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Resources on Floods Detre L&A Resources on Floods Title Author Subject Subject Subject Subject Format Call number 1907 flood, Foster memorial, Panther Hollow, Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1907. postcards Postcard Collection Schenley Park, Christ M.E. Church and Bill's Place on Rt 30 postcards (6) 1936 flood in Glenfield and McKees Rocks Floods-Pennsylvania-Glenfield (Pittsburgh, Floods-Pennsylvania-McKees Rocks- Glenfield (Pittsburgh, Pa.)- McKees Rocks (Pa.)-Flood, 1936. photo 1997.0323 photographs. Pa.)-1936. 1936. Flood, 1936. 1936 Flood photograph-1936 [photograph] Floods-Pennsylvania-Downtown (Pittsburgh, Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)-Flood, photo 2014.0132 1936 Flood photographs by Deszo J. Demetsky. Deszo J. Demetsky Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936.Pa.)-1936. 1936 photo 2010.0136 1936 flood photographs with identification list Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1936. photo 1996.0318 1936 Flood photographs-1936 [photographs] Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1936. McKees Rocks (Pa.)-Flood, photo 2013.0136 1936. 1936 Pittsburgh flood (7) photographs with (3) Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1936. photo 2002.0133 negatives of photographs of unidentified children, c1936 1936 Pittsburgh Flood photographs [photographs] Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1936. Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. photo PFF 0070 1936 Flood in Downtown Pittsburgh Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1936. Boulevard of the Allies note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F21 I04 (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1964 Flood McClain, James Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1964. Fort Duquesne Boulevard note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F23 I01 (Pittsburgh, Pa.); 1964 Flood McClain, James Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1964. Fort Duquesne Bridge note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F23 I03 (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1964 Flood McClain, James Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1964. Point State Park (Pittsburgh, note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F23 I04 Pa.) 1964 Flood McClain, James Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1964. Sixth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F23 I05 Pa.) 1964 Flood McClain, James Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1964. Fort Pitt Bridge (Pittsburgh, note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F23 I06 Pa.) 1964 Flood McClain, James Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1964. Manchester Bridge (Pittsburgh, note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F23 I07 Pa.) 1964 Flood at Point Park McClain, James Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1964. Point State Park (Pittsburgh, note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F23 I02 Pa.) A history of Johnstown and the great flood of 1889 : a Shappee, Nathan Floods-Pennsylvania-Johnstown. book qF157 C19 J7 S52 study of disaster and rehabilitation Daniel. A history of navigation improvements on the Flood dams and reservoirs-Pennsylvania. book qTC424 U58 M751 Monongahela River A history of navigational [i.e. navigation] Flood dams and reservoirs-West Virginia. book qTC424 U58 M751 Suppl. improvements on the Monongahela River : 1 Asupplement photographic no. story1 of the 1889 Johnstown Flood... Strayer, Harold H. Floods-Pennsylvania-Johnstown. book qF157 C19 J7 S913 1972 A walking tour of historic Johnstown Johnstown Area Johnstown (Pa.)-Flood, 1889. book qF157 C19 J7 1989 Heritage Association. Accounts of the 1877 railroad riot and the 1936 flood Scheuneman, Emma. Railroad riots, 1877-Personal narratives. Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh- manuscript MFF 1801 in Pittsburgh Personal narratives. After Agnes, a report on flood recovery assistance Whipkey, Harry E. Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1972. Hurricanes book HV610 A3 P412 Agora Club records, 1928-1985 Agora Club note: has February 1937 lecture on Flood manuscript MSS 0038 Control in Pittsburgh Albert J. Logan papers, 1877-1932 Logan, Albert J., Johnstown Flood Correspondents manuscript MSS 0096 Association Allegheny Conference on Community Development note: Series XX (Topical) has section about manuscript MSS 0285 records, 1920-1993 flood control Allegheny County Sanitary Authority photographs, Allegheny County note: Map of 1936 Pittsburgh flood sent to map 1997.0214 1920-1950. Sanitary Authority. Map Collection Aluminum Company of America records, 1857-1992 Aluminum Company note: information about 1936 flood (box 16) manuscript MSS 0282 of America. and 1937 flood report (box 9) Antoinette Ohlman Gallinger papers, 1890-1940 Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. postcards MSS 0309 1 Detre L&A Resources on Floods Title Author Subject Subject Subject Subject Format Call number Arbelia Ehlers scrapbook, 1936, includes flood Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. newspaper clippings 1998.0173 clippings Archaelogical survey of the Chartiers Valley in Dragoo, Don W. Flood control-Pennsylvania-Chartiers Valley. manuscript MFF 2355 Western Pennsylvania, 1967 Arrest of plunderers of the dead ; ruined Catholic Floods-Pennsylvania-Johnstown. photo OPC B001 F017 068 Church, 1889. Aspinwall during 1936 flood, pictures and letter and Floods-Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) Aspinwall (Pa.)