INVISIBLE PHILADELPHIA

Community through Voluntary Organizations

COMPILED AND EDITED BY Jean Barth Toll • Mildred S. Gillam

ATWATER KENT MUSEUM PHILADELPHIA CONTENTS

Maps and Charts of Philadelphia xxvi Preface xxix Editors' Introduction xxxiii

INTRODUCTION Fredric M. Miller 3

THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 13

GEOGRAPHY AND THE GROWTH OF PHILADELPHIA Roman A. Cybriwsky 13 NONPROFITS, GOVERNMENT, AND THE ECONOMY Donald W. Kramer, Felice D. Perlmutter, Carolyn T. Adams 15 PUBLIC-NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS IN PHILADELPHIA Graham S. Finney 21 PHYSICAL PLANNING IN PHILADELPHIA Fredric M. Miller, David Clow, Graham S. Finney 24

A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS 28

IMMIGRANT PATTERNS Fredric M. Miller 28 « AFRICAN-AMERICAN GROUPS 33 VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AMONG PHILADELPHIA AFRO-AMERICANS Emma Jones Lapsansky 33 PHILADELPHIA'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND INTERRACIAL VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS, 1890-1930 Charles Hardy III 36 Urban League of Philadelphia: Mark Hyman, Charles Shorter, Claudia Curry 42 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Philadelphia: Stanley Arnold 45 Guardian Civic, League: Debra A. McLean-McCulers 50 PRIVATE CLUBS 51 Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity: Dr. Melvin J. Chisum, Publication 51 Philadelphia Chapter, Girl Friends: Lucille P. Blondin, Katherine B. Dockens 53 Northeasterners: Lucille W. Minton 54 Philadelphia Links: Frances V. Atkinson 55 [CROUP ACTIVITIES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCHES, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH] [House of Umoja, Advocate Community Development Corporation, see SOCIAL SERVICES] [Opportunities Industrialization Centers, see WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD, BUSINESS AND VOCATIONAL SUPPORT] [Barristers Association of Philadelphia, see JUSTICE AND THE LAW] „ [Berean Institute, see A CITY OF SCHOOLS] | [Stephen Smith Geriatric Home, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, The Mercy-Douglass Story] [Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST, A CITY OF MUSEUMS] CONTENTS

[BLACK AND MINORITY ARTISTS, Freedom Theatre, Philadelphia Dance Company, see THE ARTS] [Richard Humphreys Fund, Black United Fund, see A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY] ARAB GROUPS IN PHILADELPHIA Mary Arnett, Ruth Matson, Sara al-Fadl, Nawal Ayoub, Joan Hazbun 56 ARMENIANS IN GREATER PHILADELPHIA Harry Andonian 58 « ASIAN GROUPS 59 PHILADELPHIA'S CHINATOWN George P. Moy, Publication 59 Chinese Benevolent Association: Dr. William Wu 61 Chinese Cultural and Community Center: Barbara Hussong, Betsy DeGeorge, Victoria Chang 62 Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation: Cecilia Yep, Sam Sue, Deborah Wei 64 JAPANESE AMERICANS Reiko Gaspar, Publication 65 KOREAN IMMIGRANTS IN PHILADELPHIA Ronald E. Myers, Hie-Won L. Hann 66 SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Nazli Kibria 68 Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition: Samien Nol, Publication 71 ASIAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Manju Sheth 71 « ENGLISH GROUPS 73 The Society of the Sons of Saint George: Richard Alan Harris, Publication 73 Daughters of the British Empire in Pennsylvania: Nancy S. Ritter 75 English-Speaking Union of Philadelphia: Nancy L. Guthrie 77 THE FRENCH IN PHILADELPHIA: THE FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA Francis James Dal lett 78 Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie: Annette Harispe Emgarth 82 THREE CENTURIES OF GERMAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE James M. Bergquist 84 German Society of Pennsylvania: Randall M. Miller 86 United Singers of Philadelphia: William G. Moellhoff 88 Cannstatter Volksfest Verein: David J. Roscoe 89 Bayerischer Volksfest Verein: Herbert C. Rehm 90 Schlaraffia Filadelfia: Horst K. Blume 91 Gebirgstrachten Verein Almrausch: Astrid Karnas 92 Danube Swabian Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Joseph Braunschek 92 [Lankenau.(German) Hospital, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE] [Steuben Day Observance Association, see FESTIVALS] GREEK ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Dimitri Monos 93 THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN PHILADELPHIA Rev. William C. Rickle 96 Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations: O. Jack Ortiz, Tina Palau, Anya Rivera, Publication ! Aspira: Emanuel Ortiz, Publication 100 Spanish Merchants Association of Philadelphia: Gail E. Farr 100 Taller Puertorriqueho: Johnny Irizarry 102 Fifth Street Merchants Association: Gail E. Farr 102 Congreso de Latinos Unidos: David Valentin de la Sierra 103 [Puerto Rican Week Festival, see FESTIVALS] CONTENTS

IRISH ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Dennis Clark 104 Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick: Dennis Clark 105 Donegal Beneficial, Social, Charitable and Patriotic Association of Philadelphia: Nora Campbell 106 Mayo Association: Attracta O'Malley, Publication 107 Federation of United Irish-American Societies of the Delaware Valley: Frank E. Burke 108 [Ancient Order of Hibernians, see SOCIAL SERVICES, FRATERNAL AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS] [Irish American Cultural Institute, see AN INTERNATIONAL CITY) [Saint Patrick's Day Observance Association, see FESTIVALS] ITALIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Richard N. Juliani 109 [Order Sons of Italy, see SOCIAL SERVICES, FRATERNAL AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS] [Justinian Society of Philadelphia, see JUSTICE AND THE LAW] [Columbus Day Parade, see FESTIVALS] PHILADELPHIA'S POLONIA Caroline Golab 114 « SCOTTISH GROUPS 123 Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia: Rev. G. Hall Todd 123 Scotch-Irish Society of the United States of America: Sherwood R. Mercer 124

[Scottish Historic and Research Society, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST] SLOVAK ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA M. Mark Stolarik 125 UKRAINIANS Stephanie Wochok 127 WELSH SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA Edward George Hartmann 130 [Native Americans, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS! [American-Swedish Historical Museum, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST, A CITY OF MUSEUMS] [Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST, LEARNED SOCIETIES AND LIBRARIES] [See also RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SpCIAL SERVICES; A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS; A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST; THE ARTS- FESTIVALS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]

RELIGIOUS OUTREACH 134

« PROTESTANT 134 GROUP ACTIVITIES OF AFRO-AMERICAN CHURCHES Rev. Jeane B. Williams 134 PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Rev. Frank T. Hoadley, Rev. J. Sydney Kane, Jr. 137 THE EPISCOPALIANS Rev. F. liee Richards 141 Coles House: Rev. F. Lee Richards 153 Saint Anna's Residence: Rev. F. Lee Richards 156 Galilee Mission: Rev. F. Lee Richards 157 Inasmuch Mission: Rev. F. Lee Richards 159 EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES G. Norma Harberger 160 EPISCOPAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN 163 Burd Orphan Asylum: Rev. F. Lee Richards 163 Church Home for Children: Rev. F. Lee Richards 164 Sheltering Arms: Rev. F. Lee Richards 165 HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy: Rev. F. Lee Richards 166 House of Saint Michael and All Angels for Colored Crippled Children: Rev. F. Lee Richards 168 House of the Holy Child: Rev. F. Lee Richards 170 CONTENTS

