New in the Library

Come here for frequent updates on new finding aids, books, and other recent additions to our collections.

A Few More New Books Just Cataloged
11/15/12
Author: Cary Hutto

Adding to HSP's general history resources are the following publications.  HSP's collections of books and manuscripts are fully searchable in Discover, our online catalog.

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New Titles for Genealogists Now Available
11/8/12
Author: Cary Hutto

Our genealogy-related publications contine to grow in number, and here are just a few of our latest additions.  All these items and more can be found in our online catalog Discover.

If you have any questions or would like to suggest possible acqusitions, please contact HSP's library director Lee Arnold.

Topics: Genealogy
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New 16 Volume Set in Reference
9/20/12
Author: Jackie Taddonio

Emigration from the United Kingdom to America : lists of passengers arriving at U.S. ports / edited by Ira A. Glazier.

REF E 184 .B7 E45 2006

Topics: Genealogy
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Cocktail Themed Books for Upcoming Young Friends Event
9/19/12
Author: Jackie Taddonio

Our upcoming Young Friends event, A Shaken and Stirred Evening: How the American Cocktail Went Global, will feature cocktail expert and author, Joseph Carlin, along with this selection of cocktail related books from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania library.

2500 Cocktails The Definitive Guide to the Classic Recipes / [by] Paul Martin.

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New Biographies, Guides, and Family Histories for Genealogists
8/3/12
Author: Jackie Taddonio

Many of our new books are sent to the bindery before they are available to researchers.  Please click to view the current status of each item.

Acadian-Cajun genealogy : tracing your ancestry back to Acadia & the Old World / by Timothy Hebert.

USouth F 380 .A2 H43 1993

Connecticut town meeting records during the American Revolution / Jolene Roberts Mullen.

Topics: Genealogy
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New Materials Added to the Library's Balch Ethnic Studies Collection
8/3/12
Author: Jackie Taddonio

Acadian-Cajun atlas / Timothy Hebert.

USouth G 1126 .S1 H43 2003

Black families in Hampden County, Massachusetts, 1650-1865 / Joseph Carvalho III.

UMA F 72 .H2 C37 2011

 Encyclopedia of American Indian costume / Josephine Paterek.

Topics: Ethnic history, Genealogy, Immigration
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New in Reference
7/12/12
Author: Jackie Taddonio

A dictionary of heraldry and related subjects / by A.G. Puttock.

REF CR 13 .P88 1970

Names of foreigners who took the oath of allegiance to the province and state of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the foreign arrivals, 1786-1808. Edited by William Henry Egle, M.D.

REF F 148 .E34 1892 2012r

Topics: Genealogy
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New in Genealogy
6/14/12
Author: Jackie Taddonio

Our genealogical collections are able to grow through a combination of generous donations and library acquisitions.  Please contact Lee Arnold if you have a donation or to suggest acquisitions.

All roads lead to Sunbury : ancestors of John Oakley Mertz / C. Oakley Mertz.

Fa 929.2 M3888m 2010 

Topics: Genealogy
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New Family History Titles Added to Library Collection
5/10/12
Author: Jackie Taddonio

The Kniatt family :  an account of the lives and times of Maryanna Gronikowska and Joseph Kniatt 1866-1958 /  Carol Marie Ashton.

Fa 929.2 K691a 2011

DISK Fa 929.2 K691a 2011

The Mayburys :  Mayberry, Maberry, Mabery, Mabrey, Mabray, Mabry / Donald E. Collins.

Topics: Genealogy
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New in Reference
4/27/12
Author: Jackie Taddonio

 

The library recently acquired two new reference books on the topic of identifying, describing, and preserving historic photographs:

Looking at photographs : a guide to technical terms / Gordon Baldwin and Martin Jürgens.

REF TR 9 .B35 2009 

Topics: Arts and Culture
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