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George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Mounted Clippings Collection

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
SCRC 169C
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
270 linear feet (270 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Mounted Clippings Collection, SCRC 169C, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1900-1982 (inclusive) and 1920-1980 (bulk)
Creator:
Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Form:
Clippings and Photocopies
Abstract:

The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin was founded in 1847 and its final issue was published January 29, 1982. Shortly after the paper closed, Temple University acquired a majority of its newspaper clippings and photograph library. The library was used as an internal information source for reporters and editors seeking background knowledge on a particular person or topic. Both the clippings and photographs from the Bulletin are a valuable resource for research on the Philadelphia region.

This collection contains photocopied and original clippings generally related to Philadelphia subjects. The bulk of the clippings in this collection are primarily from the Evening Bulletin with some articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Record, Public Ledger and North American as well as a few articles from New York papers. Subjects are Philadelphia-specific. Clippings can include obituaries but not death notices and dates range from 1900 through January 1982 when the Bulletin closed.

This inventory contains the first and last subjects or names contained in each box only. Researchers may need to request multiple boxes in order to find the subjects they are seeking. Please include the subjects and names you are looking for in any request for materials.

Researchers may also want to request materials from the George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Clippings Collection, Biographical (SCRC 169A) and the George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Clippings Collection, Subjects (SCRC 169B).

The addition of "George D. McDowell" to the collection name in no way implies that he was the creator. Rather he was one of scores of staff who worked in the library, and his family supplied a naming gift to honor him and support work on preservation of the collection.

The collection is arranged into 2 series as follows:

Series 1: Photocopied mounted clippings, circa 1920-1980
Series 2: Original mounted clippings, circa 1920-1980

Photocopied from original clippings donated by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, 1983. Photocopies are the product of a McLean Contributionship to provide preservation copies of select Evening Bulletin clippings.

Finding aid prepared in September 2019 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Clippings, Biographical, SCRC 169A, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Clippings, Subject, SCRC 169B, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Clippings Microfiche, SCRC 169D, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Byline Clippings Collection, SCRC 169E, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs, Biographical, SCRC 170A, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs, Philadelphia Subjects, SCRC 170B, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs, Suburban Subjects, SCRC 170C, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs, Non-Philadelphia People and Subjects, SCRC 170D, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs, General Subjects, SCRC 170E, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs, Negatives, SCRC 170F, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs, Color Transparencies, SCRC 170G, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
May 2025
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Due to their fragility, original mounted clippings in Series 2 are not available for use except by permission of the SCRC. Contact the SCRC for more information.

Use Restrictions

The George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Mounted Clippings Collection is the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. The donor has assigned licensing rights to Temple University Libraries. Other creators' intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to them or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains photocopies of the original clippings in Series 2. Clippings in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject, with clippings on individual people following, also alphabetically, then followed by oversized subject and people clippings.

The inventory for Series 1 contains the first and last subjects or names contained in each box only. Researchers may need to request multiple boxes in order to find the subjects they are seeking. Please include the subjects and names they are looking for in any request for materials.

