Notable Collections

The Penn Libraries collects a variety of Japanese rare materials.

A major collection of printed documents from the era of the French Revolution, the Maclure Collection comprises approximately 25,000 pamphlets and periodicals published in France from the late 1780s to ca. 1815.

The Marlboro Music School and Festival Records spans Marlboro’s history from 1950 through 2013.

The University of Pennsylvania has long been known as a central spot for the study of positive psychology.

Penn Libraries has developed its coverage of 20th century Spanish history and literature in recent (since the early 21st century) years.

While Malagasy has become the most-enrolled African language taught at Penn since 2013, the Penn Libraries have strong collections in other African languages.

The Sydney S. Keil Collection contains over 1,000 items from colonial Latin America, including books, pamphlets, broadsides, and maps.

The Khajistan collection showcases Pakistani cultural heritage through ephemera, popular magazines, pulp fiction, rare books, and more.