Philadelphia City Directories

 

The following bibliography notes the years and locations of various Directories and supporting reference works. For additional listings of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Directories as well as those for cities such as Camden, Baltimore, and Boston, search the online catalog under the heading "City Directories."
 

Philadelphia City Directories

The following Philadelphia City Directories are available for reference purposes in the CDIR section of the Pennsylvania Room, but are not available for photocopying. All copies of City Directory entries must be made from the microform versions, which are available in the Albert M. Greenfield Microfilm & Media Center.

CDIR: 1785, 1791, 1795, 1799, 1800, 1825, 1830, 1833, 1835, 1839, 1840, 1844, 1845, 1847, 1848, 1850, 1857, 1858, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1883, 1885, 1890, 1895, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1945.
 

For Photocopy:

Assorted Philadelphia City Directories: 1785-1861
(XMF Wa .01; drawer 343)

Assorted Philadelphia City Directories: 1861-1935
(XR 816; drawers 158-159)

Philadelphia Colored Directory: 1908, 1910, 1914
(Wa .028V)

Dalton's Philadelphia Metropolitan Directory: Business/Industry - Philadelphia/Suburbs.
(UPA/Ph HF 3163 .P5 D28)

Directory of the Charitable Social Improvement, Educational and Religious Associations and Churches of Philadelphia.
(UPA/Ph HV 99 .P5 C6 1903)

 

Philadelphia Telephone Directories

1936-1975
(XR 119:1-74l; drawers 138-139)

1987-1989
(XMF Wa .022; drawer 343)

 

General Sources

Hoagland, Robert Elwood. "Research Tips: Using Philadelphia City Directories," Penn In Hand: vol. 6, no. 4 (Summer 1988).
(UPA F 148 .G3)

 

Philadelphia City Landscape

Alotta, Robert. Mermaids, Monasteries, Cherokees and Custer: The Stories Behind Philadelphia Street Names.
(REF F 158.67 .A1 A45)

Change in Names of Streets in the City of Philadelphia, 1897-1930.
(REF F 158.67 .A1 C43)

Campbell, William Bucke. Old Towns and Districts of Philadelphia.
(UPA/Ph F 158.1 .C58, vol. 4 no. 5)

Daly, John. Genealogy of Philadelphia County Subdivisions.
(REF G 1264 .P5 D3)

Taylor, Laura A. "An Introduction to Germantown Street Names." Parts 1 & 2. Germantown Crier: Vol. 26, no. 4 (Fall 1974): 113-20; and Vol. 27, no. 1 (Winter 1975): 19-27.
(UPA/Ph F 159 .G3 T3 1975)

Wainright, Nicholas B. "Plan of Philadelphia." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 80, no. 2 (April 1956): 164-226.
UPA F 146 .P65)

 

Philadelphia Industry

Edwards, Richard. The Industries of Philadelphia. Philadelphia:
(UPA/Ph HC 108 .P5 E9 1881)

Freedley, Edwin T. Philadelphia and Its Manufacturers: A Handbook.
(REF HC 108 .P5 F8 1867)

Pennsylvania Historical Review. City of Philadelphia Leading Merchants and Manufacturers.
(UPA/Ph F 158.5 P39 1886 FOLIO)

Philadelphia Classified Business Directory: 1949-1950.
(UPA/Ph HF 5068 .P5 P48)

Ritter, Abraham. Philadelphia and Her Merchants.
(UPA/Ph F 158.44 .R6 1860)

 

Philadelphia Society

Philadelphia Blue Book: 1881-1900.
(UPA/Ph F 158.25 .B789)

Simpson, Henry. The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians.
(UPA/Ph F 158.25 .S61)

Social Register: Philadelphia,1891-1975.
(UPA/Ph F 158.22 .A182)

Who's Who In Philadelphia (1920/1926).
(UPA/Ph F 158.25 .W62)

 

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