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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] Branch no.1: Montgomery Ave. and 17th St ...
As of 2021, there are 151 elementary/K-8 schools, 16 middle schools, and 57 high schools in the School District of Philadelphia, excluding charter schools. [ 1 ] The Thomas K. Finletter School serves kindergarten through 8th grade students in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia.
The Library Company of Philadelphia (LCP) is a non-profit organization based on Locust Street in Center City Philadelphia.Founded as a library in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, the Library Company of Philadelphia has accumulated one of the most significant collections of historically valuable manuscripts and printed material in the United States.
"Race, Reaction, and Reform: The Three Rs of Philadelphia School Politics, 1965-1971". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 120 (3). The Historical Society of Pennsylvania: 163–216. JSTOR 20093045. An Examination of Philadelphia 's School Desegregation Litigation; A History of School Libraries in Philadelphia, 1874 to 1964
YMCA Philadelphia and Western Library Association of Philadelphia [38] founded. 1855 – Girard Avenue Bridge built. 1856 April 12: The 1856 Philadelphia tornado occurred. [39] June: Republican National Convention held [5] 1857 Academy of Music building constructed; Library & Reading Room Assoc. founded. [10] 1858 – Mütter Museum established ...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is a historical society founded in 1824. Membership was regulated by the statutory of the association. Article IV of the statute states that, "the members of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania shall be deemed qualified voters at the meetings and elections, who have subscribed to the Constitution, and who have paid all their dues to the Society".
The Free Library of Philadelphia is a non-Mayoral agency of the City of Philadelphia governed by an independent Board of Trustees as per the Charter of the City of Philadelphia. [4] The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation is a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit with its own board of directors and serves to support the mission of the Free Library ...
Parkway Central Library also known as Free Library or Central Library is the main public library building and administrative headquarters of the Free Library of Philadelphia system. It is the largest library, and only research library, of 54 library branches in the Free Library system. The library opened on Vine Street in Philadelphia in 1927 ...