Pennsylvania State Archives

United States Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania State Archives

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission State Museum Building 300 North Street Harrisburg, PA 17120 Phone: (717) 787-3362

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Contact Information
E-mail: Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov

Address:

900 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-4292 (Entrance on Chestnut Street, between 9th and 10th St.)

Telephone: 215-606-0100 Fax:  215-305-2038 Hours and holidays: Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Second Saturday each month, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Closed Sundays and Federal holidays. Directions, maps, and public transportation: {Optional}

Internet sites and databases:


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Collection Description
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Guides
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 * Loretto Dennis Szucs, and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1988), 32-34. WorldCat entry. Describes each field branch collection, microfilms, services and activities. Each of 150 record groups of the archives is also described.

Alternate Repositories
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