Digitized originals, online

A growing selection of originals from across our libraries, archives, and partners. Find photographs, manuscripts, books, maps, posters, and more.

Collections

We organize items into collections by topic, person, place, or era. Here's a sample. Zoom in on one to explore, or see all collections A to Z.

  1. Alumni Association of the Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing Image Collection, Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania

  2. Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Modern American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

  3. Edgar Fahs Smith Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

  4. American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Image Collection

  5. Eugene Ormandy Collection of Photographs, 1880-1992 (University of Pennsylvania)

  6. Marian Anderson Collection of Photographs, 1898-1992 (University of Pennsylvania)

  7. Curtis Collection of Franklin Imprints (University of Pennsylvania)

  8. Mary Binney Wheeler Image Collection

What you'll find

Our items take many forms, like books, letters, and photographs. Pick from the sample here to start a search, or pick from all forms.

  1. photographs

  2. manuscripts (documents)

  3. programs (documents)

  4. objects

  5. playbills

  6. posters

  7. periodicals

  8. letters (correspondence)

Digital Collections

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