Post-1920 materials are closed to researchers except by permission. Contact the PAHRC staff for instructions on how to request access. For the bishops’ papers, we suggest searching the inventory before requesting permission. The more specific the request, the more likely that access will be granted. 

Archdiocese of Philadelphia School Files, McDevitt & Bonner – Superintendents, 1940-1960. MC-81 [15.05 Lin. Ft., 400+ Items, 40 Boxes, 2 Bound Volumes]

Consultor Files – The Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1895-1958. MC-86 [3.50 Lin. Ft., 14 Items, 14 Bound Volumes]

Consultor Files – Diocese of Allentown (PA), 1920-1972. MC-85 [3.00 Lin. Ft., 800+ Items, 8 Boxes]

Conwell, Most Rev. Henry, 1820-1842.  MC-71 [0.1875 Lin Ft., 80 Items, 1/2 Box] pdf version

Council of Priests. Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1967-1982. MC-83 [5.25 Lin. Ft., 313 Items, 14 Boxes]

Dougherty, Cardinal Dennis Joseph, 1918-1851 . MC-78 [78.75 Lin. Ft., 2,100+ Items, 210 Boxes]  pdf version

Egan, Most Rev. Michael, O.S.F., 1808-1812 . MC-70 [0.1875 Lin Ft., 8 Items, 1/2 Box] pdf version 

Eucharistic Congress [Forty-First], 1976. MC-80 [49.125 Lin. Ft. 1,300+ Items, 131 Boxes]

Kenrick, Most Rev. Francis Patrick, 1821-1861 . MC-72 [0.75 Lin Ft., 267 Items, 2 Boxes] pdf version 

Kenrick, Most Rev. Francis Patrick, 1849-1863. MC-73 [0.25 Lin. Ft., 127 Items/Pages, 1 Bound Volume]

Neumann, Most Rev. John Nepomucene., C.SS.R., 1846-1860. MC-74 [0.375 Lin. Ft., 42 Items, 1 Box]  pdf version        

O’Hara, Cardinal John Francis, C.S.C., 1951-1960. MC-79 [21.0 Lin. Ft. 560+ Items, 56 Boxes] pdf version

Parish Boundaries. Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1917-1952. MC-87 [0.75 Lin. Ft., 3 Items, 3 Bound Volumes]

Parish Files, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1920-1979. MC-84 [18.375 Lin. Ft., 4900+ Items, 49 Boxes]

Pope John Paul II, Philadelphia Visit Of, 1979. MC-82 [1.575 Lin. Ft., 576 Items, 4 Boxes, 3 Bound Photo Volumes]

Prendergast, Most Rev. Edmond Francis, 1906-1917. MC-77 [3.75 Lin. Ft., 995 Items, 10 Boxes] pdf version

Ryan, Most Rev. Patrick John, 1866-1934. MC-76 [5.25 Lin. Ft., 2139 Items, 14 Boxes] pdf version

Wood, Most. Rev. James, 1813-1883. MC-75 [4.125 Lin. Ft., 1232 Items, 11 Boxes] pdf version