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Research Library Hours: Mondays: 1:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 .m. - 1:00 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Closed Wednedays and for major holidays.<br>The Society has collections of books, ephemera, newspapers, serials, maps, manuscripts and photographs relating to the history of Delaware and its people collected over 135 years. Their catalog is online. | Research Library Hours: Mondays: 1:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 .m. - 1:00 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Closed Wednedays and for major holidays.<br>The Society has collections of books, ephemera, newspapers, serials, maps, manuscripts and photographs relating to the history of Delaware and its people collected over 135 years. Their catalog is online. | ||
'''The Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Library<br>'''1300 Locust Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699<br>Telephone: 215-732-6200<br>Fax: 215-732-2680<br>Website: http://www.hsp.org/ | '''The Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Library<br>'''1300 Locust Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699<br>Telephone: 215-732-6200<br>Fax: 215-732-2680<br>Website: http://www.hsp.org/ | ||
Library Hours:•Monday Closed, •Tuesday 12:30-5:30 (last admittance at 4:45 p.m.), •Wednesday 12:30-8:30 (last admittance at 7:45 p.m.), •Thursday 12:30-5:30 (last admittance at 4:45 p.m.), •Friday 10:00-5:30 (last admittance at 4:45 p.m.), closed Saturdays and Sundays and major holidays. | Library Hours:•Monday Closed, •Tuesday 12:30-5:30 (last admittance at 4:45 p.m.), •Wednesday 12:30-8:30 (last admittance at 7:45 p.m.), •Thursday 12:30-5:30 (last admittance at 4:45 p.m.), •Friday 10:00-5:30 (last admittance at 4:45 p.m.), closed Saturdays and Sundays and major holidays. | ||
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is one of the nations largest family history libraries with an excellent collections on local and regional history, and a manuscript collection renowned for its 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century holdings. The Society merged their holdings with the Balch Institute’s in 2002 and the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in 2006 through a Strategic Alliance Agreement, making it also one of the nation’s leading repositories of ethnic and immigrant studies materials. It houses some 600,000 books, pamphlets, serials, and microfilm reels; 20 million manuscripts; and over 300,000 graphics items, becoming one of the largest non-governmental repositories of documentary materials. There is an inline catalog to the Society's holdings.Ther are also manuscript and research guides, finding aids, indexes, and other tools dor accessing their collection. Many are online. | The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is one of the nations largest family history libraries with an excellent collections on local and regional history, and a manuscript collection renowned for its 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century holdings. The Society merged their holdings with the Balch Institute’s in 2002 and the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in 2006 through a Strategic Alliance Agreement, making it also one of the nation’s leading repositories of ethnic and immigrant studies materials. It houses some 600,000 books, pamphlets, serials, and microfilm reels; 20 million manuscripts; and over 300,000 graphics items, becoming one of the largest non-governmental repositories of documentary materials. There is an inline catalog to the Society's holdings.Ther are also manuscript and research guides, finding aids, indexes, and other tools dor accessing their collection. Many are online. | ||
<br>'''The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania<br>'''2207 Chestnut Street <br>Philadelphia, PA 19103-301 | <br>'''The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania<br>'''2207 Chestnut Street <br>Philadelphia, PA 19103-301 | ||
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Telephone: 215-545-0391<br>Fax: 215-545-0936<br>Website: http://www.genpa.org/ | Telephone: 215-545-0391<br>Fax: 215-545-0936<br>Website: http://www.genpa.org/ | ||
Library Hours are: Saturday – Monday: closed; Tuesday: 12:30 – 5:30; Wednesday: 12:30 – 8:30; Thursday: 12:30 – 5:30; Friday: 10:00 – 5:30. | Library Hours are: Saturday – Monday: closed; Tuesday: 12:30 – 5:30; Wednesday: 12:30 – 8:30; Thursday: 12:30 – 5:30; Friday: 10:00 – 5:30. | ||
The Genealogical Society publishes ''The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine ''twice a year. | The Genealogical Society publishes ''The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine ''twice a year.<br><br>'''University of Delaware Library<br>'''181 South College Avenue<br>Newark, DE 19717-5267<br>Telephone: 302-831-2965<br>Website: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ | ||
The main library is the Morris Library. It contains many books, periodicals, ebooks, ejournals, enewspapers, microforms, government publications, databases, maps, manuscripts, media, and Internet information of interest to genealogists. The University of Delaware Library is a depository library for U.S. government publications; a patent depository for U.S. patents; and a repository for State of Delaware publications. | |||
'''Hagley Museum and Library<br>'''P.O. Box 3630<br>Wilmington, DE 19807-0630<br>Telephone: 302-658-2400<br>Fax: 302-658-0545 <br>Website: http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/ | '''Hagley Museum and Library<br>'''P.O. Box 3630<br>Wilmington, DE 19807-0630<br>Telephone: 302-658-2400<br>Fax: 302-658-0545 <br>Website: http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/ | ||