Your Librarian
Bernadette Lear
she/her/hers/Ms.
Contact:
LIB 301B
Penn State Harrisburg Library
351 Olmsted Dr.
Middletown, PA 17057
Penn State Harrisburg Library
351 Olmsted Dr.
Middletown, PA 17057
(717) 948-6360
Subjects: Adult Education and Workforce Education, Applied Behavior Analysis, Campus: Harrisburg, Community Psychology and Social Change, Education, Education: Organization, Development, and Change / Training and Development, Health, Health Education, Kinesiology, Exercise, and Sport Science, Nursing, Psychology
Start Here
- PHMC Historical Markers SearchA database of state-level historical markers by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Useful if you are trying to associate a person or event with a specific location.
- Historical Marker DatabaseIn addition to many PHMC markers, this site also includes county-level, municipal, and private markers.
- Google MapsIn addition to assisting with navigation, you can right-click on any point on a Google map to obtain GIS coordinates.
Digging Deeper
- Pennsylvania Sanborn Fire Insurance MapsBlock-by-block maps of Pennsylvania communities, most dating from the 1880s through the 1920s. Penn State account not required.
- Atlas of Historical County BoundariesHelpful for figuring out which county/counties contained a certain location prior to the formation of PA's newest county (Lackawanna) in 1878.
- Maps & Geospatial at Penn StateA list of Penn State library's resources for maps and geospatial information.
- Bitumous Coal Mine Maps of PennsylvaniaDigital copies of maps of Pennsylvania's coal regions, produced by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s.