PA Photos and Documents

This collection contains historic reports and surveys from the Blair County area.

This collection contains oral histories of the Blair County region of Pennsylvania. The interviews pertain to events that happened in Blair County or stories of Blair County residents.

This collection contains photos documenting the history of Central Pennsylvania and the surrounding region.

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 …

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

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.

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 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 …

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 …

This collection of audio-only interviews show the impact that COVID-19 had on businesses, local government, the healthcare sector, educational intuitions, non-profits, and houses of worship. Community leaders were invited to …

This collection of newsletters and newspapers includes activities, events, meetings, and news for Erie’s LGBTQ community from 1992-present. This publication included titles such as: Erie Gay Community Newsletter, Erie Gay …

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 …

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

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.

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 …

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 …

As part of a larger statewide effort, in 2018 the Meyersdale Public Library undertook a project to document and compile a list of known African American burials in Somerset County. …

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 …

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 …

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

Welcome to the Montgomery County Community College’s Montgazette Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Montgomery County Community College’s Brendlinger Library is digitizing the student …

A selection of photographs and video clips from the New Castle Public Library’s 100th Anniversary celebration, October 21, 2010.

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

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 various occasions celebrated by New Cumberland, including the 1906 Old Home Week and Geary Celebration, World War I Homecoming, and the dedication of the John Geary White state …

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 …

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 …

In 1900, there were 34 sanatoriums in the United States. By 1925 there were 536. The Cresson Sanatorium was one of the earlier sanatoriums and provides a record of life …

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

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 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 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 oral histories conducted as part of Peters Township Public Library’s Life in Peters Township: An Oral History Project. Interviews with long time Peters Township residents took place …

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. 

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 …

Saint Francis University Student Newspapers from 1927-2006

Saint Francis University Student yearbooks from 1942-2016.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …