Records describing over 6500 collections (~21 million individual items) of manuscripts and graphics, amassed since 1824, by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP).
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The Society's collections center on eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and parts of Delaware and Maryland, but also include a wealth of materials on the eastern United States, the founding of this country, and the diversity of ethnic and immigrant experiences across the United States. The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies merged with HSP in 2002. |
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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies |
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Cary Hutto |
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
4
Bucks County (Pa.)
1
New York (N.Y.)
1
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Genealogy
1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Economic conditions--20th century
1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--20th century
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Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons
1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--20th century
1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military tactics--Union
1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Union
1
United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848
1
United States. Navy
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Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
2
World War, 1939-1945
2
Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Actors and actresses
1
Advertising cards--United States
1
Advertising--19th century
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Advertising--20th century
1
African Americans--History--Negro Education--Late 19th Century
1
Animals in advertising
1
Animals--Pictorial works
1
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
1
Appomattox Campaign, 1865
1
Armenia--History
1
Artists--United States
1
Birds--Pictorial works
1
Canteens (Establishments)
1
Caricatures and cartoons
1
Children--Pictorial works
1
Chinese Americans
1
Consumer goods--United States
1
Costumes--Theatrical
1
Department stores
1
Elections
1
Ethnic attitudes--United States
1
Family life--Pennsylvania--19th century
1
Family life--Pennsylvania--20th century
1
Flowers--Pictorial works
1
Forests and forestry
1
Genealogy & local history
1
German Americans--Cultural assimilation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Bendiner, Kathryn
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Bentley, Jasper
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Blain, Daniel
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Blankenburg, Rudolph 1843-1918
1
Cox, Harold E. Dr
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Doak, Sam C.
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Drexel University Archives
1
Eberlein, Harold Donaldson
1
Etting family
1
Gibbon, John 1827-1896
1
Griscom
1
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1
Hyneman, Leona active 19th century
1
John Wanamaker (Firm)
1
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
1
Logan family
1
Newbold
1
Parry, Susan
1
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
1
Philadelphia Transportation Company
1
Roberts, Zara
1
Starr family
1
Welsh, Herbert 1851-1941
1
Wister family
1
Wright, William Redwood 1846-1914
1
Wysong
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Scrapbooks
Correspondence
7
Photographs
7
Diaries
3
Financial records
3
Business records
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Ephemera
2
Legal records
2
Memoirs
2
Minutes
2
Publications
2
Account books
1
Advertising cards
1
Annual reports
1
Atlases
1
Audiovisual materials
1
Broadsides
1
Business cards
1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
1
Deeds
1
Estate records
1
Family histories
1
Invitations
1
Maps
1
Medical records
1
Newsletters
1
Paper dolls
1
Portrait photography
1
Prints (Visual works)
1
Project files
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1805-1879
2
1718-1776
1
1741-1810
1
1764-1831
1
1764-1847
1
1781-1862
1
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1803-1861
1
1803-1881
1
1805-1886
1
1806-1891
1
1826-1911
1
1832-1858
1
1836-1881
1
1837-1913
1
1838-1886
1
1838-1922
1
1839-1899
1
1839-1930
1
1840-1905
1
1840-1908
1
1843-1916
1
1850-1924
1
1854-1910
1
1856-1927
1
1858-1919
1
1861-1933
1
1863-1928
1
1868-1963
1
1870-1937
1
1873-1956
1
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