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The Flow Of History Along Plum Run, Walter Cressler Dec 2015

The Flow Of History Along Plum Run, Walter Cressler

Gordon Natural Area History & Strategic Plan Documents

Plum Run is a small tributary of Brandywine Creek that originates on the campus of West Chester University and flows for approximately three miles to the southwest to join the Brandywine just downstream from the Brandywine Picnic Park in Lenape. Its east branch flows through West Chester University's Robert B. Gordon Area of Environmental Studies.


Industry In The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Watersheds – Matter And Energy, Walter Cressler Oct 2015

Industry In The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Watersheds – Matter And Energy, Walter Cressler

Walt Cressler

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Geology Of The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Watersheds – Violent Past, Tranquil Present, Walter Cressler Oct 2015

Geology Of The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Watersheds – Violent Past, Tranquil Present, Walter Cressler

Walt Cressler

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An Historical Overview Of The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Creeks, Walter Cressler Oct 2015

An Historical Overview Of The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Creeks, Walter Cressler

Walt Cressler

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Ecosystems Of The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Watersheds – Life Sustaining Life, Walter Cressler Oct 2015

Ecosystems Of The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Watersheds – Life Sustaining Life, Walter Cressler

Walt Cressler

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Early People Of The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Watersheds – Meeting Of Worlds, Walter Cressler Oct 2015

Early People Of The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Watersheds – Meeting Of Worlds, Walter Cressler

Walt Cressler

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Building In The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Watersheds – Outside And Inside, Walter Cressler Oct 2015

Building In The Chester, Ridley, And Crum Watersheds – Outside And Inside, Walter Cressler

Walt Cressler

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Banishment In The Later Roman Empire, 284-476 Ce, By Daniel Washburn (Book Review), Eric Fournier Oct 2015

Banishment In The Later Roman Empire, 284-476 Ce, By Daniel Washburn (Book Review), Eric Fournier

History Faculty Publications

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The Idle Woman In Therapy And Fiction: S. Weir Mitchell’S Literary Career And The Gilded Age Fear Of Malingering, Brent Ruswick Jan 2015

The Idle Woman In Therapy And Fiction: S. Weir Mitchell’S Literary Career And The Gilded Age Fear Of Malingering, Brent Ruswick

History Faculty Publications

As one of America’s most prominent physicians in the Gilded Age and a successful novelist, S. Weir Mitchell sought to secure the professional reputation and authority of scientific, clinical medicine. Historians have given great attention to the ways that his treatment of women suffering from exhaustion or nervousness reinforced and created highly restrictive, gendered norms; more recently, historians have explored how Mitchell’s literary career augmented and echoed his approach to medicine. This article extends the historical analysis of Mitchell’s literary career by examining one of his lesser novels, Circumstance. Through the novel’s protagonist, an archetypically virtuous physician, and the antagonist, …


02 Water Bills During Tough Times, James Jones Jan 2015

02 Water Bills During Tough Times, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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03 West Chester Gets A Sewer System, James Jones Jan 2015

03 West Chester Gets A Sewer System, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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01 A Short History Of Riggtown (West Chester, Pennsylvania), James Jones Jan 2015

01 A Short History Of Riggtown (West Chester, Pennsylvania), James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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02 Interview With Jack And Charlotte Harvey, James Jones Jan 2015

02 Interview With Jack And Charlotte Harvey, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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01 Borough Officials, 1799-Present (West Chester, Pennsylvania), Thomas A. Pitt Jr., James Jones Jan 2015

01 Borough Officials, 1799-Present (West Chester, Pennsylvania), Thomas A. Pitt Jr., James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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04 They Also Ran (Stories Of Past Elections), James Jones Jan 2015

04 They Also Ran (Stories Of Past Elections), James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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05 Life And Death Matters, James Jones Jan 2015

05 Life And Death Matters, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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05 Joe Borden (Early Baseball Player), Charlie Weatherby Jan 2015

05 Joe Borden (Early Baseball Player), Charlie Weatherby

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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03 Remembering Bud Sharpe, Ballplayer, Charlie Weatherby Jan 2015

03 Remembering Bud Sharpe, Ballplayer, Charlie Weatherby

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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03 West Chester's Baha'i Roots, James Jones Jan 2015

03 West Chester's Baha'i Roots, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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04 Mike Grady (Early Baseball Player), Charlie Weatherby Jan 2015

04 Mike Grady (Early Baseball Player), Charlie Weatherby

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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07 184 Years Of Borough Christmas Events, James Jones Jan 2015

07 184 Years Of Borough Christmas Events, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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08 Borough Botanist Was Also A Birder, James Jones Jan 2015

08 Borough Botanist Was Also A Birder, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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06 Brandywine Baseball Club (West Chester, Pa), Charlie Weatherby Jan 2015

06 Brandywine Baseball Club (West Chester, Pa), Charlie Weatherby

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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10 The "Four Sisters", James Jones Jan 2015

10 The "Four Sisters", James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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03 Railroads And Stations In Chester County, James Jones Jan 2015

03 Railroads And Stations In Chester County, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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01 Transcribing The Everhart Deed, James Jones Jan 2015

01 Transcribing The Everhart Deed, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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02 Partial Transcription Of The 1829 Everhart Deed, James Jones Jan 2015

02 Partial Transcription Of The 1829 Everhart Deed, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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03 The Scandalous Life Of Edwin Everhart, James Jones Jan 2015

03 The Scandalous Life Of Edwin Everhart, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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03 An Early History Of West Chester University, James Jones Jan 2015

03 An Early History Of West Chester University, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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16 Burials In The West Caln Baptist Cemetery Prior To 1936, Dan Lindley Jan 2015

16 Burials In The West Caln Baptist Cemetery Prior To 1936, Dan Lindley

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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