Documenting Pennsylvania's Past

Edited by Willis L. Shirk Jr., 2003. This lavishly-illustrated book celebrating the centennial of the State Archives tells the story of Pennsylvania’s history through its documentary heritage. Early maps, photographs, posters, land surveys, legal records, journal entries, letters, and architectural drawings – presented in full color – provide a glimpse of the richness of the Archive’s collections. This book also includes the history of the Archives from its modest beginnings in 1903 to the present-day. 242 pp., 8 1/2 x 11, illus. paperback