Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia

The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia is a civic project to increase understanding of one of America’s greatest cities. Produced by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers-Camden, the Encyclopedia as a digital resource and print volume will offer the most comprehensive, authoritative reference source ever created for the Philadelphia region.

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What would you like to know about Philadelphia and its history? Nominate a topic and tell us why you’d like to see it in The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.

• Railroad Suburbs
• Historic Preservation
• New: Teaching With The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
• Call for Authors: 2019
• Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793

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• April 23, 2019-6-8 p.m.: Sanctuary Now, Sanctuary When?, Arch Street Meeting, 320 Arch Street, Philadelphia
• May 05, 2019-Noon-1:30 p.m.: Walking Encyclopedia/Jane’s Walk: Camden from Countryside to City, Fifth and Market Streets, Camden
• June 04, 2019-6-8 p.m.: Sanctuary in Sickness, Sanctuary in Health, Philadelphia Lazaretto, Second Street and Wanamaker Avenue, Essington, Pa.
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