I N V I S I B L EPHILADELPHIACommunity through Voluntary Organizations
C O M P I L E D A N D E D I T E D B Y
Jean Barth Toll • Mildred S. Gillam
A T W A T E R K E N T M U S E U M P H I L A D E L P H I A
CONTENTS
Maps and Charts of Philadelphia xxv i
Preface xxix
Editors' Introduction xxx i i i
INTRODUCTION Fredric M. Miller 3
THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 13
GEOGRAPHY AND THE GROWTH OF PHILADELPHIA Roman A. Cybriwsky 13
NONPROFITS, GOVERNMENT, AND THE ECONOMY Donald W. Kramer, Felice D. Perlmutter,Carolyn T. Adams 15
PUBLIC-NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS IN PHILADELPHIA Graham S. Finney 21
PHYSICAL PLANNING IN PHILADELPHIA Fredric M. Miller, David Clow, Graham S. Finney 24
A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS 28
IMMIGRANT PATTERNS Fredric M. Miller 28
« AFRICAN-AMERICAN GROUPS 33
VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AMONG PHILADELPHIA AFRO-AMERICANSEmma Jones Lapsansky 33
PHILADELPHIA'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND INTERRACIAL VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS,1890-1930 Charles Hardy III 36
Urban League of Philadelphia: Mark Hyman, Charles Shorter, Claudia Curry 42
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Philadelphia: Stanley Arnold 45
Guardian Civic, League: Debra A. McLean-McCulers 50
PRIVATE CLUBS 51
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity: Dr. Melvin J. Chisum, Publication 51
Philadelphia Chapter, Girl Friends: Lucille P. Blondin, Katherine B. Dockens 53
Northeasterners: Lucille W. Minton 54
Philadelphia Links: Frances V. Atkinson 55[CROUP ACTIVITIES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCHES, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH][House of Umoja, Advocate Community Development Corporation, see SOCIAL SERVICES][Opportunities Industrialization Centers, see WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD, BUSINESS AND VOCATIONAL SUPPORT][Barristers Association of Philadelphia, see JUSTICE AND THE LAW]
„ [Berean Institute, see A CITY OF SCHOOLS]| [Stephen Smith Geriatric Home, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, The Mercy-Douglass Story]
[Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST, A CITY OF MUSEUMS]
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[BLACK AND MINORITY ARTISTS, Freedom Theatre, Philadelphia Dance Company, see THE ARTS][Richard Humphreys Fund, Black United Fund, see A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY]
ARAB GROUPS IN PHILADELPHIA Mary Arnett, Ruth Matson, Sara al-Fadl, Nawal Ayoub,Joan Hazbun 56
ARMENIANS IN GREATER PHILADELPHIA Harry Andonian 58
« A S I A N GROUPS 59
PHILADELPHIA'S CHINATOWN George P. Moy, Publication 59
Chinese Benevolent Association: Dr. William Wu 61
Chinese Cultural and Community Center: Barbara Hussong, Betsy DeGeorge, Victoria Chang 62
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation: Cecilia Yep, Sam Sue, Deborah Wei 64
JAPANESE AMERICANS Reiko Gaspar, Publication 65
KOREAN IMMIGRANTS IN PHILADELPHIA Ronald E. Myers, Hie-Won L. Hann 66
SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN PHILADELPHIANazli Kibria 68
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition: Samien Nol, Publication 71
ASIAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Manju Sheth 71
« ENGLISH GROUPS 73
The Society of the Sons of Saint George: Richard Alan Harris, Publication 73
Daughters of the British Empire in Pennsylvania: Nancy S. Ritter 75
English-Speaking Union of Philadelphia: Nancy L. Guthrie 77
THE FRENCH IN PHILADELPHIA: THE FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIAFrancis James Dal lett 78
Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie: Annette Harispe Emgarth 82
THREE CENTURIES OF GERMAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE James M. Bergquist 84
German Society of Pennsylvania: Randall M. Miller 86
United Singers of Philadelphia: William G. Moellhoff 88
Cannstatter Volksfest Verein: David J. Roscoe 89
Bayerischer Volksfest Verein: Herbert C. Rehm 90
Schlaraffia Filadelfia: Horst K. Blume 91
Gebirgstrachten Verein Almrausch: Astrid Karnas 92
Danube Swabian Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Joseph Braunschek 92[Lankenau.(German) Hospital, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE][Steuben Day Observance Association, see FESTIVALS]
GREEK ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Dimitri Monos 93
THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN PHILADELPHIA Rev. William C. Rickle 96
Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations: O. Jack Ortiz, Tina Palau, Anya Rivera, Publication !
Aspira: Emanuel Ortiz, Publication 100
Spanish Merchants Association of Philadelphia: Gail E. Farr 100
Taller Puertorriqueho: Johnny Irizarry 102
Fifth Street Merchants Association: Gail E. Farr 102
Congreso de Latinos Unidos: David Valentin de la Sierra 103[Puerto Rican Week Festival, see FESTIVALS]
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IRISH ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Dennis Clark 104
Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick: Dennis Clark 105
Donegal Beneficial, Social, Charitable and Patriotic Association of Philadelphia:
Nora Campbell 106
Mayo Association: Attracta O'Malley, Publication 107
Federation of United Irish-American Societies of the Delaware Valley: Frank E. Burke 108[Ancient Order of Hibernians, see SOCIAL SERVICES, FRATERNAL AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS][Irish American Cultural Institute, see AN INTERNATIONAL CITY)[Saint Patrick's Day Observance Association, see FESTIVALS]
ITALIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Richard N. Juliani 109[Order Sons of Italy, see SOCIAL SERVICES, FRATERNAL AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS][Justinian Society of Philadelphia, see JUSTICE AND THE LAW][Columbus Day Parade, see FESTIVALS]
PHILADELPHIA'S POLONIA Caroline Golab 114
« SCOTTISH GROUPS 123
Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia: Rev. G. Hall Todd 123Scotch-Irish Society of the United States of America: Sherwood R. Mercer 124
[Scottish Historic and Research Society, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST]
SLOVAK ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA M. Mark Stolarik 125
UKRAINIANS Stephanie Wochok 127
WELSH SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA Edward George Hartmann 130[Native Americans, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS![American-Swedish Historical Museum, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST, A CITY OF MUSEUMS][Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST, LEARNED SOCIETIES AND LIBRARIES][See also RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SpCIAL SERVICES; A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS; A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST; THE ARTS-FESTIVALS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]
RELIGIOUS OUTREACH 134
« PROTESTANT 134
GROUP ACTIVITIES OF AFRO-AMERICAN CHURCHES Rev. Jeane B. Williams 134
PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Rev. Frank T. Hoadley, Rev. J. Sydney Kane, Jr. 137
THE EPISCOPALIANS Rev. F. liee Richards 141
Coles House: Rev. F. Lee Richards 153
Saint Anna's Residence: Rev. F. Lee Richards 156
Galilee Mission: Rev. F. Lee Richards 157
Inasmuch Mission: Rev. F. Lee Richards 159
EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES G. Norma Harberger 160EPISCOPAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN 163Burd Orphan Asylum: Rev. F. Lee Richards 163Church Home for Children: Rev. F. Lee Richards 164Sheltering Arms: Rev. F. Lee Richards 165
HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy: Rev. F. Lee Richards 166
House of Saint Michael and All Angels for Colored Crippled Children: Rev. F. Lee Richards 168House of the Holy Child: Rev. F. Lee Richards 170
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[Saint Martha's House, Lighthouse, Lighthouse Boys' Club, see SOCIAL SERVICES, SETTLEMENTS][Episcopal Academy, see A CITY OF SCHOOLS][Episcopal Hospital, Chestnut Hill Rehabilitation Hospital (All Saints' Hospital), see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE,PHILADELPHIA: A CITY OF HOSPITALS]
LUTHERAN VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Rev. Walter R. Harrison 171
Lutheran Home at Germantown: John E. Peterson 174
Mary I. Drexel Home: Joan McCabe Myers 177
Ken-Crest Centers: Hermann A. Roether 178[Lutheran Social Mission Society, see SOCIAL SERVICES, SETTLEMENTS][Lutheran Historical Society, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST]
METHODISM IN PHILADELPHIA Rev. John Galen McEllhenney 180
United Methodist Neighborhood Services: Marion Innes, Dorothea Antis 188
PRESBYTERIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Rev. E. Bradford Davis 189
Presbyterian Ministers' Fund: John A. Baird, Jr. 195[Presbyterian Medical Center, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, PHILADELPHIA: A CITY OF HOSPITALS][Presbyterian Historical Society, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST]
QUAKER VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THREE CENTURIES Edwin B. Bronner 196
PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING: Robert B. Dockhorn 198
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor: Catherine D. Strohkarck,
Mary M. Wood, Publication 201
Tract Association of Friends: Edwin B. Bronner 202
Bible Association of Friends in America: Edwin B. Bronner 202
American Friends Service Committee: Margaret Hope Bacon 203[Friends Neighborhood Guild, see SOCIAL SERVICES, SETTLEMENTS][William Penn Charter School, see A CITY OF SCHOOLS][Friends Hospital, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS][Richard Humphreys Fund, see A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY]
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS Theodosia C. Haviland, Publication 205
THE SALVATION ARMY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA Stacy Smith 209
PEACE MISSION MOVEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA Mrs. M. J. Divine (Mother Divine) 210
PROTESTANT ORGANIZATIONS 213
Seamen's Church Institute and the Maritime Ministry: Rev. F. Lee Richards 213
Young Men's- Christian Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Eugene A. Turner, Jr. 217
Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia: Judy Mathe Foley 220
Sunday Breakfast Association: Rev. James J. Campbell, Publication 222
Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia: Joan Shipman, Publication 223[The Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, Contact Philadelphia, seeSOCIAL SERVICES]
« C A T H O L I C 226
EASTERN RITE CATHOLIC CHURCHES Raymond H. Schmandt 226
CATHOLIC ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Raymond H. Schmandt 226
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: Maryann V. Troisi, Publication 231
Catholic Youth Organization: Rev. Msgr. Robert P. Maginnis 233
Cardinal's Commission on Human Relations and Urban Ministry:
Rita Fee, Mary Ann Kern, Publication 234
Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools: Jane Maloney, Anne Murry Hileman 235
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[Saint Edmond's Home for Crippled Children, Mercy Hospice, Bethesda Project, Project Rainbow, see SOCIAL SERVICES](American Catholic Historical Society, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST][Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute, see THE ARTS]
« JEWISH 236
CHARITY IN PHILADELPHIA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Julian L. Greifer 236
Female Hebrew Benevolent Society: Bertha Braude 240
Hebrew Sunday School Society: Ruth Braude Sarner-Libros 241
Jewish Family and Children's Agency of Philadelphia: Harold S. Goldman, Publication 243
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia: David C. Friedman, Publication 245Hadassah: Dory Z. Blau 250
JEWISH EDUCATION IN PHILADELPHIA Diane A. King 251
Women's American ORT in Greater Philadelphia: Ina Green 254
REFLECTIONS ON TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS INPHILADELPHIA Sandra Featherman, Gloria T. Cohen 256
Philadelphia Chapter of the American Jewish Committee: Murray Friedman 257
American Jewish Congress, Greater Philadelphia Council: Gloria T. Cohen, Sandra Featherman 258
Jewish Community Relations Council: Burt Siegel, Sandra Featherman, Lawrence Rubin 259
[Jewish Employment and Vocational Service, discussed in CHARITY IN PHILADELPHIA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY][Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association, discussed in Jewish Community Centers]IB'nai B'rith, Workmen's Circle, Brith Sholom, see SOCIAL SERVICES, FRATERNAL AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS][HIAS and Council Migration Service, see SOCIAL SERVICES][National Museum of American Jewish History, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST, A CITY OF MUSEUMS][Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, see THE ARTS] ,:
[JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA, see A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY]
INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION 260
National Conference of Christians and Jews, Greater Philadelphia Region: Denise S. Perry,
Publication 260PHILADELPHIA ETHICAL SOCIETY Judith Espenschied 260[See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; SOCIAL SERVICES; A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS; A CITY OF SCHOOLS; ACENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE; THE ARTS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]
SOCIAL SERVICES 262
« FRATERNAL AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS 263
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania: Wayne A. Huss 263
Ancient Order of Hibernians: Seamus Boyle, Publication 265
B'nai B'rith in Philadelphia: Murray H. Shusterman 266
Workmen's Circle: Judith Felsten 270
Brith Sholom: Mervin L. Krimins, Publication 272
Order Sons of Italy in America: Joseph L. Monte 273
Rotary Club of Philadelphia: Donald E. Motaka, Publication 275
CHARITY AND SOCIAL SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA Bruce A. Dorsey II 277
Philadelphia Overseers of the Poor: Gail E. Farr 281
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: Erik Hendricks, Publication 285
Women's Humane Society: Eileen Irwin 288
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Needlework Guild of America and the Philadelphia Branch: Maryanna Trembath, Donna Howley,
Publication 289
The Red Cjoss in Philadelphia: Mrs. R. Norris Williams II 292
Flower Market in Rittenhouse Square: Beverly Wilson Spahr 298The Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania, 1914-1985: Lorna Forbes 300Co-operative Shop: Mrs. Daniel Haley, Jr., Publication 303
Resource Center for Human Services: Laura J. Spencer 304
Liberty Bell Chapter #6, Telephone Pioneers of America: Sylvia Reyburn,
Emerson A. Zeager, Jr. 307
United Services Organization (USO of Philadelphia): Jay I. Hill 308Volunteer Action Council: Patricia McBee, Mary W. Mackie, Publication 309
Wheels: Suzanne Axworthy 311
Contact Philadelphia: Theodore Porter 312
