List of libraries in 19th-century Philadelphia

The following is a list of libraries located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active in the 19th century. Included are public libraries, academic libraries, medical libraries, church libraries, government libraries, circulating libraries, and subscription libraries.

A
B
  • Baptist Historical Society[8]
  • George E. Blake's circulating library[9]
  • Board of Missions of Presbyterian Church[2]
  • Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies[3]
  • Broad Street Academy Library[3]
  • Brotherhead's Circulating Library[9]
  • Burd Orphan Asylum[3]
  • Byberry Library[9]
C
  • Carpenters' Company[2][3]
  • Catholic Philopatrian Society[3]
  • Central High School[2][3]
  • Chalk's Circulating Library, North Third St.[9]
  • Challen's Circulating Library[10]
  • Chase's Circulating Library[11]
  • Chestnut Hill Free Library[5]
  • Chestnut St. Female Seminary[2]
  • Christ Church Hospital[3]
  • Christ Church Library[2]
  • Christian Hall Library Company[3]
  • Church of the Holy Apostle, Sunday School Library[3]
  • College Avenue Anat. School[2]
  • College of Physicians of Philadelphia[3]
  • College of St. Thomas of Villa Nova[2]
  • Colored Reading Society[12]
  • Controllers of Public Schools Library[2]
  • Edward Corfield's circulating library[13]
D
  • Disston Library[3]
  • Drexel Institute Library (est.1891)[14]
E
F
G
H
I
  • Institute for Colored Youth[2]
  • Institution for the Blind[2][3]
  • Institution for Deaf and Dumb[2]
  • Irish Library of the Cathedral[3]
J
  • James Page Library Company[3]
  • Jefferson Medical College[2]
K
  • Kensington Literary Institute (est.1853)[2][23]
L
  • La Salle College[3]
  • Law Association of Philadelphia[2][3]
  • Leopold's Circulating Library[10]
  • Library and Reading Room Association of 23rd Ward (est.1857)[23]
  • Library Association of Friends[2][3]
  • Library Company of Colored Persons[12]
  • Library Company of Philadelphia (est. 1731), also called the Philadelphia Library[2][3][7]
  • Library of Foreign Classical Literature and Science[23]
  • Library of the Four Monthly Meetings of Friends[2]
  • Lovett Memorial Free Library[5]
M
  • Mantua Academy[2]
  • Mariners' Church Library for Seamen[3]
  • Sarah McDonald's circulating library, S. 11th St.[25]
  • Mechanics' Institute of Southwark[2][3]
  • Medical Institute of Philadelphia[2]
  • Medico-Chirurgical College[2]
  • Memorial Free Library (Mount Airy)[3]
  • Mercantile Library Company[3][7]
  • Ann Miller's circulating library[25]
  • Moyamensing Literary Institute (est.1852)[2][3]
  • Mutual Library Co.[26]
N
  • New Church Book Association[3]
  • North Broad Street Select School[3]
  • Northern Dispensary of Philadelphia[3]
  • Northern Home[3]
  • Northern Liberties Franklin Library[2]
  • Northern Liberties Library and Reading Room Co. (est.1830)[23]
  • Numismatic and Antiquarian Society[3]
O
  • Odd Fellows' Library[3]
P
R
  • Roxborough Lyceum[3]
S
T
  • Teachers' Institute of Philadelphia[3]
  • Theological Seminary (Mount Airy)[3]
  • Theological Seminary Reformed Presbyterian Church[2]
  • Theological Seminary St. Charles of Boromeo[2]
  • Three Monthly Meetings of Friends[29]
U
W
  • Wagner Free Institute of Science[2][3]
  • Walnut St. Female Seminary[2]
  • West Philadelphia Institute[2][3]
  • Western Library Association of Philadelphia (est.1854)[23]
  • Wills Hospital[2]
  • Wilson's Circulating Library, South 11th St.[26]
  • Wistar Medical College[2]
  • Women's Christian Association[29][30]
  • Women's Hospital[29]
Y

See also

References

  1. ^ C.E. Peterson (1951). "The Library Hall: Home of the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1790-1880". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 95: 266–285. ISBN 9781422381724. {{cite journal}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz William Jones Rhees (1859), Manual of Public Libraries, Institutions, and Societies, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., OCLC 3991453, OL 6937678M
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd Weston Flint (1893), "(Philadelphia)", Statistics of Public Libraries in the United States and Canada, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, hdl:2027/mdp.39015034099997
  4. ^ a b c "Politics and Statistics: Pennsylvania", New England Magazine, September 1833, hdl:2027/pst.000020215293
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n William E. Meehan (1896), Rand McNally and Company's Handy Guide to Philadelphia and Environs, NY: Rand McNally and Company
  6. ^ J.F. Lewis (1924), History of the Apprentices' Library of Philadelphia 1820-1920, the Oldest Free Circulating Library in America, Philadelphia, OCLC 626688{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e McElroy's Philadelphia City Directory, Philadelphia: A. McElroy & Co., 1837, OCLC 81524238, OL 24395626M
  8. ^ a b Taylor, ed. (1893), City of Philadelphia as it Appears in the Year 1893, Philadelphia: Trade League of Philadelphia; Geo. S. Harris & Sons, hdl:2027/nyp.33433081788949
  9. ^ a b c d e Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  10. ^ a b Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 1865
  11. ^ Philadelphia Inquirer, February 26, 1864
  12. ^ a b Elizabeth McHenry (2007). "'An Association of Kindred Spirits': Black Readers and their Reading Rooms". Institutions of Reading: the Social Life of Libraries in the United States. Boston: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9781558495906.
  13. ^ McElroy's Philadelphia Directory. 1843.
  14. ^ a b c d e Civic Club Digest of the Educational & Charitable Institutions & Societies in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1895{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  15. ^ "Free Library of Philadelphia", The Citizen, vol. 1, no. 9, Philadelphia: American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, November 1895, hdl:2027/nyp.33433075994610
  16. ^ "History". Walnut Street West. Free Library of Philadelphia. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  17. ^ "Horner Memorial Library". German Society of Pennsylvania. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  18. ^ Philadelphia Inquirer, July 11, 1867
  19. ^ Philadelphia Inquirer, September 18, 1867
  20. ^ "Drexel University College of Medicine History". Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  21. ^ "TU Law History". Temple Univ. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  22. ^ Hirst is sometimes spelled "Hurst"
  23. ^ a b c d e f James G. Barnwell (April 1900), "Proprietary Libraries in Philadelphia", Library Journal, 25, hdl:2027/mdp.39015036908088
  24. ^ Ridgway is sometimes spelled "Ridgeway"
  25. ^ a b c d McElroy's Philadelphia City Directory, Philadelphia: A. McElroy & Co., 1839
  26. ^ a b Boyd's Philadelphia Blue Book. Philadelphia: C.E. Howe Co. 1890–1891.
  27. ^ James Mease (1811). Picture of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: B. & T. Kite.
  28. ^ Karen Nipps (Spring 1991). "Ann Shallus's Circulating Library". Journal of Library History. 26 (4): 608–610. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  29. ^ a b c "Public Libraries in the United States", Library Journal, 12, January 1887, hdl:2027/mdp.39015036908666
  30. ^ The City of Philadelphia as it Appears in the Year 1894. G.S. Harris & Sons.

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