PA Photos and Documents

Lackawanna County has many different towns, townships, cities, and boroughs.  This collection gives histories of how those places developed.  Most of the books in this collection are centennial projects.

The Century Club of Scranton is a women’s club that was founded in 1911 by prominent women of Scranton.  During the long history, which continues today, the club hosts a …

This is a collection of cookbooks mostly dating from the 1960’s and 1970’s.  They are all from Northeastern PA and contain many ethnic and cultural recipes.

This collection contains police photographs taken at the time of police booking for the Scranton Police Department from 1903-1909. Contains information about their arrest and the arresting officer(s).

Funded by a grant from the Scranton Area Foundation, this collection contains streaming video of over 50 readings by nationally renowned poets such as W.S. Merwin, Gary Snyder, Robert Bly, …

From Lace Makers to Coal Miners contains photos, books, church records, and brochures of what life was like in the Lackawanna Valley from 1866-1920.  The photos show prominent men of …

A collection of very early photographs of the library from 1893. There are also documents of the history of one of our buildings, the Silkman House.

This newspaper is dedicated to over ten years of news and stories from the mid valley of Lackawanna County. The townships and boroughs represented are Archbald, Jermyn, Jessup, Olyphant, Blakely …

In August 1955 flooding caused by Hurricane Diane devastated the Scranton area. This collection contains rare photos, video interviews with witnesses, TV footage, and other items pertaining to the disaster.

Karl and Ralph Strohl owned and operated the Nay Aug Amusement Park for nearly 70 years. These photos are from their personal collection.

Funded by a grant from the Willary Foundation, this collection contains letters, books, paintings, photographs, and other artifacts from the era when the Lackawanna Valley emerged from its agrarian beginnings …

In 2009 Gene Giancini was cleaning out a building on the West Side of Scranton. His family had operated a business in the building for 60 years, and he was …

Contains over 100 photographs, scrapbooks, newsletters, and other items from the century-long history of this storied health care provider.

Collection of 116 photos taken by photographer Harry Baroff. This collection contains photos from Lackawanna County of draft registrations, military departures, and parades relating to World War II.