Philadelphia Clearinghouse: Donna Weber, Linda Waters Richardson 313
Delaware Valley Council of Agencies: Portia McCloud, Becki Ney 313
« CHILDREN'S SERVICES 314
Philadelphia Society for Services to Children: Helen B. Dennis, Publication 314Children's Country Week Association: Edna R. Kurz, Publication 316Children's Aid Society of Pennsylvania: Dorothy Col bourne 318
Smith Memorial Playgrounds and the Children's Playhouse: Paul J. Radzevich, Jr., Publication 320Rebecca Gratz Club: Rochelle Weisman, Kathryn M. Kelley 322
Philadelphia Council Boy Scouts of America: David R. Myers 323
Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia: Effie W. Dean, Kathryn Welliver 324Big Brother/Big Sister Association of Philadelphia: Thomas E. Weber 326
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America: George L. Beiswinger 329Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic: Patricia Weingrad, Publication 330
Crime Prevention Association: Arthur Gewirtz, Publication 332
Police Athletic League: Jose M. Melendez, Publication 337
House of Umoja: Sister Falaka Fattah 338
Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House: Joelle Bertolet 340Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth: Christie W. Hastings 342
Girls' Coalition of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Helen F. Faust 343[Denominational services for children, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH][White Williams Foundation, see WOMEN'S SERVICES][Golden Slipper Club, see ELDERLY SERVICES][Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Overbrook School for the Blind, Elwyn, Inc., Saint Edmond's Home for Crippled Children, Variety Club,see SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED][Philadelphia Urban Coalition, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS][Philadelphia House of Refuge, see JUSTICE AND THE LAW][YOUTH IN ART, Settlement Music School, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Young Audiences, Philadelphia BoysChoir and Chorale, Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table, see THE ARTS][Ludwick Institute, Richard Humphreys Fund, Seybert Institution, see A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY]
« WOMEN'S SERVICES 344
WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS Trina Vaux 344The Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced
Circumstances: Eleanor W. Crampton, Cecily D. Littleton 347White-Williams Foundation: Carolyn J. Friedman 349New Century Guild: Laura Toy, Publication 350
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The Civic Club of Philadelphia: Julie Johnson 352
Junior League of Philadelphia: Helen Stephenson Weary, Publication 356
Philadelphia Federation of Women's Clubs and Allied Organizations: Stephanie Wochok 359
Philadelphia Chapter, National Organization for Women: Judy Mathe Foley 363
Women for Greater Philadelphia: Martha A. Gable 364[Female Society for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, Saint Anna's Residence, Coles House, Sheltering Arms, Young Women'sChristian Association of Philadelphia, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH)[Magdalen Society, discussed in White-Williams Foundation][Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America, see NATURAL ENVIRONMENT!(Committee of 1926, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST][The Plastic Club, WOMEN IN ART, Volunteer Committees for the Philadelphia Orchestra, West Philadelphia Shakespeare Club II,Charlotte Cushman Club, see THE ARTS][Cosmopolitan Club, see PRIVATE CLUBS][Daughters of the American Revolution, South Eastern District, Colonial Dames of America, Chapter II, Pennsylvania Society of NewEngland Women, see HEREDITARY SOCIETIES][WOMEN'S WAY, see A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY]
« FAMILY SERVICES 366
Fam/7y Service of Philadelphia: Sonya Calabrese 366
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Carol Wall, Joan S. Coombs, Publication 369
Marriage Council of Philadelphia: Emily Hartshorne Mudd, Martin Goldberg 374
« ELDERLY SERVICES 375
Penn Home: Robert W. Rust 375
Go/den Slipper Club and Charities: Daniyel Steinberg, Publication 376
COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTERS FOR PHILADELPHIA ELDERLY: Ann Harting 377[Kearsley/Christ Church Hospital, discussed in THE EPISCOPALIANS, RELIGIOUS OUTREACH][Saint Anna's Residence, Lutheran Home at Germantown, Mary I. Drexel Home, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; see also other homesdiscussed in denomination essays, RELIGIOUS OUTREACH]ISaunders House, Presbyterian Home, discussed in A WALK THROUGH WEST PHILADELPHIA, A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS][Gray Panthers, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS][Stephen Smith Geriatric Home, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, The Mercy Douglass Story]
« SERVICES FOR THE NEWLY ARRIVED 379
HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia: Robert L. Klotz 379
Travelers Aid Society of Philadelphia: Rev. F. Lee Richards 381
Nationalities Service Center: Delores L. Howland 383
« SERVICES FOR THE H U N G R Y 386
Greater Philadelphia Food Bank: Frank X. Corey, Virginia Meyer Smith 386
Philabundance: Franklin S. Horn 388
Food and Agriculture Task Force: Libby J. Goldstein 389
« SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES 391
Alchoholics Anonymous: Tom E. 391THE WAR ON DRUGS: Ruth DuBois 392
[Galilee Mission, Inasmuch Mission, Sunday Breakfast Association, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH]
« SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED 395
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf: Joseph E. Fischgrund 395
Overbrook School for the Blind: Edith L. Willoughby 396
Elwyn, Inc.: Marvin Rosen 398
ASSOCIATED SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: Nancy H. McCown, John J. Corrigan, Jr. 401
Inglis House, A Wheelchair Community: Barbara Baird Rogers 403
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Saint Edmond's Home for Crippled Children, Women's Auxiliary: Anne W. Breidenstein 405
Variety Club: Cindy Conte 405[HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, Home of Saint Michael and All Angels, Ken Crest Centers, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH][Kardon Institute of Music for the Handicapped, discussed in Settlement Music School, THE ARTS]
MENTAL RETARDATION SERVICES: CHANGING HOMES Paul F. Spangler 408
« A CITY OF HOMES 410
HOUSING IN PHILADELPHIA John F. Bauman 410
Octavia Hill Association: Julie Johnson, Publication 416
Housing Association of the Delaware Valley: John F. Bauman 420
Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement: Jeffrey A. Cruse, Publication 424
/Advocate Community Development Corporation: Christine Washington, Publication 426
Philadelphia Urban Finance Corporation: Constance C. Medaugh 427
HOMELESSNESS: AN OVERVIEW Edythe A. Ballard 429
People's Emergency Center: Gloria Guard 430
Mercy Hospice: Staff, Publication 431
Bethesda Project: Sister Mary Klock 432
Philadelphia Committee for the Homeless: Christine Simiriglia 433
Trevor's Campaign for the Homeless: Frank Ferrell 434
Project Rainbow, Drueding Center: Sister Kathryn Etchells and the
Sisters of the' Holy Redeemer 435
« SETTLEMENTS 436
FEDERATED SETTLEMENTS IN PHILADELPHIA S. Allen Bacon 436
Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements: Diana Kalenga 442
Catharine Street House of Industry: Megan McClintock 445
United Communities Southeast Philadelphia: Martin S. Barol 447
Friends Neighborhood Guild: Carole W. Ruffin, Publication 448
Wharton Centre: Ella E. Fuller, Publication 450
