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 |
Editor |
Lee Arnold |
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United States
680
Pennsylvania
321
Philadelphia (Pa.)
140
Philadelphia
134
New York (N.Y.)
63
New Jersey
57
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New York (State)
57
Virginia
51
Great Britain
49
New England
43
Southern States
43
Canada
41
Penn
40
England
33
Massachusetts
30
New York
30
California
28
France
23
Washington (D.C.)
23
Georgia
19
North Carolina
18
Italy
16
Ukraine
15
Poland
14
South Carolina
14
Boston (Mass.)
13
Ohio
13
Texas
13
Boston
12
Louisiana
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Social life and customs
History
704
Description and travel
213
Jews
120
African Americans
93
Manners and customs
92
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Folklore
91
Indians of North America
91
Social conditions
84
Civilization
64
Biography
58
Emigration and immigration
55
Politics and government
54
Pennsylvania Dutch
45
Germans
43
Italian Americans
43
Ethnic groups
41
Amish
39
Periodicals
35
Personal narratives
35
Social aspects
32
Travel
30
German Americans
29
Immigrants
29
Economic conditions
28
Rites and ceremonies
26
Intellectual life
25
Ethnic relations
24
Material culture
24
Pictorial works
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Watson, John F. 1779-1860
21
Ethnic Heritage Studies Program (U.S.)
16
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
10
Catlin, George, 1796-1872
9
Benes, Peter
8
Bridenbaugh, Carl
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Hazard, Willis P. 1825-1913
8
Hechtlinger, Adelaide, 1914-
8
Beck, Henry Charlton, 1902-1965
7
Hostetler, John Andrew, 1918-
7
Mumford, Thomas Howland, b. 1816
7
Yoder, Don
7
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
6
Elise Willing Balch Collection
6
Frederic R. Kirkland Collection
6
Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
6
Trollope, Frances Milton, 1780-1863
6
Aurand, A. Monroe 1895-1956
5
Benes, Jane Montague
5
Cohen, David Steven, 1943-
5
Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife
5
Hostetler, John Andrew, 1918-2001
5
New Jersey Folklore Society
5
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
5
Pennsylvania-German Society
5
Philadelphia Folklore Project
5
Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919
5
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson, 1879-1966
5
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth, 1845-1928
5
American Folklife Center
4
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Biography
115
Pictorial works
90
Periodicals
34
History
23
Fiction
18
Diaries
15
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Exhibitions
15
Juvenile literature
14
Anecdotes
13
Personal narratives
13
Sources
12
Folklore
11
Case studies
10
Cookbooks
10
Genealogy
9
Correspondence
8
Portraits
8
Early works to 1800
7
Directories
6
Biographies
5
Congresses
5
Maps
5
Early works
4
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
4
Guidebooks
4
Bibliography
3
Dictionaries
3
Handbooks, manuals, etc
3
Pictorial wo
3
Poetry
3
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To 1775
129
19th century
75
20th century
63
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
61
1783-1865
53
18th century
53
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1865-1918
37
1783-1848
17
Civil War, 1861-1865
16
Revolution, 1775-1783
14
1918-1945
13
1775-1783
11
1775-1865
11
17th century
9
1945-1970
9
To 1783
7
1763-1867
6
1706-1790
5
1865-1900
5
1900-1999
5
1945-
5
To 1865
5
16th century
4
1815-1861
4
1971-
4
1674-1744
3
1734-1807
3
1759-1779
3
1783-1815
3
1848-1865
3
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