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. Curtis Collection of Franklin Imprints (University of Pennsylvania)

  2. Sabato Morais Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

  3. Thompson Westcott scrapbooks of Charles Durang's history of Philadelphia theater between the years 1749 and 1855

  4. Japanese Juvenile Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

  5. Japanese Naval Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

  6. Fez Lithographs Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

  7. Etta Winigrad papers (University of Pennsylvania)

  8. Harrisburg Car Manufacturing Co. Photographs (University of Pennsylvania)

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. playbills

  2. programs (documents)

  3. manuscripts (documents)

  4. periodicals

  5. objects

  6. scores (documents for music)

  7. photographs

  8. books

Digital Collections

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