Research Guides: Religion in Philadelphia: REL 0876 / HIST 0876: People

Philly People

Katherine Drexel

Ramona Africa

Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

Richard Allen

Charlotte Grimke

John Hostetler

Betsy Ross

Leon Sullivan

William Penn

Rebecca Gratz

Absalom Jones

Robert Purvis

Lucretia Mott

Russell Conwell

John Wanamaker

Robert Aitken

John Woolman

Wallace Muhammad

J. Gresham Machen

Benjamin Franklin

John Coltrane

Sun Ra

Tamanen

Benjamin Lay

Anthony Benezet

Franz Daniel Pastorius

Johannes Campanius Holm

Erik Bjork

Cristina Stalcop

Francis Asbury

Benjamin Rush

David Salisbury Franks

Henry Berkowitz

Johannes Kelpius

Christopher Witt

George Whitefield

Conrad Beissel

Jarena Lee

Joseph Priestly

William White

William Tennent

Gilbert Tennent

John Neumann

Francis Kenrick

Gayraud Wilmore

Paul Washington, Jr.

John MacNamee

Malcolm X

Father Divine

Biography

American National Biography This link opens in a new window
Best source for Americans from 17th through 20th centuries. "Offers more than 17,400 biographies, thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references." Must be DEAD to be included.
Gale in Context: Biography This link opens in a new window
Biography in Context (Biography Resource Center) provides reference content from magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio podcasts, and images. It covers people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window
British biographies as far back as their history goes. Kings, queens, rogues, ruffians, farmers, scientists, artists, and more. Must be DEAD to be included.

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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Credo Reference provides access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Subjects covered include art, biography, history, literature, music, religion, and science and technology.
American Periodicals Series Online This link opens in a new window
This unique and valuable collection contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals that originated between 1741 and 1900.
America's Historical Imprints This link opens in a new window
Search American books published between 1639-1819.
US Newsstream (formerly ProQuest Newsstand) This link opens in a new window
U.S. Newsstream features newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites dating back to 1980. Some titles include: Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Search scholarly journals across the humanities, social sciences, and (some) sciences.