Reference and Services

Historical Collections and Labor Archives welcomes patron inquiries and encourages researchers to examine and use the collections and materials comprising the Eighth Air Force Archive. Researchers interested in learning more about the holdings and specific subject content of the Archive should direct their inquiries to the staff of the HCLA. A preliminary inventory to the processed record groups and series of the Archive is available upon request. Researchers are advised that the processing of the Archive is on-going. Additional guides to Eighth Air Force Archive collections will be prepared, updated, and made accessible via links to this web page in EAD format. The Eighth Air Force Archive book holdings may be accessed via the Penn State University Librairies'on-line catalog (LIAS "THE CAT"). Visiting researchers are encouraged to contact HCLA in advance of their visit for information about gaining access to the Eighth Air Force collections and materials they wish to research. Historical Collections is open to the public Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information contact James P. Quigel, Head of Historical Collections and Labor Archives jpq1@psulias.psu.edu (814) 863-3181, or Paul Dzyak, Eighth Air Force specialist, (814) 863-2505.