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State Library of Pennsylvania - Benjamin Franklin

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Location Covered = Harrisburg, Pa.

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Materials by and about Benjamin Franklin from the State Library collection digitized in commemoration of his 300th birthday.

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Assembly Collection (State Library of Pennsylvania) (1)
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Libraries (1)
Libraries -- Pennsylvania -- History (1)
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Ben Franklin's other library : the Pennsylvania State Library.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Libraries, State Library of Pennsylvania -- History, Libraries -- Pennsylvania -- History

A history and description of the State Library of Pennsylvania at its 220th anniversary. Acknowledges the Benjamin Franklin's "participation was on a technical basis only, as that of a clerk who was requested to order some books." Continues by sketching the subsequent history of the Library. Describes the organization and mission of the Library. Written in fulfillment of requirements for a 'Library in Society' course at the Drexel Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Library Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rare Book Room Construction Photographs

State Library of Pennsylvania, Assembly Collection (State Library of Pennsylvania)

A series of 20 photographs taken in December 2005 that show the state of construction in the new Rare Books and Special Collections area at the State Library of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. (Please note: this is a 25.5 MB item and will take several minutes to download, especially on slower speed connections.)

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