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Conshohocken Historical Society local history collection
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Held at: Conshohocken Historical Society [Contact Us]120 E. 5th Avenue, Conshohocken, PA, 19428
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Conshohocken Historical Society. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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"The borough of Conshohocken, incorporated in 1850, is located on the east bank of the Schuylkill River, thirteen miles northwest of Philadelphia, on one square mile of land in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Its proximity to major transportation links, natural resources, and markets created a favorable environment for the rise of a virtually self-contained industrial, commercial, residential, civic and religious community. Perhaps best known for its great industrial firms, such as the Alan Wood Iron and Steel Company, whose roots date back to the early 1800s, and "Lee of Conshohocken," the automobile tire company founded in the early 1900s, Conshohocken played a major role in the industrial development of southeastern Pennsylvania. The growth of the town's industries brought together wealthy Quaker mill and landowners with immigrant laborers from Ireland, Poland, Italy, and other European countries to give the borough its distinctive character. As the town's industries expanded and moved outside the borough limits in the early twentieth century, Conshohocken evolved from an industrial leader into a primarily residential community."
Bibliography:
Quoted text from: Conshohocken Historical Society. "Conshohocken Historical Survey." Accessed May 18, 2012. http://www.conshohockenpa.org/visitor/history.
This collection consists of miscellaneous original records and papers from organizations and individuals based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. It includes scrapbooks, minute books, pamphlets, reports, ledgers, correspondence, blueprints, and maps. The contents of this collection are listed below:
American Legion, John F. DeHaven Post #129 (Conshohocken) minute book, 1973-1979
Bate Boiler Efficiency Company cash book and letters, 1915-1916
County reports on Conshohocken redevelopment, 1960-2000
G. H. Cress, Spring Mill daybook, 1846-1897
Hamilton Paper Company blueprints, 1956-1968
John A. Harrold ledger, 1890-1905
John Wood Jr. letter book, 1896-1897
Recorder Publishing Company combined corporation record, 1895-1937
Scrapbook of Conshohocken people, places and things, 1950s [BOC 1]
Scrapbook of Conshohocken local events, 1908 to 1953 [BOC 2]
Scrapbook of Conshohockens in World War II, 1941-1942 [BOC 3]
Scrapbook of Conshohocken, 1942 [BOC 4]
Scrapbook of John Cresson: town notes, people, events, companies, 1882
Scrapbook of R. V. Maull: newspaper pages and clippings from Philadelphia newspapers, 1915-1925
Scrapbook, family coats of arms
Several atlases and tax assessment maps
Spring Mill School Parent Teacher Association minute books (3 volumes) and miscellaneous records, 1935-1952
United States Bicentennial in Conshohocken pamphlets, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and other materials, circa 1976
Washington Fire Company letters and bills, 1890s
Washington Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company #1 visitors log, 1894-1921
Materials collected at various times by the Conshohocken Historical Society.
Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2011-2012 as part of a pilot project conducted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to make better known and more accessible the largely hidden collections of small, primarily volunteer run repositories in the Philadelphia area. The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was accomplished during the HCI-PSAR project.
In some cases, more detailed inventories or finding aids may be available on-site at the repository where this collection is held; please contact Conshohocken Historical Society directly for more information.
Organization
- Hamilton Paper Company.
- Springmill Elementary School (Conshohocken, Pa.). Parent Teacher Association.
- Washington Fire Company #1 (Conshohocken, Pa.).
Subject
Place
- Publisher
- Conshohocken Historical Society
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
- Sponsor
- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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