Subject: Historic sites / Place: Edgmont (Pa. : Township) - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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Extent:: 80.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead is one of the oldest working colonial farms in Pennsylvania, with a unique focus on the "ordinary people" of the Revolutionary era. The Farmstead is located in Ridley Creek State Park (Edgmont Township, Delaware County). It was founded by Bishop's Mill Historical Institute in 1973 and was known as Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation until 2024. The Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead records, circa 1973-2013, include materials that document its finances, administration, programs and visitation, site maintenance, and personnel. Of special interest are about a dozen logs from the staff and volunteers who worked as re-enactors, "housewives' journals," with daily entries recording programs and events. There are also numerous photographs and several maps and plans in the collection.

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Extent:: 12.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead is one of the oldest working colonial farms in Pennsylvania, with a unique focus on the "ordinary people" of the Revolutionary era. The Farmstead is located in Ridley Creek State Park (Edgmont Township, Delaware County). It was founded by Bishop's Mill Historical Institute in 1973 and was known as Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation until 2024. The Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead research files, 1973-2013, consist of various secondary-source materials gathered by Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead to support the organization's research and work. They include academic articles and newspaper clippings, research papers and narrative histories, maps, transcripts of primary source documents, and printed materials. The collection covers topics relating to life in Colonial life in America, such as clothing, cooking, crafts, industry, and religion, especially as relevant to historic reenactment. There is also some local history research.

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