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List of libraries in 19th-century Philadelphia
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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.
- A
- Academy of Natural Sciences[2][3]
- Agnes Irwin's School[3]
- Almshouse library[4]
- American Baptist Historical Society[3]
- American Baptist Publication Society[2][3]
- American Catholic Historical Society[5]
- American Entomological Society[3]
- American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter[5]
- American Philosophical Society (est. 1743).[2][3]
- American Sunday-School Union[2][3]
- Apprentices' Library Company[6]
- Athenaeum of Philadelphia[2][3][7]
- B
- Baptist Historical Society[8]
- George E. Blake's circulating library[9]
- Board of Missions of Presbyterian Church[2]
- Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies[3]
- Broad Street Academy Library[3]
- Brotherhead's Circulating Library[9]
- Burd Orphan Asylum[3]
- Byberry Library[9]
- C
- Carpenters' Company[2][3]
- Catholic Philopatrian Society[3]
- Central High School[2][3]
- Chalk's Circulating Library, North Third St.[9]
- Challen's Circulating Library[10]
- Chase's Circulating Library[11]
- Chestnut Hill Free Library[5]
- Chestnut St. Female Seminary[2]
- Christ Church Hospital[3]
- Christ Church Library[2]
- Christian Hall Library Company[3]
- Church of the Holy Apostle, Sunday School Library[3]
- College Avenue Anat. School[2]
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia[3]
- College of St. Thomas of Villa Nova[2]
- Colored Reading Society[12]
- Controllers of Public Schools Library[2]
- Edward Corfield's circulating library[13]
- D
- E
- Eastburn Academy Library[3]
- Eastern State Penitentiary[2][3]
- Eclectic Medical College[2]
- Edwin Forrest Home[3]
- Engineers Club[3]
- Episcopal Library and Reading Room[2]
- F
- Female Medical College[2]
- Florence Lit. Inst. and Library[2]
- Franklin Institute[2][3]
- Franklin Library Association[7]
- Free Circulating Library for the Blind[3]
- Free Library of Philadelphia (est.1891, opened 1894). Main branch located in City Hall (1894), then in Concert Hall (1895–1910)[15]
- Free Reading-Room Association of Spring Garden[2]
- Friends' Asylum for the Insane[2]
- Friends' Library[3]
- Friends' Observatory[2]
- G
- George Institute[3]
- German Society of Pennsylvania[2][3][17]
- Germantown Library[5]
- Girard College[2][3]
- Paul Girard's French Circulating Library[18]
- Girl's Normal School Library[3]
- Grand Army Republic, Post No.2[3]
- Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania F.A.A.M.[3]
- D. Guillemet's French Circulating Library[19]
- H
- Hahnemann Medical College[3][20]
- Harwood's Circulating Library[9]
- Hebrew Literature Society[5]
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania[2][3]
- Home Teaching and Free Circulating Library for the Blind[5]
- Homoeopathic Medical College[2]
- House of Refuge[2]
- Hirst Free Law Library[8][21][22]
- I
- Institute for Colored Youth[2]
- Institution for the Blind[2][3]
- Institution for Deaf and Dumb[2]
- Irish Library of the Cathedral[3]
- J
- K
- L
- La Salle College[3]
- Law Association of Philadelphia[2][3]
- Leopold's Circulating Library[10]
- Library and Reading Room Association of 23rd Ward (est.1857)[23]
- Library Association of Friends[2][3]
- Library Company of Colored Persons[12]
- Library Company of Philadelphia (est. 1731), also called the Philadelphia Library[2][3][7]
- Library of Foreign Classical Literature and Science[23]
- Library of the Four Monthly Meetings of Friends[2]
- Lovett Memorial Free Library[5]
- M
- Mantua Academy[2]
- Mariners' Church Library for Seamen[3]
- Sarah McDonald's circulating library, S. 11th St.[25]
- Mechanics' Institute of Southwark[2][3]
- Medical Institute of Philadelphia[2]
- Medico-Chirurgical College[2]
- Memorial Free Library (Mount Airy)[3]
- Mercantile Library Company[3][7]
- Ann Miller's circulating library[25]
- Moyamensing Literary Institute (est.1852)[2][3]
- Mutual Library Co.[26]
- N
- New Church Book Association[3]
- North Broad Street Select School[3]
- Northern Dispensary of Philadelphia[3]
- Northern Home[3]
- Northern Liberties Franklin Library[2]
- Northern Liberties Library and Reading Room Co. (est.1830)[23]
- Numismatic and Antiquarian Society[3]
- O
- Odd Fellows' Library[3]
- P
- Page Library[2]
- Peirce College of Business
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[2]
- Pennsylvania College, Medical Dept.[2]
- Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery[2]
- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society[2][3]
- Pennsylvania Hospital Medical Library[2][3]
- Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane[2][3]
- Pennsylvania Institution for Deaf and Dumb[3]
- Pennsylvania Seamen's Friend Society[2]
- Philadelphia Board of Trade[3]
- Philadelphia City Institute[2][3]
- The Philadelphia Club Library[3]
- Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery[2]
- Philadelphia College of Medicine[2]
- Philadelphia College of Pharmacy[2][3]
- Philadelphia County Prison[3]
- Philadelphia Divinity School[3]
- Philadelphia Hospital Library[3]
- Philadelphia Library Association of Colored Brethren[2]
- Philadelphia Maritime Exchange[3]
- Philadelphia Museum library[4]
- Philadelphia Public Library (est.1892), administered by the city Board of Education. Also called City Library[14]
- Philadelphia School of Anatomy[2]
- Philadelphia Seminary[3]
- Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture[2]
- Philadelphia Turngemeinde[3]
- Philips' Circulating Library, Third St.[27]
- John Phillips' circulating library, South Fourth St.
- Polytechnic College[2]
- Mrs. S. Potts' circulating library, Walnut St.[25]
- Presbyterian Board of Publication[2][3]
- Presbyterian Historical Society[2][3]
- Presbyterian Home for Widows and Single Women[3]
- Public Library for People of Color[2]
- R
- Roxborough Lyceum[3]
- S
- St. Joseph's College[2]
- St. Timothy's Workingmen's Club and Institute[3]
- Seamen's and Landsmen's Aid Society[5]
- Shallus's Circulating Library[28]
- Social Art Club[3]
- Society of Students' library[4]
- Southwark Library Company (est.1822)[2][3][7]
- Spring Garden Institute (est.1835)[2][3][23]
- T
- Teachers' Institute of Philadelphia[3]
- Theological Seminary (Mount Airy)[3]
- Theological Seminary Reformed Presbyterian Church[2]
- Theological Seminary St. Charles of Boromeo[2]
- Three Monthly Meetings of Friends[29]
- U
- Union Circulating Library[25]
- Union League Library[3]
- United States Mint[2]
- United States Naval Home[3]
- United States Navy Yard[2]
- Universal Peace Union[3]
- University of Pennsylvania[2][3]
- Furness Library
- Law Department[2]
- Medical Department[2]
- W
- Wagner Free Institute of Science[2][3]
- Walnut St. Female Seminary[2]
- West Philadelphia Institute[2][3]
- Western Library Association of Philadelphia (est.1854)[23]
- Wills Hospital[2]
- Wilson's Circulating Library, South 11th St.[26]
- Wistar Medical College[2]
- Women's Christian Association[29][30]
- Women's Hospital[29]
- Y
- YMCA Philadelphia[2]
- Young Men's Institute[2]
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