This is a collection of various historical and genealogical reference works on Pennsylvania.  These references cover 1000's of individuals, and are an excellent way to start or continue research focused on PA.  This collection includes all of the individual collections covering Crawford County, PA (Please see individual collection listings for detailed descriptions of titles.)

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CRAWFORD COUNTY

CW01 – Crawford County Everything Collection (All Collections on Crawford County)

CW02 – County History & Biography Collection

County Histories and Biographicals

History of Crawford County Pennsylvania (Warrner, Beers & Co., 1885, 1182 pages)

Our County and Its People (Samuel P. Bates, 1899, 1012 pages)

Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania (W. J. McKnight, 1905, 755 pages)

Town, Township & Regional Histories

History of the Founding of the City of Meadville and Settlement of Crawford County (Tribune Publishing Company, 1888, 180 pages)

Historical and Industrial Review of Meadville, PA. (D. P. Robbins, 1912, 148 pages)

The First Hundred Years of Townville and Vicinity (Mary Ann Bidwell Higby, 1924, 140 pages)

Meadville’s Sesqui-Centennial Souvenir Programme (Meadville Sesqui-Centennial Commission, 1938, 52 Pages)

Meadville Yesterday and Today (Meadville Area Bi-Centennial Committee, 1976, 184 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories 

Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Northern] Pennsylvania (Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 125 pages)

Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Western] Pennsylvania (Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 144 pages)

Art Work of Crawford County Pennsylvania (W. H. Parish Publishing Co., 1894, 86 pages)

A Historical Sketch of the Independent Congregational Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania 1825-1900 (Earl Morse Wilbur, 1902, 118 pages)

Conneaut Lake – All Around It – All About It (John A. Lavely, 1902, 89 pages)

An Industrial Magazine – Published at Meadville, Penn’a (Anonymous, 1912, 48 pages)

Allegheny College Register of Alumni and Non-Graduates, Centennial Edition 1915 (Tribune Publishing Company, 1914, 282 pages)

A Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Meadville, Penn’a in Force January 1, 1916 (James P. Colter, 1916, 571 pages)

CW03 – Maps Atlases & Images Collection

1839 Map of the County of Crawford Pennsylvania (O. Spafford, Color)

1864 Map o f the Oil District of Venango, Crawford & Warren Counties, Pennsylvania (R. C. Root, Anthony & Co., Color)

1865 Map of the Oil Region of Pennsylvania (Otto Krebs, Color)

1865 Map of Crawford Co. Pennsylvania (F. W. Beers, A. Pomeroy & S. W. Treat, Color)

1865 Beers, Ellis & Soule’s Map of Venango Co. Penn. (F. W. Beers & Co., Color)

Birds-eye Town Views

Birds Eye View of the City of Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (1871, A. Ruger)

Cambridgeboro, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (1895, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)

Titusville, Pennsylvania (1896, T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer)

CW04 – Directory Collection (1871-1909)

Directory of Crawford County, Pa., for 1871-72 (Jno. M. Arters, 1871, 392 pages)

General Directory for the Oil Regions of Pennsylvania for 1872-73 (Jno. M. Arters, 1872, 341 pages)

Gazetteer and Business Directory of Crawford County, PA for 1874 (Hamilton Child, 1874, 345 pages)

Jamestown, Meadville & c. Directory 1878-79 (J. H. Lant, 1878, 225 pages)

Meadville Directory 1880-81 (N. H. Burch & Co., 1880, 224 pages)

Titusville, Oil City, Franklin and Warren Directory For 1884 (J. H. Lant, 1884, 272 pages)

Titusville City Directory 1890-91 Also a Containing a Complete Directory of Warren Borough (W. H. Armitage, 1890, 216 pages)

List of Subscribers - The Central District Printing Telegraph Co., July 1894 (The Central District and Printing Telegraph Company, 1894, 186 pages)

Official Directory of the Central District & Printing Telegraph Co. May 1898 (Central District & Printing Telegraph Co., 1898, 410 pages)

Meadville City Directory – 1902 (W. H. Armitage, 1902, 196 pages)

Meadville, Pa., Directory – 1907 Including Kerrtown and Fredericksburg (Armitage-Kirwin Directory Co., 1907, 292 pages)

Directory of the Mutual Telephone Co., and American Union Telephone Co., Erie County, PA – June 1908 (Mutual Telephone Co., & American Union Telephone Co., 1908, 164 pages)

