PA Photos and Documents

Schuylkill Seminary was established in Reading PA in 1881, moved to Fredericksburg in 1886, then returned to Reading in 1902. It was renamed Schuylkill College in 1923, and merged with …

This collection consists of a digitized copy of the 1977 pamphlet titled, The Great Flood of 1977: A Story of Catastrophe in the Conemaugh Valley.

The Charles McCollester Collection contains both physical times and textual items spanning from 1877 to 2018 with an emphasis on the 1980’s into the 2000’s. The collection’s subjects vary from …

The Mark Fallon Collection is a labor related collection held by the Battle of Homestead Foundation Archives. The collection focuses primarily on the Mon Valley area with specific interest in …

The Mike Stout collection spans from 1937 to 2020. The collection contains a variety of materials from political marching banners, to local union newspapers, to clothing, to paper material, to …

Penn-Bernville High School The Pennant 1950-1965; Tulpehocken High School The Dardanian 1966-2020  

Braddock-area yearbooks, including the Braddonian ( Braddock HS 1948-71), The Highlander (Scott HS 1948-71, non-consecutive years), the Falconian (General Braddock HS 1972-80), the Retrospect (St. Thomas HS 1942-84) and the …

This varied collection of publications with liturgical music used in Eastern Christian traditions outside of the prostopinije / plain chant collection of the Byzantine Ruthenian practice. Publications are used by …

This collection includes yearbooks from Bishop McCort High School (1966-1998), Central Catholic High School (1926-1960), Ferndale Area High School (1929-1998), Greater Johnstown High School (1901-2003) and Westmont-Upper Yoder High School …

This collection contains postcards from the early 20th century of Johnstown, Pennsylvania area landmarks.

The Homestead Newspaper Collection consists of scanned microfilm of various newspapers from the Steel Valley between 1881 and 1979. Titles included are: The Local News, The Homestead Times, The Mirror, …

Newspaper printed about news in Homestead, Munhall, Whitaker, Mifflin Township, Six Mile Ferry, Hays Township, and Brown’s Station. The Homestead Daily Messenger was the daily newspaper to follow the Local …

History of the Miles-Potter-Humes House in Bellefonte, PA from 1815 to the present and of its owners through photographs, other images, and documents.

This collection was created by Alexander W. Scott (1926-1999) a Cheltenham principal and resident for many years. The 771 images (originally slides) show the people, homes, and neighborhoods of the …

Historical Properties located in Cheltenham Township, PA which include Camptown (LaMott) Historic District placed on the National Register October 31, 1985. Prepared under the Auspices of a Grant from The …

Historical records that include, programs, letters, newspaper articles, booklets, papers and photos. Community representing African Americans.

This collection contains images of limited edition, hand-printed linocut holiday cards that were made by folk artist Mary Hamilton who lived and worked throughout her career in Clarion County, was …

The Conshohocken Recorder, April 1, 1882 – September 9, 1954.

The development of Fox Chapel Area from a quiet, detached farm community to bustling suburb can be clearly seen in the history of Aspinwall, Blawnox, Fox Chapel, Indiana Township, O’Hara …

The Fox Chapel Area High School’s yearbook “Renard,” published every year since 1961, is an essential window into the daily life and times of the six municipalities in the school …

Archival photographs documenting the priesthood of the Most Reverend Joseph McShea, Bishop of Allentown.

This collection consists of selected images taken by East Petersburg, Pennsylvania photographer Dennis L. Hughes of Amish life and culture in the United States with a special emphasis on the …

The Church of the Brethren Photograph Collection consists of more than 500 mostly black and white photographs of meeting houses and churches in eastern Pennsylvania, historic sites, gravestones, portraits and …

Welcome to the Elizabethtown College: Historic Images Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection consists of ca. 3000 mostly black and white photographs documenting …

Elizabethtown College was founded by members of the Church of the Brethren, one of the original “peace churches” to spread from Europe to the United States. This peace pamphlet collection …

This collection contains maps of Erie County, PA. which have been scanned from the collection at the Erie County Public Library’s Heritage Room. We have selected maps that are not …

These booklets are the annual and biannual reports for the Erie Public Library. They date back to 1899 when the library opened to the public. Some include reports for the …

The Agentur Records Collection consists of 72 volumes of handwritten ledgers, indexes, logs, reports, and letter books spanning the years 1847 to 1947, recording the efforts of the German Society …

This collection consists of historic photographs of Norristown, Pa., from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Welcome to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania – Indiana Pennsylvania in the Civil War Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Indiana Pennsylvania in the …

Julia R. Masterman School is a magnet, public school in the School District of Philadelphia, currently serving students in grades 5 through 12. Our students come from all neighborhoods of …

Welcome to the Keystone College 1868- Present Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection contains materials pertaining to the history of Keystone College from …

Welcome to the Keystone College 1868- Present Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection contains documents and photos of the Hall of Fame pitcher …

Welcome to the Keystone College Local History Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. This collection a large number of photos and documents from and about …

This collection contains photos from fires, floods and tornados from the 1900’s. 