[Saint Martha's House, Lighthouse, Lighthouse Boys' Club, see SOCIAL SERVICES, SETTLEMENTS] [Episcopal Academy, see A CITY OF SCHOOLS] [Episcopal Hospital, Chestnut Hill Rehabilitation Hospital (All Saints' Hospital), see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, PHILADELPHIA: A CITY OF HOSPITALS] LUTHERAN VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Rev. Walter R. Harrison 171 Lutheran Home at Germantown: John E. Peterson 174 Mary I. Drexel Home: Joan McCabe Myers 177 Ken-Crest Centers: Hermann A. Roether 178 [Lutheran Social Mission Society, see SOCIAL SERVICES, SETTLEMENTS] [Lutheran Historical Society, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST] METHODISM IN PHILADELPHIA Rev. John Galen McEllhenney 180 United Methodist Neighborhood Services: Marion Innes, Dorothea Antis 188 PRESBYTERIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Rev. E. Bradford Davis 189 Presbyterian Ministers' Fund: John A. Baird, Jr. 195 [Presbyterian Medical Center, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, PHILADELPHIA: A CITY OF HOSPITALS] [Presbyterian Historical Society, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST] QUAKER VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THREE CENTURIES Edwin B. Bronner 196 PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING: Robert B. Dockhorn 198 Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor: Catherine D. Strohkarck, Mary M. Wood, Publication 201 Tract Association of Friends: Edwin B. Bronner 202 Bible Association of Friends in America: Edwin B. Bronner 202 American Friends Service Committee: Margaret Hope Bacon 203 [Friends Neighborhood Guild, see SOCIAL SERVICES, SETTLEMENTS] [William Penn Charter School, see A CITY OF SCHOOLS] [Friends Hospital, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS] [Richard Humphreys Fund, see A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY] UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS Theodosia C. Haviland, Publication 205 THE SALVATION ARMY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA Stacy Smith 209 PEACE MISSION MOVEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA Mrs. M. J. Divine (Mother Divine) 210 PROTESTANT ORGANIZATIONS 213 Seamen's Church Institute and the Maritime Ministry: Rev. F. Lee Richards 213 Young Men's- Christian Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Eugene A. Turner, Jr. 217 Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia: Judy Mathe Foley 220 Sunday Breakfast Association: Rev. James J. Campbell, Publication 222 Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia: Joan Shipman, Publication 223 [The Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, Contact Philadelphia, see SOCIAL SERVICES] « CATHOLIC 226 EASTERN RITE CATHOLIC CHURCHES Raymond H. Schmandt 226 CATHOLIC ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Raymond H. Schmandt 226 CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: Maryann V. Troisi, Publication 231 Catholic Youth Organization: Rev. Msgr. Robert P. Maginnis 233 Cardinal's Commission on Human Relations and Urban Ministry: Rita Fee, Mary Ann Kern, Publication 234 Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools: Jane Maloney, Anne Murry Hileman 235 CONTENTS ix

[Saint Edmond's Home for Crippled Children, Mercy Hospice, Bethesda Project, Project Rainbow, see SOCIAL SERVICES] (American Catholic Historical Society, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST] [Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute, see THE ARTS] « JEWISH 236 CHARITY IN PHILADELPHIA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Julian L. Greifer 236 Female Hebrew Benevolent Society: Bertha Braude 240 Hebrew Sunday School Society: Ruth Braude Sarner-Libros 241 Jewish Family and Children's Agency of Philadelphia: Harold S. Goldman, Publication 243 Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia: David C. Friedman, Publication 245 Hadassah: Dory Z. Blau 250 JEWISH EDUCATION IN PHILADELPHIA Diane A. King 251 Women's American ORT in Greater Philadelphia: Ina Green 254 REFLECTIONS ON TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Sandra Featherman, Gloria T. Cohen 256 Philadelphia Chapter of the American Jewish Committee: Murray Friedman 257 American Jewish Congress, Greater Philadelphia Council: Gloria T. Cohen, Sandra Featherman 258 Jewish Community Relations Council: Burt Siegel, Sandra Featherman, Lawrence Rubin 259 [Jewish Employment and Vocational Service, discussed in CHARITY IN PHILADELPHIA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY] [Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association, discussed in Jewish Community Centers] IB'nai B'rith, Workmen's Circle, Brith Sholom, see SOCIAL SERVICES, FRATERNAL AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS] [HIAS and Council Migration Service, see SOCIAL SERVICES] [National Museum of American Jewish History, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST, A CITY OF MUSEUMS] [Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, see THE ARTS] ,: [JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA, see A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY] INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION 260 National Conference of Christians and Jews, Greater Philadelphia Region: Denise S. Perry, Publication 260 PHILADELPHIA ETHICAL SOCIETY Judith Espenschied 260 [See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; SOCIAL SERVICES; A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS; A CITY OF SCHOOLS; A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE; THE ARTS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]

SOCIAL SERVICES 262

« FRATERNAL AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS 263 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania: Wayne A. Huss 263 Ancient Order of Hibernians: Seamus Boyle, Publication 265 B'nai B'rith in Philadelphia: Murray H. Shusterman 266 Workmen's Circle: Judith Felsten 270 Brith Sholom: Mervin L. Krimins, Publication 272 Order Sons of Italy in America: Joseph L. Monte 273 Rotary Club of Philadelphia: Donald E. Motaka, Publication 275 CHARITY AND SOCIAL SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA Bruce A. Dorsey II 277 Philadelphia Overseers of the Poor: Gail E. Farr 281 Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: Erik Hendricks, Publication 285 Women's Humane Society: Eileen Irwin 288 CONTENTS

