Introduction
Launched in 2000 and hosted by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book (PACFTB), the Literary and Cultural Heritage Maps of Pennsylvania are a continual work in progress. After careful consideration, biographies and feature articles that no longer support PACFTB’s goals are archived. We continue to be grateful to our authors and other contributors, thus we have developed this page to acknowledge and provide access to their work. Below is a list of biographies and feature articles that are no longer being maintained, which we have archived through the Internet Archive/Wayback Machine. Following the list is information about reasons and procedures for archiving. Those with questions or concerns are welcome to contact the project's Administrator, Bernadette A. Lear.
Archived Biographies
- Abraham, F. Murray, written by Camille Miller (Spring 2011)
- Baker, Betty, written by unknown author (2001)
- Barker, Rod, written by Lauren Hall (Spring 2006)
- Barth, John, written by Victoria Townsend (Spring 2005)
- Blaine, James G., written by Heather Schillaci (Spring 2006)
- Bochco, Steven, written by Sara So (Spring 2007)
- Bryant, Heather, written by Grace Schmidt (Spring 2012)
- Buchwald, Ann, written by Alan Jalowitz (Summer 2005); supplemented by Marcelle Thomas (Fall 2020)
- Cassady, Marsh, written by Lacey Gates (Spring 2006)
- Cassidy, Ted, written by Heather Struhl (Fall 2007)
- Curry, Jane Louise, written by Beth Cole, (Fall 2001)
- Danson, Ted, written by Gary Burner (Summer 2008)
- Danziger, Paula, written by Lauren Manelius (Spring 2007)
- Dewey, John, written by Julie G. Ash (Summer 2006)
- Dreiser, Theodore, written by Jennifer Slivka (Fall 2001)
- Duse, Eleonora, written by Sarita K. Kambhampati (Spring 2007)
- Edel, Wilbur, written by Alan Jalowitz (Summer 2006)
- Engell, James, written by Mandy Criswell (Summer 2002)
- Epstein, Julius, written by Matthew Lavelle (Spring 2007)
- Ernst, Earle, written by Nicole Miyashiro (2015)
- Evans, Gayle Edward, written by Nicole Miyashiro (2015)
- Freas, Frank Kelly, written by William Wellock (Fall 2008)
- Friday, Nancy, written by Jennifer Freeman (Spring 2005)
- Friedman, Saul S., written by Alan Jalowitz (Summer 2005)
- Fritz, Jean, written by Jennifer Folk (Spring 2007)
- Fulmer, David, written by Kristen Mayhew (Fall 2011)
- Garnet, Henry Highland, written by Christine Ann Polcino (Fall 2004)
- Gordon, Laura de Force, written by Alan Jalowitz (Spring 2006)
- Gray, Jesse Glenn, written by Mandy Criswell (Summer 2002)
- Greathead, Elsie, written by Charles Emig (Fall 2006)
- Griffey Jr., Ken, written by Katie Ferguson (Spring 2004)
- Haskins, Charles Homer, written by Collin Snyder (Spring 2014); supplemented by Alan Jalowitz (Spring 2014)
- Heller, Joseph, written by Jennifer Najarian (Spring 2005)
- Hiss, Alger, written by Erica Walbert (Fall 2005)
- Hoffa, Jimmy, written by Jacqueline A. Schmitz (Fall 2004)
- Huff, Stephen, written by unknown author (unknown date)
- Hulley, Lincoln, written by Alan Jalowitz (Spring 2006)
- Irving, John, written by Claire J. Woods (Spring 2010)
- Jackson, Robert Houghwout, written by William Huff (Spring 2006)
- Jeffers, Robinson, written by Larry Palazzolo (Fall 2001)
- Johnson, John Henry, written by Jamie Warick (Fall 2007)
- Kirkus, Virginia, written by Erin Peterson (Spring 2009)
- Knight, Etheridge, written by Lindsey Hill (Spring 2005)
- Layne, Bobby, written by Taylor Nassar (Fall 2007)
- Leary, Timothy, written by John Dubosky (Summer 2009)
- Low, Joseph, written by Scott Miller and Clare Sigrist (Spring 2002)
- MacDonald, John D., written by George Maroukis III (Fall 2005)
- MacKeever, Maggie, written by Erica T. Gorsira (Spring 2006)
- Manners, William, written by Victoria Schwoebel (Spring 2007)
- Maravich, "Pistol Pete," written by Andrew M. Revels, Jr. (Fall 2007)
- Marcus, Jacob Rader, written by Michael Lucas (Spring 2006)
- Mays, Billy, written by Kim Parry (Fall 2009)
- Nash, John Forbes, written by Kara Zinger (Spring 2009)
- Ness, Eliot, written by Ryan Stingle (Spring 2005)
- Newell, Hope Hockenberry, written by unknown author (unknown date)
- Obstfeld, Raymond, written by Beth Dallazia (Fall 2003)
- Peary, Robert, written by Erik Rudd (Fall 2006)
- Peterson, John, written by Kathleen Bethel (Fall 2003)
- Philbrick, Nathaniel, written by Erica Bachman (Spring 2014)
- Pitt, William, written by Lisa Morgan (Spring 2011)
