The strength of Pittsburgh as a great American city comes, in part, from the mixing and melding of the various ethnic and cultural groups that have made the city their home. From the Scotch-Irish of French-and-Indian-War days to the migration of Southern blacks in the 1920s; from the Eastern Europeans who came to work in the city's smoky mills to the recent Jewish emigres from Russia.
In the midst of this whirlwind of settlement, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (and its eighteen branches) has traditionally served its patron base by innovation and through its imaginative outreach programs. Andrew Carnegie's vision for his library, at the close of the 19th century, was an all-inclusive one. In the words of the Founder:
"When this library is supported by the community, as Pittsburgh is wisely to support her library, all taint of charity is dispelled. Every citizen of Pittsburgh, even the very humblest, now walks into this, his own library, for the poorest laborer contributes his mite indirectly to its support. The man who enters a library is in the best society this world affords; the good and the great welcome him, surround him, and humbly ask to be allowed to become his servants...."As the Library prepares for the new millenium, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--thanks to the vision of its late Director, Bob Croneberger--is positioned, with all its remarkable information technology, to combine a Global Reach with a Local Touch.In recognition of National Library Week, the Pennsylvania Department presents an introductory bibliography to some of its resources--resources on the diverse groups that make up the Pittsburgh community and which the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has always made it its mission to serve.
Resources on the World of Diversity
That Is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In General
Allegheny County's Americans by choice;
- descriptive material about the foreign born of Allegheny county
- Margaret E. Hartford
- 1944
- rF157.A4 H3
- on racial and ethnic minorities for Pennsylvania schools
- 1969
- r016.30145 P39
- Temple University, University of Pittsburgh, The Pennsylvania State University
- rqG1260.A86 1989
- John E. Bodnar
- 1973
- rF175.A1 B62
- John E. Bodnar
- 1974
- rZ7164.I3 B6x
- David E. Washburn
- 1978
- rE184.A1 W26
- Leonore R. Elkus
- 1981
- rF159.P653 A24x
- a conference to explore the impact of Pennsylvania's cultural diversity on public policy:
- June 8-9, 1990 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania:
- proceedings
- Shalom Staub
- 1990
- rqGN495.6.G69 1990x
- Blacks, Italians and Poles in Pittsburgh, 1900-1960
- John Bodnar
- 1982
- rF159.P69 A22 1982
- Daniel Walden
- 1976
- rF160.A1 W3x
- a preliminary guide
- Robert E. Wilson
- 1976
- rqF159.P69 W53x
- Lucille Wallower
- 1960
- F158.9.A1 W3
- O. M. Walton
- 1958
- r277.48 W19
- extracts from selected Pennsylvania colonial documents,
- 1681 to 1780, in commemoration of the tercentenary of the commonwealth
- Louis M. Waddell
- 1982
- rF152.P412 1982x
- indentured and redemption labor in colony and commonwealth
- Cheesman A. Herrick
- 1926
- r326 H47
African-Americans in Pennsylvania
- Leroy Hopkins
- 1994
- Uncataloged
- Carl Morris
- 1968
- r301.45 M91
- a census compilation
- Clarence Rollo Turner
- 1974
- rqF159.P6 B55x
- research and educational perspectives
- David McBride
- 1983
- rE185.93.P41 B53 1983x
- advertisements for runaways in the Pennsylvania gazette,
- 1728-1790
- Billy G. Smith
- 1989
- rE443.B525 1989
- Joyce Benson
- 1991
- rF159.P653 B46 1991x
- Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation
- 1995
- rF159.P69 N45 1995
- southern Blacks' migration to Pittsburgh, 1916-30
- Peter Gottlieb
- 1987
- rF159.P69 N44 1987
- Ira V. Brown
- 1970
- rE185.93.P41 B7
- Abraham Epstein
- 1969
- rF159.P6 E6 1969
- Dennis C. Dickerson
- 1986
- rHD8039.I52 U535 1986
- Charles L. Blockson
- 1975
- rE185.93.P41 B56
- the lives and times of Black baseball's most exciting team
- James Bankes
- 1991
- rGV875.P49 B36 1991x
- politics and Black journalism
- Andrew Buni
- 1974
- rPN4874.V35 B8
- Rob Ruck
- 1987
- rGV584.5.P57 R83 1987
- a report of the Negro health survey
- Elsie Witchen
- 1934
- rRC313.A57 N4
Germans in Pennsylvania
- the German community in Pittsburgh and Allegheny city, Pennsylvania,
- 1845-1885
- Nora Faires
- 1981
- rF159.P69 G35 1981x
- a genuine research and study in acculturation
- Alfred A. Curran
- 1986
- rF160.G3 C87 1986
- lists of passengers arriving at U.S. ports....
