Research Guides: History: Local History

Philadelphia

See also the LibGuide for Philadelphia

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Neighborhood History
from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
The PhillyHistory Blog
A blog from PhillyHistory.org
Philadelphia on Stone: The First Fifty Years of Commercial Lithography in Philadelphia 1828-1878
Mercer Museum and Fonthill Estate Museum
In Doylestown, Bucks County, the unique home of Henry Mercer and his museum of Americana.

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The tiles in Fonthill were made in the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works. Today, the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works is also a working museum.
Guide to the Mercer Museum
Winterthur Museum and Country Estate
Henry Francis du Pont estate in Delaware, with gardens, museum and library

Many books pertaining to Local History on on RESERVE, under the PHILADELPHIA RESERVE books.

Eastern State Penitentiary by Francis X. Dolan
Call Number: RESERVE BOOK ROOM 365.974811 D659e