| Biddle, Edward | Brief biography of lawyer and Continental Congress member; 1751 graduate of U. of Pa.; lived 1732-1779 | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81 |
| Bird, William, Jr. | Brief biography of unsuccessful iron furnaceowner; 1769 graduate of U. of Pennsylvania; lived 1739-1791 | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81 |
| Books and Publications | Partial list of Pilger Publications, Reading publisher of 1870s to 1930s | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 79 |
| Books and Publications | Pilger Buchhandlung published mostly German-language books in Rdg; run by August Bendel (1848-1938) | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 78 |
| Books and Publications | Pilger Buchhandlung, started by Lutheran clergy to print a weekly newsletter, became Reading Bible House | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 78 |
| Ege, George | Brief biography of iron furnaces owner; 1766 graduate of U. of Pennsylvania; lived 1749-1818 | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81 |
| Eichholtz, Jacob | Some of the Lancaster portrait painter's work in Berks County collections; lived 1776-1842 | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 66 |
| Hain, George | Book Review: "History of the Hain Family, Descendants of Geo. & Veronica Hain" by Charles Hain Werner | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 87 |
| Hiester Family | Book Review: "A Genealogy of the Hiester Family" by Valeria E. Clymer Hill | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 87 |
| Institutes | Free library predecessors included Reading Cabinet (1836-1849) and William Penn Institute (1837-1843) | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 70 |
| Institutes | Free library predecessors included Youth's and Apprentice's Institute (1835) | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 70 |
| Libraries | Free library predecessors in early and mid 1800s included German Library and dues-based Reading Library | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 70 |
| Libraries | Free library predecessors in early and mid 1800s included reading rooms, institutes, and literary societies | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 70 |
| Libraries | Free library predecessors included Franklin Library (1839) and Reading Railroad Mechanics Institute (1847) | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 70 |
| Literary Societies | Free library predecessors included Murray Lyceum of Reading, Pa. (1851) | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 70 |
| Literary Societies | Free library predecessors included Reading Literary Society (1850) and Washington Literary Society (1850) | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 70 |
| Mifflin, Thomas | Brief biography of general, congressman, and governor; 1760/1763 graduate of U. of Pa.; lived 1744-1800 | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81 |
| Muhlenberg, John Peter Gab. | Brief biography of pastor, major-general, and congressman; 1761 graduate of U. of Pa.; lived 1746-1807 | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81 |
| Otto, Bodo, Jr. | Brief biography of Reading physician; 1769 graduate of U. of Pennsylvania | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81+ |
| Potts, Dr. Jonathan | Brief biography of Revolutionary War doctor; 1768 graduate of U. of Pennsylvania; lived 1745-1781 | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81 |
| Printing Presses | Ruthven Press using movable platen probably made between 1818 and 1837 acquired by Kutztown company | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 85 |
| Quakers | Book Review: "Inventory of Church Archives: Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, Pa. Historical Survey" | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 86 |
| Reading Rooms | Free library predecessors included Reading Athenaeum (1847) and Y.M.C.A. Reading Room (1858) | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 70 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Began as a Charity School by B. Franklin and others in 1740, became Academy of Philadelphia in 1751 | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Graduates in 1750s include Nicholas Biddle, Daniel Clymer, John Diemer, and Alexander Graydon (1760) | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Graduates in 1750s include William Hall, Jonathan Huling, Reynolds Keen, and Thomas Maybury | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Graduates in 1750s include Jacob Rush, William Scull, Benjamin and Samuel Weiser | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 81 |
| Wollenweber, Ludwig A. | German-born writer enjoyed living with and writing about Pennsylvania Germans; lived 1807-1888 | 7
| 3 | 1942 | 74 |
