Finding Aid -- Historic Resource Studies: Student Reports

The Historic Resource Studies: Student Reports contain documents from the years 1952-2014.

Table of Contents

Copyright and Restrictions
History
Scope and Content
Container List

 

Copyright and Restrictions

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History

This collection of student reports include works submitted as academic coursework, including published and unpublished materials. All student reports involve research on or using INDE resources, including sites, buildings, and artifacts. Works range from high school student papers through Ph.D. dissertations.

 

Scope and Content

Historic Resource Studies: Student Reports
1952 – 2014

Catalog Number: 104419
Volume: 9.3 LF
Description: This collection includes student reports. Some reports are also available on disc.
Organization: The collection is arranged chronologically by year.
Provenance: Not applicable
Restrictions: No
Associated Materials: Not applicable

 

Container List

Box 1

FOLDER 1: Graham, Robert E. "Philadephia Inns and Taverns: 1774-1780" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, UNDATED)
FOLDER 2: Manges, Frances M. "Business Women in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, UNDATED) CRBIB# 406898
FOLDER 3: Marvis, Louise L. "Philadelphia as a Magazine Center: 1786-1800" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, UNDATED) CRBIB# 406899
FOLDER 4: Meredith, TR. "The Consecration of William White" (University of Pennsylvania, UNDATED)
FOLDER 5 & 6: Gilbert, Daniel R. "Patterns of Organization and Membership in Colonial Philadelphia Club Life, 1725-1755" (ca. 1950) CRBIB# 406896
FOLDER 7: Davies, Elizabeth H. "Loyalism in Philadelphia During the American Revolution" (student paper, Bryn Mawr College, 1952)
FOLDER 8: Rowland, William R. "The Colonial Newspaper and its Use as a Source of Historical Information" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 1952) CRBIB# 407401
FOLDER 9: Tufel, Nancy. "The Aristocracy of Furniture" (student paper, 1952)
FOLDER 10: Matzkin, Ruth. "Inventories of Estates in Philadelphia County, 1682-1719" (Masters of Arts thesis, University of Delaware, 1959)
FOLDER 11: Cute, Mrs. James F. "Edmund Woolley, 1695/99?-1771" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 1962) CRBIB# 406970
FOLDER 12: Candee, Richard M. "Materials Toward a History of House Paints: the Materials and Craft of the Housepainter in Eighteenth-Century America" (Master of Arts thesis, State University of New York, Oneonta, 1965)

Box 1.2

Folder 1: Penn, Theodore Z. "Decorative and Protective Finishes, 1750-1850: Materials, Process, and Craft" (Master of Arts thesis, University of Delaware, June 1966)

Box 2

FOLDER 1: Huey, Paul R. "Preliminary Report on Excavations at the Man Full Of Trouble Tavern, Feature #1" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 1966)
FOLDER 2: Mallory, Peter. "Franklin Court as Art History" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 1970) CRBIB# 406953
FOLDER 3: Boykin. "Old Roses" (1971) CRBIB# 406890
FOLDER 4: Byrd, Francis J. "William Washington: Continental Cavalryman" (Master of Arts thesis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1971) CRBIB# 406889
FOLDER 5: Catalano, Kathleen M. "Cabinetmaking in Philadelphia, 1820 -1840" (Master of Arts thesis, University of Delaware, 1972) CRBIB# 407010
FOLDER 6: Bishop, David H. "Ascent of Significance: the Evolution of the Liberty Bell as a Cultural Symbol" (senior thesis, Temple University, 1975)
FOLDER 7: Bishop, Ellen B. "Benevolent Actions During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" (student paper, 1975) CRBIB# 406888
FOLDER 8: Huseman, Marjorie. "A Study of British Transfer-Printed Pottery Found in Franklin Court in Philadelphia" (student paper, 1975)
FOLDER 8.2: Tobias, Clifford I. “'A Rare Sharp Fellow': Henry D. Gilpin and the Bank War, a Study in Reform Politics" (Doctor of Philosophy dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1975). Housed in box 9. CRBIB# 012963
FOLDER 9: Verderame, Lorraine. "Research on the Franklin Court Collection of Staffordshire Blue" (student research, 1975)
FOLDER 10: Anderson, S.; T. Quinn; E. Snyder; C. Wood. "Gloria Dei" (student paper, 1975) CRBIB# 407008
FOLDER 11: Satchell, Norman. "Crisis Yellow Fever: Philadelphia 1793" (student paper, 1976) CRBIB# 406903
FOLDER 12: Gerson, Linda. "The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, 1820 -1892, with a Focus on David G. Seixas" (student paper, 1978)
FOLDER 13: Spiegel, Karen J. “Further Considerations of a Mikveh in Early 19th c. Philadelphia” (student report, 1978) CRBIB# 408712