Needlework Guild of America and the Philadelphia Branch: Maryanna Trembath, Donna Howley, Publication 289 The Red Cjoss in Philadelphia: Mrs. R. Norris Williams II 292 Flower Market in Rittenhouse Square: Beverly Wilson Spahr 298 The Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania, 1914-1985: Lorna Forbes 300 Co-operative Shop: Mrs. Daniel Haley, Jr., Publication 303 Resource Center for Human Services: Laura J. Spencer 304 Liberty Bell Chapter #6, Telephone Pioneers of America: Sylvia Reyburn, Emerson A. Zeager, Jr. 307 United Services Organization (USO of Philadelphia): Jay I. Hill 308 Volunteer Action Council: Patricia McBee, Mary W. Mackie, Publication 309 Wheels: Suzanne Axworthy 311 Contact Philadelphia: Theodore Porter 312 Philadelphia Clearinghouse: Donna Weber, Linda Waters Richardson 313 Delaware Valley Council of Agencies: Portia McCloud, Becki Ney 313 « CHILDREN'S SERVICES 314 Philadelphia Society for Services to Children: Helen B. Dennis, Publication 314 Children's Country Week Association: Edna R. Kurz, Publication 316 Children's Aid Society of Pennsylvania: Dorothy Col bourne 318 Smith Memorial Playgrounds and the Children's Playhouse: Paul J. Radzevich, Jr., Publication 320 Rebecca Gratz Club: Rochelle Weisman, Kathryn M. Kelley 322 Philadelphia Council Boy Scouts of America: David R. Myers 323 Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia: Effie W. Dean, Kathryn Welliver 324 Big Brother/Big Sister Association of Philadelphia: Thomas E. Weber 326 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America: George L. Beiswinger 329 Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic: Patricia Weingrad, Publication 330 Crime Prevention Association: Arthur Gewirtz, Publication 332 Police Athletic League: Jose M. Melendez, Publication 337 House of Umoja: Sister Falaka Fattah 338 Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House: Joelle Bertolet 340 Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth: Christie W. Hastings 342 Girls' Coalition of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Helen F. Faust 343 [Denominational services for children, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH] [White Williams Foundation, see WOMEN'S SERVICES] [Golden Slipper Club, see ELDERLY SERVICES] [Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Overbrook School for the Blind, Elwyn, Inc., Saint Edmond's Home for Crippled Children, Variety Club, see SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED] [Philadelphia Urban Coalition, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS] [Philadelphia House of Refuge, see JUSTICE AND THE LAW] [YOUTH IN ART, Settlement Music School, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Young Audiences, Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale, Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table, see THE ARTS] [Ludwick Institute, Richard Humphreys Fund, Seybert Institution, see A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY] « WOMEN'S SERVICES 344 WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS Trina Vaux 344 The Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances: Eleanor W. Crampton, Cecily D. Littleton 347 White-Williams Foundation: Carolyn J. Friedman 349 New Century Guild: Laura Toy, Publication 350 CONTENTS xi

The Civic Club of Philadelphia: Julie Johnson 352 Junior League of Philadelphia: Helen Stephenson Weary, Publication 356 Philadelphia Federation of Women's Clubs and Allied Organizations: Stephanie Wochok 359 Philadelphia Chapter, National Organization for Women: Judy Mathe Foley 363 Women for Greater Philadelphia: Martha A. Gable 364 [Female Society for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, Saint Anna's Residence, Coles House, Sheltering Arms, Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH) [Magdalen Society, discussed in White-Williams Foundation] [Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America, see NATURAL ENVIRONMENT! (Committee of 1926, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST] [The Plastic Club, WOMEN IN ART, Volunteer Committees for the Philadelphia Orchestra, West Philadelphia Shakespeare Club II, Charlotte Cushman Club, see THE ARTS] [Cosmopolitan Club, see PRIVATE CLUBS] [Daughters of the American Revolution, South Eastern District, Colonial Dames of America, Chapter II, Pennsylvania Society of New England Women, see HEREDITARY SOCIETIES] [WOMEN'S WAY, see A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY] « FAMILY SERVICES 366 Fam/7y Service of Philadelphia: Sonya Calabrese 366 Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Carol Wall, Joan S. Coombs, Publication 369 Marriage Council of Philadelphia: Emily Hartshorne Mudd, Martin Goldberg 374 « ELDERLY SERVICES 375 Penn Home: Robert W. Rust 375 Go/den Slipper Club and Charities: Daniyel Steinberg, Publication 376 COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTERS FOR PHILADELPHIA ELDERLY: Ann Harting 377 [Kearsley/Christ Church Hospital, discussed in THE EPISCOPALIANS, RELIGIOUS OUTREACH] [Saint Anna's Residence, Lutheran Home at Germantown, Mary I. Drexel Home, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; see also other homes discussed in denomination essays, RELIGIOUS OUTREACH] ISaunders House, Presbyterian Home, discussed in A WALK THROUGH WEST PHILADELPHIA, A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS] [Gray Panthers, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS] [Stephen Smith Geriatric Home, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, The Mercy Douglass Story] « SERVICES FOR THE NEWLY ARRIVED 379 HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia: Robert L. Klotz 379 Travelers Aid Society of Philadelphia: Rev. F. Lee Richards 381 Nationalities Service Center: Delores L. Howland 383 « SERVICES FOR THE HUNGRY 386 Greater Philadelphia Food Bank: Frank X. Corey, Virginia Meyer Smith 386 Philabundance: Franklin S. Horn 388 Food and Agriculture Task Force: Libby J. Goldstein 389 « SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES 391 Alchoholics Anonymous: Tom E. 391 THE WAR ON DRUGS: Ruth DuBois 392 [Galilee Mission, Inasmuch Mission, Sunday Breakfast Association, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH] « SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED 395 Pennsylvania School for the Deaf: Joseph E. Fischgrund 395 Overbrook School for the Blind: Edith L. Willoughby 396 Elwyn, Inc.: Marvin Rosen 398 ASSOCIATED SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: Nancy H. McCown, John J. Corrigan, Jr. 401 Inglis House, A Wheelchair Community: Barbara Baird Rogers 403 CONTENTS

Saint Edmond's Home for Crippled Children, Women's Auxiliary: Anne W. Breidenstein 405 Variety Club: Cindy Conte 405 [HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, Home of Saint Michael and All Angels, Ken Crest Centers, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH] [Kardon Institute of Music for the Handicapped, discussed in Settlement Music School, THE ARTS] MENTAL RETARDATION SERVICES: CHANGING HOMES Paul F. Spangler 408 « A CITY OF HOMES 410 HOUSING IN PHILADELPHIA John F. Bauman 410 Octavia Hill Association: Julie Johnson, Publication 416 Housing Association of the Delaware Valley: John F. Bauman 420 Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement: Jeffrey A. Cruse, Publication 424 /Advocate Community Development Corporation: Christine Washington, Publication 426 Philadelphia Urban Finance Corporation: Constance C. Medaugh 427 HOMELESSNESS: AN OVERVIEW Edythe A. Ballard 429 People's Emergency Center: Gloria Guard 430 Mercy Hospice: Staff, Publication 431 Bethesda Project: Sister Mary Klock 432 Philadelphia Committee for the Homeless: Christine Simiriglia 433 Trevor's Campaign for the Homeless: Frank Ferrell 434 Project Rainbow, Drueding Center: Sister Kathryn Etchells and the Sisters of the' Holy Redeemer 435 « SETTLEMENTS 436 FEDERATED SETTLEMENTS IN PHILADELPHIA S. Allen Bacon 436 Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements: Diana Kalenga 442 Catharine Street House of Industry: Megan McClintock 445 United Communities Southeast Philadelphia: Martin S. Barol 447 Friends Neighborhood Guild: Carole W. Ruffin, Publication 448 Wharton Centre: Ella E. Fuller, Publication 450 The Lighthouse: Rev. F. Lee Richards 451 - Lighthouse Boys' Club: Rev. F. Lee Richards 453 Saint Martha's House: Rev. F. Lee Richards 454 Lutheran Social Mission Society: Pamela Pittenger, Patricia Malinak 455 \North Light Community Center: Irene Anderson Madrak 456 [Settlement Music School, see THE ARTS] [See also'A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; POLITICS AND REFORM; JUSTICE AND THE LAW- A CITY OF SCHOOLS; A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; THE ARTS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]

