The following histories deal with the early years of the University's presence in West Philadelphia:

• A Documentary History of Title to Penn's West Philadelphia Campus 1870-1900

• Some information is also found in student papers from the research seminar, Penn's past, present, and future relationships with West Philadelphia / Philadelphia, from 1870 to 2010, taught by Mark Frazier Lloyd in the fall of 2005

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