Box 3

FOLDER 1-3: Crum, John W. "The Citizen vs. the City: Municipal Bureaucracy in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia" (Doctor of Philosophy dissertation, University of Delaware, 1980) CRBIB# 407013
FOLDER 4: Broder, Matthew. "Philadelphia’s City Tavern During the Revolution" (student paper, Yale University, 1981) CRBIB# 407009
FOLDER 5: Craig, Bruce. "The Rise of Congressional Government, a Study of Legislative Committee Systems, 1760-1800" (Master of History thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1981) CRBIB# 407094
FOLDER 6: Montgomery, Charles H. "A Historical Progression to the 1789/1790 First American Prayer Book with Some Comments about Bishop William White’s Role in its Production" (student paper, Yale Divinity School, 1981) CRBIB# 406926
FOLDER 7: Robb, MA. "A Study of an American Revolutionary War Figure [Deborah Franklin]" (student paper, Goddard College, 1972/1982)
FOLDER 8: Barna, Frank C. "A Most Intricate Department: the Commissary General of Military Stores or Ordnance Department Under Benjamin Flower and Samuel Hodgdon, 1777-1782" (Master of Arts thesis, University of Maryland, 1984) CRBIB# 406887
FOLDER 9: Cohen, Shirley A. "The Todd House, a History, Description and Evaluation" (student paper, Temple University, 1986)
FOLDER 10: Mackiewicz, Susan. "Good Order Established in Philadelphia: Domestic Housing and Social Identity, 1682-1690" (student paper, University of Delaware, 1986)
FOLDER 11: Whitmore, Julie. "William Strickland: Architect and Engineer, 1788-1854, the Second Bank of the United States and the Philadelphia Merchants’ Exchange" (student paper, 1986) CRBIB# 406979
FOLDER 12: Finta, Gyula. "Reconsidering Independence Mall" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 1987)
FOLDER 13: Foy, Jessica. "American-Made Picture Frames from the Colonial Era" (student paper, State University of New York, Oneonta Cooperstown, 1987) CRBIB# 407016

Box 4

FOLDER 1: McCleery, Kathy. "Carpenters’ Hall: 1773-1800" (student paper, Temple University, 1987) CRBIB# 406932
FOLDER 2: Moses, Kathy S. "Franklin Court, is it Possible to Recreate an Historic Environment or Structure when Part of it is Missing?" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 1988)
FOLDER 3-4: Cook, Kathleen K. "The Creation of Independence National Historical Park and Independence Mall" 2 volumes. (Master of Science thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1989) CRBIB# 407011
FOLDER 5: Anderson-Lawrence, Jennifer. "The Colonial Revival at Cliveden" (Master of Arts thesis, University of Delaware, 1990)
FOLDER 6: Lingeman, Anne M. "Judge Peters’ Walnut Street Residence" (student paper, 1990) CRBIB# 407022
FOLDER 7: Verplanck, Anne A. "Benjamin Trott: Miniature Painter" (Master of Arts thesis, College of William and Mary, 1990) CRBIB# 406904
FOLDER 8: Winship, Marion N. “'Indians Now in this City '—Philadelphia, 1792: The Negotiation of Diplomatic Visits by Indian Guests and their Official White Hosts" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 1990) CRBIB# 407096
FOLDER 9: Bacon, John M. "Delaware Valley Slatback Chairs: a Formal and Analytical Survey" (Master of Arts thesis, University of Delaware, 1991) CRBIB# 407007
FOLDER 10: Fry, Joel T. "Benjamin Franklin and the Pennsylvania Fireplace: a History and a New Example from Bartram’s Garden" (student paper, 1991) CRBIB# 407019
FOLDER 11: Kashatus, III, William C. "Independence Hall: the Birthplace of a Nation" (University of Pennsylvania, [1991])

