Subject: Local history / Place: Philadelphia (Pa.) and Wissahickon Creek Valley (Pa.) / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1935">1935</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1939">1939</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Local history Place Philadelphia (Pa.) Place Wissahickon Creek Valley (Pa.) Year 1935 to 1939

Extent:: 7.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Alexander Cox Chadwick Jr. (1890-1957) was a newspaper editor in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The A. C. Chadwick Jr. papers, 1900-1937, contains 73 scrapbooks on local history that are organized by subject. There are also a small number of scrapbooks containing personal and business correspondence of Chadwick's, and a sketch book featuring many drawings of Wissahickon park (1927).

Held at: East Falls Historical Society [Contact Us]

Extent:: 15.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Roxborough and Manayunk are neighborhoods in the northwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Wissahickon Valley Park. In the 19th century the Wissahickon Creek was lined with mills and the neighborhoods were industrial and working class, but the Wissahickon was later turned into a public park and Roxborough and Manayunk underwent substantial gentrification during the latter part of the 20th century. The Roxborough Manayunk Wissahickon Historical Society local history collection, 1838-2012, consists primarily of newspaper clippings, articles, unpublished genealogies, copies of primary-source documents, and other secondary-source materials relating to local history. The collection also includes a small amount of original primary-source materials, such as receipts and invoices, correspondence, photographs, meeting minutes, and ephemera.

Held at: Roxborough Manayunk Wissahickon Historical Society [Contact Us]

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