The Lighthouse: Rev. F. Lee Richards 451
- Lighthouse Boys' Club: Rev. F. Lee Richards 453
Saint Martha's House: Rev. F. Lee Richards 454
Lutheran Social Mission Society: Pamela Pittenger, Patricia Malinak 455
\North Light Community Center: Irene Anderson Madrak 456[Settlement Music School, see THE ARTS][See also'A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; POLITICS AND REFORM; JUSTICE AND THE LAW- ACITY OF SCHOOLS; A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; THE ARTS; A CITY OFPHILANTHROPY; and others]
A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS 458
NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA David W. Bartelt 458
Center City Residents' Association: Lenore Millhollen, Publication 465
Chestnut Hill Community Association: Lloyd P. Wells 466
Fitter Square Improvement Association: Jean Rapp 469
Whitman Council: Evelyn Druding 470
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Wynnefield Residents Association: Charlotte Sistrum, Legora Ragland 471
Society Hill and Its Civic Associations: Elizabeth F. Steele 472
Point Breeze Federation: Mamie Nichols 474
fast Mount Airy Neighbors: Anne C. Ewing 475
Fishtown Civic Association: Linda M. Zimmerman, Publication 478
Southwest Community Enrichment Center: Sister Anne Boniface 478
Kensington Action Now/Kensington Area Revitalization Project: Deborah Fischetti, Publication 479
Friends of Rittenhouse Square: Gary H. Levinson, Publication 480
Frankford United Neighbors Community Development Corporation:
Barbara M. Auwarter, Publication 481
West Philadelphia Improvement Corps and the University of Pennsylvania: A Franklin Legacy:
Ira Harkavy, John L. Puckett 481[Philadelphia's Chinatown, see A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS][Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, see WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY]
A WALK THROUGH WEST PHILADELPHIA: Ruth Molloy 485
Regional Council of Neighborhood Organizations: Rev. Joseph M. Kakalec 499[Institute for the Study of Civic Values, Philadelphia Urban Coalition, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS][See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; SOCIAL SERVICES, SETTLEMENTS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; THE ARTS- ACITY OF PHILANTHROPY]
AN INTERNATIONAL CITY 501
Geographical Society of Philadelphia: Norman P. Gentieu 501
International House of Philadelphia: Marilyn Klein, Ellen Davis, Publication 503
World Affairs Council of Philadelphia: Buntzie Ellis Churchill 504
Pan American Association of Philadelphia: Norrine J. Reyes, Publication 505
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships: Diana Harding, Marguerite Perrone 506
International Visitors Council of Philadelphia: Sandra C. Choukroun 508
America-Italy Society of Philadelphia: John S. Price 510
International Professional Exchange: Winnie Lanoix 512
Eastern Pennsylvania-Bahia Partners of the Americas: Wayne A. Selcher 512
Mexican Society of Philadelphia: Nancie W. Burkett 513
United States-China People's Friendship Association, Philadelphia Chapter: Jean G. Hopper 513
Global Interdependence Center: Frederick. Heldring, Nury V. Reichert 515
Irish American Cultural Institute, Philadelphia Chapter: Bernard Croke, Publication 516[IMMIGRANT PATTERNS, Chinese Cultural Center, ASIAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS, Alliance Francaise, English-Speaking Union, see ACITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS][SERVICES FOR THE NEWLY ARRIVED, see SOCIAL SERVICES][Greater Philadelphia International Network, Greater Philadelphia First, see WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY]
WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD 517
THE PHILADELPHIA ECONOMY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Thomas C. Cochran 517
ECONOMIC PATTERNS IN PHILADELPHIA SINCE WORLD WAR II Anita A. Summers 519
MARITIME COMMERCE: JOINT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT ANDDEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILADELPHIA PORT AREA William A. Harrison 520
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Vessel Owners' and Captains' Association: Robert L. Taylor, Publication 523
Ports of Philadelphia Maritime Exchange: William A. Harrison 523
Pilots' Association of the Bay and River Delaware: Samuel M. Schellenger, Publication 526
World Trade Association of Philadelphia: George F. Mohr, Publication 527
Philadelphia Marine Trade Association: Thomas P. Kelly 528
« BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 529
ASSOCIATIONS 530Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce: Craig Hamilton 530
Philadelphia Board of Trade, 1833-1899: Jessica Elfenbein 533
Commercial Exchange: Fredric M. Miller, Charles J. Devine 536
Manufacturers' Association of Delaware Valley: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Robert P. Hallenbeck, Jr. 5<
Philadelphia Board of Realtors: Fredric M. Miller, Edward D. Anderson 540
Philadelphia Club of Printing House Craftsmen: Thomas J. Colaiezzi, Publication 541
Chestnut Street Association: Duane Long 542
Philadelphia Book Clinic: Thomas J. Colaiezzi, Publication 543
Urban Affairs Partnership and Its Predecessors: Peter H. Binzen 544
Central Philadelphia Development Corporation: Paul R. Levy, Publication 548
Greater Philadelphia International Network: Frederick Heldring 548
Philadelphia Publishers Croup: Peter F. Hewitt 549
Greater Philadelphia First: Ralph R. Widner, John P. Claypool, Mary G. Gregg 549[Delaware Valley Hospital Council, see A Center of Medicine and Health Care][CHORUS AMERICA, see THE ARTS]
BUSINESS AND VOCATIONAL SUPPORT 552
Better:Business Bureau of Eastern Pennsylvania: Kenneth Hawkins 552
Sunday Breakfast Club: Clifford R. Gillam, Jr. 553
Pennsylvania Economy League: Dianne E. Reed 555
LEADERSHIP, Inc.: Anne L. Hearn 558 ;
Opportunities Industrialization Centers: Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, Elton Jolly, Herman Art Taylor 51
Private Industry Council of Philadelphia: Robin Widing, Stephanie A. Parisano 563
Hospitality Philadelphia Style: Mary C. Carroll 563
Executive Service Corps of the Delaware Valley: David W. Clark 564[Spanish Merchants Association of Philadelphia, Fifth Street Merchants Association, see A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS][Business Leaders Organized for Catholic Schools, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH1[Liberty Bell Chapter #6, Pioneers of America/ see SOCIAL SERVICES][Philadelphia Urban Coalition, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS]
VOLUNTARY SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS Elizabeth Gray Kogen 565
PHILADELPHIA PROPERTY INSURANCE Carol Wojtowicz Smith 567
The Philadelphia Contributionship: Carol Wojtowicz Smith 569
The Mutual Assurance Company: Carol Wojtowicz Smith 570
VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES Carol Wojtowicz Smith 571
PHILADELPHIA WORKERS AND THEIR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Kenneth Fones-Wolf 573
Metropolitan District Council of Carpenters of Philadelphia and Vicinity:
Kenneth Fones-Wolf, H. A. Dooley 575
Upholsterers and Allied Industries Division: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Edward K. Serembus 576
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Philadelphia Musical Society, Local 77: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Don Diogenia 577
Clothing Division, Philadelphia Joint Board: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Bernard Dinkin 578
Local 1300, Communications Workers of America: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Robert J. Powell 580
