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The Penn State Harrisburg Library's Archives and Special Collections consists of two major collections, the Alice Marshall Women's History Collection and the Center for Pennsylvania Culture Studies Collection.

Grants

Penn State Harrisburg has established a new grant program to support visiting scholars and graduate students who need to use materials held by Archives and Special Collections. For more information, including grant guidelines and application form, please see the Travel and Research Grants Web page.

Contact

For information regarding the library's Archives and Special Collections, please contact Martha Sachs, curator (717-948-6280, mss206@psu.edu), or Heidi N. Abbey, humanities reference librarian and archivist (717-948-6056, hna2@psu.edu).

Directions

Archives and Special Collections is located on the third floor of the Penn State Harrisburg Library on the Penn State Harrisburg campus in Middletown, Pa. For driving directions to campus, see the Directions to the Library Web page.

Hours

By appointment. Contact Martha Sachs (717-948-6280, mss206@psu.edu).

Collections

The Alice Marshall Women's History Collection, considered the most comprehensive, privately compiled collection of women's history materials in the United States, was acquired by Penn State in 1991.

The Center for Pennsylvania Culture Studies Collection, which was transferred to the library in 2005, provides resources for the study of Pennsylvania's cultural heritage.

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