Due to relocation, some of the Urban Archives archival collections are temporarily inaccessible.
Please check accessibility at (215) 204-6639, or via e-mail.
Samuel Paley Library / Ground Floor
Voice: 215-204-8257, 215 204-5750
FAX: 215-204-3681
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Beginning the week of August 20, 2007 the Urban Archives will no longer have evening or Saturday hours. The hours will be 8:30 am-5:00 pm, Monday-Friday.
Listed here are the major components of the total collections held by the Urban Archives. Please note that many linked files of inventories and lists have been split into units of approximately 20 to 30 screens (10-15 pages) to allow researchers to easily review the contents of a file. * All Urban Archives files are copyrighted by Temple University.
Search a sample of images by keyword in Digital Diamond:
Urban Archives Overview
Book and Pamphlet Collections
Newspaper Clippings Collections
Manuscript Collections
Oral History Collections
Photographic Collections
Video Collection
Book and Pamphlet Collections
Newspaper Clippings Collections
Manuscript Collections
Oral History Collections
Photographic Collections
Video Collection
Television Audiovisual Collections
* Directory of African American Collections
* PACSCL Photograph Directory
Urban Archives Newsletter
* Directory of African American Collections
* PACSCL Photograph Directory
Urban Archives Newsletter
the Urban Archives Notes newsletter will be available electronically to researchers, who are on our mailing list, beginning with issue number 66, Spring 2007.
* The PACSCL Photograph Directory and the Directory of African American Collections are guides produced by the Urban Archives as grant projects. These guides contain descriptions of photographic and African American collections which are mostly located at institutions other than the Urban Archives.
Inquiries concerning the collections should be directed to: the Urban Archives.