Joan Miller was a doctoral student in the history department at the University of Pittsburgh. She conducted her research in the 1970s. Her studies centered on the early urban development in the community of Hazelwood, Pennsylvania, in the mid to late nineteenth century.
The collection contains research conducted by Joan Miller as a student at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research includes census information, computer generated data lists and comparisons, notes and references to other articles, drafts, correspondence, and notes from other historical sources. The collection is arranged by series. Series I has financial information, series II contains citizenship information, series III deals with occupational information, series IV is a compilation of broad census information, series V holds information from secondary and other sources, series VI includes Miller's writing and correspondence, and series VII has Miller's computer research data and organization aids. Series VII also includes Miller's index card files. As much as possible, documents are arranged in chronological order.
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Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Gift of Joel Tarr, July 1, 1980.
This collection was processed by Jamie Peretich in October 2004.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Dan Horvath on November 10, 2004. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 4417875
Joan Miller Papers, 1830-1975, AIS.1980.18, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Series I. Financial
Scope and Content Notes
Series I contains information on taxes, property, and wealth in Hazelwood in the late-nineteenth century. This information is mainly contained in computer-generated lists and likely gathered from the United States Census.
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| Box | Folder | | Tax Information, no date | 1 | 1 |
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| Folder | | Tax Income, 1880 | 2 |
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| Folder | | Real Property Owners, 1880 | 3 |
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| Folder | | Financial Distribution, 1880 | 4 |
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| Folder | | Tax and Property Information, 1890 | 5 |
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| Folder | | Real Property, 1890 | 6 |
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| Folder | | Financial Distribution, 1890, 1900 | 7 |
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| Folder | | Wealth Distribution, no date | 8 |
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| Folder | | Businesses from City Directory, no date | 9 |
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Series II. Citizenship
Scope and Content Notes
Series II contains research concerning the population, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and community relationships of the Hazelwood community in the late-nineteenth century. The majority of the information in this series comes from computer printouts, again presumably gathered from the United States Census. Information from the 1870
Blue Book is also presented. When possible, information is in chronological order.
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| Folder | | Alphabetical List of All People (assumed from Hazelwood), no date | 10 |
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| Folder | | Name List (assumed from Hazelwood), 1870-1880 | 11 |
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| Folder | | Hazelwood Population List, 1890 | 12 |
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| Folder | | Hazelwood Resident List, 1890, 1900 | 13 |
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| Folder | | Persistence Data, no date | 14 |
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Blue Book Information on Hazelwood, no date | 15 |
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Blue Book Information on Hazelwood churches, schools, and banks, 1870 | 16 |
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| Folder | | Ethnic Tabulations, no date | 17 |
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| Folder | | Boarders, no date | 18 |
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Series III. Occupational
Scope and Content Notes
Series III contains information about the occupational roles of the Hazelwood population in the late-nineteenth century. The information is a combination of hand-written notes and computer printouts. When possible, the folders are organized in chronological order.
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| Folder | | Occupational Information Summary, 1885-1920 | 19 |
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| Folder | | Worker Information and Wages, 1863, 1870, 1900 | 20 |
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| Folder | | Occupational List, 1890 | 21 |
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| Folder | | Occupational List, 1900 | 22 |
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| Folder | | Master Occupational and Wage Charts, no date | 23 |
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Series IV. Census Data
Scope and Content Notes
Series IV contains raw information taken directly from the United States Census publications. It includes social and economic information about the Hazelwood region, and is organized in chronological order.
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| Folder | | City of Pittsburgh Census Information Summary, no date | 24 |
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| Folder | | Hazelwood Census Information, no date | 25 |
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| Folder | | Hazelwood Census, 1940 | 26 |
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| Folder | | Hazelwood Census, 1960 | 27 |
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| Folder | | Hazelwood Census, 1970 | 28 |
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Series V. Secondary and Other Sources
Scope and Content Notes
Series V contains information gathered by Miller from sources other than the census or
Blue Book. Many items are notes on and ideas gathered from secondary sources. Folders 33 through 38 contain information from only secondary sources.
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| Folder | | Hazelwood Maps, 1876-1899 | 29 |
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| Folder | | Hazelwood Transportation Information, 1861-1967 | 30 |
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| Folder | | Election Results, local and federal, 1869-1910 | 31 |
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| Folder | | Jones Loughlin Information; Deeds of Property and Jones' Diary, c. 1870-1900 | 32 |
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| Folder | | Dunn/Bradstreet Notes and Information, no date | 33 |
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| Folder | | Therstrom Article Notes, no date | 34 |
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| Folder | | Descriptive Picture Notes (no accompanying pictures), no date | 35 |
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| Folder | | Historical Methods Newsletter, September 1968 | 36 |
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| Folder | | Forums in History publications (2), 1973 | 37 |
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| Folder | | Article:
What is the Intelligentsia, Martin Malia, no date | 38 |
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| Folder | | "Old Histories" Notes, 1910-1942 | 39 |
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| Folder | | Book Review, "Fragmented Metaphors," 1967 | 40 |
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Series VI. Writing and Correspondence
Scope and Content Notes
Series VI contains Joan Miller's drafts, notes, and ideas for her dissertation and other writing, correspondence concerning her project, and compilations/charts of numerical data.
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| Folder | | Joan Miller's Doctoral Prospectus | 41 |
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| Folder | | Dissertation Ideas and Drafts | 43 |
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| Folder | | Analyzed Data (Charts used in dissertation) | 44 |
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| Folder | | History Courses 145 and 375/376 | 45 |
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| Folder | | Correspondence from Carolyn Schumacher | 47 |
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Series VII. Computer Data and Research Aids
Scope and Content Notes
Series VII contains information pertaining to Joan Miller's information search during the course of her project. It contains information on 1970's computer technology and Miller's organizational system during her project. Box two contains two sets of index cards containing the organizational schemas for Miller's research.
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| Folder | | Dictionary of Terms | 48 |
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| Folder | | Hazelwood Project History Study - Forms | 49 |
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| Folder | | Computer Search Teaching tool | 50 |
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| Folder | | Computer Search Information | 51 |
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| Folder | | Product and Occupation Attributes | 52 |
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| Folder | | Geographic Location and Tax Status Attributes | 53 |
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| Folder | | Household, Family life, and Personal Characteristics Attributes | 54 |
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| Folder | | Attribute Compilation | 55 |
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| Folder | | Data-card Printout, 1890 | 56 |
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| Folder | | Data-card Printout, 1900 | 57-58 |
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| Folder | | Missing Persons Data, no date | 59 |
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| Folder | | IBM Punch card forms, no date | 60 |
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| Folder | | Man Names and Numbers, 1890 | 61 |
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| Folder | | Man Names and Numbers, 1900 | 62 |
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| Folder | | Numerical Data for Computer Search, no date | 63 |
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| Box | Folder | | Small Data Cards, no date | 2 | 1 |
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| Folder | | Large Data Cards, no date | 2 |
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