Collections
Historic Pittsburgh comprises a variety of primary and secondary sources from multiple partners about the greater Pittsburgh region, including a wide range of publications, maps, manuscripts, visual images, and audio-video materials, that support personal and scholarly research.
James Benney Photographs
Visual images from 1888-1889 show homes, churches, buildings, and street scenes of daily life of ordinary people, including both urban scenes of downtown Pittsburgh and the rural residential areas of the Emsworth community and Pittsburgh's East End neighborhood.
Contributor: Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
James Veech Copybook of the General William Irvine Papers
Consists of a single bound volume containing copies of extracts from Brigadier General William Irvine’s book and papers.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania Photographs
Photographs from the Irene Kaufmann Settlement, Young Men and Women’s Hebrew Association, Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center, and various organized clubs. The team photographs (1911-1989) are primarily basketball teams, but also include baseball, track, swimming, tennis, softball, and fencing.
Contributor: Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Joel B. Levinson Photographs
Contains images dating from the 1950s-1998 that highlight Joel B. Levinson’s prolific photographic career in documenting the city of Pittsburgh, its environs, activities, people, and surrounding area.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
John Gates Photographs
Visual images from the ca. 1889-1930 of Downtown Pittsburgh and Highland Park, including landscape, industrial, and family scenes.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
John M. Tate, Jr. Collection of Notes, Pictures and Documents relating to the Harmony Society
Tate, who befriended many of the Harmonists and was allowed to photograph several of their members, homes, various community buildings, and nearby scenes, created this bound volume in 1925 as a presentation album so he could share his work and collection on the Harmonists with others.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
John Woodruff Scrapbooks
Contains two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and articles highlighting Woodruff’s accomplishments throughout his athletic career, particularly his gold medal win at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan Forman Papers
Contains a seven-page journal that documents the 1794 march of Forman's New Jersey troops through Pennsylvania to quell the Whiskey Rebellion.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
Visual images from the 1850s-1950s of facilities, products, and transportation, including interior and exterior photos of the many Jones & Laughlin mills, coal mines, and warehouses located in Pittsburgh.
Contributor: Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center