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Listed below and arranged by subject are the major manuscript collections held by the Urban Archives. The organization or personal name is followed by an inclusive date covered by the records, and an approximate size in cubic or linear feet. Descriptions and inventories for these collections will be linked as they are edited and loaded onto the Web. Please note that the term "BOX LIST" is used for collection finding aids which are not organized into an intellectual arrangement. "INVENTORY" is the term used to describe a finding aid in its final, arranged, format.

Information is provided as of 1/1/94. Inclusive dates and size information for a collection and additional collections will be updated as a file is converted to the Web.


Collection titles are arranged under the following subjects:

AFRICAN AMERICANS

Anderson, John C. (City Councilman), 1979-1983, 9
Beckett, Walter C. (Community Activist), 1920-1968, 3
Black Coalition, 1968-1969, 2
Fair Housing Council of Delaware Valley, 1960-1968, 4
Fattah, Chaka (Politician),1986-1995, 17
Fellowship Commission, 1941-1994, 100
Fellowship House/Farm, 1931-1994, 95
Germantown Settlement, 1908-1910, 1928, 1947-1991, 34
Housing Association of Delaware Valley, 1909-1985, 241 Industry Support Unit, Inc.,1980s, 3
International Council for Equality of Opportunity Principles (South Africa), 1974-1987, 15
Lincoln Day Nursery, 1897-1996, 45
Logan,Floyd L. (Educational Equality League), 1922-1978, 26
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Philadelphia Branch, 1943-1963, 1968-1991,25
Negro Migrant Study, 1923-1924, .5
Opportunities Industrialization Centers International, 1969-1983, 41
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, 1964-1983, 98
Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission (MOVE Commission), 1978-1986, 29
Urban League of Philadelphia, 1935-1967, 19
Wharton Centre, 1913-1968, 30.5 Williams, Johnny (Musician), 1950s-1980s, .5
YMCA of Philadelphia, Christian Street Branch, 1943-1964, 24.5
YWCA of Germantown, 1785, 1869-1982, 42
YWCA of Philadelphia-Southwest Belmont Branch, 1923-1967, 26