Box 4.2

Folder 1-2: Nittinger, Carl E. "A Primary Resource for the Restoration, Reconstruction and/or Replication of 18th and Early 19th Century Architectural Elements: The Architectural Study Collectionof INHP" (Thesis, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, 1991)
Folder 3: Schaaf, Anne-Marie T. "Representing the City in 1800: William Birch’s View of Philadelphia" (Master of Arts thesis, University of Delaware, 1991)
Folder 4: Milley, John C. "Cellars, Garrets, and Related Spaces in Philadelphia Houses 1750-1850" (Research project undertaken as part of the Friends of INHP Internship program, Sept. 1991)

Box 5

FOLDER 1: Vider, Elise. "The Historic American Building Survey in Philadelphia, 1950-1966: Shaping Postwar Preservation" (Master of Science thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1991)
FOLDER 2: Isaksen, Mark "Early Concepts of Historic Preservation: The Restoration of Carpenter's Hall 1857-1876" (UPENN, 1992)
FOLDER 3: Rosier, Carol. "Any Old Iron? A Study of Architectural Salvage" (student paper, University of Bristol, 1992)
FOLDER 4: Gill, Jr., Harold B. "Artisans in Williamsburg, 1700-1800" (1994)
FOLDER 5: Schade, Rachel S. "Philadelphia Townhouse Yards, 1780-1810, their Design and Use" (student paper, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1994) CRBIB# 407392
FOLDER 6: Laughlin, King. "Knife Cases and Fashionable Dining" (student paper, ca. 1995)
FOLDER 7: Kimmel, Jocelyn. "Characterization and Consolidation of Pennsylvania Blue Marble, with a Case Study of the Second Bank of the United States, Philadelphia, PA" (Master of Science thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1996) CRBIB# 407021
FOLDER 8: Verplanck, Anne A. "Facing Philadelphia: the Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860" (Doctor of Philosophy dissertation, College of William and Mary, 1996) CRBIB# 407025
FOLDER 9: Berger, Linda. "Pennsylvania Marble, a.k.a. Pennsylvania Blue Marble, Montgomery County Marble and Most Recently as Henderson Marble" (student report, University of Pennsylvania, 1997)
FOLDER 10: Friedman, Michael. "The Ecclesiastical Drum: William White and the Struggle of the American Episcopal Church" (student paper, Harvard College, 1997) CRBIB# 407018

Box 6

FOLDER 1: Mires, Charlene. "Memories Lost and Found: Independence dissertation, Temple University, 1997) CRBIB# 407027
FOLDER 2: Tarver, Alan. "An Examination of Independence Mall from the Perspective of Historical Preservation Theory" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 1997) CRBIB# 407023
FOLDER 2.2: Allen, Jeffrey. "Learning from Franklin Court: A Cultural Reappraisal of Tourism and Historic Preservation at Independence National Historical Park" (Master of Science thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1998). Housed in box 10. CRBIB# 407006
FOLDER 2.3: Munsch, Guy. “The First Bank of the United States, Reevaluating Success: a Conservation Conditions Assessment Survey and Analysis of Previous Treatments” (Master of Sciences thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1998) Housed in box 11.
FOLDER 3: Rairigh, Shawn. "Reinventing the City Beautiful in Post-Modern Philadelphia" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 1998)
FOLDER 4: Stanek, Steve. "The Graff House: the Beginning of Independence" (student paper, William Penn Charter School, 1998)
FOLDER 5: Wallace, Peyton. "The Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania State House: the Constitution and the Myths that were Created" (student paper, William Penn Charter School, 1998)
FOLDER 6: Weiss, Ernie. "The Second Bank of the United States: Focus on Andrew Jackson’s War" (student paper, William Penn Charter School, 1998)
FOLDER 7: Conner, J. Del. "The Unsung Syng, a Life in the Shadow of Benjamin Franklin" (1999) CRBIB# 407017
FOLDER 8: Slater, Kristina A. "The Norris Mansion and Gardens: Finding Significance in the Lost Past" (student paper, University of Delaware, 1999)
FOLDER 9: Vitiello, Domenic. "The Wilson Brothers’ Drexel Building and American Industrial Architecture" (student paper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
FOLDER 10: Dann, Catharine C. “'Governments, Individuals, and Old Houses': the Slate Roof House of Philadelphia" (Master of Arts thesis, University of Delaware, 2000). 2 copies
FOLDER 11: Fitz, Caitlin. "Securing the Blessings of Liberty, Park" (student paper, Princeton University, 2000) CRBIB# 407015
FOLDER 12: Gerson, Evelyn B. "A Thirst for Complete Freedom: Why Fugitive Slave Ona Judge Staines Never Returned to her Master, President George Washington" (Master of Liberal Arts thesis, Harvard University, 2000). CRBIB# 407095. 2nd copy housed in Box 11.
FOLDER 13: Rilling, DJ. "In Defense of Polluting the Nineteenth-Century Metropolis" (University of Pennsylvania, 2001)
FOLDER 14: Fukushima, Ayako. "Project Analysis on Franklin Court, Theory of Reconstruction" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 2002)
FOLDER 15: Krykewycz, Gregory R. "The Redevelopment of Independence Mall, a Case Study" (student report, Rutgers University, 2002)
FOLDER 16: Irvin, Benjamin H. "Tar, Feathers, and the Enemies of American Liberties, 1768-1776" (student report, 2003)
Folder 16.2: Kikunaga, Linda. "Franklin Court: Memoralizing an Alternative to Reconstruction" (UPENN, 2003)
FOLDER 17: Fukushima, Ayako. "Cultural Resource Management and Interpretation with GIS: a Pilot Project for the Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, PA" (Master of Science thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2004). 1 unbound copy and 2 CDs

