McNeil Center for Early American Studies
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The McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MCEAS) facilitates research and scholarly inquiry into the histories and cultures of North America in the Atlantic world before 1850, with a particular but by no means exclusive emphasis on the mid-Atlantic region. It conducts a fellowship program designed to capitalize upon Philadelphia’s magnificent manuscript, book, and museum collections; a seminar program intended to promote intellectual community among local and visiting faculty and graduate students; and a publication program intended to disseminate the best new research in early American studies. Established in 1978 as the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies, the MCEAS is endowed by gifts from the Robert L. McNeil Jr. Charitable Trust, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Barra Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania, and other generous donors. It operates as a consortium of mid-Atlantic research and educational institutions.
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Address: University of Pennsylvania, 3355 Woodland Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4531
Phone: (215) 898-9251
Fax: (215) 573-3391.
E-mail: mceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
Web page: http://www.mceas.org.
Director: Daniel K. Richter
Online Finding Aid:
Archivists (principal contacts for advice on the collection):
[edit] Hours and usage restrictions
[edit] Collection Summary
The MCEAS holds a small reference library for the use of its fellows but does not itself maintain a research collection. Fellows have access to the University of Pennsylvania library system and to other major Philadelphia-area archives and research libraries.
[edit] Usage Discussion
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