University of Pennsylvania Student Excavation Reports (1960-1970)

University of Pennsylvania Student Excavation Reports (1960-1970) in the John Cotter Papers Collection (Penn Museum Archives)

The following list of archaeological reports (gray literature) is housed in the Archives of the University of Pennsylvania Archaeology and Anthropology Museum (Penn Museum). These reports are archived as part of the John L. Cotter Personal Papers Collection (1911-1999).

Archaeological reports for several Philadelphia area projects were produced in the 1960s and 70s by graduate and undergrad students working under the direction of University of Pennsylvania Adjunct Professor and NPS Regional Archeologist John L. Cotter. Cotter divided up site research duties among his students who completed the work as part of their coursework (namely as part of Department of American Civilization courses #571 and #572, Methods and Problems of Historical Archaeology). These student reports comprise individual sections of the larger reporting done for the field projects.

The reports are related to projects undertaken at the following locations:

• 8 South Front Street
• Athenaeum Garden
• Bonnin & Morris Porcelain Factory Site
• Cypress Street
• Dock Street
• Fallsington,
• Federal Building Site
• Fort Mifflin
• Frankford Creek Site 'Glass House'
• Franklin Court
• Governor Printz Park
• Graeme Park (Mont. Co.)
• The Grange (Haverford Twp.) Ridley Creek State Farm
• Grumblethorpe
• Kensington Methodist Episcopal Church
• Man Full of Trouble
• Mill Village — Edgemont House
• Morton-Mortonson House (Norwood, PA)
• Pennsbury
• Physick House Garden
• Pierre Fraley Farm
• Stenton Mansion
• Sycamore Mills Industrial Village
• Tinicum Island
• Valley forge
• Walnut Street Prison
• Waynesborough
• Wyck Site

Note: The Cotter Papers at the Penn Archives constitute approximately 13.7 Linear feet of files. This particular list of reports comprises the cataloging 'Series' entitled ‘Excavation Reports (Alphabetical by Author) [Unprocessed Records]’. Most of these reports are likely stored in boxes 15-18 Teaching: Classes (1.7 feet) or boxes 18-25 Teaching: Class Projects (3.3 feet) --although some may be in files catalogues as Field Projects (boxes 11-14). At present, only a handful of the reports listed below have their specific folder and box location identified. As these locations become further identified this list will be updated.

PAF thanks Penn Museum Archivist Alessandro Pezatti for making this list available to PAF.

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John L. Cotter (1911–1999) Papers

Series: Excavation Reports (Alphabetical by Author)

