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MANUSCRIPT GROUPS at the Pennsylvania State Archives

The following is a list of personal papers, manuscripts, and non-governmental records currently available for research in the Pennsylvania State Archives. Manuscript Groups include, to mention several general areas of concentration, papers concerning the Provincial period; papers of governors of the Commonwealth; papers of or collections relating to prominent Pennsylvania families; records of social, fraternal, civic, cultural, educational, religious, political, and military activities and organizations; and records which pertain to agricultural pursuits and to commercial and industrial enterprises. Spanning a period of more than three hundred years, papers and records touch on military matters from the French and Indian War through World War II; provide information on the person of and the family of William Penn; shed light on early trading activities, Indian relations, banking, surveying, lumbering, conservation, canal and railroad operations, mining and the iron and steel industry, certain prominent Pennsylvania women, the State's ethnic minorities, and on other subjects of comparable interest. Illustrations for these subjects are provided in sizable collections of maps, posters, postcards, and photographs.

" * " designates that the collection is restricted. Please call the State Archives Reference Staff at (717) 783-3281 to inquire about the terms and nature of the restriction. 

PA State Archives Hours, Directions, & Fees Research Topics Finding Aids for Collections Land Records