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The Amish: Library catalog, Cobblestone Magazine; PA Files

• The Amish Country Web  http://members.tripod.com/~AndersR/Amishweb.html
• The AMISH, the MENNONITES, and THE PLAIN PEOPLE  http://www.800padutch.com/amish.shtml

Anderson, Marian-opera singer, Negro spiritualist  Library catalog

• The National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/linc/symbol/andersonprint.htm

• University of Pennsylvania (Collection of photographs) http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/photos/anderson/

• Marian Anderson Historical Society

• The Kennedy Center http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/family/mariananderson/woman.html

Barnard, George Grey-sculptor

• State of Pennsylvania http://cpc.leg.state.pa.us/main/cpcweb/history/artists/barnard.html

Bluford, Guion-astronaut   Library catalog 

• Guion Bluford at NASA http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/guion_bluford.html 
• NASA  http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bluford-gs.html
• U. S. Air Force  http://www.af.mil/history/person.asp?dec=1970-1980&pid=123006470

Buchanan, James-President of the United States  Library catalog

• Wheatland http://www.wheatland.org/

• The National Park Service http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/presidents/bio15.htm

•  The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jb15.html

Carnegie, Andrew-steel producer, philanthropist   Library catalog

• Carnegie Library at Pittsburgh  www.clpgh.org/exhibit/carnegie.html

• Library of Congress http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/industry/carnegie

• PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/sfeature/meet.html

Carson, Rachel-environmentalist  Library catalog

• Rachel Carson.org http://www.rachelcarson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=homepage

• Rachel Carson Homestead (click on Biography) http://www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org/

Cassatt, Mary-artist   Library catalog

• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/cassatt/Default.html

• National Gallery of Art (a collection of paintings) http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggcassattptg/ggcassattptg-main1.html

Cosby, Bill-comedian   Library catalog, Cobblestone, EBSCO, SIRS Discoverer

• The Kennedy Center Honors http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3713&source_type=A
• Stanford University, School of Education http://cosbyoncampus.stanford.edu/event-background/bill-cosby-biography.html

Curtin, Andrew Greg-governor

• PA Historical Museum Commission http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/governors/curtin.asp?secid=31
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Dickinson, John-statesman  Library catalog

• National Park Service http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/constitution/bio12.htm

• Colonial Hall http://www.colonialhall.com/dickinson/dickinson.php

• U. S. History.org http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/dickinson.htm

Drake Edwin L.-first oil well

• Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/edwin/page1.asp?secid=31

• California Energy Commission http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/drake.html

Eisenhower, Dwight D.-President of the United States

• The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/de34.html

• The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/curintro.htm

• National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/elro/glossary/eisenhower-dwight.htm

• Library of Congress http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/eisenhower

Forten, James

• The African American Registry http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1860/James_Forten_abolitionist_and_businessman

• WHYY Listen to an interview with Julie Winch author of A Gentleman of Color: The Life of James Forten  http://www.whyy.org/91FM/marker27.html

Foster, Stephen-musician  Library catalog

• University of Pittsburgh http://www.pitt.edu/~amerimus/foster.htm

• PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/peopleevents/p_sfoster.html

• University of San Diego http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/snd/foster.html
• Virginia Tech http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/appendix/Composers/F/StephenFoster.html

Franklin, Benjamin-inventor and statesman  Library catalog

• The Franklin Institute http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/

• PBS http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/

• National Park Service http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/

Fulton, Robert-inventor

• University of Rochester http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/thurston/fulton/

• The University of Virginia http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/transport/fulton.html

• The University of Iowa http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/products/history/hoh/fulton.html

Graham, Martha-dancer and choreographer  Library catalog

• Martha Graham Dance Company

• The Kennedy Center http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3735&source_type=A

Harris, John-settler (See Harrisburg in the Library catalog)

• Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/harrisburg/page1.asp?secid=31
• The John Harris/Simon Cameron Mansion http://www.dauphincountyhistoricalsociety.org/
• Dauphin County History http://www.dauphincounty.org/dauphin/cwp/view.asp?a=1232&q=446379&dauphinNav=%7C