Business and Economic Development

American Society of Civil Engineers, Philadelphia Section, 1974-1983, 1
American Steamship Company, 1871-1911, 1
Arcade Real Estate Company, 1903-1915, 1
Arch Street Businessmen's Association, 1922-1975, 4.5
Ashbourne, Cheltenham and Philadelphia Railroad Company, 1890-1894, 0.5
Bala, Haverford and Villanova Passenger Railroad Company, 1901-1904, 0.5
Baltimore and Eastern Railroad Company, 1924, 0.5
Better Business Bureau of Philadelphia, 1926-1971, 2
Bridesburg Business Men's Association, 1956-1975, 1
Broad Street Underground Railroad Company, 1895-1902, 0.5
Business and Professional Women's Club, 1920-1982, 2
Business Men's Association of Germantown, 1897-1982, 12
Bustleton and Eastern Railroad Company, 1893, 0.5
Bustleton Railroad Company, 1891-1902, 1
Center for Philadelphia Area Development, 1977-1983, 136
Chestnut Street Association, 1913-1985, 13
Clark, Walton, 1888-1954, .5
Commercial Exchange, 1855-1959, 6
Committee on Regional Development, 1968-1971, 11
Connecting Railway Company, 1863-1960, 5
Delaware and Schuylkill Market Company, 1889-1910, 1
Delaware Railroad Company, 1899-1954, 1
Delaware Valley Council, 1952-1978, 8
Delaware Valley Engineers Week Council, 1960-1969, 3
Engelside Railroad Company, 1892-1902, 1
Fair Hill Railroad Company, 1892-1902, 1
Frankford and Holmesburg Railroad Company, 1874-1888, 0.5
Frankford Creek Railroad Company, 1890-1901, 1
Frazier, Charles H., 1956-1968, 2.35
Freihofer Baking Company, 1899-1924, 3
Germantown and Chestnut Hill Railroad Company, 1879-1881, 0.5
Germantown Parking Company, 1946-1981,1
Girard Point Storage Company, 1881-1940, 2
Greater Philadelphia Movement, 1949-1975, 16
Hunter, Gilbert, 1969-1985, 1
Industrial Relations Association of Philadelphia, 1978-1979, 1
International Council for Equality of Opportunity Principles (South Africa), 1974-1987, 15
Kensington and Tacony Railroad Company, 1884-1902, 1
Lehigh Valley Railroad, 1962, 0.5
Logansport and Toledo Railway Company, 1902-1904, 0.5
Long Island Railroad Company, 1902-1945, 0.5
Manufacturers' Association of Montgomery County, 1908-1971, 8
Market Street Underground Railroad Company, 1884-1894, 0.5
Mayfair Merchants Association, 1971-1978, 1
Metal Manufacturers' Association of Philadelphia, 1902-1966, 2
New York Central Railroad Company, 1915-1967, 1
Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, 1935-1976, 32
Northern Central Railroad Company, 1869-1907, 0.5
Northern Liberties Gas Company, 1852-1900, 1
Opportunities Industrialization Centers International, 1969-1983, 41
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, 1964-1983, 98
Overbrook, Bryn Mawr and Paoli Railway Company, 1903-1907, 0.5
Overbrook, Wayne and Paoli Railway Company, 1901-1904, 0.5
Paper Trade Association of Philadelphia, 1904-1969, 1
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1847-1968, 776
Pennsylvania Railroad Eastern Region Group, 1876-1975, 4
Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists, 1917-1976, 70
Philadelphia and Bustleton Railway Company, 1892-1896, 0.5
Philadelphia and Camden Ferry Company, 1920-1930, 0.5
Philadelphia, Bala and Narberth Railroad Company, 1894-1904, 1
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wilmington Railroad Company, 1904-1956, 0.5
Philadelphia Board of Realtors, 1924-1974, 51
Philadelphia Bourse, 1891-1922, 17.3
Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr and Paoli Street Railway Company, 1901-1904, 0.5
Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton Railroad Company, 1892-1902, 1
Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Railroad Company, 1882-1902, 1
Philadelphia Mail Steamship Company, 1933-1948, 0.5
Philadelphia Partnership, 1973-1975, 10
Philadelphia Suburban Oil Marketers' Association, 1908-1977, 7
Philadelphia Union Stockyards Company, 1901-1932, 0.5
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company, 1885-1901, 0.5
Professional Air Traffic Controllers, Local 246, 1969-1982, 2.5
Radnor Belt Line Street Railway Company, 1903-1908, 0.5
Roxborough Railroad Company, 1891-1926, 1
Sani-KNIT-ary Textile Mills, 1879-1989, 3.5
Schultz, Wallace, 1879-1910, 1
Shaw, John M. (Thomas E. Mitten), 1919-1929, 1
Stern, Oscar I. (Realty appraisals), 1956-1964, 19.5
Sunday Breakfast Club, 1933-1994, 11
Thirty-Twenty, Inc., 1933-1951, 1
Urban Affairs Partnership, 1976-1982, 69
Walnut Street Association, 1946-1982, 4
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company, 1883-1956, 1
West Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, 1939-1978, 6




Community Affairs

Borkon, Charles (Civic Leader), 1964-1976, 17
Buchalter, Rena, 1996-1997, 1
Center City Residents Association, 1946-1974, 9
Dalsimer/Community Accountants, 1973-1991, 3
East Mount Airy Neighbors Association, 1966-1976, 5.5
Feldman, Benjamin, 1938-1998, 4; 1966-1977, 4
Eastwick Project Area Committee, 1961-1996, 24
Fellowship House/Farm, 1931-1994, 95
Germantown Community Council, 1937-1969, 23
Haddington Leadership Organization, 1958-1975, 6
Kensington Action Now, 1975-1989, 28
Logan Square Neighborhood Association, 1960-1997, 9
Oak Lane Civic Association, 1948-1977, 2
Ogontz Area Neighbors Association, 1959-1998, 2.5
Pennsylvania Public Interest Coalition, 1980-1991, 6
Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement, 1962-1984, 13
Philadelphia Council of Neighborhood Organizations, 1972-1979, 7
Phillips, Walter M. Sr.(Civic Leader), 1927-1978, 57
Powelton Village Development Association, 1956-1982, 12
Regional Council of Neighborhood Organizations, 1984-1987, 8
Silva, Hanna, 1946-2003
Spruce Hill Community Association, 1958-1992, 14
Sunday Breakfast Club, 1933-1995, 21
West Mount Airy Neighbors Association, 1959-1990, 26
West Philadelphia Corporation/Partnership, 1959-1987 7
Whitman Council, 1957-1986, 27
Wister Area Committee, 1963-1977, 4
Wynnefield Residents' Association, 1967-1986, 16.5
Yorktown Community Organization, 1963-1986, 1




