Read about our 2024 Summer intern's experience at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Archives.
Read about our 2023 Spring intern's experience at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Celebrating American Archives Month October 2022.
Celebrating John Kane at the Heinz History Center's 2022/2023 exhibit and highlighting the Leon A. Arkus Collection of John Kane, 1931-1987 found in our Archives.
CLP-Main Archives preserves and maintains institutional and historical collections of cultural value to our institution, Pittsburgh, and Western Pennsylvania to support CLP's strategic plan.
Collecting Principles
Collection Scope
Our collection scope is focused on our institutional history, the history of Pittsburgh and the communities CLP has served and continues to serve, and the history of Western Pennsylvania. The areas of focus defined in this plan reflect our active collecting priorities, as well as materials we do not seek to acquire.
Read the full Collection Development Plan.