A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS 458

NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA David W. Bartelt 458 Center City Residents' Association: Lenore Millhollen, Publication 465 Chestnut Hill Community Association: Lloyd P. Wells 466 Fitter Square Improvement Association: Jean Rapp 469 Whitman Council: Evelyn Druding 470 CONTENTS

Wynnefield Residents Association: Charlotte Sistrum, Legora Ragland 471 Society Hill and Its Civic Associations: Elizabeth F. Steele 472 Point Breeze Federation: Mamie Nichols 474 fast Mount Airy Neighbors: Anne C. Ewing 475 Fishtown Civic Association: Linda M. Zimmerman, Publication 478 Southwest Community Enrichment Center: Sister Anne Boniface 478 Kensington Action Now/Kensington Area Revitalization Project: Deborah Fischetti, Publication 479 Friends of Rittenhouse Square: Gary H. Levinson, Publication 480 Frankford United Neighbors Community Development Corporation: Barbara M. Auwarter, Publication 481 West Philadelphia Improvement Corps and the University of Pennsylvania: A Franklin Legacy: Ira Harkavy, John L. Puckett 481 [Philadelphia's Chinatown, see A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS] [Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, see WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY]

A WALK THROUGH WEST PHILADELPHIA: Ruth Molloy 485 Regional Council of Neighborhood Organizations: Rev. Joseph M. Kakalec 499 [Institute for the Study of Civic Values, Philadelphia Urban Coalition, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS] [See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; SOCIAL SERVICES, SETTLEMENTS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; THE ARTS- A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY]

AN INTERNATIONAL CITY 501

Geographical Society of Philadelphia: Norman P. Gentieu 501 International House of Philadelphia: Marilyn Klein, Ellen Davis, Publication 503 World Affairs Council of Philadelphia: Buntzie Ellis Churchill 504 Pan American Association of Philadelphia: Norrine J. Reyes, Publication 505 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships: Diana Harding, Marguerite Perrone 506 International Visitors Council of Philadelphia: Sandra C. Choukroun 508 America-Italy Society of Philadelphia: John S. Price 510 International Professional Exchange: Winnie Lanoix 512 Eastern Pennsylvania-Bahia Partners of the Americas: Wayne A. Selcher 512 Mexican Society of Philadelphia: Nancie W. Burkett 513 United States-China People's Friendship Association, Philadelphia Chapter: Jean G. Hopper 513 Global Interdependence Center: Frederick. Heldring, Nury V. Reichert 515 Irish American Cultural Institute, Philadelphia Chapter: Bernard Croke, Publication 516 [IMMIGRANT PATTERNS, Chinese Cultural Center, ASIAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS, Alliance Francaise, English-Speaking Union, see A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS] [SERVICES FOR THE NEWLY ARRIVED, see SOCIAL SERVICES] [Greater Philadelphia International Network, Greater Philadelphia First, see WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY]

WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD 517

THE PHILADELPHIA ECONOMY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Thomas C. Cochran 517 ECONOMIC PATTERNS IN PHILADELPHIA SINCE WORLD WAR II Anita A. Summers 519 MARITIME COMMERCE: JOINT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILADELPHIA PORT AREA William A. Harrison 520 CONTENTS

Vessel Owners' and Captains' Association: Robert L. Taylor, Publication 523 Ports of Philadelphia Maritime Exchange: William A. Harrison 523 Pilots' Association of the Bay and River Delaware: Samuel M. Schellenger, Publication 526 World Trade Association of Philadelphia: George F. Mohr, Publication 527 Philadelphia Marine Trade Association: Thomas P. Kelly 528 « BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 529 ASSOCIATIONS 530 Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce: Craig Hamilton 530 Philadelphia Board of Trade, 1833-1899: Jessica Elfenbein 533 Commercial Exchange: Fredric M. Miller, Charles J. Devine 536 Manufacturers' Association of Delaware Valley: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Robert P. Hallenbeck, Jr. 5< Philadelphia Board of Realtors: Fredric M. Miller, Edward D. Anderson 540 Philadelphia Club of Printing House Craftsmen: Thomas J. Colaiezzi, Publication 541 Chestnut Street Association: Duane Long 542 Philadelphia Book Clinic: Thomas J. Colaiezzi, Publication 543 Urban Affairs Partnership and Its Predecessors: Peter H. Binzen 544 Central Philadelphia Development Corporation: Paul R. Levy, Publication 548 Greater Philadelphia International Network: Frederick Heldring 548 Philadelphia Publishers Croup: Peter F. Hewitt 549 Greater Philadelphia First: Ralph R. Widner, John P. Claypool, Mary G. Gregg 549 [Delaware Valley Hospital Council, see A Center of Medicine and Health Care] [CHORUS AMERICA, see THE ARTS] BUSINESS AND VOCATIONAL SUPPORT 552 Better:Business Bureau of Eastern Pennsylvania: Kenneth Hawkins 552 Sunday Breakfast Club: Clifford R. Gillam, Jr. 553 Pennsylvania Economy League: Dianne E. Reed 555

LEADERSHIP, Inc.: Anne L. Hearn 558 ; Opportunities Industrialization Centers: Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, Elton Jolly, Herman Art Taylor 51 Private Industry Council of Philadelphia: Robin Widing, Stephanie A. Parisano 563 Hospitality Philadelphia Style: Mary C. Carroll 563 Executive Service Corps of the Delaware Valley: David W. Clark 564 [Spanish Merchants Association of Philadelphia, Fifth Street Merchants Association, see A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS] [Business Leaders Organized for Catholic Schools, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH1 [Liberty Bell Chapter #6, Pioneers of America/ see SOCIAL SERVICES] [Philadelphia Urban Coalition, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS] VOLUNTARY SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS Elizabeth Gray Kogen 565 PHILADELPHIA PROPERTY INSURANCE Carol Wojtowicz Smith 567 The Philadelphia Contributionship: Carol Wojtowicz Smith 569 The Mutual Assurance Company: Carol Wojtowicz Smith 570 VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES Carol Wojtowicz Smith 571 PHILADELPHIA WORKERS AND THEIR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Kenneth Fones-Wolf 573 Metropolitan District Council of Carpenters of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, H. A. Dooley 575 Upholsterers and Allied Industries Division: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Edward K. Serembus 576 CONTENTS

Philadelphia Musical Society, Local 77: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Don Diogenia 577 Clothing Division, Philadelphia Joint Board: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Bernard Dinkin 578 Local 1300, Communications Workers of America: Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Robert J. Powell 580 Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local 3: James Sanzare 580 District 1199C, Philadelphia Affiliate of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees: David R. Fair 582 American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, District Council 47: Murray Sklar 583 [Carpenters' Company, see THE ARTS, ARCHITECTURAL GROUPS]

