Religion in Philadelphia - Guide to Resources

• Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
  Houses the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center. Also see its Guide to Manuscript and Microfilm Collections.
• Philadelphia Neighborhood History - Historical Society of Pennsylvania
• Presbyterian Historical Society - Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Philadelphia City Archives
• Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Ryan Memorial Library
• Temple University Libraries Urban Archives
• University City Historical Society

• Directory of archival and manuscript repositories in the Delaware Valley. David S. Miller and David M. Weinberg, eds. 2nd ed. Philadelphia : Department of Records, City of Philadelphia, 1998.
  Location: Van Pelt Library Reference Desk CD3052 .D54 1998
  
  
• Directory of African American Collections in Greater Philadelphia and Selected Suburban Areas - Temple University Urban Archives
  
  
• Directory of archives and manuscript repositories in the United States. 2nd ed. Phoenix : Oryx Press, 1988.
  Location: Van Pelt Library Reference Desk CD3020 .D49 1988
  
  
• A guide to the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center. Lindsay B. Nauen, ed. Philadelphia : Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, c1977.
  Location: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks F158.9.J5 P55

• Episcopal Church, USA
  • Diocese of Pennsylvania
• First Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
• United Church of Christ
• United Muslim Movement - The Islamic Home Page of Philadelphia
  
  

• Tabernacle United Church
• Saint Ignatius Church
• St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Hamilton Village)
  
• More Religion links from LibertyNet

• Current Information on Philadelphia - Penn Library Special Bibliography
• Philadelphia History (especially West Philadelphia) - a guide to resources and census data
• Newspapers - Philadelphia
• Subject Access to Philadelphia Newspapers

• America: History & Life
  Indexes secondary literature in American history. Good for regional and local history.
• ATLA Religion Database
• Dissertation Abstracts
• Ethnic NewsWatch
• Periodicals Contents Index
  Indexes magazines and journals from 1790-1990.
• Philadelphia Online NewsLibrary
  To print out articles, you must be in the library and have a librarian type in the password.

• Invisible Philadelphia : community through voluntary organizations Jean Barth Toll and Mildred S. Gillam, eds. Philadelphia, PA : Atwater Kent Museum, c1995.
  Location: Van Pelt Library Reference Desk F158.18 .I58 1995
  See especially pp.134-261 for the chapter, "Religious Outreach." A bibliography is included with location of archives.
  
  
• Religion in America
  A web page which compiles a select set of web resources dealing with contemporary religious issues in the United States.

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