The Media Historic Archives Commission maintains a collection of historical material relating to the Borough of Media and neighboring communities. Included in the archives are thousands of photographs, maps, scrapbooks, movies, tape recordings, newspapers, memorabilia, and other artifacts. Besides the many items displayed on this website, a sampling of the collection can be seen in two display cases on the second floor of the Media-Upper Providence Free Library, 1 E. Front St. (at the corner of Jackson St.), in Media.
The archives are open by appointment only. Contact us if you would like to set up a visit, make an inquiry, or have historic material you would like to donate. Also let us know if you have any information on any of the items in our collection. We're especially eager to identify any photographs marked UNKNOWN.
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Featured Items
Mary M. Edwards and Dr. Dorothy Height

Martha Jane Parham

Charter House

Featured Collection
Stephen H. Appleton Photograph Collection

The Appleton Collection includes more than 2,000 glass photographic negatives, taken in Media, Pennsylvania and vicinity from 1888 to 1909. Media…
Francis F. Zimmerman Photograph Collection

This collection focuses mainly on the Media Centennial Celebration, which ran from June 3-10, 1950 and included thousands of participants and…
Lemon Family Collection

This collection of 42 family photographs and documents focuses on Media resident Sam Lemon’s great-great-grandparents, who escaped slavery in Virginia…
Mary M. Edwards Collection

This collection honors the legacy of Mary Matthews Edwards (1919-2014), a longtime Media resident and one of the borough's best known social…
I. Frank Lees Photograph Collection

The I. Frank Lees Collection forms the backbone of the collections of the Media Historic Archives Commission, and is its reason for being. MHAC--an…