POLITICS AND REFORM 585

POLITICAL PARTIES IN PHILADELPHIA Lloyd M. Abernethy 585 Committee of Seventy: Staff 590 League of Women Voters of Philadelphia: Vanessa Abernathy 594 Americans for Democratic Action: Bruce E. Caswell 595 [Union League, see PRIVATE CLUBS] PEACE ACTIVITIES IN PHILADELPHIA Jean R. Soderlund 598 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom: Katherine M. L. Camp 601 Women Strike for Peace: Ethel Taylor 603 [American Friends Service Committee, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH] « HUMAN RIGHTS 604 Pennsylvania Abolition Society: Margaret Hope Bacon 605 Fellowship House Farm: Helen Stark Tomkins 606 Fellowship Commission: Fredric M. Miller, Maurice B. Fagan 610 American Civil Liberties Union: Spencer Coxe 614 Woodrock: Alden Lanphear 616 Philadelphia Urban Coalition: Ernest E. Jones, Publication 618 Gray Panthers: Jean G. Hopper 621 Institute for the Study of Civic Values: Edward A. Schwartz 623 NATIVE AMERICANS 625 Indian Rights Association: Sandra L. Cadwalader 625 United American Indians of Delaware Valley: Yvonne E. Bernardino, Publication 627 GAY AND LESBIAN MOVEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA Tommi Avicolli Mecca 628 [HOUSING IN PHILADELPHIA and housing groups, Civic Club, see SOCIAL SERVICES] [See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SOCIAL SERVICES; A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS- JUSTICE AND THE LAW; A CITY OF SCHOOLS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; THE ARTS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY- and others]

JUSTICE AND THE LAW 630

Pennsylvania Prison Society: Robert D. Abrahams, Alexine L. Atherton 630 PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION: Seymour I. Toll 632 Philadelphia House of Refuge: Grant R. Grissom 642 CONTENTS

Legal Aid Society: Fredric M. Miller 645 American Law Institute: Michael Greenwald 646 Defender Association of Philadelphia: Benjamin Lerner, Publication 647 Justinian Society of Philadelphia: Carl Primavera 650 Barristers Association of Philadelphia: A. Michael Pratt 651 Citizens Crime Commission of Delaware Valley: Ian H. Lennox 651 Community Legal Services: Louis S. Rulli, Publication 653 Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia: Michael Churchill 655 [Crime Prevention Association, see SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILDREN'S SERVICES] [American Civil Liberties Union, see POLITICS AND REFORM, HUMAN RIGHTS] [See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SOCIAL SERVICES; A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS POLITICS AND REFORM; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]

A CITY OF SCHOOLS 658

EDUCATIONAL VOLUNTARISM IN PHILADELPHIA William W. Cutler III 658 « HIGHER EDUCATION 665 University of Pennsylvania: Dilys Winegrad 665 Moore College of Art and Design: Mayo Bryce, Paula Feid 670 Spring Garden College: Daniel N. DeLucca 673 University of the Arts: Anita M. Mastroieni 676 i Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science: Philip B. Scranton 678 Temple University: Miriam I. Crawford 680 Drexel University: Miriam N. Kotzin 686 Berean Institute: Lucille P. Blondin, Publication 690 Community College of Philadelphia: Allen T. Bonnell 690 [Sectarian colleges and universities, discussed in RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; EDUCATIONAL VOLUNTARISM IN PHILADELPHIA] [Medical, nursing education, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE] « PUBLIC EDUCATION 695 PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILADELPHIA Harry C. Silcox 695 PUBLIC EDUCATION REFORM-IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Sandra Featherman 697 Philadelphia' Home and School Council: Sandra Featherman 699 Citizens Committee on Public Education in Philadelphia: Sandra Featherman 701 ^Parents Union: Parent Advocacy and Education: Karen Bojar, Sandra Featherman 702 EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN PHILADELPHIA Ruth Bacon 705 Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children: Ruth Bacon 708 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA: Rosemary D. Mazzatenta 710 [Arts in Early Education Training Institute, discussed in Settlement Music School, THE ARTS] [See also RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SOCIAL SERVICES] « PRIVATE SCHOOLS 711 William Penn Charter School: John W. Burkhart 711 Germantown Academy: Ralph W. Allen 713 Episcopal Academy: Rev. F. Lee Richards 716 [Sectarian schools, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH] i try i a

[Overbrook School for the Blind, Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Elwyn, Inc., see SOCIAL SERVICES, SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED] [Girard College, discussed in BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CITY TRUSTS, A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY] ALUMNI/ALUMNAE ASSOCIATIONS Editors 720 Philadelphia Branch of the American Association of University Women: Sandra Featherman 720

« ADULT LITERACY 722 Center for Literacy: Richard Wells, Jo Ann Weinberger 722 [Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Settlement Music School, The Curtis Institute of Music, Academy of Vocal Arts, theater and dance schools, arts education programs, see THE ARTS] [See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SOCIAL SERVICES; WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD; A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT- THE ARTS- A CITY OF

PHILANTHROPY; and others] A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE 725

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia: Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. 725 The Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia: Gretchen Worden 729 Philadelphia County Medical Society: Dr. Samuel X. Radbill 730 The Wistar Institute: Dr. Leonard Warren 732 MEDICAL EDUCATION IN PHILADELPHIA Dr. Frederick B. Wagner, Jr. 734 Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: Dr. Ara Der Marderosian, Publication 737 Thomas Jefferson University: Dr. Frederick B. Wagner, Jr. 740 Hahnemann University: Phyllis Fisher, Lynne Schwartz 742 Medical College of Pennsylvania: Staff 744 Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine: Lisabeth M. Holloway 749 [Medical schools at Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, discussed in respective universities in A CITY OF SCHOOLS] [Psychiatric and psychoanalytic training, discussed in MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS] PHILADELPHIA: A CITY OF HOSPITALS Thomas A. Horrocks 750 Delaware Valley Hospital Council: Suzanne Etris Torres 757 Pennsylvania Hospital: Dolores Ziff 758 Episcopal Hospital: Rev. F. Lee Richards 765 The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Shirley Bonnem, Publication 767 Lankenau Hospital: Lisa M. Clark 768 Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia: Lillian S. Brunner 769 Chestnut Hill Rehabilitation Hospital: G. Norma Harberger 772 The Mercy-Douglass Story: Virginia J. Smith 773 Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, Philadelphia Unit: Olga Melendez, Publication 775 Children's Rehabilitation Hospital: Dr. Frederick B. Wagner, Jr. 777 [Albert Einstein Medical Center, Moss Rehabilitation Center, discussed in CHARITY IN PHILADELPHIA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY, RELIGIOUS OUTREACH] [Philadelphia Overseers of the Poor, see SOCIAL SERVICES] [Inglis House, see SOCIAL SERVICES, SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED] [Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital, discussed in University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, A CITY OF SCHOOLS] [Jefferson Hospital, discussed in Thomas Jefferson University] [Saint Christopher's Hospital, discussed in PHILADELPHIA: A CITY OF HOSPITALS] [Friends Hospital, The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, see MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS] [Wills Eye Hospital, discussed in BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CITY TRUSTS, A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY] « HOSPICE 779 Wissahickon Hospice: Francis Ballard 779 DENTAL HEALTH IN PHILADELPHIA Dr. Milton B. Asbell 779 xviii CONTENTS

