814-865-1014
Arts & Humanities Library
The sources below can be found in the Maps Library, Ground Floor Paterno, unless otherwise noted. The Special Collections Library, 1st Floor Paterno also has a good collection of historical maps.
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Pennsylvania. Call # G1201.F7A8 1996 Pa.
Atlas of Pennsylvania. Call # G1260.A86 1989
Descriptive List of the Map Collection in the Pennsylvania State Archives: Catalogue of Maps in the Principal Map Collection (MG 11). Call # Z6028.P45, Rare Books & Manuscripts Reference Collection, 1st Floor Paterno
Fire Insurance Maps from the Sanborn Map Company, Pennsylvania. Call # FILM D312 and D322a, News and Microforms Library. Ground Floor West Pattee
Geography of Pennsylvania. Call # F149.8.G46
Map and Blueprint collection: Historical Collections and Labor Archives. Penn State Room, Rare Books Room, Pennsylvania State University Libraries, Call # GA195.P45 1995
Online PA Maps & Atlases Pennsylvania Gazetteer, a Comprehensive Reference to all of the Places in the State. Call # F147.P47 1986
Dictionary of Pennsylvania Historic Places
Call # F150.D53 1998, PA Center for the Book, 201 B Pattee, Education and Behavioral Sciences Library, 5th Floor Paterno.
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania
Call # F147.E52. Latest edition in PA Center for the Book, 201B Pattee, and Education and Behavioral Sciences Library, 5th Floor Paterno.
Guide to the State Historical Markers of Pennsylvania
Call # F150.B49 2000, Arts & Humanities Reference Collection, Pattee Stacks Level 2
National Historic Landmarks and National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Online PA Maps & Atlases
PA History: People, Places, Events, Things
Pennsylvania Facts
Call # F146 .P279, Arts & Humanities Reference Collection, Pattee Stacks Level 2
Smull's Legislative Handbook, 1868-1922
Call # JK3630 .A29, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Provides lists of state officials, biographical sketches of legislators, lists of post offices, newspapers, county officials, elections results and more. Continued by the Pennsylvania Manual, 1923-present.
Centre County Historical Society
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Historical Association
National Archives - Mid-Atlantic Branch
Free Library of Philadelphia
Philadelphia City Archives
Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies
Temple Urban Archives
The PA State Library maintains an extensive list of libraries in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations maintains a directory of County Historical Societies of Pennsylvania
The Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno, is the main repository of Pennsylvania documents. The Pennsylvania documents librarian is Stephen Woods, 814-865-0665,208 Paterno Library.
Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2004
Contains election returns for president, governor, and the state legislators. Includes Legislative Directories listing the members by session from 1682-present.
PA House Journal, 1791-1942
Call # 328P34, Cato Annex. Request campus delivery online, or at any circulation desk.
PA Senate Journal, 1804-1942
Call # 328P35, Cato Annex. Request campus delivery online, or at any circulation desk.
For more see the Pennsylvania Legislative Information Guide.
Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania, from 1682 to 1801
Call # KFP25 .A2, Social Sciences Library Legal Alcove, 2nd Floor Paterno.
Statutes At Large
Online version of the public and private laws of Pennsylvania up to 1809.
Laws of Pennsylvania
Call#: KFP25.A3, Social Sciences Library Legal Alcove, 2nd Floor Paterno.
For more see the Pennsylvania Courts Guide, the Pennsylvania Statutes Guide, and the Pennsylvania Regulations Guide.