Box 7

FOLDER 1: Glavan, John R. "An Evaluation of Mechanical Pinning Treatments for the Repair of Marble at the Second Bank of the United States" (Master of Science thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2004) CRBIB# 407020
FOLDER 2: Kikunaga, L. and S. Orbeta. "Independence National Historical Park, Independence Mall, Evolution of Urban Space" (student project website, University of Pennsylvania, 2004). 1 CD
FOLDER 3: McBratney, Felicia L. "Quantitative Analysis and Treatment of Pennsylvania Blue Marble at the Philadelphia Merchants’ Exchange" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 2004). 1 unbound copy and 1 CD
FOLDER 4: Kreider, Catherine A. "Myth and Morality: the Sculpted Façade of the First Bank of the United States, 1795-1797" (Master of Liberal Arts thesis, Harvard University, 2005)Façade of the First Bank of the United States, 1795-1797"
FOLDER 5: Zellers-Frederick, Andrew A. "The Mutiny of 1783: an Interpretation of America’s Successful Military Revolt" (student paper, Temple University, 2005)
FOLDER 6: Crnic, Allison. "Gloria Dei: Cultural Landscape of an Urban Oasis" (student paper, 2006)
FOLDER 7: Zellers-Frederick, Andrew A. "Gunning Bedford, Jr. at the 1787 Constitutional Convention: Are His Most Famous Words Myth?" (student paper, LaSalle University, ca. 2006)
FOLDER 8: Balloon, Alexander. "From Franklin Court to the Benjamin Franklin Museum: Changing Interpretation and the Redesign of the Franklin Court Underground Museum" (student paper, University of Pennsylvania, 2007) CRBIB# 407399
FOLDER 9: Cansfield, Esther. "History of the Serlio Frame" (fourth year project, University of Oxford, Christ Church, 2007).
FOLDER 10: Zagarino, Victoria. "George Washington as Monument and Symbol" (student paper, Villanova University, 2008) CRBIB# 407614
FOLDER 11: Kellogg Repash, Dana. "A Monument to Human Creativity: Redefining the Historic House Museum at the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site" (student paper, Villanova University, 2008) CRBIB# 407612
FOLDER 12: Clark, Raymond. "Charles Willson Peale" (student report, ca. 2008) CRBIB# 407613
FOLDER 13: Angelo, Alicia. "A Story 'Better Told Elsewhere': George Washington, Slavery, and Reinterpretation at the Germantown White House" (student report, Villanova University, 2008) CRBIB# 407518
FOLDER 14: Beetham, Sara. (2008). “'Within These Sacred Walls': Independence Hall and Lafayette’s Farewell Tour" (student report, 2008)
FOLDER 15: Chornesky, Michael B. “Visceral History – Interpreting Independence National Historical Park” (Villanova Univ. 2nd year MA Candidate, 2008) 1 CD. CRBIB# 407519
FOLDER 16: Seo, Veri. "Freedom Does Not Come Free: The Escape and Legacy of Oney Judge" (student report, 2009)
FOLDER 17 & 18: "In Pursuit of Liberty. African American Court and Prison Stories from Philadelphia, 1820s-1840s." Prepared for
FOLDER 17 & 18: "In Pursuit of Liberty. African American Court and Independence National Historical Park and Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site (student report, Villanova University, Public History Practicum, 2009)
FOLDER 19: Reid, Sharon. "Manufacturing, The Past of Philadelphia: A Communicative Approach to Understanding How Historic Preservation and Planning Practices Created a Colonial City at the Expense of the 'Workshop of the World.'” (Masters of Arts thesis, Villanova University, 2010) CRBIB# 407621
FOLDER 19.2: Kellog Repash. "The Intersection of History and Technology: Blogging on the National Park Service's Morris Family Paper Collections." (Villanova University, 2010.)
FOLDER 20: Collection of short student papers from Frank Matero’s Theories of Historic Preservation. (University of Pennsylvania, Dec. 2010) Folder 1 of 3