NURSING IN PHILADELPHIA Joan E. Lynaugh 781 Visiting Nurse Society of Philadelphia: Gail E. Farr 784 Nurses' Alumni Association of the Philadelphia General Hospital: Stephanie A. Stachniewicz 78( Alumni Association of the School of Nursing of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Nadine Landis 787 Philadelphia County District One of the Pennsylvania Nurses Association: Dorothy A. Mereness 788 MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS Dr. Michael J. Vergare 789 Friends Hospital: Dr. William P. Camp 791 The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital: Jane Friedman Century, Eve Glicksman 793 [Rebecca Gratz Club, Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, see SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILDREN'S SERVICES] [Marriage Council of Philadelphia, see SOCIAL SERVICES, FAMILY SERVICES] [Hall-Mercer Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, discussed in Pennsylvania Hospital] « RESEARCH AND PREVENTION 796 The American Lung Association of Philadelphia and Montgomery County: Rhonda Kapinsky, Publication 796 American Heart Association, Southeastern Pennsylvania Affiliate: Barbara P. Henderson 798 American Cancer Society, Philadelphia Division: William B. Barlow 798 [See also Wistar Institute; PHILADELPHIA: A CITY OF HOSPITALS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY] [HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, House of Saint Michael and All Angels for Crippled Children, Ken-Crest Centers, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; Saint Edmond's Home for Crippled Children, Variety Club, see SOCIAL SERVICES, SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED]

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY soo

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN PHILADELPHIA Jane Mork Gibson 800 American Philosophical Society: Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. 802 AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA: Simon Baatz 804 The /Academy of Natural Sciences: Diane M. Schmidt, Carol M. Spawn 806 Franklin Institute: Jane Mork Gibson, Charles F. Penniman, Jr. 809 Wagner Free Institute of Science: Susan Glassman, Eugene A. Bolt, Jr. 816 America's First Zoo: Jeanne Laura Segal Gaughan 819 Engineers' Club of Philadelphia: Adolph O. Schaefer 822 ASTM: Adolph O. Schaefer 824 Society for Industrial Archeology, Oliver Evans Chapter: Jane Mork Gibson 825 [Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture^ discussed in AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA] [See also A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY]

NATURAL EJNVIRONMENT 827

ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Joanne R. Denworth 827 Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education: Richard L. James 832 Project TREND: Polly Miller 833 HORTICULTURE IN PHILADELPHIA Elizabeth P. McLean 833 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: Ernesta Drinker Ballard 838 CONTENTS xix

John Bartram Association: D. Roger Mower, Jr. 840 Morris Arboretum: Elizabeth C. Walker 841 Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America: Cecily G. Clark 843 Awbury Arboretum Association: Spencer Coxe 846 [Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania, discussed in HORTICULTURE IN PHILADELPHIA] « PARKS 847 Fairmount Park: Esther M. Klein [see also Fairmount Park Commission] 847 Fairmount Park Commission: Richard R. Nicolai, John Mcllhenny 848 City Parks Association: Fredric M. Miller, William H. Will 851 [The Academy of Natural Sciences, see SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [HISTORIC HOUSES IN FAIRMOUNT PARK, FAIRMOUNT PARK COUNCIL FOR HISTORIC SITES, see A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST1 [Fairmount Park Art Association, see THE ARTS] [See also A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS; A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]

A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST 854

PRESERVING PHYSICAL MATERIALS OF HISTORY , Margaret B. Tinkcom 854 Committee of 1926 of Pennsylvania: Lois E. Masterson 859 Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks: Staff, Publication 860 Independence Hall Association: Mark H. Biddle, Doreen Murphy 861 Friends of Independence National Historical Park: Elizabeth S. Browne 862 Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild: Vivian Tohanczyn 863 Philadelphia Chapter of the Victorian Society in America: Doreen Foust 864 Philadelphia Historic Preservation Corporation: Jean M. Farnsworth 866 [John Bartram Association and other horticultural and park groups with historic sites, see NATURAL ENVIRONMENT] [Society for Industrial Archeology, see SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] HISTORIC GERMANTOWN PRESERVED Betty Shellenberger 868 HISTORIC HOUSES IN FAIRMOUNT PARK Robert Montgomery Scott, Anne d'Harnoncourt 870 FAIRMOUNT PARK COUNCIL FOR HISTORIC SITES John W. Haigis, Catherine M. Rezny 871 CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA J. Joseph Edgette 872 Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery: John Francis Marion 874 « HISTORICAL SOCIETIES 875 Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Staff, Publication 875 Presbyterian Historical Society: William B. Miller 879 American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia: Raymond H. Schmandt 879 Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Jane Adams Clarke 881 Historical Society of Frankford: Staff, Publication 882 Germantown Historical Society: Staff, Publication 882 Lutheran Historical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania: Rev. Walter R. Harrison 886 Scottish Historic and Research Society of the Delaware Valley: Frederick Stuart Gill, Betty Maconaghy Kienzle 887 Chestnut Hill Historical Society: Shirley Hanson 888 CONTENTS

The Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania: Seymour I. Toll 889 [University City Historical Society, discussed in A WALK THROUGH WEST PHILADELPHIA, A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS] « LEARNED SOCIETIES AND LIBRARIES 890 Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia: George Vaux 890 Oriental Club of Philadelphia: Roger Allen 892 Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia Society: Phoebe A. Sheftel 893 Map Society of the Delaware Valley: Lawson Cantrell 894 LIBRARIES OF PHILADELPHIA Howell J. Heaney 894 The Library Company of Philadelphia: Edwin Wolf 2nd 898 The Athenaeum of Philadelphia: Roger W. Moss 901 Friends Free Library of Germantown: Ann Newlin Thompson 903 Free Library of Philadelphia: Keith Doms 904 Rosenbach Museum and Library: Michele F. Voge, Publication 907 Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies: R. Joseph Anderson 908 Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries: Marie E. Korey 910 [American Philosophical Society, see SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [Civil War Library and Museum, see A CITY OF MUSEUMS] [See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS OUTREACH; SOCIAL SERVICES, SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED; JUSTICE AND THE LAW, PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION; HISTORICAL SOCIETIES; A CITY OF MUSEUMS; A CITY OF SCHOOLS; A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; THE ARTS; SPORTS, CRICKET AND CRICKET CLUBS; PRIVATE CLUBS, Union League; HEREDITARY SOCIETIES; ARCHIVES IN PHILADELPHIA; and other groups] « A CITY OF MUSEUMS 911 A LOOK BACK AT PHILADELPHIA'S MUSEUMS Marlene Robinson 911 Museum Council of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley: Doris Fanelli 918 Museum of the American Philosophical Society: Murphy D. Smith 919 Civil War Library and Museum: Constance E. Williams 921 The University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania: Mary Virginia Harris 921 American Swedish Historical Foundation and Museum: Katarina Cerny, Publication 924 Atwater Kent Museum: Carroll Anne Sheppard 925 Philadelphia Maritime Museum: Staff, Publication 929 Fireman's Hall: Carol Wojtowicz Smith 931 Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum: Nannette Clark 932 National Museum of American Jewish History: Beryl Rosenstock 933 Please Touch Museum: Martha F. Zazyczny, Capucine Jackson-Grimes 934 Goldie Paley Design Center: Frank Koe 935 [Mutter Museum, see A CENTER OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE] [The Academy of Natural Sciences, Franklin Institute, see SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [Rosenbach Museum and Library, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, and others, see LEARNED SOCIETIES AND LIBRARIES] [Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Carpenters' Company, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rodin Museum, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Woodmere Art Museum, see THE ARTS] [See also HISTORICAL SOCIETIES; PRIVATE CLUBS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]

