Project:Sources

From Pittsburgh Streets

This page lists some generally useful sources. For a full list of all sources used in Pittsburgh Streets, see Category:Sources.

Origins of names

Street names

The following sources have the origins of Pittsburgh street names as their primary focus or as a major topic.

In addition to the sources listed below, the newspaper columns of George T. Fleming cover the origins of street names, especially the columns from November 29, 1914, through November 30, 1919.

  • "Signs for streets: With the names in big letters, to be placed at every corner: Following the Paris style: An attempt to label the city that proved a sad failure: How some streets were named." Pittsburg Dispatch, Aug. 10, 1892, p. 2. Newspapers.com 76578361. [view source] signs-for-streets
  • Julia Morgan Harding. "Names of Pittsburgh streets: Their historical significance." Pittsburgh Bulletin, Feb. 15, 1893. Reprinted in Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt: Early Names of Pittsburgh Streets, 13th ed., pp. 52–60, Fort Pitt Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1958 (HathiTrust 007074456). [view source] harding
  • Francis X. Burns. "History recorded in street names: The way in which the march of events have left their mark on the city of Pittsburg." Pittsburg Post, Dec. 30, 1900, p. 21. Newspapers.com 86393131. [view source] history-recorded
  • Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An Address Delivered Before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source] miller
  • "Early streets." A Fact a Day About Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 9, 1927, p. 6. Newspapers.com 89853112. [view source] fact-a-day
  • Joseph J. Cloud. "Curious minded trace city's history through oft' changing street names." Pittsburgh Press, Sept. 1, 1931, p. 6. Newspapers.com 146897284. [view source] cloud
  • "Street names sketch history of city: Tribute to many pioneers dimmed by time." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 26, 1936, anniversary section IV, p. 16. Newspapers.com 88921069. [view source] street-names
  • Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Titles of city streets recall persons famed in U. S. history: From Golden Triangle eastward, thoroughfares list great and near great of colonial and revolutionary days." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 12, 1944, p. 9. Newspapers.com 147946752. [view source] love-titles
  • George Swetnam. "Here in Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh Press, Sept. 29, 1947, p. 15. Newspapers.com 149729673. [view source] swetnam
  • Gilbert Love. "How names came." Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 11, 1952, p. 11. Newspapers.com 141584890. [view source] love
  • Margaret Carlin. "How our streets got their names." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 6, 1966, Pittsburgh's Family Magazine, p. 10. Newspapers.com 149098376. [view source] carlin
  • James K. DeLaney. "Spectres of past haunt Pittsburgh's corner signposts: Street names 'pennants of tribute.'" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 30, 1967, [p. 41]. Newspapers.com 88235360. [view source] delaney
  • Mike Moyle. "Brochure spotlights local history: City's street name origins on tap." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 28, 1973, [p. 11]. Newspapers.com 90047546. [view source] moyle
  • Kathryn Roberts. "Signs of the times: Street names tell Pittsburgh history." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 15, 1974, p. 6. Newspapers.com 88158543. [view source] roberts
  • William M. Rimmel. "Street names tell stories." Out of the Past. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 28, 1976, Daily Magazine, [p. 17]. Newspapers.com 90063484. [view source] rimmel-street-names
  • Deborah Deasy. "The corners of time: A city street by any name spells history." Pittsburgh Press, Jan. 22, 1982, [p. A-16]. Newspapers.com 146681316. [view source] deasy
  • Joe Browne. "Streets are index of local history." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 28, 1983, p. 37. Newspapers.com 89790718. [view source] browne-streets
  • Al Donalson. "Signing in: Names of city streets reflect colorful history." Pittsburgh Press, Mar. 19, 1985, p. A7. Newspapers.com 146595524. [view source] donalson
  • William M. Rimmel. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 14, 1987, p. 21. Newspapers.com 89379012. [view source] rimmel-1987
  • Lillian Thomas. "City plays the name game." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 26, 2001, pp. C-5, C-8. Newspapers.com 90410524, 90410540. [view source] thomas-city
  • Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan

Sources that discuss the process or motivation of naming or renaming streets are rarer, but there are a few.