SUBJECTS: Abbots Diaries, Inc., Employees & Officials — All Saints Episcopal Church, Rhawhurst, circa 1920-1980.
Box 1
SUBJECTS: All Saints Hospital — Associated Hospital Service of Philadelphia, Over 65 Plan, 1963, circa 1920-1980.
Box 2
SUBJECTS: Associated Hospital Service of Philadelphia, Pamphlets — Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Transportation Museum, circa 1920-1980.
Box 3
SUBJECTS: Banca Commerciale Italiana Trust Co. — Bell Telephone Company, Employees 1964-19, circa 1920-1980.
Box 4
SUBJECTS: Bell Telephone Company, Labor 1951-60 — Benjamin Franklin Bridge, History, circa 1920-1980.
Box 5
SUBJECTS: Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Horses — Black History Strolls and Tours of Philadelphia, circa 1920-1980.
Box 6
SUBJECTS: Black Liberation Front — Black Features, Wall St. 1980, circa 1920-1980.
Box 7
SUBJECTS: Blacks- Firsts — Blacks- Racial Segregation Laws & Legislation, circa 1920-1980.
Box 8
SUBJECTS: Blacks- Reign of Terror — Brill Company- ACF Production & Contracts, circa 1920-1980.
Box 9
SUBJECTS: Broad Street- Bridges — Broad Street Subway- Service Express Trains, circa 1920-1980.
Box 10
SUBJECTS: Broad Street Subway- Service- Misc. — Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul- Renovations & Improvements, circa 1920-1980.
Box 11
SUBJECTS: Catholics- Nuns & Sisters- Blacks — Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia Credit Bureau, circa 1920-1980.
Box 12
SUBJECTS: Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia- Editorials — Childs Public School, George W. 17th & Tasker, circa 1920-1980.
Box 13
SUBJECTS: Chinatown (Section) - Philadelphia Celebrations — City Hall- rooms, circa 1920-1980.
Box 14
SUBJECTS: City Hall- Sculpture — Commercial Museum- History, circa 1920-1980.
Box 15
SUBJECTS: Commercial Museum- Lectures — Convention Hall- Conventions- Political, circa 1920-1980.
Box 16
SUBJECTS: Convention Hall- Employees — Delaware River Accidents, circa 1920-1980.
Box 17
SUBJECTS: Delaware River, Anchorages — Delaware River Expressway, Misc. 1960, Jan-June, circa 1920-1980.
Box 18
SUBJECTS: Delaware River Expressway, Misc. 1960 July — Democratic City Committee- Coin Launderers, 1962-63, circa 1920-1980.
Box 19
SUBJECTS: Democratic City Committee- Editorials — Durham Public School, Thomas, circa 1920-1980.
Box 20
SUBJECTS: East Allegheny Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church — Edward Lukenbach Freighter, circa 1920-1980.
Box 21
SUBJECTS: Eighteenth Street — Elections- Registration 1969 Philadelphia - Statistics, circa 1920-1980.
Box 22
SUBJECTS: Election Registration 1971 Philadelphia - Misc. Jan-May — Fairmount Park- Extensions- Rittenhouse Circle Plan, circa 1920-1980.
Box 23
SUBJECTS: Fairmount Park- Features — Feltonville- Philadelphia Section, circa 1920-1980.
Box 24
SUBJECTS: Feltonville School, Rising Sun and Rockland — Fire Department- Philadelphia - Probes, circa 1920-1980.
Box 25
SUBJECTS: Fire Department- Philadelphia - Rescue Squads- 1968 & Prior — Fourth Presbyterian Church, 47th & Kingsessings, circa 1920-1980.
Box 26
SUBJECTS: Fourth Reformed Church — Franklin Institute- Lectures, Miscellaneous, circa 1920-1980.
Box 27
SUBJECTS: Franklin Institute Library- Also- Books — Freihofer Baking Company- Robberies, circa 1920-1980.
Box 28
SUBJECTS: Friendly Baptist Church, 10th & Thompson — General Electric Company, Labor Disputes, Strike, 1964, Riots, circa 1920-1980.
Box 29
SUBJECTS: General Electric Company Mergers — Gimble Brothers, Inc.- Misc., circa 1920-1980.
Box 30
SUBJECTS: Girard Avenue — Guaranty Trust Company- NY, circa 1920-1980.
Box 31
SUBJECTS: Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Box Co. — Holmesburg Prison- Miscellaneous- 1949 & Later, circa 1920-1980.
