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Over 13,000 Postcards Now Available in the PA State Archives Postcards Collection!
49 of 67 Pennsylvania counties are available now!
The PA State Archives collection of postcards includes approximately 29,000 postcards. Over 13,000 of those postcards are now available for viewing online in PA Photos and Documents, and 49 of 67 Pennsylvania counties are available. The postcards are from the 1880s to the 1970s and include images from across the U.S. and and will eventually include all 67 Pennsylvania counties. Check back if you do not find postcards from your county yet.

Highlighted are cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries.
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Contemporary Authors has the Scoop on Your Favorite Authors!
Nearly 5,000 authors included were born in Pennsylvania!
Contemporary Authors offers access to deep and current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 160,000 of the most influential novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Included are author-provided updates, expanded entries, bibliographies, awards, and more!

Find unique insight into everyone's favorite authors. Did you know?
  • J.K. Rowling was a bilingual secretary for Amnesty International.
  • Maya Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and once staged a protest at the United Nations.
  • Agatha Christie served as a nurse in a Red Cross Hospital during World War 1.
  • Langston Hughes worked as an seaman on voyages to Africa and Europe.

The following information may be included in an author entry:
  • genre
  • personal information such as the author’s date and place of birth (city, state, and/or country) and family data, including parents, spouse(s) and child(ren)
  • autobiographical essays
  • pseudonym
  • nationality
  • ethnicity
  • education
  • political preference
  • religion
  • avocational interests
  • addresses
  • career summary
  • memberships
  • awards and honors
  • obituary notice
  • biographical and critical sources
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Celebrate Women's History Month with Digital Collections in PA Photos and Documents!
Browse these collections to learn more about prolific teachers, societies providing charity for families in distress, Williamsport Women, a midwifery manuscript penned between 1770-1819, and more!

  • Bedford County Library – Winona Garbrick
  • German Society of Pennsylvania – Women’s Auxiliary of the German Society of Pennsylvania
  • Lycoming College – Lycoming County Women’s History Collection
  • Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – American Association of University Women – Johnstown Branch
  • Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – Rosina Heydrich’s Midwifery Manual and Ledger, 1770-1819
  • Scranton Public Library – Century Club of Scranton
  • The Baldwin School Archives – Blazers, Uniforms, Gowns Collection
  • The Baldwin School Archives – Photos and Documents
  • United Lutheran Seminary Philadelphia – In Her Own Right: the Lutheran Deaconess Movement in the United States
  • United Lutheran Seminary Philadelphia – In Her Own Right: Women’s Missionary Societies of the Lutheran Church
Visit the Women's History Collections Now!

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Learn About American Indians with E-books and Videos in TrueFLIX!
Read award-winning e-books and watch related videos!
Discover the answers to these questions:
  • How did the horse change the Comanche way of life?
  • How has Apache culture changed?
  • What’s it like to live in the frozen Arctic? (The Inuit)
  • What is the Iroquois League?
  • What made Pueblo life unique?
  • What is a vision quest? (The Sioux)
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