THE ARTS 936

« MULTI-ARTS GROUPS 936 Philadelphia Art Alliance: Board, Staff 936 CONTENTS xxi

Philadelphia All Star-Forum: Moe Septee 938 Painted Bride: Gerard Givnish 939 Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance: Cathryn Coate 940 Philadelphia Area Cultural Consortium: Cynthia J. Little 941 [Taller Puertorriqueiio, see A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS] ARCHITECTURE IN PHILADELPHIA Victoria Donohoe 942 Carpenters' Company of the City and,County of Philadelphia: Deborah J. Dorshimer 952 Philadelphia Chapter, American Institute of Architects: John F. Larkin 956 Society of Architectural Historians: David A. Bahlman, Publication 957 Foundation for Architecture: Ellen Freedman 958 ART ORGANIZATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Victoria Donohoe 960 ART INSTITUTIONS 968 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Cheryl Leibold 968 Philadelphia Museum of Art: Robert Montgomery Scott, Anne d'Harnoncourt 970 Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial: Thora E. Jacobson 975 Rodin Museum: Joseph Rishel 975 Woodmere Art Museum: Michael Schantz, Sedra Schiffman, Louise Hartman, Publication 976 Institute of Contemporary Art: Alice O. Beamsderfer, Patrick Murphy 977 [See also A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST, A CITY OF MUSEUMS] ART CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 978 The Philadelphia Sketch Club: Morris Goldsmith, Publication 978 Fairmount Park Art Association: Penny Balkin Bach 981 The Plastic Club: Barbara E. Mcllvain 983 The Print Club: Berthevon Moschzisker 985 The Fabric Workshop: Nancy Miller 987 Text/7e Arts Society of Philadelphia: Anne Sims 988 ART ESSAYS 989 PAINTING: Victoria Donohoe 989 SCULPTURE: Victoria Donohoe 993 CRAFTS: Victoria Donohoe 994 PRINTMAKING: Victoria Donohoe 998 ART COLLECTORS: Victoria Donohoe 1002 GALLERY ALTERNATIVES: Victoria Donohoe 1003 INTERIOR DESIGN AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS: Victoria Donohoe 1006 ARTS, SCIENCE, GRAPHICS, AND INDUSTRY: Victoria Donohoe 1008 BLACK AND MINORITY ARTISTS: Victoria Donohoe 1010 WOMEN IN ART: Victoria Donohoe 1013 YOUTH IN ART: Victoria Donohoe 1016 COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS: Victoria Donohoe 1019 ASSISTING ARTISTS: Victoria Donohoe 1023 ART FESTIVALS: Victoria Donohoe 1028 ARTISTS AND CURRENT ISSUES: Victoria Donohoe 1029 CONTENTS

PHOTOGRAPHY IN PHILADELPHIA Victoria Donohoe, Jesse Spritzler, Publication 1032 Photographic Society of Philadelphia: Eleanor A. Price, Publication 1038 Miniature Camera Club of Philadelphia: Jesse Spritzler, Publication 1039 « FILM 1042 Exceptional Films Society and Middle Atlantic Film Board: Frederick Goldman 1042 Philadelphia Institute of Cinema and the Walnut Street Theatre Film/Video Center: Ruth Perlmutter 1044 Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival: Ruth Perlmutter 1044 MUSIC IN PHILADELPHIA Orlando Cole 1045 Musical Fund Society: Richard Thomson 1050 The Orpheus Club of Philadelphia: Frank R. Wallace 1051 Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia: Jean Dowdall 1052 The Philadelphia Orchestra: Joanne Barry, Publication 1053 Volunteer Committees for the Philadelphia Orchestra: Ada-Belle Gottlieb, Mary Dupre 1057 The Savoy Company: Daniel S. Knight 1059 Settlement Music School: John V. Alviti, Robert Capanna, James McClelland, Kristine Schwenzer 1062 The Curtis Institute of Music: Staff 1064 Academy of Vocal Arts: Mareen Bixler 1065 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra: Helen T. Carp, Publication 1067 Singing City Choir: Graeme Cowen, Publication 1069 Philadelphia Chamber Chorus: Spencer Coxe 1069 Young Audiences of Eastern Pennsylvania: Irene G. Wolf 1069 Philadelphia Folksong Society/Philadelphia Folk Festival: Lisette Bralow 1070 Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia: Bill Woods, Cathy Welborn 1072 Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale: Robert G. Hamilton, Marilyn P. George 1072 The Philadelphia Singers: Kenneth Landis 1074 Opera Company of Philadelphia: Elena N. Park, Publication 1075 The Pennsylvania Opera Theater: Barbara Silverstein 1077 Bach Festival of Philadelphia: Janice Fiore 1077 Relache: Michael M. Fay 1078 CHORUS AMERICA: Wilson Jeffreys, Publication 1079 American Music Theater Festival: Emily Winston, Publication 1079 [Pennsylvania Pro Musica, Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, discussed in CHORUS AMERICA] LITERARY WITH LEARNING George R. Allen 1080 Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute: Raymond H. Schmandt 1083 Science and Art Club of Germantown: Albert E. Wolf 1085 Pen & Pencil Club: Stuart D. Bykofsky 1086 Philobiblon Club of Philadelphia: George R. Allen 1087 West Philadelphia Shakespeare Club II: Janet Lockhart 1088 The Franklin Inn Club: Seymour I. Toll 1089 Dickens Fellowship: Earl M. McWilliams 1091 Professional Writers' Club of Philadelphia: Robert Hesselbarth 1092 CONTENTS xxiii

