Finding Aid -- History Branch Records

 

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History

Independence National Historical Park (INDE) was authorized by Public Law 80-795 on June 28, 1948, and was formally established on July 4, 1956, "preserving for the benefit of the American people as a national historical park certain historical structures and properties of outstanding and national significance…associated with the American Revolution and the founding and growth of the United States." Located in the Society Hill, Old City, and Germantown neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, INDE encompasses not only such famous sites and artifacts as Independence Hall, Congress Hall, and the Liberty Bell, but over twenty other structures, gardens, squares, and cemeteries.

The administrative unit known as the History Branch currently operates as one of three branches within the Cultural Resources Management (CRM) Division. The History Branch researches the historical concepts and events that correspond with the park's institutional mission. Originally, the branch existed as part of the Office of History and Interpretation; Edward M. Riley served as the first Chief Historian beginning in 1949. During the 1950s, staff historians focused much of their efforts on identifying the succession of owners, chains of title, and property boundaries for more than 100 properties in Philadelphia. Their research facilitated the park's primary priority at the time: land acquisition. Historians also conducted research on the renovation, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of these properties and produced a number of historic structure reports and furnishing plans. Edward Riley was succeeded by Murray H. Nelligan in 1954; subsequent Chief Historians from 1955-1982 were Dennis C. Kurjack, John Platt, and Martin I. Yoelson.

In 1960 INDE, recognizing a need to improve the quality of its interpretive services for visitors, reorganized its interpretation division into two branches: the Branch of Research and the Branch of Visitor Services. Staff historians expanded their research efforts and incorporated broader concepts and historical background into the park's history program. The division underwent additional restructuring in the years preceding the 1976 Bicentennial of the American Revolution. In 1979, INDE created the Office of History to separate the historians into their own administrative unit that was separate from the Interpretation and Visitor Services Division. David C.G. Dutcher assumed the position of Chief Historian from Martin Yoelson in 1982. The Office of History remained an independent unit until 1993, at which point it became a branch of the newly created CRM Division. Diann Jacox served as Chief Historian from 1993-1999; James "Jim" Mueller served as Chief Historian from 1999-2009; Jed Levin assumed the position of Chief Historian in 2010.

As of 2014, the History Branch includes a historical research program and part of the preservation program which monitors the assessment of actions impacting the park's cultural resources. In addition to the research done by the Chief Historian and staff research historians, public historical research at INDE is also performed by contractors, volunteers, and student interns.
 

Scope and Content

Independence National Historical Park History Branch Records
1921-2015

Catalog Number: INDE 104159

Volume: 29.5 LF

Description:
The History Branch Records consists of records generated by this branch throughout its existence as an administrative unit of the Independence National Historical Park (INDE).

The bulk of the collection comprises the working files of seven research historians employed by INDE. Three of these historians—David C.G. Dutcher, Diann Jacox, and Jim Mueller—were appointed Chief Historian during their tenures at the park. These working files document various research, writing, exhibit, event, review, lecture, and administrative projects that these historians carried out. Their work on these projects demonstrates the park's investment in and promotion of notable historical subjects and themes from the Revolutionary Era and the Early Federal Period of the United States.

Research on titles for dozens of properties within the established boundaries of the park reflects the historians' early focus on facilitating the acquisition of lands outlined in the park's enabling legislation. National Historic Places/Landmarks nomination forms provide background information on several historic sites in and around Philadelphia. Intern reports cover topics of limited scale using various sources from the park's Library and Archives collections. Oral history transcripts of interviews with former INDE staff document INDE's origins as a National Park.

Researchers should note that this collection is not comprehensive and does not contain the records of all the research historians who served at INDE. Also, this collection does not reflect all of the projects and publications that these historians worked on during their tenures at the park. Records predating the park's establishment in 1956 are generally research materials.

Organization:
Organized into six series:
Series I: Chain of Titles
Series II: Records of National Historic Areas
Series III: NPS Historians' Working Files
Series IV: Intern Reports
Series V: Oral History Projects
Series VI: Reference Files
Series VII: Miscellaneous

Restrictions: No

Associated Materials:
Bicentennial of the United States Constitution Research
Project Working Files Independence National Historical Park Archives
Constance M. Greiff Administrative History Project Working Files
Independence National Historical Park Archives Cultural Resource Management Records
Independence National Historical Park Archives Historic Resource Studies Collection
Independence National Historical Park Archives Interpretation and Visitor Services Records
Independence National Historical Park Archives
 

Hierarchy

Series I: Chain Of Titles, 1940-1966
Series II: Records Of National Historic Areas, 1921-2010
Series III: NPS Historians' Working Files, 1930-2015

Subseries A: David C.G. Dutcher Files, 1970-1994
Subseries B: Diann Jacox Files, 1986-1999
Subseries C: David Kimball Files, 1984-2015
Subseries D: Dennis C. Kurjack Files, 1950-1976
Subseries E: Jim Mueller Files, 1956-2008
Subseries F: John Platt Files, 1930-1983
Subseries G: Anna Coxe Toogood Files, 1962-2008

Series IV: Intern Reports, 1989-2009
Series V: Oral History Projects, 1956-1999
Series VI: Reference Files, circa 1960-2009

 

Series Description

Series I: Chain Of Titles, 1940-1966
Arranged alphabetically by street address, with numeric street names filed after alphabetical street names. Series I consists of index cards with information copied from deed books, will books, patents, court files, letters, and other sources concerning the transfer of property titles from one owner to the next. A majority of this research was compiled during the 1950s. The documented properties are all located within the established boundaries of the park and include several historically significant landscapes and buildings associated with the American Revolution and the founding and growth of the United States. The information written or typed on the index cards may date as far back as the 1680s and include property owners' names, property and lot descriptions, title transfer dates, circumstances of the title transfer, and hand drawn maps. Some property records also contain indexes of the title transfer dates that are covered on the cards.

Series II: Records Of National Historic Areas, 1921-2010
Arranged alphabetically by area name, and thereunder alphabetically by subject, function, or type of document. Files on historic sites in and around Philadelphia, several of which—the Deshler Morris and Bringhurst Houses, Free Quaker Meeting House, Merchants' Exchange Building, Old St. Joseph’s Church, and Underground Railroad—fall within INDE's interpretive focus, are located here. Most files contain nomination forms for a site's entry into either the National Register of Historic Places or the National Historic Landmarks Program. Additional material types include eligibility reports, letters, emails, slides, site plans, research articles/chapters, brochures, and press releases. There are multiple file folders documenting additional research and projects related to Fort Mifflin and Society Hill.

Series III: NPS Historians' Working Files, 1930-2015
Organized into seven subseries: Subseries A: David C.G. Dutcher Files, Subseries B: Diann Jacox Files, Subseries C: David Kimball Files, Subseries D: Dennis C. Kurjack Files, Subseries E: Jim Mueller Files, Subseries F: John Platt Files, and Subseries G: Anna Coxe Toogood Files. This series contains the working files compiled by seven of INDE's research historians while writing reports and publications, supervising contractors and interns, and planning various projects, exhibits, and anniversary events. These working files include photocopied research material, manuscript drafts, rough notes, illustrations, project correspondence, brochures, clippings, and oversize maps and drawings. The series also includes a limited number of administrative materials such as emails, status reports, meeting minutes, budget overviews, and memoranda on policies and procedures. Not every project worked on by these historians is represented in the records.

Subseries A: David C.G. Dutcher Files, 1970-1994
Arranged alphabetically by subject. A large portion of this subseries contains project files David C.G. Dutcher kept as a member of the research team for the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. These files cover the Daybook project, which was a day-by-day account of the year 1787, and other projects associated with the bicentennial. Material types include letters, memoranda, project proposals, briefing papers, drafts, newspaper clippings, radio scripts, meeting minutes, exhibit outlines, program drafts, schedules, and photocopied research materials. Dutcher's files also consist of the manuscript and working files for his compilation of the men who were part of the Federal Government from 1789-1800, research papers written by individuals from other institutions, biographical information on Benjamin Franklin, exhibit planning material, administrative memos, historic resource study research, and various research notes and photocopies.

Subseries B: Diann Jacox Files, 1986-1999
Arranged alphabetically by subject. This subseries consists of a small portion of Diann Jacox's project files and reference material. The files illustrate Jacox's activities in reviewing contractor work and project planning, including the Washington Square bibliography contract, Magna Carta exhibit, and Independence Square site rehabilitation. Other topics covered in this subseries include a research notecard scanning project, institutions associated with the park site in various ways, and Library and Archives' holdings and operations. Material types include correspondence, drafts, final reports, meeting agendas and attachments, conceptual outlines, project proposals and agreements, research materials, and copies of historical documents kept for reference purposes.

