pennsylvania repository blog

By Julia Corrin, University Archivist

The Carnegie Mellon University Archives is home to more than 6000 feet of records and 100 years of CMU’s history.  Its mission is to document, preserve, and provide access to records documenting life at CMU and the contributions of its students and faculty.   In addition to the official records of the university, the archive holds student organization records, faculty and alumni papers, and campus publications.

By Valerie-Anne Lutz, Head of Manuscripts Processing

By Tammy L. Hamilton, Archivist

By  Stacey C.  Peeples, Curator - Lead Archivist

The Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation’s first chartered hospital, was founded by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, in 1751.  It was the first institution in colonial America organized exclusively for the treatment and care of the sick poor and mentally ill. The Pennsylvania Hospital became a primary force in shaping the attitude of colonial Americans toward persons with emotional and psychological disorders, as well as advancing the practice of clinical medicine through Dr. Bond’s lectures to medical students at the hospital.

As part of our Repository blog series, we are reposting another of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Archival Adventures in Small Repositories. This month's entry is on the Darby Library Company - an institution that was founded back in 1743.