Published Articles about the Centennial:
(in addition to these, see articles on electronic reserve for class reading the week of Oct. 5)

These can be found in the bound periodicals at Falvey Library:

Calkin, Homer H.  "Music During the Centennial of American Independence."  Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (July 1976): 374-389.

Cordato, Mary Frances.  "Toward a New Century: Women and the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition."  Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1983).

Miner, H. Craig.  "The United States Government Building at the Centennial Exhibition, 1874-77." Prologue (Winter 1972): 203-218.

Trennert, Robert A. Jr.  "A Grand Failure: The Centennial Indian Exhibition of 1876." Prologue (Summer 1974): 118-129.

Also, an article about Catholics at the Centennial in Catholic Historical Review (July 1976).
 

See Dr. Mires (after the fall break) for a copy of:

Foner, Philip S.  "Black Participation in the Centennial of 1876." Negro History Bulletin 39 (1976): 533-38.