Box 32
SUBJECTS: Holy Child Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia — Independence Hall, Misc. 1960-64, circa 1920-1980.
Box 33
SUBJECTS: Independence Hall, Misc. 1965-69 — Jews, Philadelphia, Russian, circa 1920-1980.
Box 34
SUBJECTS: Jews, Politics — Labor, Blacks, 1968, circa 1920-1980.
Box 35
SUBJECTS: Labor, Blacks, 1981-82 — Lincoln Institution, circa 1920-1980.
Box 36
SUBJECTS: Lit Brothers Ads — Market-Frankford Subway Elevated, Frankford Extension, Misc., circa 1920-1980.
Box 37
SUBJECTS: Market-Frankford Subway Elevated, Frankford Extension Opening — Metropolitan Opera House- 2- Opening of, circa 1920-1980.
Box 38
SUBJECTS: Metropolitan Opera House- 3- Operation & Sale of by Hammerstein — Municipal Court Building, Original Site & Plans, circa 1920-1980.
Box 39
SUBJECTS: Municipal Services Building, Misc. Prior to 1962 — New Year's Day, 1982, circa 1920-1980.
Box 40
SUBJECTS: New Year's Day, Editorials — Northwestern Soup Society, circa 1920-1980.
Box 41
SUBJECTS: Northwestern Trust Co., Failure & Liquidation — Penna. Academy of the Fine Arts, Exhibits 1959-61, circa 1920-1980.
Box 42
SUBJECTS: Penna. Academy of Fine Arts- Exhibits 1962 — Pennsylvania University Industrial Research Dept., circa 1920-1980.
Box 43
SUBJECTS: Penn. Treaty Junior High School Misc. Prior to 1968 — Phila- Courts- Bail Bonds & Procedures, Misc. 1969-70, circa 1920-1980.
Box 44
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia - Courts, Bail Bonds & Procedures, Misc. 1971 — Philadelphia - Courts, Judges, Misc., Prior to 1963, circa 1920-1980.
Box 45
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia Courts - Lawyers, Runners &Ambulance – Confessions & Ambulance Chaser — Phila- Courts- Traffic Courts 1962, circa 1920-1980.
Box 46
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia - Courts, Traffic Courts- 1963 — Philadelphia - Electrical Bureau- Personell, circa 1920-1980.
Box 47
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia Gas Lease 1935-42 — Philadelphia Inquirer- Buildings, circa 1920-1980.
Box 48
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia Museum of Art- Exhibits- 1967 — Philadelphia - Slums and Slum Clearance 1939-1948, circa 1920-1980.
Box 49
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia - Slums and Slum Clearance 1949 — Philadelphia - Wards Realignment 1975, circa 1920-1980.
Box 50
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia - Water and Sewer Authority — Philadelphia Criminal Justice Association- 11- Annual Report 1932, circa 1920-1980.
Box 51
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia Electric Company- Ads — Philadelphia Exchange for Women's Work, circa 1920-1980.
Box 52
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia Fellowship Commission Awards — Philadelphia General Hospital, Northern Division, Buildings and Improvements, 1920-1952, circa 1920-1980.
Box 53
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia General Hospital-Northern Division-Buildings&Improvements-1953&later — Philadelphia Municipal Airport Railroad Service 1975-, circa 1920-1980.
Box 54
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia Municipal Airport Re-Opening 1945 — Philadelphia National Bank- loans, circa 1920-1980.
Box 55
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia National Bank Mergers- Girard Trust Con. Exchange, Livingston Articles — Philadelphia Northeast Airport- site selection, circa 1920-1980.
Box 56
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia Public Ledger Mergers & Ownership — Philadelphia State Hospital, Byberry- Youth Correctional Center, circa 1920-1980.
Box 57
