Map of Philadelphia area placing West Philadelphia in context West Philadelphia Community History Center

Faculty and Students at the University of Pennsylvania inaugurated this heritage site in the spring of 2008.
This virtual history center will be an ever-revised and expanded resource by and for members of the
West Philadelphia community, and especially for teachers and their students.
Click for the Home page for the West Philadelphia Community History CenterClick for historical summaries of West PhiladelphiaClick for descriptions and histories of West Philadelphia neighborhoodsClick for personal perspectives on West PhiladelphiaClick for special exhibitsClick for maps of West PhiladelphiaClick for statistics on West PhiladelphiaClick for a bibliography of resources for the study of West PhiladelphiaClick for teacher guides for studying West Philadelphia

 

 

BIBILIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES

Primary Sources

Books

Jason A. Breinin, Dan P. Groucutt, Ciara A. O'Connell, and Amanda Smolka, copy editors, and Kanako Kawai, design editor. West Side Stories: Memories of West Philadelphia (2001)

Philadelphia City Planning Commission, The Plan for West Philadelphia (1994)

 

Maps

Historical Maps, 1750-1930 assembled by Matthew Grubel

 

Secondary Sources

Books

O'Mara, Margaret Pugh, "'Building Brainsville': The University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia"; chapter 4 from Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley (2005)

Web sites

University of Pennsylvania University Archives, The Historical Study of Penn and West Philadelphia

Contact us

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