Records describing books, pamphlets and serials, amassed since 1824, by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP).
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The Society's collections center on eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and parts of Delaware and Maryland, but also include a wealth of materials on the eastern United States, the founding of this country, and the diversity of ethnic and immigrant experiences across the United States. The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies merged with HSP in 2002. |
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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies |
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Lee Arnold |
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United States
86
Maryland
11
Virginia
11
Pennsylvania
10
Southern States
10
South Carolina
8
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Philadelphia
6
Africa
5
Kentucky
5
Liberia
5
North Carolina
4
Baltimore
3
Kent County
3
Louisiana
3
New York (State)
3
Richmond
3
Texas
3
Alabama
2
Baltimore (Md.)
2
Charleston Region
2
Charleston Region (S.C.)
2
Confederate States of America
2
Georgia
2
New Jersey
2
New York
2
Sea Islands
2
Accomack Co
1
Albemarle County
1
Albemarle County (Va.)
1
All Saints Parish
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African Americans
Enslaved persons
History
60
Slavery
48
Emancipation
46
Social conditions
24
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Race relations
17
Colonization
16
Freed persons
12
Fugitive slaves
12
Plantation life
10
Abolitionists
9
Slaveholders
8
Social life and customs
6
Antislavery movements
5
Genealogy
5
Reconstruction
5
Slave trade
5
African American families
4
Biography
4
Collectibles
4
Education
4
Family
4
Legal status, laws, etc
4
Fiction
3
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
3
Social aspects
3
Sources
3
Afro-Americans
2
Anniversaries, etc
2
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Berlin, Ira, 1941-
3
Clayton, Ralph
3
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
3
Surles, Trish, 1948-
3
American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States
2
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Ball, Edward, 1958-
2
Blair, Frank P., Jr. 1821-1875
2
Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975
2
Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816
2
Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
2
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
2
Hayden, William, 1785-
2
Jacobs, Curtis W.
2
Johnson, Michael Paul, 1941-
2
Rose, Willie Lee Nichols, 1927-
2
Stearns, Charles, abolitionist
2
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
2
Young, David W.
2
A South-Carolinian
1
Allen, Richard, 1760-1831
1
American Anti-Slavery Society
1
American Colonization Society
1
Atkinson, Edward, 1827-1905
1
Baker, Bruce E., 1971-
1
Baldwin, Ebenezer, d. 1837
1
Ball, Edward, 1959-
1
Barney, Stephen Richardson, Jr.,
1
Baugh, John, 1949-
1
Bell, Karen Cook,
1
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Biography
32
Genealogy
10
Personal narratives
8
Registers
7
Controversial literature
5
History
5
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Fiction
4
Biographies
2
Exhibitions
2
Music
2
Songs and music
2
Sources
2
Case studies
1
Congresses
1
Correspondence
1
Drama
1
Généalogies
1
Humor
1
Interviews
1
Nonfiction
1
Poetry
1
Political plays
1
Romans, nouvelles, etc
1
Songsters
1
Statistics
1
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19th century
21
Civil War, 1861-1865
9
1775-1865
5
1863-1877
4
To 1863
4
1809-1865
3
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1818-1895
3
18th century
3
1785-
2
1800-1899
2
1815?-1913
2
b. 1816
2
1735-1824
1
1743-1826
1
1759-1818
1
1760-1831
1
1775?-1842
1
1780-1850
1
1780-1866
1
1783-1865
1
1786-1843
1
1789-1883
1
1792-1868
1
1808-1863?
1
1809-1858
1
1810-1881
1
1811-1896
1
1812-1897
1
1815-1854
1
1817?-1901
1
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