LAZARETTO RESOURCES
Continue your exploration of the Philadelphia Lazaretto, its legacy, and
the history of disease in Philadelphia with the resources below.
ARCHIVES & PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
NATIONAL & STATE ARCHIVES
​
​Library of Congress
Washington, DC
loc.gov
​
National Archives & Records Administration
Washington, DC
archives.gov
​
National Library of Medicine
Bethesda, MD
nlm.nih.gov
​
Pennsylvania State Archives
Harrisburg, PA
​
Delaware Public Archives
Dover, DE
archives.delaware.gov
​
New Jersey State Archives
Trenton, NJ
​
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE PENNSYLVANIA
New Jersey Historical Society
Newark, NJ
jerseyhistory.org
​
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
New York, NY
nypl.org
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA
​
The Athenæum of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
philaathenaeum.org
​
Delaware County Historical Society
Chester, PA
padelcohistory.org
​
Fort Mifflin on the Delaware
Philadelphia, PA
fortmifflin.us
​
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
hsp.org
​
Bucks County Historical Society
Doylestown, PA
mercermiuseum.org
​
Lazaretto Preservation Association of Tinicum Township
Essington, PA
lazaretto.site
​
Tinicum Township Historical Society
Essington, PA
tthsdelco.org
​
University of Pennsylvania Archives & Records Center
Philadelphia, PA
archives.upenn.edu
​
Independence Seaport Museum
Philadelphia, PA
phillyseaport.org
​
Villanova University Falvey Library & Archives
Villanova, PA
library.villanova.edu
Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum
Lancaster, PA
lancastermedicalheritagemuseum.org
​
The College of Physicians & Mütter Museum
Philadelphia, PA
collegeofphysicians.org | muttermuseum.org
​
Free Library of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
freelibrary.org
HISTORY OF DISEASE, MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH & PHILADELPHIA
​
Apel, Thomas A. Feverish Bodies, Enlightened Minds: Science and the Yellow Fever Controversy in the Early American Republic. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2016.
​
Burke, John G., ed. Science & Culture in the Western Tradition: Sources and Interpretations. Scottsdale: Gorsuch Scarisbrick Publishers, 1987.
​
Burnham, John C. What is Medical History? Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005.
​
Chaplin, Joyce E. Subject Matter: Technology, the Body, and Science on the Anglo-American Frontier, 1500-1676. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001.
​
Duffin, Jacalyn. History of Medicine: A Scandalously Short Introduction 3rd Ed. Toronto: University
of Toronto Press, 2021.
​
Downs, Jim. Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
​
Fee, Elizabeth. "The first American medical school: the formative years." The Lancet 385 (9981): 1940-1941.
​
Finger, Simon. The Contagious City: The Politics of Public Health in Early Philadelphia. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2012.
​
Gesler, Wilbert M. The Cultural Geography of Healthcare. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991.
​
Porter, Roy. Blood & Guts: A Short History of Medicine. London: Allen Lane, 2002.
​
Riley, James C. The Eighteenth-Century Campaign to Avoid Disease. New York: St. Martin’s Press, Inc., 1987.
​
Shryock, Richard. “The Significance of Medicine in American History.” In The American Historical Review 62, no. 1 (October 1956): 81-91.
​
Singer, Charles, ed. Studies in the History and Method of Science Vols. I & II. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917; London: Arno Press, 1975 reprint.
Taylor, F. Sherwood. A Short History of Science and Scientific Thought. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1949.
​
Tomes, Nancy. The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press: 1999.
Weigley, Russell F., ed. Philadelphia: A 300-Year History. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1982.
​
Wilcocks, Charles. Medical Advance, Public Health, and Social Evolution. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1965.
​
​
PUBLIC HISTORY, BUILT LANDSCAPES & DIGITAL HUMANITIES
​
Archibald, Robert R. A Place to Remember: Using History to Build Community. New York: AltaMira Press, 1999.
​
Kyvig, David E. and Myron A. Marty. Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You. New York: AltaMira Press, 2010.
​
Serrell, Beverly. Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
​
Tyler, Norman, Ted J. Ligibel, and Ilene R. Tyler. Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practice. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009.
BOOKS
& ARTICLES
EXHIBIT
IMAGE ATTRIBUTION
HOME PAGE
1. Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or , Artist. Lazaretto, Philada. quarantine station May 11th 56. Pennsylvania Delaware Delaware River New Jersey New York Tinicum, 1856. [th] Photograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
2. Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Frank H Taylor, and Joseph P Sims, Sims, Joseph P, photographer. The Lazaretto, Delaware River vicinity, Essington, Delaware County, PA. Pennsylvania Essington Delaware County, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph.
