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Abraham Lincoln
A representative sample of items on Abraham Lincoln in the State Library’s collection digitized to commemorate the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial. Includes the address of Edward Everett at the National Cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19, 1893, the dedicatory speech of President Lincoln, and the hanging of the Lincoln conspirators in Washington DC in 1865. |
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Benjamin Franklin Collection
Materials by and about Benjamin Franklin from the State Library collection, digitized in commemoration of his 300 th birthday. Read excerpts from his memoirs and discover his thoughts on electricity experiments, Chinese papermaking, navigation, the treatment of smallpox, his Drinker's Dictionary', swimming, people who had fallen ill when exposed to long dead bodies, and much more! |
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Coal Mining In Pennsylvania
Read the reports of the Department of Mines, 1897-1903, 1904-1930, and a separate 1908 bituminous report which lists statistics on persons employed in mines, gross tons of coal produced, names, ages, and causes of fatal and non-fatal mining accidents, and more. Also read the report on the Twin Shaft mining disaster investigation, 1896, and the Dar Mine Relief Effort Report of 1907. |
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Fort Necessity
A selection of documents on the battles of Fort Necessity and Braddock’s Campaign, along with background on French and English relations as well as their interactions with the Native American tribes of the northeastern colonies in the 18 th and early 19 th centuries. Originally digitized to celebrate the 250 th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Necessity. |
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Miscellany Collection
Items include the Problem of the Irish in America Speech, 1886; an 1838 speech by Thaddeus Stevens, Report of Friends Association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freeman, 1866, and others. |
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Pennsylvania Capitol Centennial Collection
Historic descriptions and illustrated visitors' guidebooks to the State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Pennsylvania Capitol Building. |
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Pennsylvania Documents Collection
A wealth of information for researchers is contained in this collection of historical reports of Pennsylvania State Agencies beginning in the late 1800's and covering issues such as state penitentiary reports, state asylum reports and more. |
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Pennsylvania Genealogy Collection
Includes the Harrisburg Newspaper Index with marriages and deaths from 4 newspapers, 1799 to 1827; the Necrology Scrapbook obituaries clipped from Pennsylvania newspapers, 1891 to 1904 includes Civil War veterans; the German Soldier in the Wars of the United States, 1755-1864, a 1887 group photo at Augustus Lutheran Church in Trappe, Pennsylvania and Courts & Lawyers of Pennsylvania, a History, 1623-1923 |
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Pennsylvania Historical Newspapers
The State Library continues to add historic digitized Pennsylvania newspapers to this collection. See the current list of titles available for viewing the images and try the new search by date feature. Also you can see Pennsylvania newspapers that have been digitized by other organizations using our informal Directory of Digitized Pennsylvania Historical Newspapers (excel). |
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Pennsylvania Native Americans
This collection contains information about Early Indian History on the Susquehanna, and the Red Man (1910-1917) and Indian Craftsman (1909-1910),two periodicals published by the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. |
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Pennsylvania Regimental Histories
Selected Pennsylvania Regimental Histories in the Civil War, with histories of Pennsylvania units from other wars to be added. |
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United States Civil War
A wide variety of Civil War literature, including preparations for the internment of the remains of the dead at Gettysburg, testimony of deplorable conditions in Confederate prisons, speeches for and against Reconstruction, and more. For regimental histories, see the State Library’s Regimental Histories collection |
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World War I Digital Collection
The State Library of Pennsylvania's World War I Collection is part of the Access Pennsylvania Digital Repository. A collection of materials about World War I (1914-1918) from the State Library collection digitized in commemoration of the centennial of the Great War. |