Subseries C: David Kimball Files, 1984-2015
Arranged alphabetically by subject. In this subseries are drafts of plays, articles, and research papers that professional colleagues and acquaintances sent to David Kimball in the mid-1980s for review before publication. In some files, there are requests for information regarding the history of the composition of the Constitution of the United States. There is also a copy of a paper written by a park volunteer in 1986 that Kimball (his former supervisor) printed out and contributed to the archives in 2010. A folder titled "Talks" contains letters and brochures related to various lectures Kimball gave as a representative of the research team for the Constitution's bicentennial celebration.

Subseries D: Dennis C. Kurjack Files, 1950-1976
Arranged alphabetically by subject. This subseries mostly consists of copies of central file documents, many of which are addressed either to the park's Superintendent or to Dennis C. Kurjack as Acting Superintendent or as Acting Chief of Interpretation. These files cover topics such as the master planning for Independence Mall, a proposed United States Marine Corps Museum in New Hall, film purchases, personnel notifications, and visits by notable personages. Kurjack's files also contain research, inquiries, and correspondence on such historical topics as the Liberty Bell, Pennsylvania judges in the 18th-19th centuries, various historic buildings, and the custom of ringing bells on Independence Day. Material types include correspondence, memos, published reports, brochures, pamphlets, clippings, research notes and outlines, historical summaries, historians' reports, press releases, instructions, drafts, and financial reports.

Subseries E: Jim Mueller Files, 1956-2008
Arranged alphabetically by subject. Jim Mueller's writing drafts, administrative material, project files, and research material are filed here. A significant portion of the subseries consists of writings intended for inclusion in the Cultural Resource Bibliography (CRBIB), a comprehensive database of resource management reports from the Northeast Region parks. Mueller wrote or edited several manuscripts for the CRBIB. Other files document the History Branch's budget from fiscal years 1999-2007, intern projects, banking and finance studies, INDE's application to join the Underground Railroad Network of Freedom, and research on such topics as Benjamin Franklin and the French and Indian War. Material types include correspondence, memoranda, emails, business and action plans, budget summary reports, PMIS project detail sheets, project outlines, timelines, research notes, lists, photocopied research materials, online printouts, meeting agendas, briefing papers, handbooks, published reports, and transcripts.

Subseries F: John Platt Files, 1930-1983
Arranged alphabetically by subject. This subseries mostly contains materials compiled by John Platt while researching various buildings, people, and early-American history topics. These materials include photocopied articles, book chapters, brochures, and clippings as well as handwritten notes and outlines. Platt's research was for historic structure reports, historic resource studies, and assorted publications. In most cases the complete or final reports are not present; there are only a few draft report segments, illustrations, and oversize maps and drawings. Research topics include City Tavern and its grounds, the First Bank of the United States, Franklin Court, Franklin House, the Graff House, Independence Hall, Independence Mall, various Market Street structures, and the treasury.

Subseries G: Anna Coxe Toogood Files, 1962-2008
Arranged alphabetically by subject. Anna "Coxey" Coxe Toogood’s administrative, writing, lecture, exhibit planning, and review files are located here. The correspondence contains copies of outgoing letters and memos from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Toogood’s day-to-day activities from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s are extensively documented in the Daily Records. There are manuscripts, photocopied research materials, planning files, and other material illustrating Toogood's work as a writer or collaborator on three major reports about Independence Mall and Independence Square. Her involvement with exhibit planning is evident in the Military Exhibit and Military Research files, among others. The Lecture files contain transcripts of talks Toogood wrote and presented, along with slides, slide lists, presentation outlines, and PowerPoint presentations. Other files in this subseries cover conferences, visitor center artwork quotes, staff meetings, training, assorted research and consulting activities, and reviews of writings and drawings prepared by professional colleagues.

Series IV: Intern Reports, 1989-2009
Arranged chronologically, and thereunder alphabetically by author's last name. Series IV contains the draft and final versions of reports prepared by students and interns working at INDE for the summer or a semester. These reports cover early American history topics researched using sources in the INDE archives, including the development of the U.S. Constitution and the Executive Branch, the role of African women in Philadelphia, the history of Independence Square, and biographical profiles of notable historical figures. Some reports are catalogs or summaries of INDE's manuscript and document collections. Files also include project correspondence, outlines, notes, CDs, review comments, and photocopied research articles. The students were either from schools local to Philadelphia or out-of-state universities such as Harvard University, Princeton University, DePaul University, and the University of Delaware. Staff historians such as Jim Mueller and Anna Coxe Toogood supervised the interns' work.

Series V: Oral History Projects, 1956-1999
Arranged alphabetically by project, and thereunder alphabetically by subject or interviewee's last name. This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews and supporting documentation such as cover letters, correspondence, release forms, and information booklets. A majority of the interviews were conducted by Columbia University as part of a research project for INDE documenting the park's origins and early years. Persons interviewed include congressmen who pushed through the enabling legislation and served on advisory commissions, NPS employees who performed research for the legislation and early real estate acquisitions, and Independence Hall Association members. Most Columbia University interviews were conducted by Eleanor Prescott from 1969-1970, although one of Judge Lewis's interviews was conducted by John Roberts. The remaining interviews were conducted for separate projects. Each transcript folder contains up to two copies of a transcript. Transcript folder dates correspond with the transcripts' creation dates, not the original interview dates.

Series VI: Reference Files, circa 1960-2009
Arranged alphabetically by subject. Reference material that is not clearly associated with a particular historian's research or a specific project is filed here. The topics covered in this material relate directly to the park site or the historic figures associated with it. The series includes a transcript of diary pages with associated documentation and a set of index cards containing genealogical information on various members of Benjamin Franklin's family.


 

Container List


Box 1

SERIES I: CHAIN OF TITLES, 1949-1966, undated
[NOTE: Oversize material was separated from this series and filed at the end of the collection.]

Tab 1: Chains of Title [Main Body], 1953-1957, 1966
Tab 2: 236-250 Chestnut Street, undated
Tab 3: 300-308 Chestnut Street, undated
Tab 4: 310-314 Chestnut Street, undated
Tab 5: 313-325 Chestnut Street, undated
Tab 6: 316-320 Chestnut Street, 1963, undated
Tab 7: 322 Chestnut Street, undated
Tab 8: 324-330 Chestnut Street, undated
Tab 9: 327 Chestnut Street, undated
Tab 10: 329-331 Chestnut Street, undated

Box 2

Tab 1: 408-410 Chestnut Street (407 Sansom Street), undated
Tab 2: 420 Chestnut Street—Second Bank of United States, undated
Tab 3: 430-434 Chestnut Street, undated
Tab 4: [Chestnut Street]—Independence Square, 1953-1959, undated
Tab 5: DeSilva's Court [DeSilver’s Court]—Stable, 1951-1955, undated
Tab 6: 217-219 Dock Street, undated
Tab 7: 221 Dock Street, undated
Tab 8: 223 Dock Street, undated
Tab 9: 225 Dock Street, undated
Tab 10: 227 Dock Street, undated
Tab 11: 233 Dock Street, undated
Tab 12: 235 Dock Street, undated
Tab 13: 238-240 Lawrence Street, 1950
Tab 14: 408 Locust Street, 1950
Tab 15: 410 Locust Street, 1950
Tab 16: 412 Locust Street, 1950-1958
Tab 17: 413 Locust Street, 1950-1951
Tab 18: 414 Locust Street, 1950
Tab 19: 415 Locust Street, 1950, 1957
Tab 20: 416-418 Locust Street, 1950
Tab 21: 417 Locust Street, 1951
Tab 22: 419 Locust Street, 1950-1951
Tab 23: 420 Locust Street, 1950
Tab 24: 421 Locust Street, 1950-1951, 1960-1965
Tab 25: 422 Locust Street, 1950
Tab 26: 423 Locust Street, 1950, undated
Tab 27: 424 -426 Locust Street, 1950
Tab 28: 425 Locust Street, 1950, undated
Tab 29: 427 Locust Street, 1950 -1951
Tab 30: 429 Locust Street, 1950 -1951
Tab 31: 401 Manning Street, 1950
Tab 32: 403 Manning Street, 1950 -1951, undated