Lancaster Public Library has teamed up with Hempfield School District, McCaskey High School, and Lancaster Catholic High School to digitize yearbooks from all three institutions. Digitized content covers yearbooks from 1988 …

This collection contains issues from 1877 to 1936 of the Lititz Record and from 1937-2001 of its successor, the Lititz Record Express.

The New Holland Clarion was published weekly in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1873-1984. The newspaper provided the local news, world and regional news, information on social events and …

Yearbook collection from what became the Ligonier Valley School District: 5 ” Ligo” yearbooks from Ligonier High School, 1925-1929; 27 ” Mountaineer” yearbooks from Ligonier High School, Dec 1929, 1930, …

Welcome to the Loch Haven University of PA 1877 – 2008 Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents.

This collection examines Lock Haven University wrestling. Here you will find photographs and other materials highlighting this history of this nationally recognized program.

Lycoming College and its predecessor Dickinson Seminary have served the central region of Pennsylvania since 1812. The school carries a historic connection to the Methodist Church and was associated with …

Our Historical Documents Collection features a monograph of the college’s history from its beginnings to 1955 and manuscripts of importance to the colleges almost two-hundred year history.

The Lycoming College Campus – Past and Present collection is an exhibit of photographs depicting the buildings and grounds of the campus from its earliest days as the Williamsport Academy …

The Lycoming College Collection begins after the accreditation of the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College as a four year college. It is a growing collection that chronicles the evolution …

Williamsport Women: Voices, Images, Actions Source material related to the history of women in Lycoming County from Lycoming College, the Lycoming County Historical Society, and the J.V. Brown Library.  Documents selected …

Lycoming College and its predecessor, Dickinson Seminary, has served the central region of Pennsylvania since 1812. The school carries an historic connection to the Methodist Church and was associated with …

This digitized collection of eighteen student publication spans the life of the College from its inception as the Dickinson Seminary, through its years as a junior college, to its present …

The Voices of Lycoming Collection includes audio files of speakers in Clarke Chapel. These public addresses give listeners a first-person view of significant people and events in the life of …

This collection contains material originating from and telling about Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Junior College and Preparatory School. Although spanning almost two decades, from 1928 through 1947, the collection is modest …

The Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Collection traces the first eighty years of the school’s extensive history. Documented here is the early struggle of the founding of the school, with more prosperous …

These are a collection of Hi-Lite newspapers published from the Manheim Township High School dating back to the 1930s.

The digitization of the eight index volumes of the George Liebegott Genealogy Collection is the first stage of indexing the entire 247 volumes of the collections. The eight volume index …

Founded in 1761 by Frederick Stump, Fredericksburg (formerly Stumpstown) is situated in northern Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Formerly a predominantly rural, farming community with a substantial German heritage, the town has …

This collection consists of High School yearbooks for Berwick High School, in Berwick, PA, from 1927 to present.

An independent family newspaper devoted to literature, local and general intelligence. Published 1891-1975.

This collection includes photographs and correspondence pertaining to Captain Will Judy, a famous son of Garrett, Summit Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Born in 1891 and raised in this small coal …

Nestled within the picturesque countryside outside of Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Maple Valley Parks’ community swimming pool was once a vibrant center of summer joy. Although the pool first opened …

The Meyersdale High School published its first yearbook, titled “The Comet” and numbering some 25 pages, in 1910. The school’s next yearbook publication came in 1926, when students produced “The …

After nearly eight years of preparation and construction that began with a 1944 discussion among Meyersdale Rotary Club members, the Meyersdale Community Hospital opened its doors to the public on …

In 1947 Meyersdale’s Charles E. Kelly American Legion Post 112 organized its own Drum & Bugle Corps. Consisting of Meyersdale area Veterans of World War II, the local corps became …

