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20th Century Housing Pamphlets Collection (Collection 411), 1885-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:

3.75 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 flat box)

Abstract:

For both the United States and Europe, the 20th century was a time of expanded interest in housing and urban planning as industrial, economic, and medical developments brought new insights into how and who occupied cities and their surrounds. A rise in concern for economic living conditions by officials and housing advocates lead to many policy changes and cities investing in new housing schemes. This information was sometimes shared through publications, printed pamphlets, and reports. This collection is the assembly of affordable housing advocate and inaugural Director of Research and Information for the United States Housing Authority, Catherine Bauer Wurster (b. 1905, d. 1964). Comprised of pamphlets and published reports by notable housing-related organizations and those with housing interests in the 20th century, items include: pamphlets and publications on affordable housing, urban redevelopment, and concepts of city planning in the United States and in the United...(see more)

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Architectural Archives [Contact Us]

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Mildred Schmertz records (Collection 383), circa 1950-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:

6 linear feet (6 boxes)

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This collection contains materials related to the professional work of Mildred Schmertz, an architect, photographer, writer and editor. It includes architectural and travel photography, correspondence, and research and writings. It also contains chapters for an unpublished book on architect Benjamin Thompson, materials related to the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, general correspondence, and papers regarding her work at The Architectural Record.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Architectural Archives [Contact Us]

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Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning (LARP) department records, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania (Collection 122), 1958-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:

14.3 linear feet (8 boxes + 60 flat file folders + 5 tubes)

Abstract:

The Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Department records include syllabi and course materials dating from 1958 to 1999, as well as records and student work produced during larger teaching and research studios.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Architectural Archives [Contact Us]

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Society Hill reference collection (Collection 345), circa 1955-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:

.25 linear feet (3 folders)

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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Architectural Archives [Contact Us]

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Historic Langhorne Association photograph and photo postcard collection, circa 1867-2012

Extent:

4.0 linear feet

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Settled by Quakers beginning in 1680, the small town of Langhorne in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, grew as an important transportation center between Trenton and Philadelphia due to its location at the intersection of major roads connecting the two cities. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the town, which served as a stop along the rail line, became a popular summer vacation destination for wealthy Philadelphians. The Historic Langhorne Association photograph and photo postcard collection, circa 1867-2012 contains photographs, postcards, negatives, and oversized images that document the people, buildings, events, and streets of Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area from the mid-19th century until the present.

Held at: Historic Langhorne Association [Contact Us]

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Park Land Association financial records and leases, 1914-1960 (inclusive)

Extent:

3.0 linear feet

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The area of Parkland, near Langhorne in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was turned into a summer resort in the 1890s by the Parkland Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association, an off-shoot of the First Association of Spiritualists of Philadelphia. The area remained popular as a summer resort destination for several decades before the summer homes were converted to year-round rental units. The Park Land Association was the rental organization leasing properties in the area. The Park Land Association financial records and leases, 1914-1960, include tax reports, cash books, check stubs, capital stock taxes, miscellaneous financial correspondence, cancelled checks, and leases.

Held at: Historic Langhorne Association [Contact Us]

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Historic Langhorne Association collection of fraternal organizations records, 1846-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.0 linear feet

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The Historic Langhorne Association collection of fraternal organizations, 1846-1937, includes the records of the local chapters of three secret fraternal organizations: the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Independent Order of Red Men. The records consist primarily of minutes and financial records, such as account books and membership dues.

Held at: Historic Langhorne Association [Contact Us]

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Bensalem Township clippings scrapbooks, 1957-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:

4.0 linear feet

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Settled by the Dutch, Swedes, and English, Bensalem Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was a farming community until the 1950s and 1960s when the area underwent a significant amount of suburban development. The Bensalem Township clippings scrapbooks, 1957-1995, document this transition period in Bensalem's history.

Held at: Historical Society of Bensalem Township [Contact Us]

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Ray Wall papers, 1986-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:

3.0 linear feet

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Ray (Raymond) Wall is a Republican public servant in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He has served as Bensalem Treasurer (formerly known as Tax Collector) continuously since 1985, and is still in office as of 2013. He is also very involved in the local Republican party, serving as Republican Committeeman for 20 years. The Ray Wall papers, 1986-2009, include Tax Collector Files relating to Wall's work as tax collector and treasurer and Political Papers relating to local elections and Wall's role in the Republican Party.

Held at: Historical Society of Bensalem Township [Contact Us]

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Magarie Andrews Smith family papers, 1899-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.83 linear feet

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Magarie Edna Green Andrews Smith was born in Elveton, West Virginia in 1911 and relocated to the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1933, where she married Robert Andrews and worked as a baby nurse. The Magarie Andrews Smith family papers, 1899-2001, consist of funeral programs, photographs, and other materials that relate to Magarie Edwards, her family, and the Frankford section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bulk of the collection consists of late twentieth-century funeral programs for members of the African American community of Frankford.

Held at: Historical Society of Frankford [Contact Us]