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PENNSYLVANIA BIOGRAPHY
websites
GENERAL sites (cover multiple individuals)
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_history/
 Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
 Includes information on the following individuals:
o Boone, Daniel
o Buchanan, James
o Franklin, Benjamin
SPECIFIC sites (individuals are listed alphabetically)
 Alcott, Louisa May
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Alcott__Louisa_May.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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 http://www.biography.com/people/louisa-may-alcott-9179520
Biography.com
 http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/louisamayalcott.html
Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Society
http://college.cengage.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages
 /late_nineteenth/alcott_lo.html
Cengage Learning: Online Study Center
 http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/alcott/aboutla.html
American Studies at the University of Virginia
 http://www.louisamayalcott.org/louisamaytext.html
Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House
 Anderson, Marian
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/elean
or-anderson/
PBS: American Experience
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 http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=3688
The Kennedy Center
 http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Anderson__Marian.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
 Bly, Nelly/Nellie (aka Elizabeth Cochrane)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/world/peopleevents/pande01.html
PBS: American Experience
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 http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0505.html
The New York Times (obituary)
 http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4961
Scholastic
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Cochrane__Elizabeth.html
 Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
 Boone, Daniel
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Boone__Daniel.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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 http://www.danielboonehomestead.org/daniel-boone.html
Daniel Boone Homestead
 Buchanan, James
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesbuchanan
The White House
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http://millercenter.org/president/buchanan
Miller Center: University of Virginia
 http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jbuchanan.html
IPL (Internet Public Library): POTUS: President of the United States
 http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Buchanan__James.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentN
umber=15
C-SPAN: American Presidents: Life Portraits
 Carnegie, Andrew
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Carnegie__Andrew.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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http://carnegie.org/about-us/foundation-history/about-andrew-carnegie/
 Carnegie Corporation of New York
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande01.html
PBS: American Experience
 http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/carnegie.html
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/carnegie/aa_carnegie_subj.html
 Library of Congress: America’s Story: America’s Library
 Carson, Rachel
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Carson__Rachel_Louise.ht
ml
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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 http://www.rachelcarson.org/Biography.aspx#.Uq4ydNJDt8E
The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btcars.html
PBS: People and Discoveries
 http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4964
Scholastic Teachers
 Cassatt, Mary
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cast/hd_cast.htm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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 http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggcassattptg/ggcassattptgover1.html#jump
National Gallery of Art
 http://www.marycassatt.org/biography.html
Mary Cassatt: The Complete Works
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Cassatt__Mary.html
 Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
 Clemente, Roberto
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0818.html
The New York Times (obituary)
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http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/pit/history/pit_clemente.jsp
 Major
League Baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates
http://baseballhall.org/hof/clemente-roberto
 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
 http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Clemente__Roberto.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
 Cosby, Bill
http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/cosby_bill.htm
Naval History and Heritage Command
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http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=3713
The Kennedy Center
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http://billcosby.com/the-artist/
Bill Cosby: The Official Website
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http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Cosby__William_Henry__
Jr.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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 Franklin, Benjamin
http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/
PBS
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 http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Franklin__Benjamin.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/
U.S. Government Printing Office
 Hershey, Milton S.
http://www.thehersheycompany.com/about-hershey/ourstory/milton.aspx
The Hershey Company
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 http://www.hersheystory.org/about/milton-hershey.aspx
The Hershey Story / M. S. Hershey Foundation
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http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Hershey__Milton_S.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
 Mead, Margaret
http://www.interculturalstudies.org/Mead/biography.html
The Institute for Intercultural Studies
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 http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Mead__Margaret.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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http://anthropology.usf.edu/women/mead/margaret_mead.htm
University of South Florida
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http://www2.webster.edu/~woolflm/margaretmead.html
Webster University: Women’s Intellectual Contributions to the Study of
Mind and Society
 Montana, Joe
http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PLAYER_ID=154
The Official Site of the Pro Football Hall of Game
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 http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Montana__Joe.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
 http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016306.html
ESPN
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http://www.nfl.com/player/joemontana/2502166/profile
National Football League
 Penn, William
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_penn_1.html
Library of Congress: America’s Story: America’s Library
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 http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Penn__William.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/penn/pnhome.html
 American Studies at the University of Virginia
 Pitcher, Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley)
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Pitcher__Molly.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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 http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20130302/NEWS01/303020032
Courier-Post
http://www.biography.com/people/molly-pitcher-9390922
 Biography.com
 Ross, Betsy
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Ross__Betsy.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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 http://historicphiladelphia.org/betsy-ross-house/woman/
Historic Philadelphia: The Betsy Ross House
http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Summer08/betsy.cfm
 Colonial Williamsburg
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 Thorpe, Jim
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Thorpe__Jim.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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 http://www.jimthorpeassoc.org/biography-of-jim-thorpe/
The Jim Thorpe Association and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/t/th016.html
 Oklahoma Historical Society’s Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and
Culture
 http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?player_id=213
The Official Site of the Pro Football Hall of Game
 Warhol, Andy
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Warhol__Andy.html
Pennsylvania Center for the Book / Penn State University
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 http://www.warholfoundation.org/legacy/biography.html
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/andy-warhol/adocumentary-film/44/
PBS: American Masters
 http://www.warhol.org/education/resourceslessons/themes/AndyWarhol-s-Life-and-Art/
The Andy Warhol Museum (click on Power Point)
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