• Aguilar, Joseph. "Franklin Court: Archeology, Interpretation, and Meaning"
• Allen, Courtney. "Carpenters’ Hall and Court: Approaches in Preservation"
• Allen, Latishia. "Independence Visitor Center: An Icon Behind the Garden Wall"
• Alpert, Lynn. "Rohm and Haas Corporate Headquarters: Urban Renewal on Independence Mall"
• Berkowitz, Irene. "The Heritage Imperative: Evaluating the Making of Society Hill"
• Brinjac, Julia. "Independence Hall: A Gateway of Collective Memory"
• Cantu, Jason. "Old Visitor Center"
• Collins, Mary Catharine. "Franklin Court"
• Dastugue, Kaitlin. "Washington Square: Site Critique"
• Dela Torre, Vanessa. "The Philadelphia Bourse Building"

Box 8

FOLDER 1: Collection of short student papers from Frank Matero’s Theories of Historic Preservation. (University of Pennsylvania, Dec. 2010) Folder 2 of 3

• Hayes, Nyasha B. "Powel House: An Evolving Significance"
• Hildebrandt, Rachel. "Betsy Ross House: An Evaluation of Preservation Interventions"
• Kinane. "Bishop White House: The Allegory of Authenticity"
• Lattig, Jesse W. "The (New) Mall"
• Leggio, Christine. "The Free Quaker Meetinghouse: Success and Failure in Preservation Design"
• Lester, Molly. "Cobblestones and Concrete: Elfreth’s Alley, Urban Renewal, and the Delaware Expressway"
• McNabb, Kalen. "Penn Mutual Tower and the Havilland Façade"
• Mileo, Fabiana. "Society Hill Towers"
• Parra, Laura. "Christ Church: The Nation’s Church in the Ever-Changing Urban Context"
• Peterson, Sarah Elizabeth. "The Bourse: Independence of Independence"
• Reid, Sharon. "Taking Stock: Preservation Motives and the Merchants’ Exchange Building"

FOLDER 2: Collection of short student papers from Frank Matero’s Theories of Historic Preservation. (University of Pennsylvania, Dec. 2010) Folder 3 of 3

• Rhodes, Monica. "The President’s House: Politics and Perspective in Making a New Site"
• Szeber, Lauren. "The Pemberton House: A Critique on the Theories Behind its Reconstruction"
• Taylor, Darren J. "The Penn Mutual Tower"
• Tidwell, Marshall. "The Place of History in the City: Planning Philadelphia’s Society Hill Towers and Townhouses"
• Timon, L. Jay. "The Second Bank of the United States"
• Van Wagenen, Haley. "Housing an American Relic: The Liberty Bell Pavillion and the Liberty Bell Center in Independence National Historical Park"
• Vega-Gonzalez, Gladysa C. "Elfreth’s Alley: A Site Critique"
• Weng, Tingting. "Society Hill: Sustainability in the Continuous Dialogue between Old and New"
• Wickland, Matthew. "Chestnut Street: Two Sides of Preservation"
• Williams, Courtney. "First Bank of the United States of America"
• Wilson, Tom. "Revisiting Franklin Court"
• Yl, Li. "New Mall in Historic Park, a Retrospective View on Preservation Efforts on Independence Mall State Park from 1990s to Present"

FOLDER 3: Poulos, Karen S. "A Historiographical Study of the British Occupation of Philadelphia 1777- 1778: The Plight of Women in an Occupied City (Master of Arts thesis, Norwich University, 2014)