Box 3

Tab 1: 405 -407 Manning Street, 1950 -1951, undated
Tab 2: 409 Manning Street, 1950 -1951, 1958
Tab 3: 411 Manning Street, 1950 -1951, undated
Tab 4: 413 -417 Manning Street, 1950 -1951, undated
Tab 5: Manning Street —Eastern Lot, 1950
Tab 6: 310 Market Street, 1954
Tab 7: 312 Market Street, undated
Tab 8: 314 Market Street, undated
Tab 9: 316 Market Street, undated
Tab 10: 318 Market Street, 1949, undated
Tab 11: 320 Market Street, undated
Tab 12: 322 Market Street, undated
Tab 13: 324 Market Street, undated
Tab 14: 326 Market Street, undated
Tab 15: 328 -338 Market Street, undated
Tab 16: 206 -210 Moravian Street, undated
Tab 17: 110 -112 Orianna Street, undated
Tab 18: 406 Sansom Street, undated
Tab 19: 408 -414 Sansom Street, undated
Tab 20: 416 Sansom Street, undated
Tab 21: 418 -420 Sansom Street, undated
Tab 22: 411 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 23: 413 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 24: 415 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 25: 417 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 26: 419 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 27: 421 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 28: 423 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 29: 425 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 30: 427 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 31: 429 Spruce Street, 1950, undated
Tab 32: 431 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 33: 433 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 34: Spruce Street—Between 4th and 5th, 1951
Tab 33: 433 Spruce Street, undated
Tab 34: Spruce Street--Between 4th and 5th, 1951

Box 4

Tab 1: 133-135 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 2: 201-209 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 3: 211-215 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 4: 217 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 5: 219 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 6: 221 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 7: 223-231 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 8: 301 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 9: 303 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 10: 305-307 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 11: 309 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 12: 311 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 13: 313 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 14: 315-321 Walnut Street, 1952, undated
Tab 15: 323-325 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 16: 327 Walnut Street and 330 Harmony Street, undated
Tab 17: 329 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 18: 331-337 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 19: 339 Walnut Street, 1952, undated
Tab 20: 341 Walnut Street, 1952, undated
Tab 21: 343 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 22: 401 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 23: 407 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 24: 411 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 25: 413 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 26: 415-417 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 27: 419 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 28: 421 Walnut Street, undated

Box 5

Tab 1: 422 Walnut Street, 1950
Tab 2: 423 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 3: 424 Walnut Street, 1950
Tab 4: 425 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 5: 426 Walnut Street, 1950
Tab 6: 427 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 7: 428 Walnut Street, 1950
Tab 8: 429 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 9: 431 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 10: 435 Walnut Street, undated
Tab 11: Walnut Street--General, 1950
Tab 12: [Walnut Street]--Shippens' Lots, 1950
Tab 13: 138 2nd Street--City Tavern, undated
Tab 14: 140-148 2nd Street, undated
Tab 15: 100-136 South 3rd Street, undated
Tab 16: 138 South 3rd Street, undated
Tab 17: 140 South 3rd Street, undated
Tab 18: 142 South 3rd Street, undated
Tab 19: 19-41 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 20: 100-104 South 4th Street (400-406 Chestnut Street), undated
Tab 21: 106-108 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 22: 109-129 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 23: 110 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 24: 112 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 25: 114 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 26: 116-118 South 4th Street, undated

Box 6

Tab 1: 120 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 2: 122-124 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 3: 126-130 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 4: 131-143 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 5: 132 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 6: 134 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 7: 136-138 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 8: 140 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 9: 142 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 10: 146 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 11: 147 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 12: 149 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 13: 218 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 14: 226 South 4th Street, undated
Tab 15: 123-129 South 5th Street, undated
Tab 16: 131 South 5th Street, undated
Tab 17: 133-135 South 5th Street, undated
Tab 18: [Unsorted], 1963, undated

Box 7

SERIES II: RECORDS OF NATIONAL HISTORIC AREAS, 1921-2010
[NOTE: Oversize material was separated from this series and filed at the end of the collection.]

Folder 1: Christ Church Burial Ground, 1971
Folder 2: Colonial Germantown Historic District, 1987
Folder 3: Deshler Morris and Bringhurst Houses, Germantown, 2007
Folder 4: First Bank of the United States, 1987
Folder 5: Fort Mifflin—Archeology Feasibility Study, 1969-1972
Folder 6: Fort Mifflin—Historic Site Survey, 1956
Folder 7: Fort Mifflin—History, 1921, 2007
Folder 8: Fort Mifflin—Interpretation (General), 1971
Folder 9: Fort Mifflin—Master Plan Working Draft, 1972 [1 of 2]
Folder 10: Fort Mifflin—Master Plan Working Draft, 1972 [2 of 2]
Folder 11: Fort Mifflin—National Historic Landmarks, 1955-1962, 1969-1973
Folder 12: Fort Mifflin—National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings Special Report, 1969
Folder 13: Fort Mifflin—Photographs of Chevaux de Frise, 1982
Folder 14: Fort Mifflin—Restoration, Reform, General, 1971-1972, undated
Folder 15: Free Quaker Meeting House, 1971
Folder 16: Independence National Historical Park—Nomination Form, circa 1983
Folder 17: Independence National Historical Park—Nomination Form (Previously listed 10/15/66), 1988
Folder 18: Independence National Historical Park—Requests for National Landmark Paperwork, 1997-1998
Folder 19: Merchants' Exchange Building, 2001, 2007
Folder 20: Mikveh Israel Cemetery, 1971
Folder 21: Old City Historic District, 1972
Folder 22: Old St. Joseph's Church—Correspondence, 2003-2010
Folder 23: Old St. Joseph's Church—Research, 2002-2005, undated [1 of 2]
Folder 24: Old St. Joseph's Church—Research, 2002-2005, undated [2 of 2]
Folder 25: Old St. Joseph's Church—Revised, 2003
Folder 26: Old St. Joseph's Church—Site Plan and Photographs, undated

Box 8

Folder 1: Society Hill District—Original and Revised Boundaries, 1971, 1987
Folder 2: Underground Railroad, 2000

SERIES III: NPS HISTORIANS' WORKING FILES, 1943-2015
[NOTE: Slide sleeves and oversize material was separated from this series and filed at the end of the collection.]

SUBSERIES A: DAVID C.G. DUTCHER FILES, 1970-1994

Folder 3: Assembly Room Exhibit Proposal, undated
Folder 4: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Celebrations, 1976-1991
Folder 5: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Daybook Clippings, circa 1986- 1987
Folder 6: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Daybook Planning, 1984-1985
Folder 7: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Daybook Radio Scripts, 1987
Folder 8: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Daybook Research Notes, 1984-1991, undated [1 of 2]
Folder 9: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Daybook Research Notes, 1984-1991, undated [2 of 2]
Folder 10: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Exhibit Administration, 1983- 1987
Folder 11: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Exhibit Content, 1983-1985, undated
Folder 12: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—General Records, 1984-1985
Folder 13: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Other INHP Projects, 1982- 1986, undated
Folder 14: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Research Material, 1985-1986 [1 of 2]
Folder 15: Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States—Research Material, 1985-1986 [2 of 2]
Folder 16: Biography Project—"A Directory of Federal Officials, 1789-1800", circa 1990 [1 of 2]
Folder 17: Biography Project—"A Directory of Federal Officials, 1789-1800", circa 1990 [2 of 2]
Folder 18: Biography Project—Correspondence, 1994