- Ira A. Glazier
- Multivolume set
- rE184.G3 G38 1988
- on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
- of the founding of the German Evangelical Protestant
- Smithfield Church (Congregational) Pittsburgh, Pa.,
- Oct. 16, 1932
- 1932
- r284.9 P67h
- Allegheny (now Pittsburgh), Pa.:
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery (Spring Hill),
- Voegtly Cemetery (Troy Hill)
- K. T. H. McFarland
- 1986
- rF159.P69 G36 1986
- Ralph Beaver Strassburger
- 1980
- rF160.G3 S8 1966
- loyalties of German-Americans in Pittsburgh during World War I
- Cheryl Lynn Miller
- 1985
- rqF159.P69 G363 1985x
Irish in Pennsylvania
- Irish community life in Pittsburgh and Allegheny city, 1850-1885
- Victor Anthony Walsh
- 1983
- rF159.P69 I6 1983x
- the Irish contribution to America and in particular to Western Pennsylvania
- Margaret E. Maloney
- 1977
- rE184.I6 M27
- lists of Irish immigrants arriving....
- Ira A. Glazier
- Multivolume set
- rE184.I6 F25 1983
- a people share a commonwealth
- Dennis Clark
- 1991
- rF160.I6 C53 1991
Italians in Pennsylvania
- Richard D. Grifo
- 1990
- rF160.I8 G75 1990
- 1988
- Uncataloged
- lists of passengers arriving at U.S. ports....
- Ira A. Glazier
- Multivolume set
- rE184.I8 I844 1992
Jews in Pennsylvania
- the migration of Polish Jews and Christians to Pittsburgh
- Barbara Stern Burstin
- 1989
- rF159.P69 P72 1989
- an oral history of the immigrant Jewish experience in Pittsburgh
- 1972
- rF159.P6 N27
- a case study of adult immigrant education
- Ida Cohen Selavan
- 1976
- rqHV4012.P6 S45x
- 1754-1894
- Jacob S. Feldman
- 1986
- qr296 F33
- a population study
- 1963
- qr296 U2532
- a sample study
- Maurice Taylor
- 1941
- qr296 T25
- Julia Miller
- 1930
- qr296 M69
- Bruce Bazelon
- 1986
- Uncataloged
- Ida Cohen Selavan
- 1981
- rF159.P69 J56 1981
- Burton L. Hirsch
- 1986
- rF157.A4 H52 1986x
- comprising the names and addresses of members
- and the history of Jewish organizations,
- also a history of the Jewish community of Pittsburgh
- 1917-24
- r296 P67
- 1990
- rF159.P69 J577 1990x
- Eva Smill
- 1920
- qr331.8 S64
- family, kinship and ethnicity within Jewish families in Pittsburgh
- Myrna Silverman
- 1989
- rF159.P69 J58 1989
Native Americans in Pennsylvania
- A story of the part played by the American Indian in the History of Pennsylvania,
- based primarily on the Pennsylvania Archives and Colonial Records,
- and built around the outstanding chiefs
- C. Hale Sipe
- 1994
- E78.P4 S5 1994
- An account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania,
- of the French and Indian War, Pontiac's War,
- Lord Dunmore's War, The Revolutionary War
- and the Indian Uprising from 1789 to 1795
- C. Hale Sipe
- 1995
- E78.P4 S54 1995x
- Paul A. W. Wallace
- 1993
- E78.P4 W15 1981
- Troy Richardson
- 1994
- E78.P4 R53 1994
Poles in Pennsylvania
- 1948
- r325.73 C32
- Matthew S. Magda
- 1986
- Uncataloged
- Miecislaus Haiman
- 1941
- r325.73 H14poL
- relative to achieving the independence of Poland
- through preservation of religious, fraternal, and cultural institutions
- Louise Misko
- 1975
- rqF159.P6 M54x
Swedes in Pennsylvania
- family histories of the Swedish Lutheran church members residing in
- Pennsylvania, Delaware, West New Jersey & Cecil county, Md.