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local 3: James Sanzare 580
District 1199C, Philadelphia Affiliate of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees:
David R. Fair 582
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, District Council 47:
Murray Sklar 583
[Carpenters' Company, see THE ARTS, ARCHITECTURAL GROUPS]
POLITICS AND REFORM 585
POLITICAL PARTIES IN PHILADELPHIA Lloyd M. Abernethy 585
Committee of Seventy: Staff 590
League of Women Voters of Philadelphia: Vanessa Abernathy 594Americans for Democratic Action: Bruce E. Caswell 595
[Union League, see PRIVATE CLUBS]
PEACE ACTIVITIES IN PHILADELPHIA Jean R. Soderlund 598
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom: Katherine M. L. Camp 601Women Strike for Peace: Ethel Taylor 603
[American Friends Service Committee, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH]
« HUMAN RIGHTS 604
Pennsylvania Abolition Society: Margaret Hope Bacon 605
Fellowship House Farm: Helen Stark Tomkins 606
Fellowship Commission: Fredric M. Miller, Maurice B. Fagan 610
American Civil Liberties Union: Spencer Coxe 614
Woodrock: Alden Lanphear 616
Philadelphia Urban Coalition: Ernest E. Jones, Publication 618
Gray Panthers: Jean G. Hopper 621
Institute for the Study of Civic Values: Edward A. Schwartz 623
NATIVE AMERICANS 625
Indian Rights Association: Sandra L. Cadwalader 625
United American Indians of Delaware Valley: Yvonne E. Bernardino, Publication 627
GAY AND LESBIAN MOVEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA Tommi Avicolli Mecca 628[HOUSING IN PHILADELPHIA and housing groups, Civic Club, see SOCIAL SERVICES][See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SOCIAL SERVICES; A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS-JUSTICE AND THE LAW; A CITY OF SCHOOLS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; THE ARTS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY- and others]
JUSTICE AND THE LAW 630
Pennsylvania Prison Society: Robert D. Abrahams, Alexine L. Atherton 630
PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION: Seymour I. Toll 632
Philadelphia House of Refuge: Grant R. Grissom 642
CONTENTS
Legal Aid Society: Fredric M. Miller 645
American Law Institute: Michael Greenwald 646
Defender Association of Philadelphia: Benjamin Lerner, Publication 647
Justinian Society of Philadelphia: Carl Primavera 650
Barristers Association of Philadelphia: A. Michael Pratt 651
Citizens Crime Commission of Delaware Valley: Ian H. Lennox 651
Community Legal Services: Louis S. Rulli, Publication 653
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia: Michael Churchill 655[Crime Prevention Association, see SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILDREN'S SERVICES][American Civil Liberties Union, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS][See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SOCIAL SERVICES; A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODSPOLITICS AND REFORM; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]
A CITY OF SCHOOLS 658
EDUCATIONAL VOLUNTARISM IN PHILADELPHIA William W. Cutler III 658
« HIGHER EDUCATION 665
University of Pennsylvania: Dilys Winegrad 665
Moore College of Art and Design: Mayo Bryce, Paula Feid 670
Spring Garden College: Daniel N. DeLucca 673
University of the Arts: Anita M. Mastroieni 676i
Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science: Philip B. Scranton 678
Temple University: Miriam I. Crawford 680
Drexel University: Miriam N. Kotzin 686
Berean Institute: Lucille P. Blondin, Publication 690
Community College of Philadelphia: Allen T. Bonnell 690[Sectarian colleges and universities, discussed in RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; EDUCATIONAL VOLUNTARISM IN PHILADELPHIA][Medical, nursing education, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE]
« PUBLIC EDUCATION 695
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILADELPHIA Harry C. Silcox 695
PUBLIC EDUCATION REFORM-IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Sandra Featherman 697
Philadelphia' Home and School Council: Sandra Featherman 699
Citizens Committee on Public Education in Philadelphia: Sandra Featherman 701
^Parents Union: Parent Advocacy and Education: Karen Bojar, Sandra Featherman 702
EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN PHILADELPHIA Ruth Bacon 705Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children: Ruth Bacon 708
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA:
Rosemary D. Mazzatenta 710[Arts in Early Education Training Institute, discussed in Settlement Music School, THE ARTS][See also RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SOCIAL SERVICES]
« PRIVATE SCHOOLS 711
William Penn Charter School: John W. Burkhart 711Germantown Academy: Ralph W. Allen 713Episcopal Academy: Rev. F. Lee Richards 716
[Sectarian schools, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH]
i try i a
[Overbrook School for the Blind, Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Elwyn, Inc., see SOCIAL SERVICES, SERVICES FOR THEHANDICAPPED][Girard College, discussed in BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CITY TRUSTS, A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY]
ALUMNI/ALUMNAE ASSOCIATIONS Editors 720
Philadelphia Branch of the American Association of University Women: Sandra Featherman 720
« ADULT LITERACY 722Center for Literacy: Richard Wells, Jo Ann Weinberger 722
[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Settlement Music School, The Curtis Institute of Music,Academy of Vocal Arts, theater and dance schools, arts education programs, see THE ARTS][See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SOCIAL SERVICES; WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD; A
CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT- THE ARTS- A CITY OF
PHILANTHROPY; and others]
A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE 725
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia: Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. 725
The Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia: Gretchen Worden 729
Philadelphia County Medical Society: Dr. Samuel X. Radbill 730
The Wistar Institute: Dr. Leonard Warren 732MEDICAL EDUCATION IN PHILADELPHIA Dr. Frederick B. Wagner, Jr. 734
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: Dr. Ara Der Marderosian, Publication 737
Thomas Jefferson University: Dr. Frederick B. Wagner, Jr. 740Hahnemann University: Phyllis Fisher, Lynne Schwartz 742Medical College of Pennsylvania: Staff 744
Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine: Lisabeth M. Holloway 749[Medical schools at Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, discussed in respective universities in A CITY OF SCHOOLS][Psychiatric and psychoanalytic training, discussed in MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS]
PHILADELPHIA: A CITY OF HOSPITALS Thomas A. Horrocks 750
Delaware Valley Hospital Council: Suzanne Etris Torres 757
Pennsylvania Hospital: Dolores Ziff 758
Episcopal Hospital: Rev. F. Lee Richards 765
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Shirley Bonnem, Publication 767
Lankenau Hospital: Lisa M. Clark 768
Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia: Lillian S. Brunner 769
Chestnut Hill Rehabilitation Hospital: G. Norma Harberger 772
The Mercy-Douglass Story: Virginia J. Smith 773
Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, Philadelphia Unit: Olga Melendez, Publication 775
