Countryman, Matthew J. Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia
Stalvey, Lois Mark. Three to Get Ready: The Education of a White Family in Inner City Schools.
Stalvey, Lois Mark. The Education of a WASP.
Welcome to the Germantown Works @ Temple University project blog The Following is a list of resources relating to the Germantown Area, most are about racial relations and community engagement. Germantown has been a vibrant neighborhood, and still is today (in different ways). On the left side, you will see a list of "keywords" that should help you find the posts you are looking for. Of course you are also welcome to browse the archives or search the blog yourself (both are on the right)
6 shot in Germantown; Injures not serious Germantown still isn't perfect, read this article and notice how mundane and non-sensational it reports the shootings, would have been different if they had occurred elsewhere in Philadelphia?
Nutter's frisk plan: Nutty - or gutty? Nutter likens his plan to post- 9/11 security measures at airports, which are annoying and intrusive. We're asked to sacrifice a little liberty for some safety.
This posting is a list of items that can be found in Temple's Urban Archives. I should have provided enough information for you to locate these items, you can ask the attendant for help. You can also view this post which has the information as well.
Germantown Community Council
URB 39
Box 4
folder 1
This folder is about speciic incidents in Germantown (abandoned buildings, nuisances, development problems), about halfway throughfolder is a letter dated may 3, 1962 that describes development issues as they relate to historic sites, specifically Johnson House
Box 10
folder 9
Halfway through is a letter from Mrs. Phillips, in my opinion a racist landlord
Followed by those thatdisapprove at putting a library in prime retail space (think about the same for historic sites)
Folder12
At the end of folder is a petition to stop the urban renewal projects in order to retool urban planning
Folder 15
2nd document “What is the used house program” followed by its implications in Germantown—“used house” was a way to decentralize public housing
box 12
folder 1
2nd document about the start ofintegration in Germantown
folder 14
halfway through a pamphlet for the “ConsumerParty” a new 3rd (mostly black) political party
also halfway through are documents about h creation of a “Black Caucus” of the Germantown Community Council and a defense of the school board after increased riots and tensions in Public Schools
folder 16
documents about what to do in case of riot
and a document marked “Confidential” about race issues within the Council itself
folder 18
a document describing the climate of “institutional racism” how to diagnose and combat it
box 13
folder 24
clippings about vandalism in mount airyand how to better use the police
also near front are questionnaires about crime and policein Germantown given to the leaders of various other communitygroups, there are even more in the form of typed interview transcripts in the center of folder labeled “PublicSafety Committee”
folder 25
even more of the questionnaires, I suggest you randomly take a few and peruse
box 39 folder 129
a proposal for financial support of a summer volunteer program (including helping colonial Germantown) something to peruse for reference
the rest of the folder contains site reportsof what was done ateach site
Box 56
13 Germantown Historic buildings
17Last document is letter about complaints against police
Box 60
3 GCC Research Files, Black Power and History
I suggest looking through the entire folder, but espically articles by Philadelphia CORE, Wister Community Soul Press,
Interesting files about Racism on a national and international level
14 GCC Research Files, Racism, Christianity
15 GCC Research Files, Racism, Communications and Speech
16 GCC Research Files, Racism, Economy
17 GCC Research Files, Racism, Education
18 GCC Research Files, Racism, Foreign Policy
19 GCC Research Files, Racism, Housing
20 GCC Research Files, Racism, Welfare
Pamphlets are organized slightly different than the Germantown Community Council Records
In brackets you see [box, folder]
On the form put “General Pamphlet Collection” box …
Box 364
BAD MONEY AFTER GOOD: Change in mortgage lending patterns in Lower Germantown, by Bill Callahan. 1975. 30 pp. [364-17]
What Red-lining exactly is and how it effects “lower germantown” (bounded by Wissahickon, Roberts, and Chelten Ave, Chestnut Hill East RR)
Box 320
CENTRAL GERMANTOWN URBAN RENEWAL AREA: Final Project Report, PartI.Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority. December 1966. Revised August 1967. Variously paged. [320-4]
Pg. 212-3…6 Description of needs for “clearance” of blocks of Germantownand other parts of the renewal plan
Box 24
GERMANTOWN, A PLANNING STUDY. By Henry Churchill for the PhiladelphiaCity Planning Commission. 1956. 102 pp. Appendices and maps. [24-16] Later section involves many interviews with leaders of different neighborhood groups—note time of piece is 1956 (in the middle of white flight)
Box 87 GERMANTOWN AND MOUNT AIRY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: COMMUNITY SURVEY. Conducted and edited by Marvin H. Eckardt. Revised to September 1964. 20 pp. [87-5]The feelings of different community groups on how they feel the neighborhood should be changed, and also a response to the city’s urban renewal plans
Box 572 GERMANTOWN AND OLD PHILADELPHIA. No date. Unpaged. [572-4]
Tourism guidebook of “Olde Germantown” in the early 1900s.
