I recieved this from another list I got this notice this morning about a new on-line PA History library done by Penn State. Looks like a great site. Thought I would bounce it along to folks. Rod Fleck Forks, WA -----Original Message----- From: H-Net list on Pennsylvania History [mailto:H-PENNSYLVANIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Tamara Miller Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 5:41 AM To: H-PENNSYLVANIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU Subject: PA History Digital Bookshelf The Penn State Libraries is pleased to announce a new website, PA's Past, Digital Bookshelf. The website provides the text of 643 works pertaining to PA History, all of which are freely available at: http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/ The core of the digital collection is the personal library of General James Addams Beaver (Centre County lawyer, Penn State Trustee, and governor of PA from 1887-1890). The collection, acquired by the University Libraries in the 1930's. reflects the interests of General Beaver, and consists primarily of Pennsylvania county histories, atlases, pictorial works, and Civil War histories. A few of the more general titles are listed below. The University Libraries are pleased to share the important works in this collection with the citizens of Pennsylvania, and scholars worldwide, in support of General Beaver's goal of promoting the exploration of Pennsylvania history. For other Pennsylvania-related Digital Collections (including the Encyclopedia of PA Biography, PA German Frakturs, a PA Newspaper Sampler, and Pennsylvania Pictorial Collections) see the Digital Collections at Penn State site, http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digital/index.cfm Cheers, Eric Novotny History Librarian Arts and Humanities Library Pennsylvania State University Selected titles online via the PA's Past: Digital Bookshelf Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents... http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=27843260 Benjamin Franklin's Autobiographical Writings (Van Doren) http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=29461295 The Johnstown horror!!!, or, Valley of death being a complete and thrilling account of the awful floods and their appalling ruin http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=30410798 Indian folk-songs of Pennsylvania (Shoemaker) http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=28838164 Journal of William Penn, while visiting Holland and Germany, in 1677 http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=28448230 Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=28175685 Memoirs of the public and private life of William Penn with a preface, in reply to the charges against his character made by Mr. Macaulay in his "History of England," by W.E. Forster by Thomas Clarkson http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=29265015 The folklore of the Pennsylvania Germans a paper read before the Pennsylvania-German Society at the annual meeting, York, Pennsylvania, October 14th, 1910 http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=27735505 The history of Pennsylvania from its earliest settlement to the present time http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=26832792 Works of Benjamin Franklin (multiple volumes) http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=30396027 Who's who in Pennsylvania (1904) http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/bookindex.cfm?oclc=29572094 Eric Novotny Phone: 814-865-1014 Arts and Humanities Library Fax: 814-863-7502 University Libraries E-mail: ecn1@psu.edu Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802-1803 http://www.libraries.psu.edu/artshumanities/history/index.htm