Meyersdale’s first responder community serves as a key component in keeping the area safe should an emergency arise. It’s difficult to imagine the town without a fire department to serve …

Railroads were key to Meyersdale’s development, causing the small town to grow significantly during the final years of the 19th century and most notably into the early decades of the …

Incorporated in 1871, the Borough of Casselman is today a remnant of its former self. Named in 1864 for its location along the banks of the Casselman River in Upper …

These 18 photographs are part of a larger Meyersdale Public Library – Photograph Collection. The photographs selected for display as part of that larger PA Photos and Documents collection are …

The Johnston Bender Family Collection combines photographs, letters, scrapbooks, and business records of two families–the Rev. Elias S. and Anna (Odell) Johnston family of Altoona and Salisbury and the Fred …

Gideon D. Miller (1862-1941), a Mennonite minister, shifted from his family’s woodworking traditions to metal. He started with his patented steam traction engines shipped across the US and Mexico for …

William Wagner, a cooper of Salisbury, Somerset County, worked on farms in the 1870s and then bought a farm near West Salisbury (Elk Lick Township) in 1882. With experience in …

Founded in 1900 by Pennsylvania State Representative Samuel Austin Kendall – who would go on to serve seven terms as a Republican in the United States Congress, from his election …

This third collection from the Milanof-Schock Public Library includes the yearbooks from the Donegal High School. It includes 32 yearbooks, ranging from 1955 to 2000. These yearbooks give our community …

This first collection will encompass the yearbooks that the Milanof-Schock Public Library currently has from the East Donegal Township High School. It includes 8 yearbooks between the years 1942 and …

This collection from the Milanof-Schock Public Library includes the yearbooks from the Mount Joy High School. It includes four yearbooks between the years 1946 and 1954. These yearbooks give our …

“Hotel Hershey Highlights” was a weekly newsletter distributed from May 5, 1934 through April 28, 1951. “Highlights” covers a time period during which no local newspapers were published, shedding light …

Hershey News, published from 1953 until 1964, reported news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Pennsylvania (informally known as Hershey). A small town newspaper, there were many local citizens …

A collection of student yearbooks from schools near Monroeville, Pennsylvania, including Gateway Senior High School.

Welcome to the Montgomery County Community College’s Betzwood Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. In the first decades of the motion picture industry Montgomery County …

Montgomery County Community College is proud to present the entire run of yearbooks.

Cascade Park is a former amusement park which now serves as a recreational nature park; it is located 2 ½ miles from downtown New Castle in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. This …

This collection contains yearbooks from New Castle High School, located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1913-2012. Ne-Ca-Hi was published from 1913-1961, and Pergodian has been published from 1962-present.

This collection contains yearbooks from Laurel High School, located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1964-1992. Some years are missing.

This collection contains yearbooks from the Lawrence County Area Vocational Technical School, located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1970-1992. Some years are missing.

This collection contains yearbooks from Mohawk Area High School, located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1962-1991. Some years are missing.

This collection contains yearbooks from Neshannock Township High School, located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1961-2006. Some years are missing.

This collection contains yearbooks from Shenango Area High School, located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1930-1994. Some years are missing.

This collection contains yearbooks from Union Township High School, located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1944-1980. Some years are missing.

This collection contains yearbooks from Wilmington Area High School, located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from 1970-1984. Some years are missing.

This collection includes a series of black and white photographs of buildings and streets throughout New Cumberland, advertisements from businesses circa 1900, and several issues of Town Topics, a newsletter …

Photographs and postcards depicting various organizations, such as the town band and women’s clubs, and employee groups, like the Buttorff and Kline carpet factory workers.

Photographs of the New Cumberland Public Library and library functions, as well as some flyers and documents from library programs, primarily from 1975 on.

This collection includes photographs of school buildings, students, and teachers; scanned programs from school performances or athletics; and miscellany related to student activities.

This collection contains scanned images of scrapbooks from individuals and organizations related to New Cumberland. Themes vary from book to book. One scrapbook contains statistics and news articles about the …

The Harmonists, a Christian Communal society, founded Old Economy Village in 1824. They were known for their piety, as well as for their economic successes in textile manufacturing, including silk …

This collection contains the archive of the “Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent” newspaper from 1913 through 1958. This newspaper is historically significant to the region, state and nation in many ways since …

This collection of photographs from around the 1960s showcases the academics, student life, and other experiences of staff, faculty, and students at the Williamsport Area Community College.