Crime and the Legal System

American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, 1927-1984, 163
Citizens Crime Commission of Philadelphia, 1949-1973, 36
Community Legal Services, 1965-1979, 5
Coxe, Spencer, 1965-1994, 1, Crime Commission of Philadelphia, 1951-1974, 21
Defender's Association, 1935-1975, 5
Frey, Alexander H. (A.C.L.U.), 1940-1963, 1
Legal Aid Society, 1933-1976, 18
Pennsylvania Program for Women and Girl Offenders, 1965-1977, 79
Philadelphia Commission for Effective Criminal Justice, 1964-1979, 15
Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission, 1978-1986, 29
Police Advisory Board, 1958-1980, 3
Prisoners' Rights Council, 1968-1982, 60
Winnet, Nochem S. Judge, 1940-1987, 2
Women Organized Against Rape, 1973-1979, 17



Culture

English-Speaking Union,1927-1991, 31
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, 1972-1987, 44
Settlement Music School, 1910-1986, 5
Singing City, 1948-1988, 65
Venture Theater, 1991-2001, 7




Education and Recreation

Barkas, Benjamin W. Dr. (Labor Education Association), 1921-1968, 33
Carson Valley School, 1914-1975, 23
Citizen's Committee on Public Education in Philadelphia, 1965-1986, 4.5
Crawford, Robert W., 1906,1932-1980, 12
Logan, Floyd L. (Educational Equality League), 1922-1978, 26
Educational Home Rule Assembly, 1962-1963, 2
Green Circle Program, 1958-1985, 13
Grossman, Mary Foley (A.F.T. Local #192), 1931-1941, 5
Home and School Council, 1957-1977, 12
Human Resources Development Institute, 1973-1981, 55
Junto, 1941-1977, 6
Kirkbride, Eliza Butler, 1862-1903, 1
Miller, Fredric, 1973-1997
Mount Airy Learning Tree, 1979-1993, 12
Helen Oakes, 1958-1992, 48
Patterson, John (School District), 1965-1970 3.5
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (A.F.T. Local #3), 1941-1980, 177
Powelton Mantua Education Fund, 1969-1995, 28
Public Education and Child Labor Association of Philadelphia, 1905-1956, 2
Settlement Music School, 1910-1986, 5
Student Welfare Council, 1939-1977, 13
Teachers Union of Philadelphia (A.F.T. Local #192), 1937-1958, 9
West Philadelphia Schools Committee, 1961-1970, 2




Health

American Cancer Society, 1965-1978, 31
Borkon, Charles (Civic Leader), 1964-1976, 17
Delaware Valley Toxics Coalition, 1979-1997, 93
Dieckman, Janna, 1945-1990, 3
Eromin Center, Inc., 1972-1984, 20
Frazier, Charles H., 1956-1968, 2.35
Gray Panthers, 1950s-mid 1990s, 220
Health and Welfare Council, Delaware County District, 1919-1965, 15
Health and Welfare Council, Montgomery County District, 1948-1965, 15
Journal of Physical Therapy, 1950s-1980s, 14
Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Association, 1955-1996, 14
Philadelphia Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 1909-1987, 5
Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists, 1917-1976, 70
Philadelphia Nutrition Council, 1972-1978, 1
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1920-1986, 8
Wexler, Benjamin J., 1869-1970, 2




