Philadelphia City Institute

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The Philadelphia City Institute (PCI) is a non-profit organization that has supported a free library in center city Philadelphia for 150 years. The PCI Library has had three primary locations, with the current site at 1905 Locust Street, on Rittenhouse Square. Today, the PCI Library functions as a branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. The Free Library serves as librarian, agent, and administrator. The Philadelphia City Institute maintains ownership of the premises and the assets, and the PCI Board of Managers, with endowment income, provides operational support, and funding for new books and equipment.

From the description of Philadelphia City Institute records, 1852-1999. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 79250944

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creatorOf Philadelphia City Institute. Philadelphia City Institute records, 1852-1999. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Philadelphia City Institute. Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1968. University of Pennsylvania Library
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associatedWith 220 West Rittenhouse Square Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Burr, David T. person
associatedWith Fell, Mary A. person
associatedWith Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Free Library of Philadelphia. corporateBody
associatedWith French, William H. person
associatedWith Greble, Edwin. person
associatedWith Harrison, H. Norris. person
associatedWith Knowles, Levi. person
associatedWith Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891. person
associatedWith Magen, Cirel. person
associatedWith Merrick, J. Vaughan. person
associatedWith Rank, Euretta. person
associatedWith Reath, George Jr. person
associatedWith Rhoads, William. person
associatedWith Vaux, Richard, 1816-1895. person
associatedWith Walborn, Cornelius A. person
associatedWith Wood, Edward F. R. Jr. person
associatedWith Young Man's Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) corporateBody
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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