Sources for the Pennsylvania Living History Museum

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Nonfiction Books including Biographies

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Reference

Biographical Dictionaries and Sets: REF 920

1. Biographical Dictionary of African Americans by Rachel Kranz

2. Biographical Dictionary of Black Americans by Rachel Kranz

3. Continuum Dictionary of Women’s Biography by Jennifer Uglow, ed.

4. Dictionary of American Negro Biography by Rayford W. Logan and Michael R. Winston, ed.

5. Grolier Library of Women’s Biographies

6. Lives of Famous Pennsylvanians by William J. Switala

7. Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary

8. People Who Made America

Encyclopedias: World Book

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ONLINE SOURCES

Library computers have links to POWER Library and World Book Online on them.

POWER Library Databases

• SIRS Discoverer

• MiddleSearch Main Edition

• Contemporary Authors

• AP Multimedia Archive (photographs)

World Book Online

www.worldbookonline.com If you need to access this source outside of the Library, please see your handout for the username and password.

Other Sites on the Web (Careful! Some of these sites contain advertisement links.)

1. Pennsylvania Center for the Book Literary and Cultural Heritage Map

2. Things to Do--Pennsylvania

3. SouthPark High School Pennsylvania History wiki page

4. Mifflin County School District Famous Pennsylvanians Research Page

5. Netstate People of Pennsylvania

6. Scott Foresman FactMonster -- Look for more information on your person here.

7. Central Bucks--Pennsylvania People

8. Picturing America (PBS videos about the artwork of Audubon and Cassatt)

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Specific Individuals

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1. Aliquippa (Queen): historical marker page, Heinz History Center photo page, Beaver County History article

2. Ambler, Mary: biography by Ambler Main Street

3. Bartram, John: Bartram's Garden bio page, Department of Environmental Protection bio page

4. Beaux, Cecilia: Pa. Academy of Fine Arts bio page, ArtCyclopedia entry (scroll down for biographical and artwork links)

5. Berenstain, Stan and Jan: Berenstain Bears bio page, tribute to Jan Berenstain,

6. Brown, Marc: PBS biography, KidsReads biography, Scholastic interview

7. De Angeli, Marguerite: Lapeer District Library biography, watercolor. Also use POWER Library's Contemporary Authors database.
8. Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Check out the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum and the Eisenhower Foundation

9. Horne, Marilyn: biography--also click on photos (Soprano Central), her profile as a member of the USC Thornton School of Music Board of Councilors, NY Times article on her foundation, another NYT article about her teaching, illness; and her 80th birthday celebration

10. Keichline, Anna (Wagner):Bellefonte Local History page, Bellefonte Art Museum page, MIT Inventor of the Week page, Association of Women Industrial Designers (click through links to follow her career), National Women's History Museum,

11. Kirkland, Gelsey: Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet, Biography page,

12. Kwolek, Stephanie: her Inventing Modern America bio page, Chemical Heritage Foundation intro page and bio page

13. LaBelle, Patti: Explore her personal website, History of Women in Soul workshop. Also, use POWER Library's MiddleSearch to find articles and photos.

14. McConnell-Serio,Suzie: her Women's Basketball Hall of Fame page, her page with the Duquesne University Dukes, PennLive profile

15. Mercer, Henry: Mercer Museum's About page (read all the way down the page for his biography)

16. Pinchot Family: Grey Towers landmark, National Historical Site page

17. Prinz, Armegott: Philadelphia Inquirer article, Tinicum Island information page, Colonial Swedes site, History of Delaware County site

18. Rittenhouse, David: Penn University Archives

19. Ridge, Thomas: Ridge Global profile, Tom Ridge Environmental Center website

20. Rogers, Fred: The Fred Rogers Company website, PBS Kids page

21. Scullion, Sister Mary --Project H.O.M.E. Read the About page and the Co-founders page. Also, browse around this website and read to learn about Project H.O.M.E.Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Foundation: Read the Board Members page and the specific page about Sister Mary Scullion. You also should browse around this website and read to learn about Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Foundation.

22. Woolworth, Frank -- Woolworth Biography, Woolworth Building,