Philadelphia Reference Works
Most Philadelphia-related books are at call number F 158.18. Unless otherwise noted, links below lead to Franklin, which will tell you where the book is located. More books can be found by searching in Franklin for Philadelphia History as a Subject.
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Philadelphia: A 300-Year History by Call Number: F158.3 .P5664 1982Publication Date: 1982Modern one-volume history of Philadelphia. Chapters arranged chronologically by subject experts. Not too easy to find material on neighborhoods or city regions. -
Invisible Philadelphia by Call Number: F158.18 .I58 1995Publication Date: 1995Surveys the history of voluntary organizations in Philadelphia. Provides some bibliographic information as well as disposition of archival materials. -
The Peoples of Philadelphia: A history of ethnic groups and lower class life by Call Number: Van Pelt Library. F158.9.A1 P43Publication Date: 1998Draw on census schedules, court records, city directories, and tax records as well as newspaper files and other sources to give a picture of the ways in which less-privileged groups of Philadelphians lived. -
Architectural research in Philadelphia : a guide to the resources available throughout Philadelphia by Call Number: Fine Arts Reference NA2127.P5 M63 2002Publication Date: 2001 -
The Planning of Center City Philadelphia by Call Number: NA735.P5 P58 2007Publication Date: 2008Three centuries of the planning history of the city, from William Penn’s original concept to the design of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to the renewal efforts that made Philadelphia a national leader in city planning and urban revitalization. -
Encyclopedia of Greater PhiladelphiaCall Number: Available online -
The Buried Past by Publication Date: 1992The most significant archaeological discoveries, based on more than thirty years of intensive archaeological investigations in the greater Philadelphia area. -
WPA Guide to Philadelphia by Call Number: F158.18 .P46 1988Publication Date: 1937One-volume older history of Philadelphia, produced through the Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration. Divided into two parts: "The city and its background" and "Roads and rambles in and around the city".
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Encyclopedia of Philadelphia by Call Number: F158.3 .J15Publication Date: 1931-1933Brief entries on persons, places, institutions, and events in Philadelphia history. Some entries have bibliographic references.
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The Public schools of Philadelphia : historical, biographical, statistical by Call Number: LA357.P55 C8Publication Date: 1897Surveys Philadelphia school districts and individual schools through the nineteenth century.
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University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
U.S.A.
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