  • "Street nomenclature." Pittsburgh Commercial, Sept. 20, 1873, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85644399. [view source] street-nomenclature-1873-09-20
  • "Street nomenclature." Pittsburgh Commercial, Nov. 1, 1873, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85548999. [view source] street-nomenclature-1873-11-01
  • "Street nomenclature: The changes proposed by the committee." Pittsburgh Commercial, Dec. 30, 1873, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85549642. [view source] street-nomenclature
  • James C. Purdy. "Changes down town: A picture of Diamond street drawn half a century back: The new street nomenclature: How the innovation was opposed and how unwillingly accepted: Pittsburgers always loved music." Pittsburg Dispatch, June 1, 1890, p. 17. Newspapers.com 76223480. [view source] changes-down-town
  • "May be called Verona boulevard: Property owners want name Paisley avenue changed: Ordinance will be offered at next meeting of councils—South African names incorporated in the street nomenclature of Pittsburg." Pittsburg Press, Apr. 20, 1900, p. 9. Newspapers.com 141320270. [view source] may-be-called-verona
  • "Making a joke of street names: Clerks assigned to wipe out duplications choose any old titles: Hippo, Tumbo, Fortitude!: Also Divinity, Sunday, Starch, Parkhurst, Chianti, Wry and Prudence." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, July 28, 1909, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85879633. [view source] making-a-joke
  • "'Ridiculous' and 'silly,' a 'huge joke': Changes of street names bring criticism on Clerk Clark; telephones ring—sharp queries keep wires hot: Historical Society indorses the work." Pittsburg Press, July 28, 1909, pp. 1–2. Newspapers.com 141334964, 141334983. [view source] ridiculous
  • "Citizens will be strangers: Hard to locate homes after city streets are renamed." Pittsburgh Post, July 28, 1909, pp. 1–2. Newspapers.com 86422549, 86422563. [view source] citizens-will-be-strangers
  • "Councils to fix names of streets: Will pass finally on new selections ordered reported favorably by surveys committee—Historical Society aids City Clerk Clark: Some changes which are recommended." Pittsburg Press, Jan. 27, 1910, p. 5. Newspapers.com 141338336. [view source] councils-to-fix-names-of-streets
  • "City will mark renamed streets: Bids received for signs: Downtown thoroughfares in revision list." Pittsburgh Post, May 6, 1915, p. 2. Newspapers.com 88027126. [view source] city-will-mark
  • "137 streets to get new names: City officials and postal chiefs unite to wipe out duplications: Program tentative." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Jan. 22, 1925, pp. 1, 5. Newspapers.com 86164194, 86164222. [view source] 137-streets
  • "Street name changes made in 150 cases by council: Members balk postal authorities in some designations: Conflict in titles cause." Pittsburgh Post, Jan. 22, 1925, pp. 1, 8. Newspapers.com 88486660, 88486701. [view source] 150-cases
  • Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Christening streets is big chore for Pittsburgh has 5888 of them: Official Thinker Up of Street Names even goes to seed and mail order catalogs to find appropriate titles: Complications rise when residents complain." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 11, 1944, p. 25. Newspapers.com 147943383. [view source] love-christening
  • Beatrice Paul Hirschl. "Surprising signs of the times." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 2, 1989, p. 15. Newspapers.com 89701256. [view source] hirschl
  • Lillian Thomas. "City plays the name game." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 26, 2001, pp. C-5, C-8. Newspapers.com 90410524, 90410540. [view source] thomas-city

Other place names

  • Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An Address Delivered Before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source] miller
  • Ruth Ayers. "What's in a name?: Crafts, Gibsons and Irwins all gave their names to towns: Borough of Crafton was once estate of Pittsburgh lawyer: Pioneers played big part in development of communities." Pittsburgh Press, Oct. 3, 1936, p. 9. Newspapers.com 147045286. [view source] ayers
  • Albert W. Bloom. "Pittsburgh today made up of many villages: City a composite of 25 to 30 municipalities whose separate identities meant much years ago." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 14, 1953, Daily Magazine, [p. 1]. Newspapers.com 89450362. [view source] bloom-villages
  • Deborah Deasy. "The corners of time: A city street by any name spells history." Pittsburgh Press, Jan. 22, 1982, [p. A-16]. Newspapers.com 146681316. [view source] deasy
  • Torsten Ove. "Site names here are out of sight: From Swamp Poodle Road to Grant Street, locales in the region bear names that are little understood or largely forgotten." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 8, 1998, pp. A-1, A-6. Newspapers.com 94754709, 94754864. [view source] ove
  • William Bright. Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. [view source] bright
  • Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan

Biography

The following sources can be useful when trying to find information about a particular person.

  • William Henry Egle. Pennsylvania Genealogies: Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg Publishing Co., Harrisburg, 1896. Google Books d7_akH9VO_cC; HathiTrust 100328946, 100770592; Internet Archive cu31924028856900. [view source] egle
  • History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Including Its Early Settlement and Progress to the Present Time; a Description of Its Historic and Interesting Localities; Its Cities, Towns and Villages; Religious, Educational, Social and Military History; Mining, Manufacturing and Commercial Interests; Improvements, Resources, Statistics, Etc.: Also Portraits of Some of Its Prominent Men, and Biographies of Many of Its Representative Citizens. A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889. Google Books DwzYAAAAMAAJ; Internet Archive historyofalleghe1889cush. [view source] history-of-allegheny-county

A Century and a Half of Pittsburgh and Her People

  • John W. Jordan, ed. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People: Genealogical Memoirs of the Leading Families of Pittsburg and Vicinity, vol. 3. Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. HathiTrust 008651569; Historic Pittsburgh 03awn7797m; Internet Archive centuryandhalfof03bouc. [view source] pittsburg-and-her-people-3
  • John W. Jordan, ed. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People: Genealogical Memoirs of the Leading Families of Pittsburg and Vicinity, vol. 4. Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. Historic Pittsburgh 04awn7797m; Internet Archive centuryandhalfof04bouc. [view source] pittsburg-and-her-people-4

Century Cyclopedia of History and Biography of Pennsylvania

  • George Irving Reed, Andrew A. Lambing, and Eli Sheldon Glover, eds. Century Cyclopedia of History and Biography of Pennsylvania, vol. 1. Century Publishing and Engraving Company, Chicago, 1904. Google Books AMwwAQAAMAAJ; Historic Pittsburgh 31735060396185. [view source] century-1
  • George Irving Reed, Andrew A. Lambing, and Eli Sheldon Glover, eds. Century Cyclopedia of History and Biography of Pennsylvania, vol. 2. Century Publishing and Engraving Company, Chicago, 1904. Google Books _s4wAQAAMAAJ; Historic Pittsburgh 31735060396227. [view source] century-2

Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania

Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography

Index:

  • Frederic A. Godcharles, ed. Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography: Index—Volumes I–XX. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932. Internet Archive encyclopediaofpe00unse. [view source] ency-pa-biog-index

Volumes:

Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania

History of Pittsburgh and Environs

Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

For judges and lawyers

City directories and street guides

See Project:City directories and street guides.

General history

Maps

See Project:Maps.

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