American Philosophical Library (Philadelphia, PA)

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American Philosophical Library (Philadelphia, PA)

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The American Philosophical Society was founded in 1743, and the library houses over 350,000 volumes and bound periodicals, eleven million manuscripts, 250,000 images and thousands of hours of audio tape. The library is one of the leading American institutions in documenting cultural anthropology.

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