642 Williams Hall 
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 
(215) 898-6971 
Fax: (215 573-8130 
E-Mail: africa@sas.upenn.edu 

Art and Archaeology Library 
Eileen Markson 
(610) 526-5087 
emarkson@kramer.brynmawr.edu 

College Collections 
Carol Campbell, Curator and Registrar 
cwcampbe@kramer.brynmawr.edu 

Mariam Coffin Canaday Library 
Florence D. Goff, Assistant Director 
for Public Services 
Fax: (610) 526-7480 
fgoff@brynmawr.edu 

Science and Psychology Library 
Dora Wong 
(610) 526-5118 
dwong@kramer.brynmawr.edu 

Cornell Library 
Emi Horikawa 
(610) 328-8262 
ehorika1@swarthmore.edu 

Friends Historical Library 
Mary Ellen Chijioke 
(610) 328-8496 
mchijio1@swarthmore.edu 

McCabe Library 
Steven Sowards, Humanities Librarian 
(610) 328-8492 
ssoward1@swarthmore.edu 
Kate Cleland, Social Sciences Librarian 
(610) 328-8503 
kclelan1@swarthmore.edu 

Circulation: (610) 328-8477 
Reference Desk: (610) 328-8493 

Peace Collection 
Wendy Chmielewski 
(610) 328-8557 
wchmiel1@swarthmore.edu 

Underhill Library 
George Huber 
(610) 328-8232 
ghuber1@swarthmore.edu 

Annenberg Library 
Susan Williamson, Librarian 
lsw@asc.upenn.edu 
(215) 898-6106 

Audiovisual and Media Center, School of Arts and Sciences 
Luke Sullivan,  
(215) 898-4947 

Biddle Law Library 
Elizabeth S. Kelly, Director 
(215) 898-7488 
ekelly@oyez.law.upenn.edu 
Bill Mulherin, Assoc. Director  
for Public Services 
(215) 898-0844 
wmulheri@oyez.law.upenn.edu 

Demography Library 
Lisa Newman, Librarian 
(215) 898-5375 
lnewman@pop.upenn.edu 

Fisher Fine Arts Library 
Alan Morrison, Librarian 
(215) 898-8325 
Fax: (215) 573-2066 
morralan@pobox.upenn.edu 

Folklore and Folklife Video Collection 
Stephanie Wardwell and Lars Jenner,  
Contact Persons 
(215) 898-7352 

History Department Video Collection 
Lee Cassanelli, Graduate Group Chair 
lcassane@mail.sas.upenn.edu 
(215) 898-8443 or 898-5701 

Lippincott Library 
Mike Halperin, Director 
(215) 898-9434 
halperin@wharton.upenn.edu 
Reference E-Mail: lippincott@wharton.upenn.edu 
Library Fax: (215) 898-2261 

Middle East Center 
Mary Martin, Assistant Director 
marym@mec.sas.upenn.edu 
(215) 898-4690 

Museum Archives 
Douglas Haller, Museum Archivist 
(215) 573-9153 
Alessandro Pezzati, Reference Archivist 
(215) 898-8304 
Charles Kline, Photographic Archivist 
(215) 898-6720 

Museum Library 
Jean Adelman, Librarian 
(215) 898-4021 
Fax: (215) 573-2008 
adelman@pobox.upenn.edu 

Van Pelt Library 

• Dennis Hyde, Director

• Jane Bryan, Reference

• Robin Dougherty, Middle East Bibliographer

American Friends Service Committee Archives 
Jack Sutters, Archivist 
1501 Cherry Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19102 
(215) 241-7044 
*Materials pertaining to the work of the American Friends Service Committee in Africa.. 

American Philosophical Society 
Beth Carroll-Horrocks, Associate Librarian and Manuscripts Librarian 
105 S. 5th Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19106 
(215) 440-3400 
*Papers of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), involved in the British African Association's effort to locate sources of the Niger River, and of oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873). For more information, see: A New Guide to the Collections in the Library of the American Philosophical Society (1987). 

Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies 
Gail Farr, Head of Archives and Research Services 
18 S. 7th Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19106 
(215) 925-8090 
*Books, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, and artifacts for the study of ethnic groups and ethnicity, including records of American and Maryland Colonization Societies, 1792-1964 (microfilm, 323 reels). For further information, see: Guide to the Manuscript and Microfilm Collections of the Research Library of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (1992). 

Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University 
Charles L. Blockson, Curator 
Sullivan Hall 007-01 
Philadelphia, PA 19122 
(215) 204-6632 
*Approximately 30,000 books and bound periodicals, and 15,000 broadsides, posters, pieces of sheet music, maps, programs, ephemera and juvenile literature, including a collection of rare bibles from Africa written in a variety of African languages, such as Igbo, Hausa, Twi, Yoruba, Mpongwe, Dikele, Ga, Shuane, Amharic, Bulu and Swahili. For a listing of the complete collection, see: Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection (1990). 

Girard College, Founder's Hall 
Phyllis Abrahms, Curator 
2101 South College Avenue 
Philadelphia, PA 19121 
(215) 787-2680 
*Papers of Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia merchant involved in the East India trade, including letters to Girard's agent Martin Bickham on the Ile de France (Mauritius) from 1789-1824. 

Foreign Mission Board, 
National Baptist Convention 
Dr. William J. Harvey III, Executive Secretary 
701 S. 19th Street 
Philadelphia, PA 
(215) 735-7868 
*Bimonthly report, The Mission Herald, which covers missions in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. 

Historical Society of Pennsylvania Library 
Linda Stanley, Curator of Manuscripts and Archives 
1300 Locust Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19107 
(215) 732-6200 
*Manuscripts relating to slavery, abolition and trade with Africa, including the papers of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the African Colonization Society(1832-1872) and the Dutch West India Company (1626-1834), as well as the papers of various Americans active in Africa, such as William Rotch (1734-1828), John Menzies, Stephen Decatur, George C. Read (1787-1862), and John Cox and family. For further information, see: Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1949). 

The Library Company of Philadelphia 
John C. Van Horne, Librarian 
1314 Locust Street 
Philadelphia, PA  
(215) 546-2465 
*Extracts from the De Vries voyages: Korte historiael ende journael Aenteyckeninge van verscheyden Voyagiens in de vier Deelen des Wereldts Ronde, als Europa, Africa, Asia ende America (1655). 

The Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia 
John Petersen, Archivist 
7301 Germantown Avenue 
Philadelphia, PA 19119 
(215) 248-4616, Ext. 34 
*Manuscripts relating to missions. 

Medical Mission Sisters Archives (Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries) 
Dr. Stephanie Morris, Archivist 
8400 Pine Road 
Philadelphia, PA 19111 
(215) 742-6100 by appointment only 
*Materials relating to the Medical Mission Sisters (est. 1925), including correspondence, financial records, administration records, chapter assemblies, photographs and postcards (c. 1948-68), scrapbooks, letters from sisters at missions, and hospital records from various regions in Africa, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Zaire, Ghana, and Senegal; bimonthly publication, the Medical Missionary (1927-1971). 

Presbyterian Historical Society Archives 
Susan DuBois, Manager 
425 Lombard Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 
(215) 627-1852 
*Documents from Presbyterian Mission stations in Africa, including official correspondence from missionaries, some personal papers, personnel files, and information about Africans who came to Philadelphia under a missionary training program of the Presbyterian Church. For further information, see: Guide to the Foreign Missionary Manuscripts in the Presbyterian Historical Society (1988).