The Kaplan Collection documents commercial, social, religious, political, and cultural ties that connected Jews and the general public from the colonial era through the nineteenth century.
Penn's libraries are home to a wide range of special and general collections related to the Holy Land.
The Penn Libraries collects a variety of Japanese rare materials.
The Sydney S. Keil Collection contains over 1,000 items from colonial Latin America, including books, pamphlets, broadsides, and maps.