This collection is black and white photographs of the Williamsport Technical Institute, which originally operated as the vocational technical division of the Williamsport School District (1914 – 1941) before becoming …

This collection includes photographs from the Pennsylvania Geological Survey Historical Photographs Collection.

Started in 1923, the Johnstown Branch of the American Association of University Women has been supporting women’s issues and improving the lives of women and girls in the Johnstown region. …

This collection contains photographs from Johnstown, Pittsburgh, and other vacation locations visited by the Bailey Family in the latter part of the 19th and 20th centuries.

This collection contains photographs, military records, and items connected to the Beaverdale Public Library.

In the Johnstown neighborhood of Cambria City are located five historical, ethnic churches. In 2009, the Altoona/Johnstown Diocese closed four of the churches and renamed the fifth church. Each of …

This collection features items collected from the public that focus on the immigrant and ethnic heritage of Cambria County.

The Conemaugh School of Nursing opened in 1892 as a response to the need created by the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. It became fully accredited in 1918 and has …

This collection contains items relating to the iron, coal, and steel industry in Johnstown.

This collection features the logbooks and other records of the Johnstown Area Fire Departments.

The Johnstown Art League was founded on February 22, 1884, in the Cambria Iron Company library at the corner of Washington and Walnut Streets in Johnstown. Started at a time …

This collection contains photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, letters, and personal memorabilia connected to the Klahre family.

This collection contains photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, connected to boroughs and townships in Northern Cambria County and Northern Cambria Public Library.

This collection houses a series of historic pictures of Suppes Ford, one of the oldest businesses in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 

The town of Wilmore was founded around 1800 by Godfrey Wilmore a former slave from Maryland and his former indentured wife Mary. The Wilmore’s operated a sawmill and were close …

This ongoing collection consists of finding aids created for the archival holdings of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (1827- ). Included are guides to historical materials such as the PHS minute …

This collection is comprised of images created sometime between 1928 and 1950 by Philadelphia photographer, Ida W. Pritchett. A 1914 graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Pritchett received her doctorate from …

The Joseph Ascenzi Collection consists of 64 color and black-and-white glass lantern slides, most were produced by the J. Horace McFarland Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Williams, Brown & Earle Inc. …

This collection documents the history of the Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia founded in 1953 by noted horticulturist, activist, author and educator Louise Bush-Brown. The images depict the earliest collaborative …

This collection consists of documentation related to the Philadelphia Flower Show from 1829 to the present including tickets, advertisements, posters and high-quality photographs to exhibits and promotional events. Some of …

This collection is comprised of photographic images documenting designed landscapes both private and public in and around Philadelphia. Digitized materials include early-twentieth century views of private, public, and corporate gardens …

This collection documents activities and projects undertaken by or in partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society from its inception in 1827 to the 21st Century (apart from Philadelphia Flower Show …

This collection contains items related to Pennsylvania School for the Deaf’s main campus located in the Mount Airy section of Northwest Philadelphia from 1892-1984. This campus was a spacious, 33 …

A selection of historic photographs, documents, and ephemera from the archival collections at Peters Township Public Library. These primary source materials document changes within Peters Township from the late 1800s …

Peters Township Chamber of Commerce business guides and community directories were published by the Chamber for township residents. Each booklet contains information on local businesses and community resources. This digital …

This collection contains yearbooks from Peters Township High School, located in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and includes The Planet (1944), Crest (1945), and Ember (1946-2018).

Preview was a newsletter published by Peters Township from 1983 to 2009. The newsletter reported on topics including township news, staff appointments, construction projects, and library and recreational events. 

Peters Township News was a weekly newspaper published by the Peters Township Chamber of Commerce. This collection includes an incomplete run of issues dating from February 1958 to April 1959.

Peters Township News Progress was a weekly newspaper covering Peters Township and nearby communities. For a time, it served as the official newspaper for Peters Township and the Peters Township …

The Commerce News was a monthly newspaper published by the Peters Township Chamber of Commerce from approximately 1955 to 1958. Run is missing issues. The Commerce News was succeeded by …

Folklore of the Schuylkill Canal, by John B. Bowman and other items relating to local history. The Bowman title is a collection of memories recorded by the author about Schuylkill …

This collection contains photographs of people and places in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

The Schuylkill Navigation Company was incorporated in 1815 for the purpose of making the Schuylkill River navigable. In the State Archives of Pennsylvania Manuscript Group 110 there are copies of …

