
http://www.pacscl.org/