-Flood-1936. photo 1996.0112 speeches of Donald Thomas. B&O Railroad Engulfed by the Pittsburgh Flood of Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1936. note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F21 I01 1936 Besich Family Papers note: contains 1936 flood in Vandergrift postcards MSS 0443 postcard Betty Packer collection Packer, Betty. Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. photo MSS 0628 Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Cambria Floods-Pennsylvania-Johnstown. note: List of victims of the Johnstown book qF157 C19 B615 County, Pennsylvania, comprising five hundred flood: p. 490-518. sketches of the prominent and representative citizens of the county. Bissell Family papers and photographs, 1877-1935 Floods-Pennsylvania-Johnstown photo MFF 4899 Booklet on 1936 Pittsburgh flood and road map, 1950 note: Transferred to Map Collection and book 1996.0031 Library Buckingham Family papers and photographs Buckingham Family. Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. East Pittsburgh (Pa.)-History. photo MSS 0820 Buhl Foundation records, 1869-1980 note: has information about flood control manuscript MSS 0187 (box 9) and correspondence about floods (box 106) Carol Condron collection Condron, Carol. Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. photo MFF 4887 Carson, Lauris L. Johnstown Flood. Johnstown Flood Correspondents photo Obituary Files Association. Charles E. Lindberg photographs (65) of Pittsburgh Lindberg, Charles E. Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1952- photo 2003.0129 region, includes flood of 1952, snow of 1950, Pirates, Photographs. CharlesSteelers, William Forbes Dahlinger Field, barges, papers construction of Dahlinger, Charles Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1874. Natural disasters-Pennsylvania- manuscript MSS 0172 William Pittsburgh. Church after Johnstown Flood Gretton, Frederick T. Johnstown (Pa.)-Flood, 1889. note: from Frederick T. Gretton photo MSP328 B001 F11 I01 photographs Clara and Albert Wintersgill papers and photograph Wintersgill, Clara and Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. manuscript 2007.0148 Albert Clara B. Harmening photographs Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. Floods-Pennsylvania-Braddock-1936. photo MSS 0820 Clarion : raging waters. Floods-Pennsylvania-Clarion County. book qGB1399.8 P4 C4 1996 Cleaning up after the Flood of 1936 Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1936. note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F21 I07 Clubhouse, Brown Cottage, Moorhead Cottage, Landmarks Design Johnstown (Pa.)-Flood, 1889. book qF157 C19 S2 1993 Clubhouse Annex : South Fork Fishing & Hunting Associates, Club, St. Michael, Pennsylvania Architects, and Wallace, Roberts & Todd. Collection of 16mm film, c. 1930s – c. 1950s Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. film MSS 807 Commanding Officers of Hospital in Bellefield School Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1936. note: from Pittsburgh Public photo MSP117 B008 F01 I11 Schools Photographs Conemaugh Dam : the key to Pittsburgh's flood Greater Pittsburgh Flood control-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh. Dams-Pennsylvania-Conemaugh River. book long TC547 P4 C747 control program Chamber of Commerce Crooked Creek Flood Control Reservoir Dam Flood control-Pennsylvania. Crooked Creek Dam (Pa.) note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B030 F12 I01 Daily Citizen (Cambridge, Pa.) Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. Issue - Mar. 20, 1936 newspaper Pallet (formerly D41A) Dennis Bowman digital films Bowman, Dennis Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-1936. film 2015.0009 Derry Monitor Floods-Pennsylvania-Johnstown Issue - June 7, 1889 newspaper Pallet (formerly D41A Box 1) 2 Detre L&A Resources on Floods Title Author Subject Subject Subject Subject Format Call number Downtown Pittsburgh at Night Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.) note: photo shows flood waters note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B008 F19 I01 covering Mon Wharf area (1956) Downtown Pittsburgh during the Flood of 1907 Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1907. note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F20 I02 Downtown Pittsburgh during the Flood of 1936 Floods-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (Pa.)-Flood, 1936. Wood Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.) note: from ACCD photographs photo MSP285 B013 F21 I08 Edith I. Baum family papers, 1884-1995, (bulk
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