Box 9

Folder 1: Biography Project--Research Notes, 1990, undated
Folder 2: Franklin Bicentennial, 1990
Folder 3: Franklin Biographical Information, undated
Folder 4: Office of the Historian Research Plan--Correspondence, 1992
Folder 5: Report--Babbit, David C. "Old and New Affluent Neighborhoods in Downtown Philadelphia: Rittenhouse Square and Society Hill", 1989
Folder 6: Report--Compton, Bruce C. and Marilyn J. Hause-Loftus. "Early 19th Century Women of Letters", undated
Folder 7: Report--Hummel, Jeffrey R. "The First Bank of the United States", undated
Folder 8: Report--Hummel, Jeffrey R. "The Second Bank of the United States and the Independent Treasury", undated
Folder 9: Report--Kashatus, William C. III. "Hero or Hypocrite?: The American Image of Benjamin Franklin, 1785-1828", 1983
Folder 10: Report--Kashatus, William C. III. "Philadelphia's Federal Convention, 1787: The Social Lives of the Framers", 1987
Folder 11: Report--Kashatus, William C. III. "Thomas Paine: A Quaker Revolutionary, 1774- 1776", undated
Folder 12: Report--Kerber, Linda K. "Revolution, Rights, and Women: A Retrospective, 1776- 1876", 1989
Folder 13: Report--Kimball, [David]--Continental Congress Broadside, September 28, 1787-- Research Notes, undated
Folder 14: Report--Magyar, Dominik K. "City Tavern: A Short History", 1988
Folder 15: Report--Nash, Gary B. "The American Artisan in the Revolutionary Era", undated
Folder 16: Report--Offen, Karen. "Retrospective on the French Revolution: Women's Memory and Women's Action, The First Centennial, 1889", 1989
Folder 17: Report--Purdy, Virginia C. "Women and the Constitution", 1984
Folder 18: Report--Root, Hilton L. "The Political Economy of Collective Violence: What Did the Moral Economy of Prerevolutionary Europe Cost", 1989
Folder 19: Report--Smith, Billy G. "Down These Mean Streets: The Lives of Laboring People in Late Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia", 1984
Folder 20: Research--Area and Period, 1980, undated
Folder 21: Research--Historic Resources Study--Banking in Early America, 1970-1973, undated
Folder 22: Research--Historic Resources Study--City Tavern, undated
Folder 23: Research--Historic Resources Study--Interpretive Notes by Sandra Mackenzie Lloyd, 1985
Folder 24: Research--Historic Resources Study--Notes on Kitchens, Baths, Servants in 18th Century Philadelphia, undated
Folder 25: Second Bank Portrait Gallery Reinstallation, 1986-1990
Folder 26: U.S. Constitution Political Cartoons Exhibit, 1982-1984, undated
Folder 26.2: Beloved Recipes of Benjamin Franklin, his friends and John Adams. Collated by D. Dutcher and Chris Eckard, UNDATED

SUBSERIES B: DIANN JACOX FILES, 1986-1999

Folder 27: Contractor Project--Woloson, Wendy A. "Washington Square: Bibliography of Source Material"--Computer Disks, 1999
Folder 28: Contractor Project--Woloson, Wendy A. "Washington Square: Bibliography of Source Material"--Final Report, 1999
Folder 29: Contractor Project--Woloson, Wendy A. "Washington Square: Bibliography of Source Material"--Production Copy, 1999
Folder 30: Contractor Project--Woloson, Wendy A. "Washington Square: Bibliography of Source Material"--Working Files, 1997-1999
Folder 31: History Notecard Index Scanning Project, 1994

Box 10

Folder 1: INDE Library and Archives, 1996
Folder 2: Institutions and Organizations Associated with INDE, 1995
Folder 3: Magna Carta Exhibit, 1997 [1 of 2]
Folder 4: Magna Carta Exhibit, 1997 [2 of 2]
Folder 5: Reference Material--George Washington's Farewell Address, 1996
Folder 6: Reference Material--Philadelphia Historical Commission Ordinance, 1986
Folder 7: Underground Railroad/Fugitive Slave Laws, 1998
Folder 8: Utilities Improvement Project (UIP)--Independence Square Site Rehab, 1995-1998 [1 of 2]
Folder 9: Utilities Improvement Project (UIP)--Independence Square Site Rehab, 1995-1998 [2 of 2]
Folder 10: Utilities Improvement Project (UIP)--Project Overview, 1993-1994

SUBSERIES C: DAVID KIMBALL FILES, 1984-2015

Folder 11: Gallu, Samuel. "The Bold Conspiracy", A Play, 1986
Folder 12: Gallu, Samuel. "We the People…", A Play--Act I, 1986
Folder 13: Gallu, Samuel. "We the People…", A Play--Act II, 1986
Folder 14: Lloyd, Gordon. "Sources for the Individual Delegate Attendance Record" (1986), 2010
Folder 15: Nevins, Jane. Untitled Manuscript, 1987 [1 of 2]
Folder 16: Nevins, Jane. Untitled Manuscript, 1987 [2 of 2]

Box 11

Folder 1: Review—Betty Debnam's "The Mini Page", 1985-1987
Folder 2: Review—Charles L. Mee's Manuscript, 1984-1986
Folder 3: Review—National Geographic Society's James Madison Story, 1987
Folder 4: Review—Various Items, 1986-1987
Folder 5.1: Talks, 1986-1988
Folder 5.2: Working Files, Re: State House use, 1988-1989
Folder 5.3: "Comments on the History of the Improvement and Preservation of Independence Square" Talk given to Friends of INHP, May 13, 2015

SUBSERIES D: DENNIS C. KURJACK FILES, 1950-1976

Folder 6: Bell Ringing, 1963-1972
Folder 7: Historic Buildings Data, 1960-1967
Folder 8: Independence Mall State Park History, 1951-1968, undated [1 of 2]
Folder 9: Independence Mall State Park History, 1951-1968, undated [2 of 2]
Folder 10: Independence Mall State Park Master Planning, 1968-1973
Folder 11: Independence Mall State Park NPS, 1968-1970
Folder 12: Independence National Historical Park News Clippings, 1952, 1962-1972
Folder 13: Interpretation, Films Available, 1955-1956, 1964, undated
Folder 14: Judges of Pennsylvania, undated
Folder 15: Krider Gun Shop, 1952-1955
Folder 16: Liberty Bell Correspondence, 1958-1969
Folder 17: Liberty Bell Newspaper Clippings, 1965-1968
Folder 18: Liberty Bell Pamphlets, Misc., 1950-1967, undated
Folder 19: Liberty Bells for Sale, 1976
Folder 20: Memos Re: Finance, 1960-1968
Folder 21: New Hall Museum, 1954-1966, undated
Folder 22: Permits, Filming, Motion Pictures, Etc., 1963-1969
Folder 23: Personnel Correspondence, 1953-1968

Box 12

Folder 1: Personnel Standards—Tour Leaders, 1959-1963
Folder 2: Press Releases—Correspondence, 1956-1961
Folder 3: Transfer of Funds, 1956-1963
Folder 4: Visits—Members of Congress, Etc., 1952-1971

SUBSERIES E: JIM MUELLER FILES, 1956-2008

Folder 5: Annual Performance Plan FY2000, 1999
Folder 6: Banking and Finance—Historic Resource Study—Kermes, Rebecca A., 2000
Folder 7: Banking and Finance—Historic Resource Study—Wright, Robert E. and David J. Cowen, 1999
Folder 8: Banking and Finance—Reference, 1997-1998, undated
Folder 9: Budget FY1999, 1999
Folder 10: Budget FY2000, 1999-2000
Folder 11: Budget FY2001, 2000-2001 [1 of 2]
Folder 12: Budget FY2001, 2000-2001 [2 of 2]
Folder 13: Budget FY2002, 2001-2003
Folder 14: Budget FY2003, 2002-2003
Folder 15: Budget FY2004, 2003-2004
Folder 16: Budget FY2005, 2005
Folder 17: Budget FY2006, 2006
Folder 18: Budget FY2007, 2006-2007

Box 13

Folder 1: Business Plan for Superintendent Mary Bomar, 2004-2005
Folder 2: CRBIB #1—Appendices, 2001
Folder 3: CRBIB #1—Back-up for Vision Statement by Jim Mueller, 2001-2004, undated
Folder 4: CRBIB #1—Vision Statement for the History Branch, circa 2001
Folder 5: CRBIB #2—Founding—Benjamin Franklin, 2002, undated [1 of 2]
Folder 6: CRBIB #2—Founding—Benjamin Franklin, 2002, undated [2 of 2]
Folder 7: CRBIB #2—Founding Documents (My Analysis), 2000
Folder 8: CRBIB #2—Founding—Miscellaneous, 1999-2000, undated
Folder 9: CRBIB #2—HRS—Draft Table of Contents, Chapters 1-5, 2001-2008 [1 of 2]
Folder 10: CRBIB #2—HRS—Draft Table of Contents, Chapters 1-5, 2001-2008 [2 of 2]
Folder 11: CRBIB #2—HRS—Files Backed-up on Computer Disk, undated
Folder 12: CRBIB #2—HRS—Research Proposal/Time Estimate, undated
Folder 13: CRBIB #2—Research—Emails, 1999-2003, undated
Folder 14: CRBIB #2—Research—National Visions of the Founders, 2000
Folder 15: CRBIB #2—Research—Notes, Book Lists, and Miscellaneous, 1956, 1996-2003, undated
Folder 16: CRBIB #2—Research—Notes from References, undated
Folder 17: CRBIB #3a—Against Slavery in Philadelphia—Report Copy #1, 2005 [1 of 4]

