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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Pennsylvania
99
Philadelphia
56
United States
42
Great Britain
10
New York (State)
10
Penn
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New Jersey
6
Pittsburgh
6
Delaware
5
Pennsylvanie
5
England
4
États-Unis
4
Maryland
4
Philadelphia (Pa.)
4
Philadelphie
4
France
3
Massachusetts
3
Slovakia
3
Berks County
2
Bratislava
2
California
2
Europe
2
Grande-Bretagne
2
Ilava
2
Lancaster County
2
Schuylkill County
2
South Africa
2
Southern States
2
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2
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Prisons
History
52
Administrative agencies
18
Punishment
17
Criminal law
13
Crime
12
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Prison discipline
11
Prisoners
11
Charities
9
Criminals
9
Law and legislation
9
Correctional institutions
8
Design and construction
8
Prison administration
8
Reformatories
8
Philanthropy
7
Crime and criminals
5
Temperance
5
Capital punishment
4
Child welfare
4
Convict labor
4
Hospitals
4
Penal colonies
4
Political prisoners
4
Prisons and reformatories
4
Psychiatric hospitals
4
Rehabilitation
4
Social conditions
4
African Americans
3
English
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Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons
16
United States. Department of Justice
15
Pennsylvania
11
Pennsylvania Prison Society
10
Barnes, Harry Elmer, 1889-1968
7
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
7
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La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747-1827
6
Roscoe, William, 1753-1831
6
Pennsylvania. Department of Welfare
5
Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836
5
Chipman, Samuel, 1786-
4
New-York State Temperance Society
4
Teeters, Negley K. 1896-1971
4
Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866
3
Crawford, William, 1788-1847
3
Lownes, Caleb
3
Packard, Frederick A. 1794-1867
3
Pennsylvania. Commission to Revise the Criminal Code
3
Votaw, Albert Hiatt, 1850-
3
Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902
2
American Correctional Association
2
American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
2
American Prison Association
2
Buxton, Thomas Fowell, Sir, 1786-1845
2
Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877
2
Champion, Aristarchus
2
Correctional Association of New York
2
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
2
Donald, Wm. M.
2
Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania
2
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Records and correspondence
18
Biography
6
History
6
Periodicals
6
Early works to 1800
4
Personal narratives
3
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Autobiographies
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Constitution
2
Early works
2
Ouvrages avant 1800
2
Addresses, essays, lectures
1
Author's annotations (Provenance)
1
Author's copies (Provenance)
1
Biographies
1
German-American imprints
1
Personal narratives, Slovak
1
Publishers' advertisements
1
Rules
1
Rules and practice
1
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19th century
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18th century
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20th century
3
Revolution, 1775-1783
3
1805-1882
2
1896-1952
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1918-1945
2
Reign of Terror, 1793-1794
2
1696-1785
1
1700-1799
1
1726-1790
1
1770-1844
1
1780-1846
1
1789-1799
1
1789-1820
1
1792-1852
1
1796-1858
1
1800-1872
1
1827-1920
1
1854
1
1855-1926
1
1865-1918
1
18e siècle
1
1918-2013
1
1941-1971
1
1956
1
19th Century
1
Civil War, 1861-1865
1
Revolution of 1905
1
Revolution, 1789-1799
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