Housing

Building Owners and Managers Association, 1916-1978, 28
Chester Home Improvement Project, 1965-1969, .5
Estate of V.S.S., 1924-1957, 2
Fair Housing Council of Delaware Valley, 1960-1968, 4
Friends Housing Cooperative, Inc, 1945-1981, 4
Gray Panthers, 1950s-mid 1990s, 220
Haddington Leadership Organization, 1958-1975, 6
Housing Association of Delaware Valley, 1909-1985, 241
Ihlder, John (H.A.D.V.), 1917-1920, .5
Kensington Action Now, 1975-1989, 28
Main Street-Manayunk Building and Loan, 1923-1926, 1
Negro Migrant Study, 1923-1924, .5
Octavia Hill Association, 1880-1970, 1
Philadelphia Board of Realtors, 1924-1974, 51
Philadelphia City Planning Commission Neighborhood Housing Services, 1958-2002, 3
Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement, 1962-1984, 13
Powelton Village Development Associates, 1956-1982, 12
Tenants Action Group, 1975-1983, 22
Twenty-First Ward Building and Loan Association, 1903-1918, 1
U.S. Rent Advisory Control Board, Chester and Delaware Counties, 1948-1953, .5
Weccacoe Development Association, Inc., 1985-1995, 4




Immigrant/Ethnic Communities

American Steamship Company, 1871-1892, 1
Houston Community Center, 1904-1970, 7
Jewish Community Relations Council, 1945-1969,3
Jewish Labor Committee, 1957-1994, 45
Krauskopf, Joseph Rabbi, 1858-1925, 27
Nationalities Service Center, 1923-1987, 72
Reed Street Neighborhood House, 1915-1966, 7
St. Martha's House, 1904-1970, 7
United Communities of Southeast Philadelphia, 1847-1978, 43
University Settlements, 1839-1970, 26



Labor

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Philadelphia Joint Board, 1916-1981, 139
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Local #198, 1938-1983, 5
American Federation of Government Employees, Local #2006, 1962-1981, 17
Philadelphia Musical Society, American Federation of Musicians, Local #77, 1886-1982, 15
American Federation of Teachers, Local #2026, 1964-1982, 25
American Newspapers Guild, Delaware Valley Guild, 1935-1983, 47
A-Plus Software Company, 1983, .5
Ash, Harold (Union), 1935-1980, 40
Barber Employers' Guild, Local #31, 1949-1978, 3
Barkas, Benjamin W. Dr. (Labor Education Association), 1921-1968, 33
City Fire Fighters, Local #22, 1929-1978, 19
Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania, 1937-1978, 120
Grossman, Mary Foley (A.F.T. Local #192), 1931-1941, 5
Hardy, J. Hazen (Union), 1946-1980, 25
Human Resources Development Institute, 1973-1981, 55
Insurance Employees Union, 1946-1979, 2
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local #13, 1950-1981, 27
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Philadelphia Joint Board, 1937-1967, 1
International Union of Electrical Workers, Local #105, 1940-1977, 9
Jewish Labor Committee, 1957-1993, 45
Kane, David, 1915-1996, 2
Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Union, Local #8, 1889-1977, 6
Opportunities Industrialization Centers International, 1969-1983, 41
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, 1964-1983, 98
Pennsylvania Child Labor Association, 1905-1915, .5
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1886-1968, 754
Philadelphia Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 1923-1984, 5
Philadelphia Council, AFL-CIO, 1892-1979, 1
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (A.F.T. Local #3), 1941-1980, 177
Philadelphia Fur Workers, 1936-1962, 1
Philadelphia Labor Market Studies, WPA, 1936-1937, 2
Professional Air Traffic Controllers, Local #246, 1977-1981, 3
Retail Clerks International Association, Local #415, 1936-1976, 2
Stahl, Ben, 1935-1991, 1
Teachers Union of Philadelphia (A.F.T. Local #192), 1937-1955, 5
Textile Workers Union of America, Philadelphia Joint Board, 1921-1980, 21
Tile Layers' Union, Local 6 PA, Bricklayers and Allied Trades, 1904-1979, 17
United Saw, File and Steel Product Workers of America, Federal Labor Union, Local #22254 (Disston Saw Works), 1938-1979, 2
Upholsterers' International Union, 1905-1981, 150
Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers Union, 1913-1959, 1




Miscellaneous

Delaware Valley Archivists Group, 1980-2000, 6
Drayton, Bryant, 1940s-1980s, 350
Ezra, Martin, 1974-1976, 4
Grand Army of the Republic-Pennsylvania Department, Post#7, 1871-1917, 1
Kelly, George, 1 Miller, Fredric, 1973-1997, 3
Murphy, Daniel, 1890s-1990s, 1
Tyner, Arlene,1970-1997, 4