SUBJECTS: Philadelphia Tageblatt - Raid, Arrests & Indictment of Editors — Police- Phila- Dismissals, Suspensions, etc., 1954-59, circa 1920-1980.
Box 58
SUBJECTS: Police- Philadelphia - Dogs- 1963 & Prior — Post Office- Philadelphia - Building, 30th Street, Misc., circa 1920-1980.
Box 59
SUBJECTS: Post Office- Philadelphia - Building, 30th Street- Sites Proposed Prior to 1927 — Protestant Episcopal- Negroes, circa 1920-1980.
Box 60
SUBJECTS: Provident Building — Radio Corp. of Am- licenses, circa 1920-1980.
Box 61
SUBJECTS: Reading RR- Accidents- Wrecks, Fines — Recipes- 1942 & Prior, circa 1920-1980.
Box 62
SUBJECTS: Republican Alliance (Old) — Republican National Convention 1948- Candidates, circa 1920-1980.
Box 63
SUBJECTS: Republican National Convention 1948- Delegates, May — Rittenhouse Square- Vagrants, circa 1920-1980.
Box 64
SUBJECTS: Robin Hood Dell- Auditions — Russians- White Russians & White Russia, circa 1920-1980.
Box 65
SUBJECTS: Ryers Public School — Schools- Parochial- Philadelphia - Uniforms, circa 1920-1980.
Box 66
SUBJECTS: Schools- Philadelphia - Administration — Schools- Philadelphia- Features- 1933-1966, circa 1920-1980.
Box 67
SUBJECTS: Schools- Philadelphia -Features- 1971-1980 — Schools- Philadelphia- Sports Activities- 1971-, circa 1920-1980.
Box 68
SUBJECTS: Schools- Philadelphia - Sports Activities- 1972 to- — Schuylkill Expressway- Misc., circa 1920-1980.
Box 69
SUBJECTS: Schuylkill River Bridges- History — SEPTA- Officials 1980-, circa 1920-1980.
Box 70
SUBJECTS: SEPTA- Maps — Soupy Island, circa 1920-1980.
Box 71
SUBJECTS: South Philadelphia (Section)- Racial Clashes — Spring Garden Street- 1930-59, circa 1920-1980.
Box 72
SUBJECTS: Stanton Public School — Strikes- Electric Strike- 1955, circa 1920-1980.
Box 73
SUBJECTS: Strikes 1956 Jan-Feb — Sugar-Philadelphia, circa 1920-1980.
Box 74
SUBJECTS: Suburbs- Bulletin Features- J. Richard Daub 4-20-70 — Tacony-Palmyra Bridge - Sale, circa 1920-1980.
Box 75
SUBJECTS: Tacony-Palmyra Bridge - Sale — Taxes- Philadelphia - Sales suits and court rulings, circa 1920-1980.
Box 76
SUBJECTS: Taxes- Philadelphia - Saving and insurance — Tradesmen's Trust Co., circa 1920-1980.
Box 77
SUBJECTS: Traffic- Philadelphia- Center City — Transit Authority- Penna.- Survey Probe, circa 1920-1980.
Box 78
SUBJECTS: Trinity AME Church — United Cab Co. 1976-1981, circa 1920-1980.
Box 79
SUBJECTS: United Gas Improvement Co. - Annual Report — Veterans Stadium- Ushers, circa 1920-1980.
Box 80
SUBJECTS: Vice- Philadelphia- Arch St. Raids & Probe- "Barbary Coast" — Wanamaker (John) Store- Miscellaneous, circa 1920-1980.
Box 81
SUBJECTS: Wanamaker (John) Store- Miscellaneous 1980-82 — West Kensington- Philadelphia Section, circa 1920-1980.
Box 82
SUBJECTS: West Mt. Airy Neighbors, Inc. — Yellow Cab Co. - Suits, undated.
Box 83
SUBJECTS: Yellow Fever, 1940 and Prior — Zubrow, Sol E.- S.E. Zubrow Co., circa 1920-1980.
Box 84
SUBJECTS: Temple University, Academic Year Institute — Temple University, Basketball, Women, circa 1920-1980.
Box 85
SUBJECTS: Temple University, Buildings & Plans, 1963-1966 — Temple University, Films, circa 1920-1980.
Box 86
SUBJECTS: Temple University, Finances & Debts — Temple University football 1977, circa 1920-1980.
Box 87
SUBJECTS: Temple University football, Brown University Games — Temple University Library, Samuel Paley Library, circa 1920-1980.
Box 88
SUBJECTS: Temple University, Life Insurance Chair — Temple University, Social Policies & Community Development Center, circa 1920-1980.
Box 89
SUBJECTS: Temple University, Societies & Organizations — Tyler School of Fine Arts, Rome Branch, circa 1920-1980.
Box 90
PEOPLE: Abraham, Lynne- Lawyer — Alexander, Sadie T.M.- Posts & Organizations, circa 1920-1980.
Box 91