​
LAZARETTO EXHIBIT - WHAT IS A LAZARETTO?
1. dronepicr. Lazzarettos of Dubrovnik in Croatia. Openverse.
2. Hôpital Caroline. Parc National des Calanques.
3. Newton-Davis. "The Quarantine Station of Tor." The Indian Medical Gazette. 52 (1917):197-200.
4. Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Frank H Taylor, and Joseph P Sims, Sims, Joseph P, photographer. The Lazaretto, Delaware River vicinity, Essington, Delaware County, PA. Pennsylvania Essington Delaware County, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph.
EARLY AMERICAN MEDICINE
1. Trephination set, cased, London, England, 1771-1800.Science Museum, London. Wellcome Collection.
2. Lancets in mother-of-pearl and silver case. Lancet alongside case, graduated black perspex background.Science Museum, London. Wellcome Collection
3. Pestle. Mercer Museum Collection. Bucks County Historical Society.
4. Pewter bleeding bowl, Europe, 1701-1900. Science Museum, London. Wellcome Collection.
5. Obstetric forceps. Mercer Museum Collection. Bucks County Historical Society.
6. Scarificator and case. Mercer Museum Collection. Bucks County Historical Society.
7. Petit-type tourniquet, Europe, 1780-1805. Science Museum, London. Wellcome Collection.
8. n.d.. "Surgeons' Hall." University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine, 1799. Digital Images. Place: UPX 4, Graphics and portraits Collection. University of Pennsylvania: University Archives Image Collection.
​
FACES OF PUBLIC HEALTH
1. Tisdale, Elkanah, Artist. Sir William Penn, 1796. Print. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
2. Detroit Publishing Co., Copyright Claimant, and Publisher Detroit Publishing Co. Benjamin Franklin. , None. [Cbetween 1900 and 1920] Photograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
3. Kauffmann, Angelica, Artist. John Morgan, 1764. Painting. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
4. ca. 1800. Adam Kuhn (1741-1817), portrait painting. Digital Images. Place: UPX 4, Graphics and portraits Collection. University of Pennsylvania: University Archives Image Collection.
5. Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret De, Artist. Benjamin Rush, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile. , 1802. [Philadelphia:] Photograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
6.
7. Newsam, Albert, Lithographer. Stephen Girard. , ca. 1832. Photograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
8. C.M. Bell, photographer. Richard Allen, founder of A.M.E. Church. , ca. 1916. [Between 1873 and] Photograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
9.
10.
​
POLITICS OF HEALTH
1. An anopheles mosquito (Aedes aegypti). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi. Wellcome Collection.
2. Madison, James, and Edward Thornton. Edward Thornton to James Madison. 1803. Manuscript/Mixed Material. The James Madison Papers at the Library of Congress.
​
PHILADELPHIA LANDSCAPE
1. Hills, John, Cartographer. A plan of the City of Philadelphia and Environs. 1808. Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network.
2. Rogers, Henry Darwin, Cartographer. Philadelphia & Vicinity, Boston & Its Environs. 1857. Cartography Associates. Ramsey Collection.
3. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Delaware Co., Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Sanborn Map Company, - 1925: Vol. 1, 1925. Map. Library of Congress Geography & Map Division.
​
MIGRATION & TRAVEL
1. Moran, Narciso., and Joseph Moran. Letter, To: "Dear Mother" From: Joseph and Narciso Moran, June 20, 1817. 1817. Villanova University.
​
THE LAZARETTO TODAY
1. A view on the Schuylkill, with a SW prospect of Bush-Hill, one of the seats of William Hamilton, Esq. Pennsylvania United States Schuylkill River, 1789. Photograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
2. Lazaretto Preservation Association of Tinicum Township.
3. Lazaretto Preservation Association of Tinicum Township.
GET INVOLVED
1. See Home Page Image 1.
2. See Home Page Image 2.
3. See Lazaretto Exhibit Image 4.
​
RESOURCES
1. See Home Page Image 1.
2. See Home Page Image 2.
3. See Lazaretto Exhibit Image 4..
4. Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Frank H Taylor, and Joseph P Sims, Sims, Joseph P, photographer. The Lazaretto, Delaware River vicinity, Essington, Delaware County, PA. Pennsylvania Essington Delaware County, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph.