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Old York Road Historical Society atlas and map collection

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Old York Road 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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Call Number:
11
Repository:
Old York Road Historical Society
Extent:
9.0 linear feet
Language:
English
Date:
1848-circa 2000
Creator:
Old York Road Historical Society
Abstract:
Montgomery County, situated in southeastern Pennsylvania and established in 1784 out of the western portion of Philadelphia County, has played an important role in U.S. history. Since its founding, it has experienced "booming industry and manufacturing, rich farm fields, advanced transportation, artistic endeavors and unique religious beliefs." The history of the area of eastern Montgomery County has been documented significantly through the collecting efforts of the Old York Road Historical Society. The Old York Road Historical Society atlas and map collection, 1848-circa 2000, documents Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, and parts of the Delaware Valley.

Montgomery County, situated in southeastern Pennsylvania, was established in 1784 out of the western portion of Philadelphia County. Part of the Welsh Tract, an area of Pennsylvania settled by Quakers from Wales, it is located along the Schuylkill River. Montgomery County has played an important role in U.S. history, including being the site of such Revolutionary War events as the dramatic reshaping of Washington's Army at Valley Forge and the lesser-known engagement of General Lafayette at Barren Hill. Among its significant residents are military figures Winfield S. Hancock, John F. Hartranft (also Governor of Pennsylvania), and Henry "Hap" Arnold; abolitionist Lucretia Mott; inventors David Rittenhouse and Thaddeus Lowe; and artist Thomas Hovenden. Since its founding, Montgomery County has experienced "booming industry and manufacturing, rich farm fields, advanced transportation, artistic endeavors and unique religious beliefs."

The Old York Road Historical Society studies and preserves the history and folklore of the communities along and adjacent to Old York Road from Philadelphia to New Hope. In particular, the Society's collection documents the area of eastern Montgomery County including the townships of Abington (incorporated 1704), Cheltenham (established 1682), Lower Moreland (incorporated 1917) and Upper Moreland (incorporated 1916) and the boroughs of Bryn Athyn (incorporated 1916), Hatboro (established 1740), Jenkintown (incorporated 1874) and Rockledge (incorporated 1893).

Bibliography:

Historical Society of Montgomery County. "Home." Accessed May 7, 2013. http://www.hsmcpa.org/

Old York Road Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of property atlases and maps covering Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, and the Delaware Valley, dating from 1848 to circa 2000. Among the holdings is one of every atlas published that covers, either in whole or in part, the communities along the Old York Road in eastern Montgomery County. The inventory below gives an idea of the collection scope, but is not comprehensive. Atlases from Montgomery County and Bucks County can be found online on the Old York Road Historical Society website: http://www.oyrhs.org/.

Maps and atlases acquired at various times by the Old York Road Historical Society.

Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2012-2014 as part of a 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 Old York Road Historical Society directly for more information.

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Publisher
Old York Road Historical Society
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Faith Charlton 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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Collection Inventory

Map of the Vicinity of Philadelphia, C. K. Stone & A. Pomeroy, 1860.
New Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsylvania with Descriptions Historical, Scientific & Statistical, Stedman, Brown and Lyon, 1872.
Atlas of Philadelphia and Environs, G. M. Hopkins, 1877.
Driving Map of Philadelphia & Vicinity (folding), G. M. Hopkins, 1884.
Pennsylvania Rail Road Atlas of the Line to Newtown and Lansdale, J. D. Scott, 1886.
Baist's Map of Philadelphia and Environs from Actual Surveys and Official Records, G. Wm. Baist, 1889.
New Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity Compiled from the Latest Surveys and Records (folding), J.L. Smith, 1896.
Baist's Map Showing the Development of the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia, G. Wm. Baist, 1897.
Map of Philadelphia, Camden and Vicinity Compiled from City Plans & Personal Surveys (folding), Elvino V. Smith, 1905.
Noll's New Automobile, Road and Driving Map of Philadelphia and Surrounding Country (folding), E. P. Noll & Co., 1911.
Noll's New Automobile Road, and Driving Map of Philadelphia and Surrounding Country (folding), E. P. Noll & Co., 1920.
New Indexed Guide Map of Philadelphia and Camden, N.J. (folding), C. S. Wertsner & Son, 1931.
Franklin's Street and Business Occupancy Atlas of Philadelphia and Suburbs, Franklin Survey Company, 1946.