Box 14

Folder 1: CRBIB #3a—Against Slavery in Philadelphia—Report Copy #1, 2005 [2 of 4]
Folder 2: CRBIB #3a—Against Slavery in Philadelphia—Report Copy #1, 2005 [3 of 4]
Folder 3: CRBIB #3a—Against Slavery in Philadelphia—Report Copy #1, 2005 [4 of 4]
Folder 4: CRBIB #3a—Against Slavery in Philadelphia—Report Copy #2, 2005 [1 of 2]
Folder 5: CRBIB #3a—Against Slavery in Philadelphia—Report Copy #2, 2005 [2 of 2]
Folder 6: CRBIB #3a—NPR Interview Prep, 2002
Folder 7: CRBIB #3a—Research—Pennsylvania (General), 2004
Folder 8: CRBIB #3a—Research—Underground Railroad Resources, 1995-2000 [1 of 2]
Folder 9: CRBIB #3a—Research—Underground Railroad Resources, 1995-2000 [2 of 2]
Folder 10: CRBIB #3b—Abolition's Keystone, 2008 [1 of 3]
Folder 11: CRBIB #3b—Abolition's Keystone, 2008 [2 of 3]
Folder 12: CRBIB #3b—Abolition's Keystone, 2008 [3 of 3]

Box 15

Folder 1: CRBIB #4—Executive Branch Precedents—Manuscript, 2003
Folder 2: CRBIB #4—Executive Branch Precedents—Working Files, 2001-2008
Folder 3: CRBIB #4—Native Americans, 2008
Folder 4: CRBIB #5—Audrey Brown, 2000-2003, undated
Folder 5: CRBIB #5—Network to Freedom Application, 2000-2002, undated
Folder 6: CRBIB #5—PMIS Underground Railroad Book Ideas, 2004
Folder 7: CRBIB #5—Underground Railroad References, 2002-2006, undated
Folder 8: Eastern National Donations, 1992-1999, undated
Folder 9: Eastern National Wish List, 2000
Folder 10: French and Indian War—Intern Project—Chornesky, Michael, 2007-2008
Folder 11: French and Indian War—Intern Project—Youhas, Troy, 2006-2007
Folder 12: French and Indian War—Research Binder, 2007-2008, undated [1 of 2]
Folder 13: French and Indian War—Research Binder, 2007-2008, undated [2 of 2]
Folder 14: French and Indian War—Research from Temple University, 2007
Folder 15: Independence Living History Center Storage, undated
Folder 16: Inquiry on Revolutionary Forts Near Philadelphia, 2000
Folder 17: Intern Position Description, 2007
Folder 18: Intern Project—Terrell, Anitra R., 2003
Folder 19: Joseph Bunel Research, 2005
Folder 20: PMIS Project Detail Sheets, 2001-2006

Box 16

Folder 1: PMIS Projects, 1997-2006, undated
Folder 2: Publication—"Sampling Methods, Theory and Praxis", 2008
Folder 3: Reference Material—French Revolution and Terror, 2008
Folder 4: Reference Material—Late 18th Century American History, 1965, 1974, 1986, 1992- 2001, undated
Folder 5: Volunteer Bill Double's Essay, 2004

SUBSERIES F: JOHN PLATT FILES, 1943-1983

Folder 6: 1880 Base Map Project, 1965
Folder 7: Addresses by Park Superintendents, 1956, 1965
Folder 8: Bicentennial of 1781-1790 Period, 1978
Folder 9: Book Revisions, 1963
Folder 10: Book Sales, 1959-1961
Folder 11: Carpenters' Hall, 1961-1962
Folder 12: Christ Church Information, 1963-1965, undated
Folder 13: City Hall Construction Photographs, undated
Folder 14: City Tavern—Archeological Dig Documents, 1958, 1974, undated
Folder 15: City Tavern—Furnishings, Part B, undated
Folder 16: City Tavern—Illustrations and Maps, undated
Folder 17: City Tavern—Photographs and Artwork (Copies), undated
Folder 18: City Tavern Grounds—Background, undated
Folder 19: City Tavern Grounds—Bench in Front of Building, undated
Folder 20: City Tavern Grounds—City Tavern Stable, undated
Folder 21: City Tavern Grounds—Garden If Adopted, undated
Folder 22: City Tavern Grounds—Lamp in Front, undated
Folder 23: City Tavern Grounds—Paving, Sidewalks & Bank Street, undated
Folder 24: City Tavern Grounds—Report Title Page and Table of Contents, 1972
Folder 25: City Tavern Grounds—Tavern Sign, undated
Folder 26: City Tavern Historic Structure Report—Illustrations, undated
Folder 27: City Tavern Historic Structure Report—Residual Materials, 1973, undated
Folder 28: City Tavern Historic Structure Report—Review Comments, 1973
Folder 29: Clippings of Interest, 1960, 1976, undated
Folder 30: "Colonials and Patriots" Review, 1964-1966
Folder 31: Congress Hall Furniture Plan, 1959-1960, undated

Box 17

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1951, 1957-1967, 1976
Folder 2: Correspondence—Richard B. Duane re: Richard Bache Portrait, 1970
Folder 3: Correspondence—Student from Paterson State College, 1962
Folder 4: C.P. Mills Payment, 1978-1979
Folder 5: David Nicholas and Robert Gough, 1975-1976
Folder 6: Department of the Interior—Manuals and Guidelines, 1964
Folder 7: Deshler-Morris House Leaflet, 1967
Folder 8: Deshler-Morris House Leaflet Worksheets, 1958-1966, undated
Folder 9: Deshler-Morris House Mini Handbook, 1966-1970, undated
Folder 10: Dilworth-Todd-Moylan House Furnishings, 1958
Folder 11: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1959, 1966-1967
Folder 12: Ferris Paintings in Smithsonian, 1962
Folder 13: First Bank of the United States—Architectural Evaluation of Bank Building Notes, undated
Folder 14: First Bank of the United States—Completion Report for Rehabilitation Project, circa 1961
Folder 15: First Bank of the United States—Historic Structure Report (HSR) Research Plan, 1973
Folder 16: First Bank of the United States—Institutional History Notes, undated
Folder 17: First Bank of the United States—Report—Appendix A, undated
Folder 18: First Bank of the United States—Report—Draft Administrative and Historical Sections, 1974-1975
Folder 19: First Bank of the United States—Report—Draft Title Page and Chapter I, 1974
Folder 20: First Bank of the United States—Report—Human History and Events, circa 1974
Folder 21: First Bank of the United States—Report—Illustrations, undated
Folder 22: First Bank of the United States—Report—Photographs from Chas. P. Mills & Son Photography, 1974
Folder 23: First Bank of the United States—Report—Photographs of Bank Lot and Environs, undated
Folder 24: First Bank of the United States—Report—Structural History, circa 1974
Folder 25: First Bank of the United States—Research—Chain of Title Project A, undated
Folder 26: First Bank of the United States—Research—Character of Girard and His Institution, 1971, undated
Folder 27: First Bank of the United States—Research—Copies and Notes, 1975, undated
Folder 28: First Bank of the United States—Research—Copies of The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, 1962-1973 [1 of 2]

Box 18

Folder 1: First Bank of the United States—Research—Copies of The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, 1962-1973 [2 of 2]
Folder 2: First Bank of the United States—Research—Dissolution of the Bank, undated Folder 3: First Bank of the United States—Research—Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, undated
Folder 4: First Bank of the United States—Research—Functional Role (1791-1811), undated
Folder 5: First Bank of the United States—Research—General Background and Basic Facts, undated
Folder 6: First Bank of the United States—Research—Girard Estate, Board of City Trusts, undated
Folder 7: First Bank of the United States—Research—Girard's Bank Changes, undated
Folder 8: First Bank of the United States—Research—Girard's Bank Family, undated
Folder 9: First Bank of the United States—Research—Institutional Prototypes, undated
Folder 10: First Bank of the United States—Research—Legislative Action and Constitutional Controversy, undated
Folder 11: First Bank of the United States—Research—Oldest Bank Building in the US, undated
Folder 12: First Bank of the United States—Research—Papers Relating to the Yard Next to First Bank, undated
Folder 13: First Bank of the United States—Research—Personalities Connected with Bank, undated
Folder 14: First Bank of the United States—Research—Revisions, undated
Folder 15: First Bank of the United States—Research—Sources and Research Accomplished, undated
Folder 16: First Bank of the United States—Research—Timeline of Research, undated
Folder 17: Franklin Court Grounds Project—Coach House and Stable, 1973, undated
Folder 18: Franklin Court Grounds Project—Franklin's Background, 1980-1983, undated
Folder 19: Franklin Court Grounds Project—Garden, 1966-1975, undated
Folder 20: Franklin Court Grounds Project—Printshop, undated
Folder 21: Franklin Court Grounds Report—History, 1972
Folder 22: Franklin Court Grounds Report—Research, 1971-1974, undated [1 of 2]
Folder 23: Franklin Court Grounds Report—Research, 1971-1974, undated [2 of 2]
Folder 24: Franklin Court Interpretive Planning, 1972-1975
Folder 25: Franklin Court Plans and Drawings, 1962