Children's Rehabilitation Hospital: Dr. Frederick B. Wagner, Jr. 777[Albert Einstein Medical Center, Moss Rehabilitation Center, discussed in CHARITY IN PHILADELPHIA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY,RELIGIOUS OUTREACH][Philadelphia Overseers of the Poor, see SOCIAL SERVICES][Inglis House, see SOCIAL SERVICES, SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED][Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital, discussed in University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, ACITY OF SCHOOLS][Jefferson Hospital, discussed in Thomas Jefferson University][Saint Christopher's Hospital, discussed in PHILADELPHIA: A CITY OF HOSPITALS][Friends Hospital, The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, see MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS][Wills Eye Hospital, discussed in BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CITY TRUSTS, A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY]
« HOSPICE 779
Wissahickon Hospice: Francis Ballard 779
DENTAL HEALTH IN PHILADELPHIA Dr. Milton B. Asbell 779
xviii CONTENTS
NURSING IN PHILADELPHIA Joan E. Lynaugh 781
Visiting Nurse Society of Philadelphia: Gail E. Farr 784
Nurses' Alumni Association of the Philadelphia General Hospital: Stephanie A. Stachniewicz 78(
Alumni Association of the School of Nursing of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania:
Nadine Landis 787
Philadelphia County District One of the Pennsylvania Nurses Association:
Dorothy A. Mereness 788
MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS Dr. Michael J. Vergare 789
Friends Hospital: Dr. William P. Camp 791
The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital: Jane Friedman Century, Eve Glicksman 793[Rebecca Gratz Club, Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, see SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILDREN'S SERVICES][Marriage Council of Philadelphia, see SOCIAL SERVICES, FAMILY SERVICES][Hall-Mercer Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, discussed in Pennsylvania Hospital]
« RESEARCH AND PREVENTION 796
The American Lung Association of Philadelphia and Montgomery County:
Rhonda Kapinsky, Publication 796
American Heart Association, Southeastern Pennsylvania Affiliate: Barbara P. Henderson 798
American Cancer Society, Philadelphia Division: William B. Barlow 798[See also Wistar Institute; PHILADELPHIA: A CITY OF HOSPITALS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY][HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, House of Saint Michael and All Angels for Crippled Children, Ken-Crest Centers, seeRELIGIOUS OUTREACH; Saint Edmond's Home for Crippled Children, Variety Club, see SOCIAL SERVICES, SERVICES FOR THEHANDICAPPED]
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY soo
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN PHILADELPHIA Jane Mork Gibson 800
American Philosophical Society: Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. 802
AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA: Simon Baatz 804
The /Academy of Natural Sciences: Diane M. Schmidt, Carol M. Spawn 806
Franklin Institute: Jane Mork Gibson, Charles F. Penniman, Jr. 809
Wagner Free Institute of Science: Susan Glassman, Eugene A. Bolt, Jr. 816
America's First Zoo: Jeanne Laura Segal Gaughan 819
Engineers' Club of Philadelphia: Adolph O. Schaefer 822
ASTM: Adolph O. Schaefer 824
Society for Industrial Archeology, Oliver Evans Chapter: Jane Mork Gibson 825[Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture^ discussed in AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA][See also A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY]
NATURAL EJNVIRONMENT 827
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Joanne R. Denworth 827
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education: Richard L. James 832
Project TREND: Polly Miller 833
HORTICULTURE IN PHILADELPHIA Elizabeth P. McLean 833
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: Ernesta Drinker Ballard 838
CONTENTS xix
John Bartram Association: D. Roger Mower, Jr. 840
Morris Arboretum: Elizabeth C. Walker 841
Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America: Cecily G. Clark 843
Awbury Arboretum Association: Spencer Coxe 846[Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania, discussed in HORTICULTURE IN PHILADELPHIA]
« PARKS 847
Fairmount Park: Esther M. Klein [see also Fairmount Park Commission] 847
Fairmount Park Commission: Richard R. Nicolai, John Mcllhenny 848
City Parks Association: Fredric M. Miller, William H. Will 851[The Academy of Natural Sciences, see SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY][HISTORIC HOUSES IN FAIRMOUNT PARK, FAIRMOUNT PARK COUNCIL FOR HISTORIC SITES, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST1[Fairmount Park Art Association, see THE ARTS][See also A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS; A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]
A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST 854
PRESERVING PHYSICAL MATERIALS OF HISTORY , Margaret B. Tinkcom 854
Committee of 1926 of Pennsylvania: Lois E. Masterson 859
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks: Staff, Publication 860
Independence Hall Association: Mark H. Biddle, Doreen Murphy 861
Friends of Independence National Historical Park: Elizabeth S. Browne 862
Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild: Vivian Tohanczyn 863
Philadelphia Chapter of the Victorian Society in America: Doreen Foust 864
Philadelphia Historic Preservation Corporation: Jean M. Farnsworth 866[John Bartram Association and other horticultural and park groups with historic sites, see NATURAL ENVIRONMENT][Society for Industrial Archeology, see SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY]
HISTORIC GERMANTOWN PRESERVED Betty Shellenberger 868
HISTORIC HOUSES IN FAIRMOUNT PARK Robert Montgomery Scott, Anne d'Harnoncourt 870
FAIRMOUNT PARK COUNCIL FOR HISTORIC SITES John W. Haigis, Catherine M. Rezny 871
CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA J. Joseph Edgette 872
Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery: John Francis Marion 874
« HISTORICAL SOCIETIES 875Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Staff, Publication 875
Presbyterian Historical Society: William B. Miller 879
American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia: Raymond H. Schmandt 879
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Jane Adams Clarke 881
Historical Society of Frankford: Staff, Publication 882
Germantown Historical Society: Staff, Publication 882
Lutheran Historical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania: Rev. Walter R. Harrison 886
Scottish Historic and Research Society of the Delaware Valley: Frederick Stuart Gill,
Betty Maconaghy Kienzle 887
Chestnut Hill Historical Society: Shirley Hanson 888
CONTENTS
The Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania:Seymour I. Toll 889
[University City Historical Society, discussed in A WALK THROUGH WEST PHILADELPHIA, A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS]
« LEARNED SOCIETIES AND LIBRARIES 890
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia: George Vaux 890
Oriental Club of Philadelphia: Roger Allen 892
Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia Society: Phoebe A. Sheftel 893
Map Society of the Delaware Valley: Lawson Cantrell 894
LIBRARIES OF PHILADELPHIA Howell J. Heaney 894
The Library Company of Philadelphia: Edwin Wolf 2nd 898
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia: Roger W. Moss 901
Friends Free Library of Germantown: Ann Newlin Thompson 903
Free Library of Philadelphia: Keith Doms 904
Rosenbach Museum and Library: Michele F. Voge, Publication 907
