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. Philip Syng Physick lecture notes and addresses, approximately 1785-1819

  2. Moldovan Family Digital Holy Land Map Collection

  3. Documents of the Centennial Exhibition, 1876 (University of Pennsylvania)

  4. Southwell family papers on Ireland

  5. Etta Winigrad papers (University of Pennsylvania)

  6. Postcards relating to Indo-Caribbeans

  7. 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

  8. Jatindra Mohan Bhattacharjee 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. trade cards

  2. posters

  3. photographs

  4. sound recordings

  5. periodicals

  6. manuscripts (documents)

  7. codices (bound manuscripts)

  8. programs (documents)

Digital Collections

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