Box 19

Folder 1: Franklin Court Study—Development Project, 1948, 1970
Folder 2: Franklin Court Study—Division of History Memoranda, 1969
Folder 3: Franklin Court Study—Meeting Minutes, 1969
Folder 4: Franklin Court Study—Reports, 1969
Folder 5: Franklin House Project, 1968-1971, undated
Folder 6: Franklin House Study—Bibliography and Leads for Revision, undated
Folder 7: Franklin House Study—Illustration Requests, 1970
Folder 8: Franklin House Study—Illustrations and Captions, undated
Folder 9: Franklin House Study—Introductory Outline with Revisions and Notes, undated
Folder 10: Franklin House Study—Lists of Reports, Etc., 1969
Folder 11: Franklin House Study—Research—Architecture (Smith & Rhoads), undated
Folder 12: Franklin House Study—Research—Environment of House, undated
Folder 13: Franklin House Study—Research—Events, undated
Folder 14: Franklin House Study—Research—Family and Occupants, undated
Folder 15: Franklin House Study—Research—Financial Status—Revisions, undated
Folder 16: Franklin House Study—Research—Furnishings, undated
Folder 17: Franklin House Study—Research—Later History, undated
Folder 18: Franklin House Study—Research—Life at Home, undated
Folder 19: Franklin House Study—Research—Materials Not Yet Used, undated
Folder 20: Franklin House Study—Research—New York Public Library, 1969
Folder 21: Franklin House Study—Research—Recommended Additional Research, undated
Folder 22: Franklin House Study—Research—Scenes of Other Events in Franklin's Life Other than Franklin House, undated
Folder 23: Franklin House Study—Research—Yale University, 1962, 1969
Folder 24: Freedom of the Press, circa 1975
Folder 25: FY1978 Program, 1976-1978
Folder 26: FY1979 Program and Projects, 1978-1979
Folder 27: Garden Dictionary Working Files, undated
Folder 28: Graff House—HSR Historical Data Section, 1972
Folder 29: Graff House—HSR Revisions, 1970-1974, undated
Folder 30: Graff House—Illustrations, undated
Folder 31: Graff House—Power Prospectus, 1947-1950, 1958-1962, undated
Folder 32: Handwritten Notes and Notecards, 1959-1976, undated [1 of 2]
Folder 33: Handwritten Notes and Notecards, 1959-1976, undated [2 of 2]
Folder 34: Harold Donaldson Eberlein Bibliography, 1964
Folder 35: Hiltzheimer Diary Project, undated
Folder 36: Historic Street Lamp Locations, undated

Box 20

Folder 1: Historical Research Management Plan, 1965-1967
Folder 2: Historical Resource Studies Inventory, 1979
Folder 3: Home and Office of William Duane (316 Market Street), 1971
Folder 4: House of Representatives Speech Drafts, circa 1962
Folder 5: Incidents, 1958-1961
Folder 6: Independence Hall--Drawing Plans, 1964, undated
Folder 7: Independence Hall--Pictures and Captions, 1964
Folder 8: Independence Hall--Report Drafts, 1958-1959, undated
Folder 9: Independence Hall--Report Notes, undated
Folder 10: Independence Hall--Report Section Draft--Provincial Capital, undated
Folder 11: Independence Hall--Report Section Draft--State Capital, undated
Folder 12: Independence Hall/Square, 1956-1970, undated
Folder 13: Independence Mall--Historic Sites Report--Introduction, 1943-1971, undated
Folder 14: Independence Mall--Statement of Historical Significance, undated
Folder 15: Interior Streets and Enclosures in Block Two, Area A, 1958-1959, undated
Folder 16: Landscaping of West Block A, 1960
Folder 17: Lettering Report, undated
Folder 18: Liberty Bell--Art Board Decision on Replica, 1975
Folder 19: Liberty Bell--Kodak's X-Ray, 1976
Folder 20: Liberty Bell Project, 1961-1965, 1972-1974, undated
Folder 21: 316 Market Street--Illustrations, undated
Folder 22: 316 Market Street--Materials Unused in HSR, 1962-1963, undated
Folder 23: 316 Market Street--Research, undated
Folder 24: 318 Market Street--HSR Outline, 1971
Folder 25: 318 Market Street--Notes, undated
Folder 26: 318 Market Street--Report Working Files, undated
Folder 27: 318 Market Street--Research--Articles, undated
Folder 28: 318 Market Street--Research--History of Events and People, undated

Box 21

Folder 1: 318 Market Street—Research—Papers of Benjamin Franklin, 1959-1961, 1968-1972
Folder 2: 322 Market Street—HSR Research, undated
Folder 3: Marshall's Court Report, 1958
Folder 4: Master Plan—Conference and Planning, 1958
Folder 5: Master Plan—Narrative Draft, 1968
Folder 6: Master Plan—Natural History Material and Map, 1963
Folder 7: Master Plan—Revised Franklin Court, 1971
Folder 8: Morris Scheffer Collection, undated
Folder 9: National Flag Foundation, 1977-1978
Folder 10: Navy Department (Kewly House), 1958
Folder 11: NPS Topics at American Historical Association's Annual Meetings, circa 1963
Folder 12: Obituary—Judge Edwin O. Lewis, 1974
Folder 13: Old Christ Church Preservation Trust, 1974-1975
Folder 14: Oral History Project—Columbia University, 1954-1979
Folder 15: Oral History Project—Independence Hall Association, 1965-1980, undated
Folder 16: Oral History Project—Independence Hall Project, 1951-1956, 1966-1973, undated
Folder 17: Park Development Script, circa 1962
Folder 18: Park Structure and Procedures, 1964-1965
Folder 19: Park's Response to Julian Boyd's Essay, 1962-1963
Folder 20: Pemberton House Report Draft (Paul Siftons), 1964, undated
Folder 21: Portraits of William Duane, undated
Folder 22: Prelude to Independence—Justification, undated
Folder 23: Project Notes, 1963
Folder 24: Proposed Furnishing Plan Handbook Review, 1958, 1965
Folder 25: Reference Publications, 1962-1963, 1976, undated
Folder 26: Research Photocopies, undated [1 of 2]
Folder 27: Research Photocopies, undated [2 of 2]

Box 22

Folder 1: Research Program Priority List, 1963
Folder 2: Research Trip to Franklin Papers, 1975
Folder 3: Research Trip to Harrisburg, 1963-1966
Folder 4: Research Trip to Library of Congress, circa 1969
Folder 5: Research Trip to Maine Historical Society, 1962
Folder 6: Research Trip to Mr. George Vaux's Bryn Mawr Residence, 1963
Folder 7: Research Trip to New Haven, 1975
Folder 8: Research Trip to New York Public Library, 1961-1962
Folder 9: Research Trip to Williamsburg, 1961
Folder 10: Research Work and Leads, 1953-1957
Folder 11: Richard Bache's Daybook, undated
Folder 12: Second Continental Congress Study Research, 1972
Folder 13: Structures on Block East of Second Street, 1958-1961
Folder 14: Supreme Court Chambers, undated
Folder 15: Todd House Structures, 1971, undated
Folder 16: Treasury Research—Copies, undated
Folder 17: Treasury Research—Denver Archives List, 1974
Folder 18: Treasury Research—General, undated
Folder 19: Treasury Research—Philadelphia, FY74 Project, 1953, 1972-1975, undated [1 of 2]
Folder 20: Treasury Research—Philadelphia, FY74 Project, 1953, 1972-1975, undated [2 of 2]
Folder 21: Treasury Research—Tench Coxe, 1975
Folder 22: Visit to Littleroy's Court, 1964
Folder 23: Visitor Center—Cambridge Seven, 1973
Folder 24: Visitor Center—Meeting on Bell, 1975
Folder 25: Visitors' Experience, undated
Folder 26: World Heritage Classification, 1978 [1 of 2]
Folder 27: World Heritage Classification, 1978 [2 of 2]