PEOPLE: Allen, Edward H.B.- Prior to Murder of Donaldson — Auman, Frederick, Jr., Rev., circa 1920-1980.
Box 92
PEOPLE: Babington-Smith, Constance — Bartol, George E. & Mrs.- Dead, circa 1920-1980.
Box 93
PEOPLE: Baruch, Bernard M.- 1948-49 — Blitzstein, Marc- Pianist- 1960 to Death, 1964, circa 1920-1980.
Box 94
PEOPLE: Blitzstein, Samuel- Banker — Butler, Smedley, Darlington, Clips, Hard Copy, circa 1920-1980.
Box 95
PEOPLE: Clark, Dick- Emcee, Television, 1969 & Prior — Cutaiar, William- quadruplets, circa 1920-1980.
Box 96
PEOPLE: Dalsimer, Leon- Shoe Merchant & Mrs.-Dead, Graduate- Hohnemann Medical College — Elkins, George W. - Financier, Misc., circa 1920-1980.
Box 97
PEOPLE: England- Edward, Duke & Duchess of Windsor, 1937 September-October — Flynn, William S., circa 1920-1980.
Box 98
PEOPLE: Fogel, Herbert A. — Gray, William H., Jr., Rev., Biography & Personal, circa 1920-1980.
Box 99
PEOPLE: Gireb, Harry- Boxer- wins American light heavyweight from Tunney 1/13/22 — Hovick, Louise- Writings, circa 1920-1980.
Box 100
PEOPLE: Hovick, Louise- Personal & Misc. — Kelberine, Alexander- Pianist, Dead, circa 1920-1980.
Box 101
PEOPLE: Kellogg, Charles D. — Levitt, Jeffrey S. - Engaged 1971, circa 1920-1980.
Box 102
PEOPLE: Levy, Bert- Britis Adviser — Margiotti, Charles (Atty. Gen.) - Dead, Jan.-Feb. 1936, circa 1920-1980.
Box 103
PEOPLE: Margiotti, Charles (Atty. Gen.) - Dead, March-May 1936 — McCurdy, William- Thief, circa 1920-1980.
Box 104
PEOPLE: McDermott, John J. "Jack"- Golfer — Montague, Bernard, circa 1920-1980.
Box 105
PEOPLE: Moore, Cecil B.- Police Brutality — O'Connor, Mary Keenan- Misc., circa 1920-1980.
Box 106
PEOPLE: Odets, Clifford- Playwright, Biography & Personal — Plaisted, Frederick W., circa 1920-1980.
Box 107
PEOPLE: Poe, Edgar Allan- Poet- Birthdays, Anniversaries — Rizzo, Frank L.- Blacks, circa 1920-1980.
Box 108
PEOPLE: Robinet, Marta- Writer- Writings, Honors & Awards, Miscel. — Shumsky, Oscar, circa 1920-1980.
Box 109
PEOPLE: Siggins, John Charles- Dr. — Stirling, Edmund Mrs., Inter-Racial Committee of Philadelphia, circa 1920-1980.
Box 110
PEOPLE: Stone, C. Sumner, Jr.- Editor — Wheeler, Janet- Artist, circa 1920-1980.
Box 111
PEOPLE: Wallace, William A. — Wilson, Harold, circa 1920-1980.
Box 112
PEOPLE: Wolf, Alfred L., Lawyer-Aviator, 1940-1949 — WPEN Broadcasting Station 1945 & Prior, circa 1920-1980.
Box 113
PEOPLE, OVERSIZED: Agnew, Spiro T. — Edison, Thomas A., circa 1920-1980.
Box 114
PEOPLE, OVERSIZED: Eilberg, Joshua — Knight, John, circa 1920-1980.
Box 115
PEOPLE, OVERSIZED: Krol, John J. — Nixon, Richard M., circa 1920-1980.
Box 116
PEOPLE, OVERSIZED: Nixon, Richard M. — Shafer, Raymond P., circa 1920-1980.
Box 117
PEOPLE, OVERSIZED: Shakespeare, William — Young, Whitney, circa 1920-1980.
Box 118
SUBJECT, OVERSIZED: The Academy of Music — Moore J Hampton Literature, circa 1920-1980.
Box 119
SUBJECT, OVERSIZED: Ivy Football — Philadelphia Public Ledger- Last Issue, circa 1920-1980.
Box 120
SUBJECT, OVERSIZED: Philadelphia Rapid Transit Hadley Equity Suit Decision, Hadley Petition — Vietnam, circa 1920-1980.
Box 121
SUBJECT, OVERSIZED: WCAU — WWII- War Bonds/Stamps, Charts & Posters, circa 1920-1980.
Box 122
Series 2: Original mounted clippings, circa 1920-1980.
Scope and Contents

Series 2 contains the original clippings used to create the copies Series 1, mounted onto sheets of paper. Files are organized into two groups: Subjects and People, arranged alphabetically first by subject and then by person name. Due to their fragility, original mounted clippings in Series 2 are not available for use except by permission. Contact the SCRC for more information.

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