List of libraries in 19th-century Philadelphia

The following is a list of libraries located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active in the 19th century. Included are public libraries, academic libraries, medical libraries, church libraries, government libraries, circulating libraries, and subscription libraries.

Advertisement for John Phillips' circulating library, Philadelphia, 1806
Advertisement for Shallus's Circulating Library, Philadelphia, 1811
Apprentices Library, Philadelphia, 19th century
Mercantile Library, 19th century
Central High School, Philadelphia, c. 1852
Interior, Library Company of Philadelphia, 1859
Library Company of Philadelphia (built 1790). The library occupied this building until 1880[1]
Reading Room, YMCA, c. 1893
Women's Christian Association, c. 1894
Interior, American Philosophical Society, 1890s
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References

  1. C.E. Peterson (1951). "The Library Hall: Home of the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1790-1880". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 95: 266–285.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 William Jones Rhees (1859), Manual of Public Libraries, Institutions, and Societies, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., OCLC 3991453, OL 6937678M
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 Weston Flint (1893), "(Philadelphia)", Statistics of Public Libraries in the United States and Canada, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
  4. 1 2 3 "Politics and Statistics: Pennsylvania", New England Magazine, September 1833
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 William E. Meehan (1896), Rand McNally and Company's Handy Guide to Philadelphia and Environs, NY: Rand McNally and Company
  6. J.F. Lewis (1924), History of the Apprentices' Library of Philadelphia 1820-1920, the Oldest Free Circulating Library in America, Philadelphia, OCLC 626688
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 McElroy's Philadelphia City Directory, Philadelphia: A. McElroy & Co., 1837, OCLC 81524238, OL 24395626M
  8. 1 2 Taylor, ed. (1893), City of Philadelphia as it Appears in the Year 1893, Philadelphia: Trade League of Philadelphia; Geo. S. Harris & Sons, hdl:2027/nyp.33433081788949
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  10. 1 2 Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 1865
  11. Philadelphia Inquirer, February 26, 1864
  12. 1 2 Elizabeth McHenry (2007). "'An Association of Kindred Spirits': Black Readers and their Reading Rooms". Institutions of Reading: the Social Life of Libraries in the United States. Boston: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9781558495906.
  13. McElroy's Philadelphia Directory. 1843.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 Civic Club Digest of the Educational & Charitable Institutions & Societies in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1895
  15. "Free Library of Philadelphia", The Citizen (Philadelphia: American Society for the Extension of University Teaching) 1 (9), November 1895
  16. "History". Walnut Street West. Free Library of Philadelphia. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  17. "Horner Memorial Library". German Society of Pennsylvania. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  18. Philadelphia Inquirer, July 11, 1867
  19. Philadelphia Inquirer, September 18, 1867
  20. "Drexel University College of Medicine History". Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  21. "TU Law History". Temple Univ. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  22. Hirst is sometimes spelled "Hurst"
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 James G. Barnwell (April 1900), "Proprietary Libraries in Philadelphia", Library Journal 25
  24. Ridgway is sometimes spelled "Ridgeway"
  25. 1 2 3 4 McElroy's Philadelphia City Directory, Philadelphia: A. McElroy & Co., 1839
  26. 1 2 Boyd's Philadelphia Blue Book. Philadelphia: C.E. Howe Co. 1890–1891.
  27. James Mease (1811). Picture of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: B. & T. Kite.
  28. Karen Nipps (Spring 1991). "Ann Shallus's Circulating Library". Journal of Library History 26 (4): 608–610.
  29. 1 2 3 "Public Libraries in the United States", Library Journal 12, January 1887
  30. The City of Philadelphia as it Appears in the Year 1894. G.S. Harris & Sons.

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