Although Reading Area Community College’s Wes Fisher Piano Sheet Music Collection includes sheet music from the late 1800s to the 1970s, this digital collection only includes items that should be …

The collection includes yearbooks from Reading Area Community College which was founded in 1971. Years covered are 1973 – 1989. Also included are ledgers, bulletins, and yearbooks of the Reading, …

This collection contains postcards that show images from around Berks County. The list of categories includes advertisements, attractions, exhibits, bridges, dams, buildings, businesses, clubs, organizations, hospitals, bodies of water, scenes, …

Reading Public Library, as a district center, is working toward granting online access to digitized yearbooks from all Berks County schools and institutions. Digitized content covers yearbooks from 1977 and …

Ridley Park High School operated from 1917 until 1966. When the Ridley School District was created, RPHS was no longer needed and demolished. This collection includes yearbooks from 1928 until …

Saint Francis University Student Newspapers from 1927-2006

Saint Francis University Student yearbooks from 1942-2016.

Prime Minister of Peru from 1959-1961, and Minister of Finance in 1959. Miriam Kropp Beltran worked for IBM from 1939-1943, and for the US Department of State in Washington, DC …

The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy holds a special place in the history of North America, having been founded in 1821 as the first college of pharmacy in the region. Over …

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.

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, …

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.

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.

A collection of Sewickley, Pennsylvania and Quaker Valley region historic images and documents from the history collections of the Sewickley Public Library.

This collection includes Sewickley Area High School “The Sewickley” yearbooks from 1950-1976 and Yough High School “Reflections” yearbooks from 1977-1986.

The Summerville, Pennsylvania Story Project is a collection of documents, photos, and other memorabilia intended to present the human side of Summerville. The collection material dates from the occupancy by …

This collection includes some of Swarthmore’s earliest newspapers, including the Swarthmore News followed by its still current paper, The Swarthmorean.

In 1888, Miss Florence Baldwin founded “Miss Baldwin’s School for Girls, Preparatory for Bryn Mawr College” in her mother’s house at the corner of Montgomery and Morris Avenues. Thirteen girls …

The Kiskiminetas Springs School was founded in 1888 by Andrew Wilson who believed its location by the Kiskiminetas River to be an ideal environment for educating young men to continue …

Walter J. “Buzz” Storey was a well-known and admired journalist/editor from Uniontown, PA. His obituary published in the September 16, 2004 edition of The Herald-Standard newspaper stated, “Storey joined the …

Welcome to the Unionville High School Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District began as the Unionville Consolidated School K-12 in …

Welcome to the Unionville High School Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District began as the Unionville Consolidated School K-12 in …

Welcome to the Unionville High School Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District began as the Unionville Consolidated School K-12 in …

Annie Evaline Sanford was born on February 4, 1873 in Springfield, Illinois and graduated from Carthage College in 1894. Annie Sanford completed five missionary terms in India from 1895-1902, 1904-1911, …

Yearbooks from the Upper Moreland High School.

Partnering with Upper Moreland Historical Association, UMFPL records oral histories pertaining to living in Willow Grove, Upper Moreland Township, and the surrounding area.

This collection consists of glass lantern slides and syllabuses for the course “The Materials of Engineering Construction.” It was the first in a series of four courses in Civil Engineering, …

An archive of over 300 digital images from the library’s Historic Warren Photograph Collection.

The Historic Books collection contains local history and books of historical nature from around the Lehigh Valley. This collection also contains unpublished family history research records of private researchers, which …

This collection contains historical photographs of the Lehigh Valley.

Whitehall Township Public Library is making available the yearbooks of the Whitehall Coplay School District.  When completed, the yearbooks will range from 1922 (vol. 4) – 2014 (vol. 95). (The …

These are photographs from the Hurricane Agnes flood of 1972 that devastated the Wyoming Valley, specifically Wilkes-Barre and the Wilkes College campus.

Wilkes University audio content from the Wilkes University Archives.

Film footage from Wilkes University.

This collection contains scrapbooks created by Wilkes University staff, faculty, administrators, and students.

A collection of papers and biographical materials from Williamson College of the Trades founder Isaiah Van Sant Williamson. Some photographs and genealogical research as well as correspondence, legal, and financial …

This collection includes early to mid century photographs and documents detailing the creation of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, now Williamson College of the Trades. The school was …

Formed in 1981, the Woodland Hills School District is the result of a court ordered merger of school districts serving students in twelve municipalities: Braddock, Braddock Hills, Chalfant, Churchill, East …