News Media

Brennan, George, J., 1880-1934, 1
Brothers, Bob and Anita, 1930s-1980s, 1
Felton, James, 1962-1980, 2
Lux-Sions, Louise, 1957-1976, 1
Nicholson, James, 1982-2001, 4
Philadelphia Press Association, 1991, 3




Planning

American Planning Association, Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter, 1969-1980, 5
American Public Works Association, Delaware Valley Section, 1953-1980, 5
Center for Philadelphia Area Development, 1977-1983, 13
Citizen's Council on City Planning, 1941-1970, 23
Citizen's Council of Delaware County, 1954-1969, 1
Citizen's Council of Montgomery County, 1965-1968, 1
City Parks Association, 1888-1981, 20
Committee on Regional Development, 1968-1971, 12
Delaware Valley Council, 1949-1979, 21
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, 1965-1980, 121
Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition, 1974-1985, 9
Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition, 10
Housing Association of Delaware Valley, 1909-1985, 241
Longmaid, David, 1942-1986, 12
Lustig, Morton (Urban Planner), 1950-1983, 6
Penjerdel, 1957-1969, 12
Penn-Jersey Transportation Study, 1957-1965, 251
Pennsylvania Economy League, 1904-1977, 98
Petshek, Kirk R. (Urban Planner), 1954-1964, 4
Philadelphia City Planning Commission Neighborhood Housing Services, 1958-2002, 3
Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement, 1962-1984, 13
Phillips, Walter M. Sr. (Civic Leader), 1927-1978, 57
Rafsky, William, 1952-1970, 2
Regional Planning Federation of the Philadelphia Tri State District, 1924-1941, 68
Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission, 1952-1956, 7
Weccacoe Development Association, 1985-1977, 4
West Philadelphia Corporation, 1959-1976, 36




Politics and Protest

Anderson, John C. (City Councilman), 1979-1983, 9
American Association of Scientific Workers, 1939-1964, 1
Americans for Democratic Action, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, 1947-1978, 29
Beyers, William (Bureau of Municipal Research), 1915-1970, 30
Brennan, George J., 1863-1934, 1
Citizen's Budget Committee, 1950-1965, 3
Citizen's Charter Committee, 1949-1963, 5
Citizen's Committee to Recall Rizzo, 1976, 8
Citizen's Education Campaign Committee, 1965-1968, 2
Committee of Seventy, 1905-1977, 49
Crawford, Miriam, undated, 2
Fattah, Chaka (Politician) ,1986-1995, 17
International Council for Equality of Opportunity Principles, 1976-1986, 15
League of Women Voters of Swarthmore, 1949-1972, 10
Logue, Thomas, 1928-1940, 1
McCarthy for President, 1967-1968, 2
Modern Constitution for Pennsylvania, 1965-1968, 3
Pennsylvania Economy League, 1901-1977, 67
Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission (MOVE Commission), 1978-1986, 29
Phillips, Walter M. Sr. (Civic Leader), 1927-1978, 57
Pitman, Ralph (Civic Leader), 1942-1973, 2
Rafsky, William L. (Urban Planner), 1952-1970, 3
SANE Educational Fund, Greater Philadelphia Council, 1960-1978, 23
Schnader, William A., 1961-1968, 4
Schwartz, Edward A. (City Councilman), 1983-1987, 22
Winnet, Nochem S. Judge, 1940-1987, 2
Young Leaders of Philadelphia,1958-1975, 8




Senior Citizens

Gray Panthers,1904-1907, 1950s-1990s, 227
Old Ladies Home of Philadelphia, 1890-1952, .5