Map of Montgomery County Pennsylvania from Original Surveys Under the Direction of Wm. E. Morris C. E., Smith & Wistar, 1848.
Plan of the Township of Abington, Montgomery Co., Pensa., J. E. Sidney, 1849.
Atlas of the County of Montgomery and the State of Pennsylvania, G. M. Hopkins, 1871.
Combination Atlas Map of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, J. D. Scott, 1877.
Atlas of Properties Near the North Pennsylvania Rail Road from Wayne Junction to Penllyn Station, G. M. Hopkins, 1883.
Baist's Atlas of the Properties Along the North Pennsylvania, Bound Brook and Pennsylvania Railroads, G. Wm. Baist, 1891.
Property Atlas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, J. L. Smith, 1893.
Atlas of Cheltenham, Abington and Springfield Townships, Montgomery County, Penna., A. H. Mueller & Co., 1897.
New Montgomery County Penna. Road Map (folding), J. L. Smith, 1907.
Atlas of the Properties on the Reading Railway Embracing Cheltenham, Abington, Springfield and Parts of Moreland and Whitemarsh Townships, A. H. Mueller, 1909.
Jenkintown, Penna., Sanborn Map Company, 1909.
Atlas of the North Penn Section of Montgomery County, Penna., Embracing Cheltenham, Abington, Springfield, Upper Dublin and Parts of Moreland, Whitemarsh, Whitpain, Lower & Upper Gwynedd Townships, A. H. Mueller, 1916.
Atlas of the Reading Main Line Montgomery County, Penna., Volume One, Boroughs of Rockledge, Jenkintown, Ambler and Conshohocken and Townships of Abington, Cheltenham, Springfield, Whitemarsh and Upper Dublin, Frank H. M. Klinge, 1927.
Property Atlas of Montgomery County, Penna., Volume A, Including the Townships of Lower Moreland, Upper Moreland, Horsham, Montgomery, Lower Gwynedd, Upper Gwynedd and the Boroughs of Bryn Athyn, Hatboro and North Wales, Franklin Survey Company, 1934.
Property Atlas of Montgomery County, Penna., Volume B, Including the Townships of Plymouth, Whitpan, East Norriton, West Norriton, Lower Providence, Worcester, Towamencin, and the Borough of Norristown, Franklin Survey Company, 1935.
Property Atlas of Montgomery County, Penna., Volume C, Including the Townships of Abington and Cheltenham and the Boroughs of Jenkintown and Rockledge, Franklin Survey Company, 1937.
Property Atlas of Abington and Cheltenham Townships, Jenkintown and Rockledge Boroughs, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Volume C, Franklin Survey Company, 1938.
Property Atlas of Montgomery County, Penna., Volume D, Including the Townships of Springfield, Upper Dublin and Whitemarsh and the Borough of Ambler, Franklin Survey Company, 1938.

Combination Atlas Map of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, J. D. Scott, 1876.
Farm Atlas of Bucks County, Volume One, Including the Townships of Buckingham, Doylestown, Lower Southampton, New Britain, Newtown, Northampton, Plumstead, Solebury, Upper Makefield, Upper Southampton, Warminster, Warrington, Warwick & Wrightstown, Franklin Survey Company, 1948.

Map of the Township of Oxford, Boroughs of Frankford and Bridesburg, with Parts of Bristol, N. Liberties and Cheltenham Townships, M. Dripps, 1849.
Atlas of Germantown, Penna., 22nd Ward of the City of Philadelphia, G. M. Hopkins, 1871.
Atlas of West Philadelphia including the 24th and 27th Wards of the City of Philadelphia, G. M. Hopkins & Co., 1872.
City Atlas of Philadelphia by Wards, Complete in 7 Volumes. Vol. 3, 23rd Ward, G. M. Hopkins, 1876.
City Atlas of Philadelphia by Wards, Complete in 7 Volumes. Vol. 5, Comprising the 1st, 26th & 30th Wards, G. M. Hopkins, 1876.
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 23rd Ward From Official Records, Private Plans and Actual Surveys, G. M. Hopkins, 1887.
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, Volume 7. Twenty Second Ward From Actual Surveys and Official Plans of the Survey Department, G. W. Bromley & Co., 1889.
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, Volume 9. 25th & 33rd Wards From Actual Surveys and Official Plans of the Survey Department, G. W. Bromley & Co., 1891.
Atlas of the 6th, 9th & 10th Wards of the City of Philadelphia, Elvino V. Smith (Buildings Revised to Sept. 1st 1915), 1908.
Atlas of The City of Philadelphia Complete in One Volume, G. W. Bromley & Co., 1910.
Atlas of the 24th, 34th & 44th Wards of the City of Philadelphia, J. L. Smith, 1911-1912.
Atlas of the 6th, 9th & 10th Wards of the City of Philadelphia, Elvino V. Smith, 1921.
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 23rd & 41st Wards, G. W. Bromley & Co., 1920.
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 22nd Ward, G. W. Bromley & Co., 1923.
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 35th Ward, G. W. Bromley & Co., 1927.
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 23rd & 41st Wards, G. W. Bromley & Co., 1929.
Atlas of the 1st and 39th Wards of the City of Philadelphia from Private Plans, Actual Surveys & Official Records, Elvino V. Smith, 1931.
Atlas of "Greater Northeast" Philadelphia, Penna., Including Portions of the 23rd, 35th, and 41st Wards, Franklin Survey Company, 1939.
Street & Occupancy Atlas of Philadelphia and Suburbs, Franklin Survey Company, 1946.
Atlas of "Greater Northeast" (Including Area in Wards 35 and 41, South of Pennypack Creek) Philadelphia, Penna., Volume 6, Franklin Survey Company, 1954.

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