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Featured Collections

The University Libraries collects and makes accessible materials that meet the teaching and research needs of the university community and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The University Libraries' collections include vast numbers of print volumes, newspapers, audio-visual materials, digital resources, maps, and archival materials.

Civil War Era Diaries

The Eberly Family Special Collections Library has a sizable collection of material relating to the Civil War. Collected here are diaries by various people who served during the war, offering insight into the lives of regular soldiers.

La Vie Online

La Vie, the Penn State University annual student yearbook, has been in production documenting student life continuously since 1890.The Online La Vie project, digitizing yearbooks beginning in 1890 through 2000, is a joint collaboration between the Penn State University Archives and the University...

The Ogontz School 1850-1950

For 100 years, the elite and prestigious school known as The Ogontz School for Young Ladies was a prominent force in female private education. In 1950 the school, campus, and facilities were given to The Pennsylvania State College, now The Pennsylvania State University.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

The Sanborn Map Company, the best known of the US fire-insurance map producers, has made maps since 1867. The fire insurance maps produced by Sanborn show building footprints, building material, height or number of stories, building use, lot lines, road widths and water facilities. The maps also...

Digital Map Drawer

The Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information digital map drawer contains the subset of our physical map collection that has been digitized and is not protected by licensing or copyright.