Social Services

(Coordinating Agencies)
Community Services Planning Council, 1922-1978, 61
Episcopal Community Services, 1861-1980, 160
Fellowship Commission, 1941-1983, 72
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, 1972-1987, 44
Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements, 1939-1980, 55
Health and Welfare Council, Delaware County District, 1919-1965, 15
Health and Welfare Council, Montgomery Council District, 1948-1965, 15
Philadelphia-Camden Social Service Exchange, 1911-1970, 12
United Fund of the Philadelphia Area, 1920-1973, 31
(Neighborhood Centers)
Friends Neighborhood Guild, 1922-1980, 52
Germantown Settlement, 1908-1910, 1928, 1947-1991, 12
Houston Community Center, 1904-1970, 7
Kensington Action Now/Kensington Area Revitalization Project, 1975-1989, 28
Reed Street Neighborhood House, 1915-1966, 7
St. Martha's House, 1904-1970, 7
United Communities of Southeast Philadelphia, 1847-1978, 43
University Settlements, 1839-1970, 26
Wharton Centre, 1913-1968, 30.5
YMCA of Philadelphia, 1854-1967, 22
YMCA of Philadelphia-Christian Street, 1943-1964, 24.5
YMCA of Germantown, 1874-1971, 6
YMCA of Philadelphia-Parkside, 1940-1970, 1
YWCA of Philadelphia-Frankford, 1920-1975, 18
YWCA of Germantown, 1785, 1869-1982, 42
YWCA of Germantown-Colored Branch, 1943-1987, 5
YWCA of Philadelphia-Kensington Branch, 1891-1981, 9
YWCA of Philadelphia-Metropolitan, 1881-1993, 123
YWCA of Philadelphia-Northeast Branch, 1959-1983, 2
YWCA of Philadelphia-Southwest Belmont Branch, 1920-1977, 33
(Special Services)
American Cancer Society, 1965-1978, 31
Association of Day Care Centers,1962-1974, 1
Big Brothers/Sisters Association, 1904-1970, 85
Carson Valley School, 1914-1975, 23
Children's Country Week Association, 1879-1979, 22
Eromin Center, 1970-1983, 16
First Family Day Care Association, 1863-1980, 9
Frazier, Charles H. (Civic Leader), 1959-1967, 3
Inter-Church Child Care Society, 1835-1960, 39
Jane D. Kent/St. Nicholas Day Care Center, 1886-1980, 7
Legal Aid Society, 1933-1976, 18
Midnight Mission, 1870-1923, 2
National Abortion Rights Action League of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1973-1980, 8
National Association of Social Workers, 1922-1975, 44
Nationalities Service Center, 1923-1987, 72
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1847-1968, 776
Philadelphia Association of Day Nurseries, 1909-1953, 1
Philadelphia Nutrition Council, 1972-1978, 1
Philadelphia Society to Protect Children, 1876-1969, 62
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1927-1981, 6
Public Education and Child Labor Association of Philadelphia, 1905-1956, 2
Settlement Music School, 1910-1986, 5
Sheltering Arms, 1882-1959, 12
Travelers' Aid Society, 1904-1972, 4
Volunteers Service for the Blind, 1923-1964, 11.5




Transportation

See also Business and Economic Development for Railroads

Frazier, Charles H., 1956-1968, 2.35
Strock, John, 1941-1973, 1
Transit Riders Action Campaign, Pennsylvania Citizen Action, 1988, 4




Women

Business and Professional Women's Club, 1920-1982, 2
Carson Valley School, 1914-1975, 23
CHOICE, 1970-1994, 49
Dieckmann, Janna, 1945-1990, 3
League of Women Voters, Abington Township-Old York Road Branch, 1922-1934, .5
League of Women Voters of Swarthmore, 1949-1972, 10
Midnight Mission, 1870-1923, 2
National Abortion Rights Action League of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1973-1980, 8
National Secretaries Association-Philadelphia Chapter, 1950-1979, 7.3
National Women's Political Caucus-Philadelphia Branch, 1971-1972, .5
Helen Oakes, 1958-1992, 48
Old Ladies Home of Philadelphia, 1890-1952, .5
Philadelphia Reproductive Rights Organization, 1975-1989, 4
Pennsylvania Program for Women and Girl Offenders, 1965-1977, 79
Philadelphia Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 1923-1984, 5
Philadelphia Reproductive Rights Organization 1979-1985, 4
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1920-1986, 8
Sheltering Arms, 1882-1959, 12
Silva, Hanna, 1946-2003
Tell-A-Woman Switchboard, 1970s-1990s, 6
Women Organized Against Rape, 1973-1995, 63
YWCA of Germantown, 1785, 1869-1982, 42
YWCA of Philadelphia, Metropolitan, 1881-1993, 123
YWCA of Philadelphia-Frankford Branch, 1920-1975, 18
YWCA of Philadelphia-Kensington Branch, 1891-1981, 9
YWCA of Philadelphia-Northeast Branch, 1959-1983, 2
YWCA of Philadelphia-Southwest Belmont Branch, 1920-1977, 33






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