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies: R. Joseph Anderson 908
Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries: Marie E. Korey 910[American Philosophical Society, see SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY][Civil War Library and Museum, see A CITY OF MUSEUMS][See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SOCIAL SERVICES, SERVICES FOR THEHANDICAPPED; JUSTICE AND THE LAW, PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION; HISTORICAL SOCIETIES; A CITY OF MUSEUMS; ACITY OF SCHOOLS; A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; THE ARTS; SPORTS, CRICKETAND CRICKET CLUBS; PRIVATE CLUBS, Union League; HEREDITARY SOCIETIES; ARCHIVES IN PHILADELPHIA; and other groups]
« A CITY OF MUSEUMS 911
A LOOK BACK AT PHILADELPHIA'S MUSEUMS Marlene Robinson 911
Museum Council of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley: Doris Fanelli 918
Museum of the American Philosophical Society: Murphy D. Smith 919
Civil War Library and Museum: Constance E. Williams 921
The University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania: Mary Virginia Harris 921
American Swedish Historical Foundation and Museum: Katarina Cerny, Publication 924
Atwater Kent Museum: Carroll Anne Sheppard 925
Philadelphia Maritime Museum: Staff, Publication 929
Fireman's Hall: Carol Wojtowicz Smith 931
Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum: Nannette Clark 932
National Museum of American Jewish History: Beryl Rosenstock 933
Please Touch Museum: Martha F. Zazyczny, Capucine Jackson-Grimes 934
Goldie Paley Design Center: Frank Koe 935[Mutter Museum, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE][The Academy of Natural Sciences, Franklin Institute, see SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY][Rosenbach Museum and Library, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, and others, see LEARNED SOCIETIES AND LIBRARIES][Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Carpenters' Company, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, RodinMuseum, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Woodmere Art Museum, see THE ARTS][See also HISTORICAL SOCIETIES; PRIVATE CLUBS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]
THE ARTS 936
« MULTI-ARTS GROUPS 936
Philadelphia Art Alliance: Board, Staff 936
CONTENTS xxi
Philadelphia All Star-Forum: Moe Septee 938
Painted Bride: Gerard Givnish 939
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance: Cathryn Coate 940
Philadelphia Area Cultural Consortium: Cynthia J. Little 941[Taller Puertorriqueiio, see A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS]
ARCHITECTURE IN PHILADELPHIA Victoria Donohoe 942
Carpenters' Company of the City and,County of Philadelphia: Deborah J. Dorshimer 952
Philadelphia Chapter, American Institute of Architects: John F. Larkin 956
Society of Architectural Historians: David A. Bahlman, Publication 957
Foundation for Architecture: Ellen Freedman 958
ART ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Victoria Donohoe 960
ART INSTITUTIONS 968
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Cheryl Leibold 968
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Robert Montgomery Scott, Anne d'Harnoncourt 970
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial: Thora E. Jacobson 975
Rodin Museum: Joseph Rishel 975
Woodmere Art Museum: Michael Schantz, Sedra Schiffman, Louise Hartman, Publication 976
Institute of Contemporary Art: Alice O. Beamsderfer, Patrick Murphy 977[See also A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST, A CITY OF MUSEUMS]
ART CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 978
The Philadelphia Sketch Club: Morris Goldsmith, Publication 978
Fairmount Park Art Association: Penny Balkin Bach 981
The Plastic Club: Barbara E. Mcllvain 983
The Print Club: Berthevon Moschzisker 985
The Fabric Workshop: Nancy Miller 987
Text/7e Arts Society of Philadelphia: Anne Sims 988
ART ESSAYS 989
PAINTING: Victoria Donohoe 989
SCULPTURE: Victoria Donohoe 993
CRAFTS: Victoria Donohoe 994
PRINTMAKING: Victoria Donohoe 998
ART COLLECTORS: Victoria Donohoe 1002
GALLERY ALTERNATIVES: Victoria Donohoe 1003
INTERIOR DESIGN AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS: Victoria Donohoe 1006
ARTS, SCIENCE, GRAPHICS, AND INDUSTRY: Victoria Donohoe 1008
BLACK AND MINORITY ARTISTS: Victoria Donohoe 1010
WOMEN IN ART: Victoria Donohoe 1013
YOUTH IN ART: Victoria Donohoe 1016
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS: Victoria Donohoe 1019
ASSISTING ARTISTS: Victoria Donohoe 1023
ART FESTIVALS: Victoria Donohoe 1028
ARTISTS AND CURRENT ISSUES: Victoria Donohoe 1029
CONTENTS
PHOTOGRAPHY IN PHILADELPHIA Victoria Donohoe, Jesse Spritzler, Publication 1032
Photographic Society of Philadelphia: Eleanor A. Price, Publication 1038
Miniature Camera Club of Philadelphia: Jesse Spritzler, Publication 1039
« FILM 1042
Exceptional Films Society and Middle Atlantic Film Board: Frederick Goldman 1042
Philadelphia Institute of Cinema and the Walnut Street Theatre Film/Video Center:
Ruth Perlmutter 1044
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival: Ruth Perlmutter 1044
MUSIC IN PHILADELPHIA Orlando Cole 1045
Musical Fund Society: Richard Thomson 1050
The Orpheus Club of Philadelphia: Frank R. Wallace 1051
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia: Jean Dowdall 1052
The Philadelphia Orchestra: Joanne Barry, Publication 1053
Volunteer Committees for the Philadelphia Orchestra: Ada-Belle Gottlieb, Mary Dupre 1057
The Savoy Company: Daniel S. Knight 1059
Settlement Music School: John V. Alviti, Robert Capanna, James McClelland,
Kristine Schwenzer 1062
The Curtis Institute of Music: Staff 1064
Academy of Vocal Arts: Mareen Bixler 1065
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra: Helen T. Carp, Publication 1067
Singing City Choir: Graeme Cowen, Publication 1069
Philadelphia Chamber Chorus: Spencer Coxe 1069
Young Audiences of Eastern Pennsylvania: Irene G. Wolf 1069
Philadelphia Folksong Society/Philadelphia Folk Festival: Lisette Bralow 1070
Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia: Bill Woods, Cathy Welborn 1072
Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale: Robert G. Hamilton, Marilyn P. George 1072
The Philadelphia Singers: Kenneth Landis 1074
Opera Company of Philadelphia: Elena N. Park, Publication 1075
The Pennsylvania Opera Theater: Barbara Silverstein 1077
Bach Festival of Philadelphia: Janice Fiore 1077
Relache: Michael M. Fay 1078
CHORUS AMERICA: Wilson Jeffreys, Publication 1079American Music Theater Festival: Emily Winston, Publication 1079
[Pennsylvania Pro Musica, Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, discussed in CHORUS AMERICA]
LITERARY WITH LEARNING George R. Allen 1080
Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute: Raymond H. Schmandt 1083
Science and Art Club of Germantown: Albert E. Wolf 1085
Pen & Pencil Club: Stuart D. Bykofsky 1086
Philobiblon Club of Philadelphia: George R. Allen 1087
West Philadelphia Shakespeare Club II: Janet Lockhart 1088
The Franklin Inn Club: Seymour I. Toll 1089
Dickens Fellowship: Earl M. McWilliams 1091
Professional Writers' Club of Philadelphia: Robert Hesselbarth 1092
CONTENTS xxiii
Bookfriends' Association: Robert T. Lentz 1093
Philadelphia Science Fiction Society: Milton Rothman 1093
The Sons of the Copper Beeches: John B. Koelle 1093
Philadelphia Writers' Conference: William Delamar, Doris Patterson, Gloria Delamar,
Sheila Martin 1094
Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table: Harriet May Savitz, Carolyn W. Field 1095
