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Focus: national. Consists of: architectural drawings, both individual drawings and complete archives; documents/correspondence; building fragments; vintage photographs. Strengths: Thomas U. Walter, including drawings for U. S. Capitol, John Notman, Theophilus P. Chandler, Addison Hutton, Benjamin Linfoot, Mellor, Meigs & Howe, Paul P. Cret, Horace Trumbauer, Louis Magaziner.

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• Abington Baptist Church Collection
• Roland T. Addis Collection
• AIA Collection
• Alden Park Manor Collection
• Architects Building Photo Collection
• Peter F. Arfaa Collection
• Armentrout Collection
• Athenaeum Archives
• Avencia Digital Photographs
• Ballinger Collection
• Amos W. Barnes Collection
• Bassett Collection
• Penelope H. Batcheler Collection
• Baxter's Panoramic Business Directories
• S. Brian Baylinson Collection
• Beck Collection
• Beechwood Collection
• Alfred Bendiner Collection
• Benson Scrapbooks
• F. Furman Betts Collection
• Charles Bolton & Son Collection
• Earle Bolton Collection
• Bordentown Stereo Views
• Philadelphia Bourse Collection
• William Breton Watercolor Collection
• John Irwin Bright Collection
• Arthur H. Brockie Collection
• Dudley Brown Collection
• T. Wistar Brown Collection
• Bucks County Collection
• Buller Scrapbook
• Bobbye Burke Collection
• Burlington Northern Railroad Collection
• Campbell Collection
• Cape May Collection
• Carmelite Collection
• Lee Casaccio Collection
• Theophilus P. Chandler, Jr. Collection
• Chestnut Hill Historic District Files
• Nick J. Chimes Collection
• City Hall Collection
• Alfred Clauss Collection
• Bernie Cleff Collection - Society Hill Inventory
• Coakley Collection
• Harold Cooledge Collection
• Cope Linder Collection
• Cornell Collection
• Cret Collection
• Curwen Family Papers
• Dagit Collection
• D'Ascenzo Studio Archives
• John M. Dickey Collection
• James Dillon Collection
• Samuel J. Dornsife Collection of the Victorian Society in America at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
• Durang Collection
• Walter K. Durham Collection
• Parke Edwards Collection
• Hans Egli Collection
• Ewing Collection
• Wilson Eyre, Jr. Collection
• FAIA Nominations
• Fetterolf Collection
• Fink Collection
• Joel Frankel Collection
• Friday Architects Collection
• Friends of Lemon Hill Collection
• Frank Furness Collection
• General Collection - Albums
• General Collection - Architectural Drawings
• General Collection - Manuscripts
• General Collection - Maps
• General Collection - Museum Collection
• General Collection - Photographs
• General Collection - Portraits
• General Collection - Postcards
• General Collection - Prints
• General Collection - Stereo Views
• General Collection - Trade Cards
• General Collection- Specifications
• Hugh Giffin Collection
• Girard College Documents at the Athenaeum
• Girard Trust Company Collection
• Irvin R. Glazer Theater Collection
• Goldman Theater Company Collection
• John Grady Collection
• Albert M. Greenfield Company Photo Collection
• Constance Greiff Collection
• Luciano Guarnieri Collection
• H2L2 Collection
• HABS Collection
• Thomas Hacker Collection
• John Harbeson Collection
• John McArthur Harris Notebook
• Hayes & Hough Collection
• Hazlehurst & Huckel Collection
• Heacock & Hokanson Collection
• George Herzog Collection
• Historic House Inventories
• Historic House Reports
• Hoffman-Henon Collection
• Horn & Hardart Collection
• Hutton-Savery, Scheetz & Savery Collection
• Hydraulic-Press Brick Company Collection
• John Bowie Collection
• Arthur W. Jones Collection
• John Jones Collection
• Karcher & Smith Collection
• Keefer Collection
• Ketcham Collection
• Charles Klauder Collection
• Frank Kneas Collection
• Kramer Collection
• Langmuir Collection
• Lansdowne Collection
• Sigmund J. Laschenski Collection
• Henry Charles Lea Collection
• Edward B. Lee Collection
• A.W. Leh Collection
• Lehigh Structural Steel Collection
• Levy Collection
• George M. D. Lewis Collection
• Janet Lewis Collection
• Linfoot Collection
• Lippincott Collection
• Long & Tann Collection
• Richard Longstreth Collection
• T. Morris Longstreth Collection
• Lovatt Collection
• Lower Merion Collection
• Helena Augusta Lukens Student Work
• Jerome Lukowicz Collection
• Karl Lutz Collection
• Magaziner and Golding, The Golden Age of Ironwork
• Magaziner Collection
• Magee Collection
• Makin Collection