- 1638-1693
- Peter Stebbins Craig
- 1993
- rF157.D4 C73 1993
- Richard H. Hulan
- 1994
- Uncataloged
Welsh in Pennsylvania
- with sketches of the townships of Haverford and Radnor;
- historical and genealogical collections concerning the Welsh barony
- in the province of Pennsylvania, settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682
- Thomas Allen Glenn
- 1970
- r974.812 G48a
- Thomas Allen Glenn
- 1970
- r929 G48w
- Matthew S. Magda
- 1986
- Uncataloged
Women in Pennsylvania
- oral histories of three generations of ethnic American women
- Corinne Azen Krause
- 1991
- rHQ1439.P58 K73 1991
- women's lives in western Pennsylvania, 1790-1850
- Virginia K. Bartlett
- 1994
- rHQ1438.P4 B37 1994
- a collection of photography and poetry by Pittsburgh area women
- Judith R. Robinson
- 1989
- rPS589.L58 1989x
- Gertrude Bosler Biddle
- 1942
- r920.7 B47
- Janice H. McElroy
- 1983
- rHQ1412.O97 1983
- William Henry Egle
- 1972
- r920.7 E36a
- women and their families;
- a background report for governor's conference on responses to
- workforce 2000
- 1990
- rqHD6096.P4 P46 1990x
- elopements and other miscreant deeds as advertised in the
- Pennsylvania gazette, 1728-1789:
- (together with a few abused wives and unfortunate children)
- Judith A. H. Meier
- 1993
- rqHQ1438.P4 M45 1993x
- Elizabeth Beardsley Butler
- 1909
- r331.4 B97
Other Groups
- 1992
- rNA2545.P5 A2 1992x
- 1943
- r282 C28294
- a changing minority community in the United States
- Chien-shiung Wu
- 1983
- rF159.P69 C5 1982x
- summary of a report submitted to the Squirrel Hill urban coalition
- Diane Cecily
- 1988
- rqHQ1064.U6 P46 1988x
- Rosalyn Katz
- 1985
- rqHD7287.92.U55 P55 1985x
- Pittsburgh's Slovak Catholics and Lutherans, 1880-1915
- June Granatir Alexander
- 1987
- rF159.P69 S462 1987
- follow-up one and two years post-school
- Elizabeth Gordon
- 1988
- rqHV3006.P4 G67 1988x
- Croatians in a Pittsburgh neighborhood:
- the Lawrenceville experience
- Allan Becer
- 1992
- rqF159.P69 C93 1992x
- 1982
- rqBX738.G74 P676 1982x
- the first Hungarian reformed church of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1965
- rBX9499.3.S48 1965x
- Morris Zelditch
- 1936
- qr325.73 Z44
- to make transit systems accessible to the handicapped and elderly
- 1980
- rqHV3022.T72 1980x
Videos
- Rick Sebak
- 1989
- Humanities Department, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- Christopher Moore
- 1991
- Humanities Department, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Local Resources
- Hillman Library
- University of Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh, PA 15260
- (412) 648-8199
- 200 Charles St.
- Dorseyville, PA 15238
- (412) 782-4457
- 1212 Smallman St.
- Pittsburgh, PA 15222
- (412) 454-6364
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- 4400 Forbes Ave.
- Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- (412) 622-3154
- 450 Landmarks Bldg.
- Station Square
- Pittsburgh, PA 15219
- (412) 471-5808
Websites
- www.info-ren.org/projects/btul/exhibit/exhibit.html
- A tour of Pittsburgh neighborhoods using some 600 historic photographs and text taken from the collections of the Pennsylvania Department, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
- http://hillhouse.ckp.edu/
- A multi-purpose social services agency that has been providing services to residents of the Hill District and the Pittsburgh area for more than 30 years.
Compiled 16 March 1998