Undergraduate Theses about Philadelphia Area Places by Students at Bryn Mawr College

Excerpted from a Bryn Mawr College urban research project pamphlet, published by the Growth and Structure of Cities and History departments of Bryn Mawr College in August, 1994.

?Theses are located in Canaday Library on the campus of Bryn Mawr College?

The document is ordered by department (Anthropology, Growth and Structure of Cities, and History) and year written


[Growth and Structure of Cities] [History]

Anthropology

1994
Murphy, Melissa
THE REIFICATION OF QUAKER IDEOLOGY AT EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY: ARCHITECTURE AND PRACTICES.

[Anthropology] [History]


Growth and Structure of Cities

1977
Bradford, Susan
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECULATIVE ROW HOUSING IN PHILADELPHIA'S CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

1977
Updike, Mary E.
THE UNIVERSITY IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT: THE U. OF PA AND WEST PHILADELPHIA.
1978
Craig, Thomas
THE HISTORY OF HOTEL LOCATION IN PHILADELPHIA.

1978
Seibert, Nancy
ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY HISTORY OF BRYN MAWR, PA.

1980
Fields, Cheryl
TWO BLACK COMMUNITIES ON THE MAIN LINE: AN ORAL HISTORY

1984
Somers, Eve
LIT BROTHERS AND THE READING TERMINAL: HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND URBAN REVITALIZATION IN CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA.

1985
Wixom, Andrew
THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROW HOUSE IN 18TH CENTURY PHILADELPHIA

1986
Kambara, Janice
PRISON SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK, 1790-1830: HISTORICAL, ANALYTICAL, AND INTERPRETIVE APPROACHES.

1988
Wagner, Thomas W.
THE SINKING HOUSES OF LOGAN, PHILADELPHIA: A HISTORY OF THE PROBLEM.

1989
Choi, Pamala B.
PHILADELPHIA'S SHINGLE-STYLE ARCHITECTURE.

1989
Friedman, Elisabeth R.
CASE STUDIES OF THE ORGANIZATION IN NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA.

1990
Shanken, Andy
STORE-FRONT CHURCHES IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA: HISTORY, INTERVIEWS, AND OBSERVATIONS.

1991
Bruner, Erika S.
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE DESIGNS OF THREE SUCCESSFUL PHILADELPHIA PARKS: FITLER SQUARE, SEGER PARK, AND STARR GARDEN PARK.

1992
Kyger, Tracy
SOCIETY HILL: HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND URBAN POLICY.

1993
Hollister, Matissa
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE BALANCE: CHINATOWNS AND CITY PLANNING. A STUDY OF PHILADELPHIA WITH A COMPARISON TO NEW YORK CITY.

1993
Tura, Hunter, Ford
A GENTLE APPROACH TO THE DIFFICULT WHOLE: THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF ROBERT VENTURI'S AND DENISE SCOTT-BROWN'S WESTERN PLAZA AND WELCOME PARK.

[Anthropology] [Growth and Structure of Cities]


History

1978
Cunningham, House
HARRITON HOUSE: THE PASSAGE FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.

1979
Rozental, Lynn Stewart
MARINERS AND MERCHANTS, THE ROLE OF THE ALLEY IN 18TH CENTURY PHILADELPHIA.