Farmer’s Directory of Crawford County, Pennsylvania 1909-1910 (Pennsylvania Farmer Pub. Co., 1909, 306 pages)

CW05 – Directory Collection (1914-1939)

Telephone Directory – Lawrence County, Beaver Valley, Mercer County, Pa., and Trumbull County, Ohio – January 10, 1914 (Central District Telephone Co., 1914, 148 pages)

Telephone Directory – Butler, DuBois, Punxsutawney, Meadville, New Kensington, Tarentum, Oil City, Franklin and Nearby Towns – May 25, 1914 (Central District Telephone Co., 1914, 150 pages)

Telephone Directory – Lawrence County, Beaver Valley, Mercer County, Pa., and Trumbull County, Ohio – July 10, 1915 (Central District Telephone Co., 1915, 168 pages)

Hitchcock’s Directory of Titusville, PA 1915 (S. Clarence Hitchcock, 1915, 276 pages)

Polk’s Meadville City Directory – 1922-23, Including Kerrtown and Fredericksburg (R. L. Polk & Co., 1922, 484 pages)

Polk’s Meadville City Directory – 1932, Including Fredericksburg and Kerrtown (R. L. Polk & Co., 1932, 510 pages)

Titusville, Penna. Directory 1935 (Calkin-Kelly Directory Company, 1935, 182 pages)

Telephone Directory – June 1935 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1935, 46 pages)

Telephone Directory – December 1936 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1936, 56 pages)

Telephone Directory – December 1937 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1937, 58 pages)

1938-1939-1940 Crawford County [Farm] Directory (C. S. Burke, 1938, 88 pages)

Telephone Directory – December 1938 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1938, 62 pages)

Oil City – Franklin and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – March 1939 (Pennsylvania Telephone Corp., 1939, 124 pages)

Telephone Directory – June 1939 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1939, 66 pages)

CW06 – Directory Collection (1941-1951)

Titusville Pennsylvania Con Survey City Directory 1941 (Sara Mullin Baldwin, 1941, 182 pages)

Telephone Directory – June 1944 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1944, 94 pages)

Erie and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – July 1945 (Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation, 1945, 236 pages)

Polk’s Meadville City Directory 1946, Including Fredericksburg and Kerrtown (R. L. Polk & Co., 1946, 666 pages)

Telephone Directory – September 1948 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1948, 194 pages)

Polk’s Meadville City Directory 1949, Including Fredericksburg and Kerrtown (R. L. Polk & Co., 1949, 624 pages)

Greenville and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – May 1950 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1950, 120 pages)

Telephone Directory – December 1950 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1950, 144 pages)

Polk’s Meadville City Directory 1951, Including Fredericksburg and Kerrtown (R. L. Polk & Co., 1951, 558 pages)

Greenville and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – May 1951 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1951, 132 pages)

Telephone Directory – June 1951 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1951, 146 pages)

Conneaut Lake Directory 1951-1952 (William E. Monnie, 1951, 84 pages)

CW07 – Directory Collection (1952-1958)

Erie and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – July 1952 (General Telephone Company of PA, 1952, 468 pages)

Telephone Directory – December 1952 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1952, 156 pages)

Polk’s Meadville City Directory 1953, Including Fredericksburg and Kerrtown (R. L. Polk & Co., 1953, 592 pages)

Telephone Directory – June 1953 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1953, 158 pages)

Telephone Directory – December 1953 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1953, 156 pages)

Telephone Directory – December 1954 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1954, 156 pages)

Greenville and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – January 1955 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1955, 136 pages)

Telephone Directory – October 1955 [Meadville & Vicinity] (Meadville Telephone Company, 1955, 166 pages)

Polk’s Meadville City Directory 1956, Including Fredericksburg and Kerrtown (R. L. Polk & Co., 1956, 536 pages)

Franklin, Oil City, Titusville and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – January 1956 (General Telephone Company of PA, 1956, 164 pages)

Meadville and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – October 1957 (Meadville Telephone Company, 1957, 172 pages)

Polk’s Meadville City Directory 1957-58, Including Fredericksburg and Kerrtown (R. L. Polk & Co., 1958, 532 pages)

Meadville and Nearby Communities Telephone Directory – October 1958 (Meadville Telephone Company, 1958, 168 pages)