American Poetry Center: Margaret C. Barringer 1096[Philomathean Literary Society, discussed in A WALK THROUGH WEST PHILADELPHIA, A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS][Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia, discussed in LITERARY WITH LEARNING]
« C O M M U N I C A T I O N S 1097
WHYY: Nessa Forman, Publication 1097[Annenberg Center for Communications, Arts, and Sciences, discussed in University of Pennsylvania, A CITY OF SCHOOLS]
THEATER IN PHILADELPHIA Geraldine Duclow, Frank C. P. McGlinn 1098
Walnut Street Theatre: Geraldine Duclow, Esther M. Klein 1101
Charlotte Cushman Club: Jean Rapp 1102
Plays and Players: Donald Cameron 1103
Philadelphia Drama Guild: Jacqueline Kozloski 1104
Society Hill Playhouse: Deen Kogan 1106
Theatre of the Living Arts: Frederick Goldman 1107
Freedom Theatre: Kala Lynn Moses, Publication 1108
W(7ma Theater: Elisabeth Beaird, Janet E. Finegar, Publication 1109
[Mask and Wig, discussed in University of Pennsylvania, A CITY OF SCHOOLS; THEATER IN PHILADELPHIA]
DANCE IN PHILADELPHIA Stella Moore 1111
Philadelphia Civic Ballet: Alicia Dakerian Craig 1116
Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco): Joan Myers Brown, Publication 1118
Philadelphia Dance Alliance: Pearl Schaeffer 1119
ZeroMoving: Hellmut Gottschild, Karen Bamonte 1120[Pennsylvania Ballet Company, discussed in DANCE IN PHILADELPHIA]
« FOLKLORE 1120
Philadelphia Folklore Project. Debora Kodish 1120[See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS; A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST; FESTIVALS; ACITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]
FESTIVALS 1122
FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA David Glassberg 1122
New Year's Shooters and Mummers Parade: Jack A. Cohen 1126
5a/nt Patrick's Day Observance Association: Dennis Clark 1128
Columbus Day Parade: Lorraine Fitzgerald 1130
5teuben Day Observance Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Erich Uhlenbrock 1130
Puerto Rican Week Festival: Gail E. Farr 1131[Pulaski Day Parade, discussed in PHILADELPHIA'S POLONIA; Odunde, discussed in FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS INPHILADELPHIA][Philadelphia Folk Fair, discussed in Nationalities Service Center, SOCIAL SERVICES]
xxiv CONTENTS
[ART FESTIVALS, see THE ARTS, ART ESSAYS][Philadelphia Folk Festival/Philadelphia Folksong Society, Bach Festival of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, see THE ARTS]
FOOD 1132
PHILADELPHIA'S CULINARY PAST Mary Anne Hines 1132
HOBBY GROUPS me
SPORTS 1138
PHILADELPHIA'S SPORTING AND ATHLETIC CLUBS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURYJ. Thomas Jable 1138
Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society: Mary G. Mycek, Publication 1141
THE SCHUYLKILL NAVY: Jefferson M. Moak 1142
BOAT HOUSE ROW: Jefferson M. Moak 1146
CRICKET AND CRICKET CLUBS IN PHILADELPHIA: Merrill H. J. Roth, Murray C. Haines 1150
SPORTS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHILADELPHIA Frank Dolson 1152
Philadelphia Tennis Association: Barbara Copper 1154
Philadelphia Tennis Patrons Association: Wendy Tank-Nielsen 1156[Racquet Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, see PRIVATE CLUBS]
PRIVATE CLUBS ii58
UPPER-CLASS CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA E. Digby Baltzell 1158
« CLUBS 1162
Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill: Nicholas B. Wainwright 1162
The Assemblies: William Hollenback 1163
Wistar Association: Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. 1164
Philadelphia Club: F. Markoe Rivinus 1166
Union League of Philadelphia: Maxwell Whiteman 1168
The Rabbit: Lewis Van Dusen III, Publication 1171
Penn Club: Cortlandt van Dyke Hubbard 1172
The Junior Legal Club: Seymour I. Toll, Publication 1175
Racquet Club of Philadelphia: William J. Clothier, 2nd, Publication 1177
Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia: J. Albury Fleitas 1181
Informal Club of Germantown: Albert E. Wolf 1184
Locust Club of Philadelphia: Suzanne Root 1184
Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia: Mary Virginia Harris 1185
Friday the Thirteenth Club: Arthur Klein 1187
Interlocutors: Harry G. Toland 1187[Rittenhouse Club, Acorn Club, Clover Club, discussed in UPPER-CLASS CLUBS][See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN GROUPS, PRIVATE CLUBS]
CONTENTS
MILITARY SERVICE ii89
VOLUNTEER MILITIA AND NATIONAL GUARD OF PHILADELPHIA Frank C. Steckel 1189
First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry: Henry D. Lavino 1194
VETERANS GROUPS Editors 1197
HEREDITARY SOCIETIES 1199
HEREDITARY SOCIETIES IN PHILADELPHIA Clifford Lewis 3rd 1199
The State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania: Clifford Lewis 3rd 1199
Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Forrest R. Schaeffer,
Publication 1201
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: William A. Hamann III, Publication 1202
Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution: Martin P. Snyder 1204
Daughters of the American Revolution, South Eastern District: Audrey V. Johnson 1208
Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: John A. Baird, Jr. 1209
Colonial Dames of America, Chapter II: Mrs. Schuyler V. R. Cammann 1210
The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania: John A. Baird, Jr. 1211
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
Rev. E. Bradford Davis 1212
Pennsylvania Society of New England Women: Lois Masterson 1214
Philadelphia-Continental Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution:
Harold L. Wood, Publication 1215
Welcome Society of Pennsylvania: Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 1217
A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY 1219
« SERVICE PROVIDERS-GRANTMAKERS 1219
Ludwick Institute: George Vaux 1219
Richard Humphreys Fund: Charlotte A. Tinker 1222
Union Benevolent Association: Dr. G. Malcolm Laws, Jr., Joanne R. Denworth, Publication 1224
The Adam and Maria Sarah Seybert Institution: Judith L. Bardes 1225[Female Society for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, and others, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH][Female Association for the Relief 6t Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, White-Williams Foundation, Emergency Aid ofPennsylvania, and others, see SOCIAL SERVICES]
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CITY TRUSTS Ruth J. Armour 1228
« COOPERATIVE F U N D I N G 1233
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: Edwin Wolf 2nd and Others 1233
THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: Eileen R. Heisman, Publication 1241
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Lucy M. Sayre 1243
WOMEN'S WAY: Cynthia J. Little 1247
BREAD AND ROSES COMMUNITY FUND: Ann Doley, Judy Claude, Publication 1251
CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE FUNDING: Nan Langen Steketee 1254
BLACK UNITED FUND OF PENNSYLVANIA: Linda Waters Richardson 1255
CONTENTS
FAMILY FOUNDATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Judith L. Bardes 1256
« INDEPENDENT F O U N D A T I O N S 1258
5amue/ 5. Fels Fund: Dennis Clark 1258
William Penn Foundation: Richard K. Bennett, Publication 1261
The Pew Charitable Trusts: Staff, Publication 1262
« ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS 1268
Delaware Valley Grantmakers: Alexandra Wolf Fogel 1268
ARCHIVES IN PHILADELPHIA 1269
DOCUMENTING PHILADELPHIA: ARCHIVAL AND MANUSCRIPT REPOSITORIES IN THE AREADavid M. Weinberg 1269
Bibliographical Note 1275
Acknowledgments 1277
Indexes 1281
ORGANIZATION AND INSTITUTION INDEX 1283
NAME INDEX 1 3 1 1
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