- Potter, Mirian, written by Matthew Lavelle (Spring 2007)
- Powell, William, written by Lauran Cario (Spring 2007)
- Raschka, Chris, written by Lauren Hall (Spring 2006)
- Reich, Wilhelm, written by Heather Stephenson (Fall 2005)
- Ridgway, Matthew, written by Stephen J. Caraluzzi (Fall 2007)
- Sandak, Cass Roberts, written by Matthew Lavelle (Spring 2007)
- Sanville, Jean, written by unknown author (unknown date)
- Selznick, David O., written by Shannon Macken (Summer 2006)
- Smoke, Richard, written by Alan Jalowitz (Fall 2006)
- Stallworth, John, written by Leigh Linhart (Fall 2007)
- Stein, Gertrude, written by Matt Sidorick (Fall 2001)
- Stover, Leon, written by Matthew Billingsley (Spring 2007)
- Valens, E. G., written by Mandy Criswell (Summer 2002)
- Voelcker, Hunce, written by Alan Jalowitz (Spring 2006)
- Vosburgh, George, written by Karen Marietta (Spring 2008)
- Waite, Ralph, written by Jason Klose (Spring 2009)
- Waln, Nora, written by Holly Shok (Fall 2009)
- Ward, Ted W., written by Matthew Billingsley (Spring 2007)
- Warren, Joseph, written by Emily Jane Bryer (Fall 2009)
- Weigl, Bruce, written by Mandy Criswell (Summer 2002)
- Weissmuller, Johnny, written by Darren Cox (Fall 2001)
- White, Randy, written by John Patrick Leaman (Fall 2007)
- Williams, "Cyclone/Smokey Joe," written by Matthew D. Farrell (Summer 2008)
- Yoggy, Gary A., written by Eric Brune (Summer 2007)
Archived Feature Articles
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Reasons and Procedures for Archiving
Please see our About page to learn more about the current mission of the Literary and Cultural Heritage Maps of Pennsylvania. As more Pennsylvania history is unearthed and as the information and educational landscapes change, our editorial focus continues to evolve.
In 2000, when our project was launched, there was no Wikipedia and other regional projects like the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, Digital Harrisburg, and Historic Pittsburgh were just beginning or were non-existent. During the first decade of our project, under the direction of Dr. Steven L. Herb and Dr. Alan Jalowitz, the top priorities were to document as much about Pennsylvania literature, culture, and history as possible, and to engage college students in exploring Pennsylvania topics of their choice. Upon passing the 1,000 biography mark, we began enhancing various processes for updating, categorizing, and displaying this large number of biographies and feature articles and we found duplicate content in other digital humanities projects that had emerged in the 20 years since introducing this project. Thus, in 2022, we revised our Inclusion Guidelines for Biographies and our Inclusion Guidelines for Feature Articles to emphasize Alignment with PACFTB’s Mission, Relevance to Pennsylvania, Lack of Similar Coverage, and other previously under-emphasized factors. Starting in 2022 and continuing through 2025, our Editorial Board is reviewing all existing biographies and feature articles to determine which ones will continue to be maintained and which will be archived. The Archived Biographies and Feature Articles page will grow as additional items reviewed and removed from our site.
As part of the review process, at least 2 Editorial Board members, plus the project’s Administrator and PACFTB staff, apply the guidelines to each biography and feature article and recommend whether to keep it or remove it from the project. The Administrator (Bernadette A. Lear), reconciles everyone’s suggestions and makes the final decision. All archived items remain publicly accessible through the Internet Archive/Wayback Machine. Back-end copies of textual information also exist on PACFTB’s cloud archive and an external hard drive.
While these decisions are difficult, decommissioning some of our earlier content enables us to allocate our limited resources toward persons and topics that are more strongly connected to Pennsylvania and that better represent the diverse contributions Pennsylvanians have made to the nation and the world. Removal from our site is not meant to indicate that a given subject or author is devalued, unimportant, or unworthy of recognition elsewhere. Anyone with questions or concerns about archived biographies or feature articles is welcomed to contact the project's Administrator, Bernadette A. Lear. Thank you to the authors and contributors who gave time and effort to these biographies and feature articles.