Box 23

Folder 1: World Heritage Nomination, 1978
Folder 2: Writing Projects for Research Staff, undated

SUBSERIES G: ANNA COXE TOOGOOD FILES, 1962-2008

Folder 3: Book Orders, 2000-2004
Folder 4: Colonial Web—Heather Huyck, 2006
Folder 5: Conferences, 2001-2008
Folder 6: Conferences—History of Women, Berkshire, 2007-2008
Folder 7: Conferences—NCPH Proposal, 2007-2008
Folder 8: Constitution High School, 2006
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1986-1989
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1990-1993
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1996
Folder 12: Daily Records, 1995 [1 of 2]
Folder 13: Daily Records, 1995 [2 of 2]
Folder 14: Daily Records, 1996 [1 of 2]

Box 24

Folder 1: Daily Records, 1996 [2 of 2]
Folder 2: Daily Records, 1997 [1 of 2]
Folder 3: Daily Records, 1997 [2 of 2]
Folder 4: Daily Records, 1998
Folder 5: Daily Records, 1999 [1 of 2]
Folder 6: Daily Records, 1999 [2 of 2]
Folder 7: Daily Records, 2000 [1 of 2]
Folder 8: Daily Records, 2000 [2 of 2]
Folder 9: Daily Records, 2001
Folder 10: Daily Records, 2002

Box 25

Folder 1: Daily Records, 2003 [1 of 2]
Folder 2: Daily Records, 2003 [2 of 2]
Folder 3: Daily Records, 2004
Folder 4: Daily Records, 2005
Folder 5: Daily Records, 2006
Folder 6: Daily Records, 2007
Folder 7: Daily Records, 2008
Folder 8: Electronic Field Trip, 2006
Folder 9: Exhibit—Ben Franklin, Feasibility Study, 2005
Folder 10: Exhibit—Washington-Rochambeau Route, 2005-2006
Folder 11: Exhibit—West Wing Rough Draft, 1997
Folder 12: First Bank—Dave Cowan and Bob Wright, 1999
Folder 13: George Washington Birthplace National Monument (GEWA)—Planning Documents, 2007
Folder 14: Grants—Network to Freedom, 2006
Folder 15: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Appendices, 1994, undated
Folder 16: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Draft, 1993
Folder 17: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Early Draft, 1992, undated

Box 26

Folder 1: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Early Draft, More on Judge Lewis (Cut Out Later), 1993 [1 of 2]
Folder 2: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Early Draft, More on Judge Lewis (Cut Out Later), 1993 [2 of 2]
Folder 3: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Figures, 1994
Folder 4: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Illustrations, 1994
Folder 5: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—INDE Historical Overviews, circa 1995
Folder 6: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Interviews, 1993 [1 of 2]
Folder 7: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Interviews, 1993 [2 of 2]
Folder 8: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Liberty Bell Pavilion, 1993-1994
Folder 9: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Photo File, 1996
Folder 10: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Planning, 1993-1994
Folder 11: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Public Workshop—Handouts, 1994
Folder 12: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Public Workshop—Slideshow, 1994
Folder 13: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Reviews, 1993-1994
Folder 14: Independence Mall Cultural Landscape Report—Timelines, undated
Folder 15: Independence Mall Historic Resource Study—Block I One-Sided, 2001 [1 of 2]
Folder 16: Independence Mall Historic Resource Study—Block I One-Sided, 2001 [2 of 2] Folder 17: Independence Mall Historic Resource Study—Block I Two-Sided, 2001
Folder 18: Independence Mall Historic Resource Study—Block II Illustrations, 2000

Box 27

Folder 1: Independence Mall Historic Resource Study—Block II One-Sided, 2000
Folder 2: Independence Mall Historic Resource Study—Block II Photo-Ready, 2000
Folder 3: Independence Mall Historic Resource Study—Block III, 2004
Folder 4: Independence Mall Historic Resource Study—Planning, 1997-2000
Folder 5: Independence Mall Historic Resource Study—Sharon Ann Holt Report and Research, 1997-1998
Folder 6: Independence Mall Research—1930s-1940s History, 1990-1993, undated
Folder 7: Independence Mall Research—1950s History, undated
Folder 8: Independence Mall Research—1960s-1980s History, 1993, 2000, undated
Folder 9: Independence Mall Research—Architects and City Planners, undated
Folder 10: Independence Mall Research—Cook Thesis, 1989
Folder 11: Independence Mall Research—Early Schemes (Pre 1940), 1993, undated
Folder 12: Independence Mall Research—Greiff, undated
Folder 13: Independence Mall Research—H2L2 Archives, 1993, undated

Box 28

Folder 1: Independence Mall Research—Honorable Edwin O. Lewis's 1944 Speech, undated
Folder 2: Independence Mall Research—INDE Archives Finding Aid, 1996
Folder 3: Independence Mall Research—Independence Hall Association Papers, undated
Folder 4: Independence Mall Research—Independence Hall Association Shrine, undated
Folder 5: Independence Mall Research—Leatherbarrow Paper, undated
Folder 6: Independence Mall Research—Mall Delays, undated
Folder 7: Independence Mall Research—Miscellaneous, undated
Folder 8: Independence Mall Research—Press Clippings, undated
Folder 9: Independence Mall Research—State Park Proposal, undated
Folder 10: Independence Mall Research—University of Pennsylvania Archives, undated
Folder 11: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—100% Draft, 1997
Folder 12: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Correspondence, 2003
Folder 13: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Historical Summary, 1997
Folder 14: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Information on Flagpole, 1998
Folder 15: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Preliminary Draft, 1996
Folder 16: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Preliminary Draft, 1997
Folder 17: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Revised Copy, 1998 [1 of 4]
Folder 18: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Revised Copy, 1998 [2 of 4]
Folder 19: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Revised Copy, 1998 [3 of 4]

Box 29

Folder 1: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Revised Copy, 1998 [4 of 4]
Folder 2: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Volume One, 2004 [1 of 4]
Folder 3: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Volume One, 2004 [2 of 4]
Folder 4: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Volume One, 2004 [3 of 4]
Folder 5: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Volume One, 2004 [4 of 4] Folder 6: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Volume One Original Illustrations, circa 2004 [1 of 2]
Folder 7: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Volume One Original Illustrations, circa 2004 [2 of 2]
Folder 8: Independence Square Cultural Landscape Report—Volume Two Original Illustrations, 1997, undated
Folder 9: Independence Visitor Center Artwork—Alison Sky Quotes, 2001-2002 Folder 10: Interns, 1996

Box 30

Folder 1: Lecture--Benjamin Franklin Birthday Presentation, 2005
Folder 2: Lecture--"The Colonial Dames of Pennsylvania at Independence Square, 1895-1916", 2001
Folder 3: Lecture--"Congress Hall, The Nation's Capital, 1790-1800", 1997
Folder 4: Lecture--"Independence Mall: Past, Present, and Future", 1997
Folder 5: Lecture--"Independence Park, 1948-1988", circa 1988
Folder 6: Lecture--Multiple Independence Park and Mall Talks, 1986-circa 1988, undated
Folder 7: Lecture--Reidenbach--INDE GMP Workshop, 1994
Folder 8: Lecture--Reidenbach--MidAtlantic Council Meeting Power Point Presentation, 2005
Folder 9: Lecture--Slide Set--18th and 19th Century Philadelphia and Independence Mall Duplicates, undated
Folder 10: Lecture--Slide Set--Colonial Dames Scrapbook, 2001
Folder 11: Lecture--Slide Set--Delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, undated
Folder 12: Lecture--Slide Set--E.D. Gillespie, "Book of Remembrance: 100 Years in Philadelphia, 1847-1947", 2001
Folder 13: Lecture--Slide Set--Independence Mall Talks, Free Quaker Meeting House and President's House Site, undated
Folder 14: Lecture--Slide Set--Looney, "Old Philadelphia", 2001
Folder 15: Lecture--Slide Set--National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, undated
Folder 16: Lecture--Slide Set--Olin Plan, circa 2003
Folder 17: Lecture--Slide Set--Still Looking for a Home, undated
Folder 18: Lecture--Slide Set--Unlabeled or Loose Slides, undated
Folder 19: Lecture--"William Rush's Philadelphia, 1756-1833", 2006
Folder 20: Lights of Liberty, 1998-1999
Folder 21: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1984-1991, undated
Folder 22: Military Exhibit--Ideas, 1987-1990, undated
Folder 23: Military Exhibit--New Hall, 1996
Folder 24: Military Exhibit--Planning, 1987-1990 [1 of 2]
Folder 25: Military Exhibit--Planning, 1987-1990 [2 of 2]
Folder 26: Military Research--1780s, undated
Folder 27: Military Research--1790s, 1989, undated
Folder 28: Military Research--American Revolution, 1989-1990, undated