Heinz, Henry J.-started Heinz Company

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburg http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/northside/nor_n109.html
• Heinz Company
• Harvard Business School

Hershey, Milton-chocolatier   Library Catalog

• Hershey Entertainment and Resorts http://www.hersheypa.com/town_of_hershey/history/
• "The Man Behind the Chocolate" from the Hershey Museum http://www.hersheymuseum.org/pdf/manbehindchocolate.pdf 

Hicks, Edward

• Folk Art Society of America http://www.folkart.org/mag/hicks/hicks.html
• Albright-Knox Art Gallery http://www.albrightknox.org/ArtStart/Hicks.html
• Philadelphia Museum of Art

Mott, Lucretia-women's rights, abolitionist  Library catalog

• Georgetown College http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/htallant/courses/his338/students/laubrey/motthomepage.htm

• Smithsonian Institute http://www.civilwar.si.edu/slavery_mott1.

• Pomona College http://www.mott.pomona.edu/

Peale, Charles Willson-artist   Library catalog

• Smithsonian Institute http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/peale/papers2.htm

• Rutgers University

Penn, William-founder of Pennsylvania  Library Catalog, PA Files

• William Penn from Pennsbury Manor www.pennsburymanor.org/PennInPa.html
• The Library of Congress  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial/penn_1

Pinchot, Gifford-Governor  Library catalog

• Biography of Gifford Pinchot from State of Pennsylvania

Pitcher, Molly

• America’s Library http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/nj/pitcher_1
• Valley Forge Historical Society http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/youasked/070.htm

• Library of Congress http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/nj/pitcher_1

• US History http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/youasked/070.htm

Purvis, Robert

• The African American Registry http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1053/Robert_Purvis_was_a_dedicated_abolitionist
• William Still Underground Railroad Foundation, Inc. http://www.undergroundrr.com/foundation/abolotionist.htm#29
• Phillyburbs.com http://www.phillyburbs.com/undergroundrailroad/purvis.shtml

• Brief Biography at the Fair Hill Burial Ground in Philadelphia (site of Robert Purvis grave) http://www.fairhillburial.org/famous.php

•  The Underground Railroad by the Berks County Historical Society http://www.berkshistory.org/articles/underground.html

The Quakers  Library catalog

• Arch Street Meeting House at U.S. History http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_meet.htm 
• Quaker Information Center http://www.quakerinfo.org

Ridge, Thomas, Governor and Director of Homeland Security

• Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/govres/cwp/view.asp?Q=116805
• The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/ridge-bio.html

Rush, Benjamin-doctor and politician

• PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p458.html
• Princeton University http://etc.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/rush_benjamin.html
• University of Houston http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi739.htm
• Dickinson College http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/r/ed_rushB.html

Sims, William S.-Navy commander, WWI

• US Surface Navy Association http://www.navysna.org/awards/Hall%20of%20Fame%20Write%20Ups/sims.htm
• USS SIMS Ship http://www.usssims1059.org/wssims.html

Spinelli, Jerry-writer  Library catalog

• Jerry Spinelli’s Homepage http://www.jerryspinelli.com/newbery_008.htm

• Kidsreads.com http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-spinelli-jerry.asp

• Embracing the Child http://www.embracingthechild.org/aspinelli.htm

Still, William-antislavery movement, Underground Railroad  Library catalog

• William Still Underground RR Foundation http://www.undergroundrr.com/index2.html

Tubman, Harriet

• PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html

• Lakewood Public Library http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/tubm-har.htm

• National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/boaf/harriettubman.htm

Wanamaker, John-clothier

• PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/wanamaker_hi.html
• Geocities http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4547/wanamaker.html

West, Benjamin-artist  Library catalog

• Getty Museum http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a689-1.html
• University of Pennsylvania http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/west_benj.html

Westinghouse, George-inventor  Library catalog

• Michigan State University http://www.egr.msu.edu/~wierzba/westinghouse.pdf
• PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/westinghouse_hi.html
• WIKIPEDIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westinghouse

Woolworth, Frank

• The Woolworths Virtual Museum http://audiostreet.infront.co.uk/1800s-biogfww.htm
• City of Watertown http://www.citywatertown.org/history/woolworth.html