GERMANTOWN, THE CITY WITHIN A CITY. No date. Unpaged. [572-5]
Year unknown document describes a booming Germantown at the time of massive highway construction in Philadelphia (good comparison to later pieces about what Germantown has become)
Box 116 GERMANTOWN HOUSING PROJECT. Philadelphia Housing Authority. ca. 1940. 5 pp. [437-10]
Housing and neighborhood conditions: opinions and attitudes of the residents. Department of Public Health of Philadelphia. 1955. 72 pp. [116-6]
Pg 45 onwardDescription of how people in Germantown like the neighborhood they live in, percentages of complaints etc.
Box 544 GERMANTOWN LEADERSHIP AREA PROGRAM SUMMARY REPORT. Prepared by Germantown Settlement. 1956. 35 pp. [544-8]
Documents the formation of a council to help stop the blight of Germantown, note in 1950’s much of this would be white
Box 411 GERMANTOWN PICTORIAL. Fleu and Fetterolf, Inc. 1937. 48 pp. [411-10]
Pictures of Germantown from 1937, and a short history of the area
Homes and Community411-7
Document describes the advantages of creating an integrated neighborhood
Box 520
[520-6] A MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE GERMANTOWN AREA. 1962. Good analysis of the challenges facing Germantown development and how the locals want to change it
Box 538
THE NEGRO'S CHALLENGE TO THE PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY by Joseph T. Kirkland. 1963. 6 pp. [538-9]
Document explaining unfairness against the Negro in America
Box 465
A NEIGHBORHOOD ACTS: AN EXPERIMENT IN COOPERATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD REHABILITATION. Germantown Settlement. 1957. 16 pp. [465-3] Contents: Includes mimeo draft, 1956.
Look at how to encourage the people of Germantown to reengage themselves in their own community
Box 647 RETAIL TRADE. GERMANTOWN AVENUE. Prepared for National Urban Development Services by Hammer, Siler, George Associates. 1975. 19 pp. [647-13]
Box 290 THE SECOND BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN; in Greater Philadelphia Magazine , September, 1967. 10 pp. [290-2]
Magazine article about the battle over urban renewal (I have copy)
Box 152
THIS WE BELIEVE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. A statement of principle adopted by The Church Community Relations Council (Pelham -Germantown). No date. 4 pp. [152-1]
Short blurb about how to use the integration of Germantown to the advantage of the area, prevent blockbusting, and keep the standard of living high
For those of you who have not ever had the opportunity to search through archives, here are a few instructions
notes can only be taken in PENCIL or on a computer all other items must be left in a locker
When you arrive you will be asked to fill out a form put on the form the title of the collection, the URB number and part, and the boxes you want to the archivist they will retrieve the boxes for you each box will have a number of folders in it, take out ONE AT A TIME the folder you wish to use, and try to keep the documents in order within the folder (trust me these are often meticulously put in order) remember that the documents are at least 30 years old and somewhat fragile, so be extremely DELICATE in handling them
Also look at the titles of other folders, read other documents than the ones I have given you, you never know what you might find.
Good luck
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Countryman, Matthew J. Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia
Note: several copies of this book are available in the reserve section of paley library, and a copy in the urban archives. other copies are probably available thru ez borrow, or possibly FLP
Cliveden is actually located just north of Germantown in the Mt. Airy section of philadelphia (the two are often intertwined-many articles can describe both areas)
these two books (both available at Paley or thru ezborrow if the paley copies are unavailable) are about a family's move to the area and education the public school Stalvey, Lois Mark. The Education of a WASP. Stalvey, Lois Mark. Three to Get Ready: The Education of a White Family in Inner City Schools.
This book was published in 1889 and has some older history on Concord School, Cliveden (an entire section as Chew House), and Wyck, unfortunately there is nothing on the Maxwell Mansion. It is a fully digitized google book, available in PDF format as well. http://books.google.com/books?id=beIIDPiM-5YC&source=gbs_navlinks_starget=_blank
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