Resources for Program Partners to help with Planning
Preparing for 250th
Promoting Delaware County and American History
Preserving Historic Sites, Documents, and Narratives
Re-enactors - Military and Interpretive Demonstrations
Heritage Tourism & Visitor Readiness
Engaging Community in Dialogue, Conversations and Commemorations
Promoting Civic Engagement in Schools and Communities
Amplifying Lost or Underrepresented Stories
- StoryCorps — Everyone’s Story Matters (audio)
- Scribe Video Center — A place where emerging and experienced media artists could gain access to the tools and knowledge of video making and work together in a supportive environment.
- CMP Radio — A non-profit radio station based in Chester, PA aiming to amplify the diverse voices in our community and across Delco.
- Utility Works — SoundLab Recording Studio in Lansdowne where you can professional equipment and sound quality at affordable prices.
Watch Videos
Listen to Podcasts
Look at Pictures
Read Books
- Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Richmond, IN, and New York: Gersham Pub. Co., 1894), ed. by Winfield Scott Garner, contrib. by Samuel T. Wiley (PDF at delawarecountyhistory.com; 104 MB)
- History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania(Philadelphia: L. H. Everts and Co., 1884), by Henry Graham Ashmead
- History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Printed by H. B. Ashmead, 1862), by George Smith (PDF at delawarecountyhistory.com; 142 MB)
- A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and its People (3 volumes in 1; New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1914), ed. by John W. Jordan (PDF at delawarecountyhistory.com)
- Chester (and its Vicinity), Delaware County, in Pennsylvania; With Genealogical Sketches of Some Old Families (Philadelphia: Printed by W. H. Pile and Sons, 1877), by John Hill Martin (PDF at delawarecountyhistory.com; 137 MB)
- Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Richmond, IN, and New York: Gersham Pub. Co., 1894), ed. by Winfield Scott Garner, contrib. by Samuel T. Wiley (PDF at delawarecountyhistory.com; 104 MB)
- Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania (2 volumes: New York and Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1904), ed. by Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead (PDF (with both volumes) at delawarecountyhistory.com; 64 MB)
- UPenn Library 'The Online Books Page' Delaware County (Pa.) -- History
- A Historic Saga of Settlement And Nation Building, NPS Historic resource for First State National Park by Paul S. Reed and Elizabeth B. Wallace, September 2019.