Box 31

Folder 1: Military Research—Army Supply, 1985-1988, undated
Folder 2: Military Research—Bibliography, 1987, undated
Folder 3: Military Research—Bibliography—Army and Navy, 1987-1989, undated
Folder 4: Military Research—Bibliography—Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1989, undated
Folder 5: Military Research—Bibliography—Philadelphia Archives, undated
Folder 6: Military Research—Carpenters' Company, 1985-1989, undated
Folder 7: Military Research—Illustrations, undated
Folder 8: Military Research—Kohn's "Eagle and Sword", undated
Folder 9: Military Research—National Archives—War Department, 1962, 1969-1978, 1987- 1990, undated
Folder 10: Military Research—Navy—Philadelphia, 1994-1999, undated
Folder 11: Military Research—Navy—Quasi-War 1790s, 1981, 1990-1991, 2000, undated
Folder 12: Military Research—Policy and Politics, 2001, undated
Folder 13: Military Research—Samuel Hodgdon, Carpenters' Company, 1980-1989, undated
Folder 14: Monthly Reports, 1994 Folder 15: Monthly Reports—Duplicates, 1995-1999
Folder 16: Murphy, John F.—Army/Navy Report, 1991-1993 Folder 17: Personnel, 1982-1993
Folder 18: Reviews, 1996-1999 Folder 19: Reviews, 2000

Box 32

Folder 1: Reviews, 2001 [1 of 2]
Folder 2: Reviews, 2001 [2 of 2]
Folder 3: Reviews, 2002-2003
Folder 4: Reviews, 2005-2006
Folder 5: Reviews, 2007-2008
Folder 6: Security at INDE, 1995, 2003
Folder 7: St. Joseph's Church Landmark Application, 2004
Folder 8: Staff Meetings—I&VS Weekly, 2004-2006
Folder 9: Staff Meetings—Notes, 2000-2001
Folder 10: Todd House Information, 2003, undated
Folder 11: Training—COMPUSA, 2001-2002
Folder 12: Training—I&VS, 2004-2006
Folder 13: Various Projects, 1994-1995
Folder 14: Wachovia Corporation and Its Predecessor Institutions: Findings Report, 2005

SERIES IV: INTERN REPORTS, 1989-2009
[NOTE: Oversize material was separated from this series and filed at the end of the collection.]

Folder 15: Eckard, Christopher G. "The Amending Process, 1789-1800"—Report, 1989
Folder 16: Eckard, Christopher G. "The Amending Process, 1789-1800"—Research and Drafts, 1989 [1 of 2]

Box 33

Folder 1: Eckard, Christopher G. "The Amending Process, 1789-1800"—Research and Drafts, 1989 [2 of 2]
Folder 2: Hartman, Jeffry William. "Payne and Todd Family History: A Collection of Primary Resource Material"—Report, 1989
Folder 3: Hartman, Jeffry William. "Payne and Todd Family History: A Collection of Primary Resource Material"—Research and Follow Up, 1989-1994
Folder 4: Fleishman, Margot. "Catalog of Manuscripts and Documents in the Museum Collection", 1991
Folder 5: Misra, Seema Anita. "Development of the Executive Branch, 1790-1800", 1991
Folder 6: Albright, Sarah. "The Bishop William White Collection, Independence National Historical Park: A Summary Description"—Report, 1993
Folder 7: Albright, Sarah. "The Bishop William White Collection, Independence National Historical Park: A Summary Description"—Review, 1993
Folder 8: Pfefferle, Kristina. "Benjamin Hawkins Letterbook, 1798-1801"—Report, 1993
Folder 9: Pfefferle, Kristina. "Benjamin Hawkins Letterbook, 1798-1801"—Research, 1993 [1 of 3]
Folder 10: Pfefferle, Kristina. "Benjamin Hawkins Letterbook, 1798-1801"—Research, 1993 [2 of 3]
Folder 11: Pfefferle, Kristina. "Benjamin Hawkins Letterbook, 1798-1801"—Research, 1993 [3 of 3]
Folder 12: Moody, Cristin—Evaluation, Notes, and Rough Draft on Horace Wells Sellers Collection, 1994

Box 34

Folder 1: Friedman, Michael. "The Ecclesiastical Drum: William White and the Struggle of the American Episcopal Church", 1997
Folder 2: Gillespie, Bridget. "Progress Report on Benjamin Hawkins", 2001
Folder 3: Wilson, Alex. "19th Century Independence Mall Report", 2001
Folder 4: Terrell, Anitra R. "African Women's Tales of Freedom in Philadelphia, 1780-1815"— Report, 2003
Folder 5: Terrell, Anitra R. "African Women's Tales of Freedom in Philadelphia, 1780-1815"— Research and Correspondence, 2003, 2009
Folder 6: Hack, Timothy. "190 High Street: Chain of Deed and Insurance Survey Report", 2004
Folder 7: Hack, Timothy. "Philadelphia Churches and the Fight Against Slavery, 1680-1860", 2005
Folder 8: Armstrong, Tyler. "Independence Square: 19th Century Stories", 2007
Folder 9: Youhas, Troy. "The 1758 Forbes Campaign and its Influence on the Politics of the Province of Pennsylvania", 2007
Folder 10: Chornesky, Michael B. "Protected Advance: An Analytical Biography of BrigadierGeneral John Forbes", 2008

SERIES V: ORAL HISTORY PROJECTS, 1956-1999

Folder 11: Columbia University—Anderson, Melford O., 1971
Folder 12: Columbia University—Appleman, Roy, 1971
Folder 13: Columbia University—Bacon, Edmund, 1971
Folder 14: Columbia University—Borie, Mrs. Lysbeth Boyd—Independence Hall Association Correspondence, 1976-1977
Folder 15: Columbia University—Borie, Mrs. Lysbeth Boyd—Transcripts, 1973
Folder 16: Columbia University—Bradley, Michael J., 1970
Folder 17: Columbia University—Carson, Mrs. Joseph, 1973
Folder 18: Columbia University—How to Use the Collection, 1976-1980
Folder 19: Columbia University—Kahler, Herbert, 1972
Folder 20: Columbia University—Kaufmann, Arthur C., 1971
Folder 21: Columbia University—Kurjack, Dennis, 1971
Folder 22: Columbia University—Larson, Roy, 1973

Box 35

Folder 1: Columbia University—Lewis, Judge Edwin O., 1973-1977 [1 of 2]
Folder 2: Columbia University—Lewis, Judge Edwin O., 1973-1977 [2 of 2]
Folder 3: Columbia University—McCosker, Joseph, 1973
Folder 4: Columbia University—Ostroff, Isidor, 1970
Folder 5: Columbia University—Peterson, Charles E., 1973
Folder 6: Columbia University—Riley, Edward, 1972
Folder 7: Columbia University—Sacks, Leon, 1973
Folder 8: Columbia University—Scott, Hardy, 1973, 1980
Folder 9: Independence Park—Anderson, Melford O. & Lewis, Judge Edwin O., 1956
Folder 10: Independence Park—Peterson, Charles E., 1982, 1999

SERIES VI: REFERENCE FILES, circa 1960-2009
[NOTE: Oversize material was separated from this series and filed at the end of the collection.]

Folder 11: Excerpts from Notebook of Francis Gurney Smith, circa 1960, 2009
Folder 12: Franklin Family Genealogy, undated
Folders 13-14: Kelley, Joseph J. "Philadelphia and the Young Republic" - Draft, 1976, 1978

(Boxes 36-37 below)

Boxes 38-40
Raymond Holstein (Photography Dealer) Stereoviews of Philadelphia 185?-1915



SEPARATIONS
Slide Binders

Box 1

Toogood Lecture Slides
Slide Binder

Box 2

Toogood Lecture Slides

Box 36 and 37
Series III, Subseries C contd.

Oversize Box 1

Franklin Family Genealogy, undated

Oversize Box 2

Folder 1: Series I Oversize
Folder 2: Series III Subseries A-C Oversize
Folder 3: Series III Subseries D-F Oversize
Folder 4: Series III Subseries G Oversize
Folder 5: Series IV Oversize

Drawer 167

Oversize Separations

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