Spruance Library
84 South Pine Street
Doylestown, PA. 18901-4999
P (215) 345-0210
The Spruance Library of the Bucks County Historical Society is the major research center for local and family history
related to Bucks County
and the surrounding region. With its roots in the founding of the Bucks County Historical Society in 1880, the Library houses
over 20,000 books, periodicals and pamphlets, 2500 feet of county archives, over 750 manuscript collections, over 11,000 images,
and maps and other records that document not only local history, but the life and work of Henry Chapman Mercer and early American
technology, culture and folk art.
David Library of the American Revolution
Route 32
Washington Crossing,
PA. 18977
P (215) 493-6776
The
David Library is primarily a microform archive of approximately 10,000 reels that contain an estimated 8 million pages of
documentation. The collection is supported by a reference collection of 40,000 books and pamphlets in both bound volumes and
microcards. Although the main focus is on the American Revolution, in recent years the library has been augmenting its materials
on the French and Indian War and the early national periods. Microfilm holdings currently include over 200 collections from
domestic and foreign repositories.
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia,
PA. 19107-5699
P (215) 545-0391
Founded in 1892 as a non-profit organization, the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (GSP) was among the first in
the United States to recognize the value
of collecting and preserving the vital and personal records of those ancestors whose lives now comprise our American History.
GSP is committed to preserving and publishing heretofore unpublished primary sources. The continuing dedication to this service
enables the Society to make an increasingly significant contribution to the cultural life of our city, state, and indeed the
whole country.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA. 19107-5699
P (215) 732-6200
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is one of the largest family history libraries in the nation, has excellent
collections on local and regional history, and offers a manuscript collection renowned for its 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century
holdings. With the Balch Institute’s merger into the HSP in 2002 (and those of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in
2006 through a Strategic Alliance Agreement), the Society is now also one of the nation’s leading repositories
of ethnic and immigrant studies materials. The Society houses some 600,000 books, pamphlets, serials, and microfilm reels;
20 million manuscripts; and over 300,000 graphics items, making it one of the nation’s largest non-governmental repositories
of documentary materials.
National Archives and Records Administration – Mid Atlantic Region
900 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA. 19107-4292
P (215) 606-0100
The
National Archives - Mid Atlantic Region serves the geographic areas of Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Maryland
and Virginia. It helps federal officials manage information
by offering technical assistance and training and setting records retention and disposal guidelines. We also provide cost-efficient
offsite storage for non-current federal agency records. The Regional Archives in Philadelphia
also maintains the historically significant Mid Atlantic federal records from 1790 to the present. The historical records,
as well as select court bankruptcy records, are open to the public at regional locations.
Doylestown Family History
Center
