Notable Collections

Penn Libraries have a number of materials related to socially-driven organizations within the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania region. While browsing through the stacks, researchers have access to organization reports and records that often date back to the early 19th century.

The U.S Health Activism History Collection is a group of archival collections centered on health care, health policy, and medical reform movements. Topics covered in these collections included poverty, civil rights, women's health, and many others. The original collector, Walter J. Lear (1923-2010), was a pioneering LGBT doctor and medical activist.