Bookfriends' Association: Robert T. Lentz 1093 Philadelphia Science Fiction Society: Milton Rothman 1093 The Sons of the Copper Beeches: John B. Koelle 1093 Philadelphia Writers' Conference: William Delamar, Doris Patterson, Gloria Delamar, Sheila Martin 1094 Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table: Harriet May Savitz, Carolyn W. Field 1095 American Poetry Center: Margaret C. Barringer 1096 [Philomathean Literary Society, discussed in A WALK THROUGH WEST PHILADELPHIA, A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS] [Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia, discussed in LITERARY WITH LEARNING] « COMMUNICATIONS 1097 WHYY: Nessa Forman, Publication 1097 [Annenberg Center for Communications, Arts, and Sciences, discussed in University of Pennsylvania, A CITY OF SCHOOLS] THEATER IN PHILADELPHIA Geraldine Duclow, Frank C. P. McGlinn 1098 Walnut Street Theatre: Geraldine Duclow, Esther M. Klein 1101 Charlotte Cushman Club: Jean Rapp 1102 Plays and Players: Donald Cameron 1103 Philadelphia Drama Guild: Jacqueline Kozloski 1104 Society Hill Playhouse: Deen Kogan 1106 Theatre of the Living Arts: Frederick Goldman 1107 Freedom Theatre: Kala Lynn Moses, Publication 1108 W(7ma Theater: Elisabeth Beaird, Janet E. Finegar, Publication 1109 [Mask and Wig, discussed in University of Pennsylvania, A CITY OF SCHOOLS; THEATER IN PHILADELPHIA] DANCE IN PHILADELPHIA Stella Moore 1111 Philadelphia Civic Ballet: Alicia Dakerian Craig 1116 Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco): Joan Myers Brown, Publication 1118 Philadelphia Dance Alliance: Pearl Schaeffer 1119 ZeroMoving: Hellmut Gottschild, Karen Bamonte 1120 [Pennsylvania Ballet Company, discussed in DANCE IN PHILADELPHIA] « FOLKLORE 1120 Philadelphia Folklore Project. Debora Kodish 1120 [See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS; A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS; A REVERENCE FOR THE PAST; FESTIVALS; A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY; and others]

FESTIVALS 1122

FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA David Glassberg 1122 New Year's Shooters and Mummers Parade: Jack A. Cohen 1126 5a/nt Patrick's Day Observance Association: Dennis Clark 1128 Columbus Day Parade: Lorraine Fitzgerald 1130 5teuben Day Observance Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Erich Uhlenbrock 1130 Puerto Rican Week Festival: Gail E. Farr 1131 [Pulaski Day Parade, discussed in PHILADELPHIA'S POLONIA; Odunde, discussed in FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA] [Philadelphia Folk Fair, discussed in Nationalities Service Center, SOCIAL SERVICES] xxiv CONTENTS

[ART FESTIVALS, see THE ARTS, ART ESSAYS] [Philadelphia Folk Festival/Philadelphia Folksong Society, Bach Festival of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, see THE ARTS]

FOOD 1132

PHILADELPHIA'S CULINARY PAST Mary Anne Hines 1132

HOBBY GROUPS me

SPORTS 1138

PHILADELPHIA'S SPORTING AND ATHLETIC CLUBS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY J. Thomas Jable 1138 Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society: Mary G. Mycek, Publication 1141 THE SCHUYLKILL NAVY: Jefferson M. Moak 1142 BOAT HOUSE ROW: Jefferson M. Moak 1146 CRICKET AND CRICKET CLUBS IN PHILADELPHIA: Merrill H. J. Roth, Murray C. Haines 1150 SPORTS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHILADELPHIA Frank Dolson 1152 Philadelphia Tennis Association: Barbara Copper 1154 Philadelphia Tennis Patrons Association: Wendy Tank-Nielsen 1156 [Racquet Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, see PRIVATE CLUBS]

PRIVATE CLUBS ii58

UPPER-CLASS CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA E. Digby Baltzell 1158 « CLUBS 1162 Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill: Nicholas B. Wainwright 1162 The Assemblies: William Hollenback 1163 Wistar Association: Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. 1164 Philadelphia Club: F. Markoe Rivinus 1166 Union League of Philadelphia: Maxwell Whiteman 1168 The Rabbit: Lewis Van Dusen III, Publication 1171 Penn Club: Cortlandt van Dyke Hubbard 1172 The Junior Legal Club: Seymour I. Toll, Publication 1175 Racquet Club of Philadelphia: William J. Clothier, 2nd, Publication 1177 Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia: J. Albury Fleitas 1181 Informal Club of Germantown: Albert E. Wolf 1184 Locust Club of Philadelphia: Suzanne Root 1184 Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia: Mary Virginia Harris 1185 Friday the Thirteenth Club: Arthur Klein 1187 Interlocutors: Harry G. Toland 1187 [Rittenhouse Club, Acorn Club, Clover Club, discussed in UPPER-CLASS CLUBS] [See also A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN GROUPS, PRIVATE CLUBS] CONTENTS

MILITARY SERVICE ii89

VOLUNTEER MILITIA AND NATIONAL GUARD OF PHILADELPHIA Frank C. Steckel 1189 First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry: Henry D. Lavino 1194 VETERANS GROUPS Editors 1197

HEREDITARY SOCIETIES 1199

HEREDITARY SOCIETIES IN PHILADELPHIA Clifford Lewis 3rd 1199 The State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania: Clifford Lewis 3rd 1199 Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Forrest R. Schaeffer, Publication 1201 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: William A. Hamann III, Publication 1202 Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution: Martin P. Snyder 1204 Daughters of the American Revolution, South Eastern District: Audrey V. Johnson 1208 Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: John A. Baird, Jr. 1209 Colonial Dames of America, Chapter II: Mrs. Schuyler V. R. Cammann 1210 The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania: John A. Baird, Jr. 1211 Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Rev. E. Bradford Davis 1212 Pennsylvania Society of New England Women: Lois Masterson 1214 Philadelphia-Continental Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution: Harold L. Wood, Publication 1215 Welcome Society of Pennsylvania: Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 1217

A CITY OF PHILANTHROPY 1219

« SERVICE PROVIDERS-GRANTMAKERS 1219 Ludwick Institute: George Vaux 1219 Richard Humphreys Fund: Charlotte A. Tinker 1222 Union Benevolent Association: Dr. G. Malcolm Laws, Jr., Joanne R. Denworth, Publication 1224 The Adam and Maria Sarah Seybert Institution: Judith L. Bardes 1225 [Female Society for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, and others, see RELIGIOUS OUTREACH] [Female Association for the Relief 6t Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, White-Williams Foundation, Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania, and others, see SOCIAL SERVICES] BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CITY TRUSTS Ruth J. Armour 1228 « COOPERATIVE FUNDING 1233 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: Edwin Wolf 2nd and Others 1233 THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: Eileen R. Heisman, Publication 1241 UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Lucy M. Sayre 1243 WOMEN'S WAY: Cynthia J. Little 1247 BREAD AND ROSES COMMUNITY FUND: Ann Doley, Judy Claude, Publication 1251 CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE FUNDING: Nan Langen Steketee 1254 BLACK UNITED FUND OF PENNSYLVANIA: Linda Waters Richardson 1255 CONTENTS

FAMILY FOUNDATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Judith L. Bardes 1256 « INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONS 1258 5amue/ 5. Fels Fund: Dennis Clark 1258 William Penn Foundation: Richard K. Bennett, Publication 1261 The Pew Charitable Trusts: Staff, Publication 1262 « ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS 1268 Delaware Valley Grantmakers: Alexandra Wolf Fogel 1268

ARCHIVES IN PHILADELPHIA 1269

DOCUMENTING PHILADELPHIA: ARCHIVAL AND MANUSCRIPT REPOSITORIES IN THE AREA David M. Weinberg 1269

Bibliographical Note 1275 Acknowledgments 1277 Indexes 1281 ORGANIZATION AND INSTITUTION INDEX 1283 NAME INDEX 1311 SUBJECT INDEX 1341