• Martin, Stewart & Noble Collection
• Robert Rodes McGoodwin Collection
• Meigs Collection
• Mellor, Meigs & Howe Collection
• Mertz Collection
• Herman Miller Collection
• Moeller Collection
• Walter Moleski Collection
• Paul Monaghan Collection
• Joseph Moore Collection
• Moses Collection
• Moss-Historic Houses of Philadelphia-Research Notes
• Moss-Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia Research Notes
• Maureen Murdoch Collection
• Naval Home Collection
• Neighborhood Preservation Coalition Collection
• New York Collection
• Notman Collection
• NPS Collection
• Charles T. Okie Collection
• Old City Historical Society Collection
• Olson Collection
• PAB Collection
• William Palmer Collection
• Satoko Izumi Parker Collection
• Edward Parnum Collection
• Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Collection
• Penn Wynne Presbyterian Church Collection
• Pennsylvania Convention Center Collection
• George Wharton Pepper Collection
• Permanent Loan -- Plays and Players Association
• Pew Museum Loan - Academy of Natural Sciences Collection
• Pew Museum Loan - Elfreth's Alley Association Collection
• Pew Museum Loan - Hahnemann University Hospital Collection
• Pew Museum Loan - Pennsylvania Hospital Collection
• Pew Museum Loan - Philadelphia History Museum Loan Collection
• Pew Museum Loan - Radnor Historical Society Collection
• Pew Museum Loan - Southern Home Services
• Pew Museum Loan - Wagner Free Institute of Science Collection
• Pew Museum Loan - Zoo Collection
• Philadelphia Arts Association Collection
• Philadelphia Commission Collection
• Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks Collection
• Philips Collection
• Lucian F. Plympton Collection
• Price & McLanahan Collection
• Mr. & Mrs. Beryl Price Collection
• William L. & Walter F. Price Collection
• William Prichett Collection
• Gregorio Provenzano Collection
• PSFS Collection
• J. Travis Quigg Collection
• Radnor Historical Society Loan- Walter B. Smith Collection
• Raff Collection
• Robert Raley Collection
• Ramsay Collection
• Rankin & Kellogg/ Doe Collection
• Rawle Collection
• Christopher Ray Collection
• Reading Terminal Collection
• Otto Reichert-Facilides Collection
• William Reith Collection
• George Robbins Collection
• Robert L. McNeil Jr. Center for Early American Studies Building Competition Files
• Rose Valley Collection
• Rose Valley Shops Collection
• Rowhouses
• George E. Savage Collection
• Saylor Gregg Collection
• Schilling Collection
• Schmidt's Brewery Collection
• Charles Schotthofer Collection
• M. Scott Collection
• William Seale Collection
• Edgar V. Seeler Collection
• Sellers Collection
• Howell Lewis Shay Collection
• Samuel G. Shepherd Collection
• St. Simeon Collection
• Robert M. Skaler Postcard Collection
• Walter Smedley Collection
• Robert Smith Collection
• Society for Photographing Old London Relics Collection
• Society Hill Civic Association Archives
• Somerton Methodist Church Collection
• SRK Collection
• Stein Scrapbook
• Jacob Stelman Collection
• Stetson Collection
• Stewardson & Page Collection
• Thomas S. Stewart Collection
• Stone Collection
• Stotesbury Collection
• City of Philadelphia Streets Department
• Student Inventory Studies
• Summit Presbyterian Church Collection
• Charles Talley Collection
• George Tatum Collection
• W. J. Taylor Collection
• Frank H. Taylor Collection
• Teitelman Collection
• Teitelman-Longstreth Collection
• Niles Duncan Terry Collection
• Thomas/Price Collection
• John P. A. Todd Collection
• Town & Davis Collection
• Trout & Truscott Collection
• Trumbauer Collection
• Robert T. Trump Collection
• Union League Collection
• Van Vliet Colletion
• George Vaux Collection
• Vitetta Collection
• Helene Von Rosenstiel Collection
• Walnut Lane Bridge Collection
• Thomas Ustick Walter Collection
• Wanamaker Collection
• Richard Webster Collection
• F. Ellsworth Weeder Collection
• Welcome Society Collection
• Wells & Hope Collection
• Frank Welsh Collection
• White Collection
• John B. Wickersham Collection
• Wildwood Collection
• Lawrence S. Williams, Inc. Collection
• Willing, Sims & Talbutt Collection
• James H. Windrim Collection
• John T. Windrim Collection
• Winkler/Godey's Lady's Book Research Notes
• Gail Winkler Collection
• Thomas M. Worn Collection
• Hibberd Yarnall Collection
• YWCA of Germantown Collection
• Zantzinger, Borie & Medary Collection
• Eli P. Zebooker Collection

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