Guides to the Collections of the University Archives

• UPA to UPZ classification system
  gives both an overview and a detailed listing of the approximately 1, 400 collections in the University Archives.

• Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center
  determines access to the collections

• On-line guides
  are available for many collections within these eight general categories:
  • Central and Academic Administration

  • Development and Alumni Relations

  • Image and Audio-Visual Collections, Memorabilia, Decorative Arts and Fine Arts

  • Non-Academic Administration and Finance

  • Personal and Professional Papers

  • Publications and Reports

  • University Life: non-academic campus activities and organizations

   

• Further information
  about the holdings of the University Archives is available:

  • Search the University Archives website

  • Search the University Archives Digital Image Collection

  • Guide to the Archives General Collection of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1820
    provides a detailed listing of collections dating from 1820 or earlier

  • News and Public Affairs Bureau Records and Information Files by Subject
    include press releases, news clippings, printed materials and other readily accessible information on University history

  • All collections and printed materials processed after 1986 are cataloged in the RLG (Research Library Group) Union Catalog, commonly known as RLIN, and are also found in the University Library’s on-line catalog Franklin.

  • Contact us for more information on a particular collection for which the information is not online.