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Final
Project Overview
The
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (HSWP), an affiliate
of the Smithsonian Institution, is a non-profit cultural and
educational institution that has provided continuous services
to Pittsburgh and its region since 1879. HSWP's Library and
Archives occupies 30,000 square feet on the fifth and sixth
floors of its seven-story Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional
History Center in Pittsburgh's Strip District. The holdings
in the Library and Archives include 40,000 books, 400 maps,
300 serial titles,15,000 linear feet of manuscripts, 450 microfilms,
300 regional newspapers, and 500,000 photographs depicting
more than 250 years of Western Pennsylvania's remarkable history.
Through these collections, HSWP offers one of the Commonwealth's
largest and most significant collections demonstrating Western
Pennsylvania's diverse ethnic, racial, social, economic, and
religious heritage.
The
Library & Archives of the Historical Society of
Western Pennsylvania collection house over 500,000
photographs. They
consist of large collections such as H.J. Heinz, Allegheny
Conference for Community Development, Jones and Laughlin
and other medium and small
family collections etc. |
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