• Alotta, Robert — 1970 Fort Mifflin Archaeological Feasibility Study Appendix D — Archival Data Part I, Part II
• Andress, Richard — 1970 Chain of Title for Area in Ward 5 of Philadelphia Bounded North by Charter Street, West by South Third Street, South by Dock Street and East by Exchange Street Box 18 Folder 14
• Atkinson, Paul G. Jr. — 1971 Preliminary Report on Archaeological Sites Along Valley Creek, Valley Forge Park {Includes the following}:
  • Addendum: Historical Part One Report by Anna Hatton
• Becker, M.J, Penn. Students, etc... — 1977-1978 Pennsbury Notes and Notes on Printzhof, Tinicum Island
• Borstling, Henry — 1965 Resistivity Survey of Graeme Park, Horsham, P.A. August, 1965
• Bradford, Sydney — 1966 National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings: Description of Printzhof Scene
• Brumbaugh, Edwin G., F.A.I.A. — 1958 Fort Mifflin on Historic Mud Island in the Delaware River, Philadelphia
• Burrison, William M. — 1975 Mask and Wig
• Callender, Donald W. Jr. — 1968 The Ship Chandler and Rope Maker of Philadelphia in the 18th Century
• Campbell, Duncan J. — 1958 Archaeological Investigations at Graeme Park, Montgomery Co., P.A. 26 May-31 Aug. 1958
• Campbell, Duncan J. — 1959 Archaeological Survey Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, P.A.
• Campbell, Duncan — 1965 The Printzhof Excavation Photos of 1937 WPA work directed by Donald Cadzow
• Candee, Richard — 1966 HABS Drawings and Notes on Man Full of Trouble Contractors, 1963-65 Restoration
• Chimenti, Ralph — 1974 Waynesborough from Architectural and Regional Standpoints
• Clarke, Richard A. — 1970 The Library at Franklin Court Box 15 Folder 24
• Cosans, Betty (Zebooker) and Lapsansky, Emma — 1968 Site Report: Excavation in the Basement of the Kensington Methodist Episcopal Church, N.E. Corner of Marlborough & Richmond Streets, Phila., P.A.
• Cosans, Betty (Zebooker) — 1969 Archaeologists Report, June 1969 on Morton-Mortonson House, Norwood, P.A.
• Cosans, Betty (Zebooker) — 1968 The Piazza: An Architectural Feature of the Philadelphia House Box 15 Folder 20
• Cosans, Betty (Zebooker) — 1976 Interim Report: The 8 South Front Street Site
• Cotter, John L. — 1966 Preliminary Report on Archaeological Investigations at the Pennsylvania Encampment at Valley Forge, Valley Forge State Park, P.A. July-Oct. 1966 Submitted to the Valley Forge State Park Commission w/ Correspondence
• Cotter, John L. — 1966 Preliminary Report on Archaeological Investigations at the Pennsylvania Encampment at Valley Forge, Valley Forge State Park, P.A. July-Oct. 1966
• Cotter, John L. — 1966 Man Full of Trouble Tavern Photos of Excavation (Negatives) and reference points
• Cotter, John L. — 1976 Harriton Archaeological Tests by Am. Civ. 572, Summer Second Session 1976
• Cotter, John L. (compiler) — 1977 An Archaeological Feasibility Study of Grumblethorpe in Germantown, Philadelphia, P.A. Am. Civ. 571 Class Project
• Cotter, John L. — 1969 Fall 770 Class Fort Mifflin Data
• Cotter, John L., Hall, Joseph H., and Students of Am. Civ. 572 — 1979 The Wyck Site: An Archaeological Feasibility Study {Includes the following}:
  • Site Plan and Elevation Drawings by Mark H. Bower (Separate Folder)
  • Raw Field Data Forms. Anon Pamphlet: Wyck, Witness to a Way of Life (Separate Folder)
• Cotter, John L. and Moss, Roger — 1988 February-July 1988 Exhibit Texts and Roger Moss Essay for Philadelphia Athenaeum Exhibit of Walnut Street Prison Workshop Artifacts created by University Museum exhibits staff
• Cotter, John L. and Students, Am. Civ. 772 — 1969 Philadelphia’s Urban Renewal and Loss of Heritage: The Federal Building Site {(2) Master and Copy}Box 19 Folder 11
• Cotter, John L. and Students, Am. Civ. 572 — 1978 An Archaeological Feasibility Study of The Grange in Haverford Twp., P.A.
• Cotter, John L. and Students, Am. Civ. 572 — 1975 Ridley Creek State Farm Project, Excavations of the Water Supply System and Sawmill Complex
• Cotter, John L. and Students of Am. Civ. 572 — 1978 Grumblethorpe Ice House
• Cotter, John L. and Students of Am. Civ. 770 and 772 — 1965 Archaeological Excavations at Cressbrook Farms, Valley Forge: Duportail House & Lafayette House
• Cotter, John L. and Students of Am. Civ. 572 — 1966 Man Full of Trouble Tavern Report Text sent to Dunlap Printers for Mrs. Wilhelm Knauer
• Cotter, John L. and Students of Am. Civ. 572 — 1966 Man Full of Trouble Tavern Report Text, Original with additional illustrations, to Temple University Press and University of Pennsylvania Press. Returned
• Cotter, John L. and Students, Am. Civ. 572 — 1972 Excavation of Hut 9, Virginia Encampment, Valley Forge State Park Summer Field Class (Original)
• Cotter, John L. and Students, Am. Civ. 572 — 1972 Excavation of Hut 9, Virginia Encampment, Valley Forge State Park Summer Field Class (Copy)
• Cotter, John L. and Students, Am. Civ. 573 — 1973 Fall: Historical Data, Chain of Title and Field Data Sheets for Walnut Street Prison Workshop site excavation
• Cotter, John L. and Students, Am. Civ. 573 — 1973 Walnut Street Prison Workshop Artifact Catalogue Sheets and text of Final Report
• Cotter, John L. and Students — 1967 Physick House Garden Archaeological Tests July/August, 1967
• Cotter, John L. and Students — 1968 Feasibility Study of Stenton Mansion, Germantown, Philadelphia, P.A.
• Cotter, John L. and Students — 1968-1978 Studies and Reports on Bonnin and Morris Porcelain Factory Site Investigations, including Tests, Maps, Diagrams, Photos
• Cotter, John L. and Students — 1973 The Walnut Street Prison Workshop, An Archaeological Investigation of the Garden Area of the Philadelphia Athenaeum {Includes the following}:
  • 1973 (Second text copy with charts and maps)
• Cotter, John L. and Students — 1973 Summer field school Backup Data: Data sheets, photo negatives of Walnut St. Prison Workshop site investigation, with Gracie, Karabinos, and Greenwood papers
• Cotter, John L. and Students — 1974 Archaeological Investigations of Waynesborough
• Cotter, John L. and Students — 1974 Waynesborough Papers
• Cotter, John L. and Students — 1975 Report on CS-15, Ridley Creek State Park Farm Project, Am. Civ. 572 Summer Class, U of Penn
• Dalzell, Tom and Korn, Peter and Schoenbrunn, Carol — 1971 The Pierre Fraley Farm.
• Danko, George M., and Matthews, Sara — 1976 The Lower Rawle Farm: A Pilot Oral History: 1907 to 1965
• DeCunzo, LuAnn and Sanford, Douglas — 1978 An Archaeological Feasibility Study of Fallsington, Pennsylvania
• Deihl, Richard and Fidler, Richard C. — 1965 Graeme Park Report 1965
• Drennen, Christopher — 1975 Ridley Creek State Park Historic Building Survey No.1 (North of Grady Mill Road)
• Engle, Reed L. — 1980 Historic Structures Report on Joseph Pratt Farmhouse, Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation, Ridley Creek State Park
• Esther, Lucia — 1966 Preliminary Report, Graeme Park Archaeological Excavations, 1966
• Feldman, Alan H. — 1975 Devon Street Research: From Settlement to Suburbs Box 17 Folder 1
• Fritz, Carol A. — 1972 More on Beds and Bedding in America Box 16 Folder 3
• Fullam, Sally — 1976 An Atlas of the Mills of Bucks County
• Garvan, Anthony N.B. — 1972 Final Report, Highway Salvage Archaeological Program, Delaware Expressway
• Hally, David J. — 1961 Archaeological Investigations at Graeme Park, Montgomery County, P.A. June 22 — Sept. 5, 1961
• Hally, David J. — 1962 Archaeological Investigations at Graeme Park, Montgomery County, P.A. June 11 — Aug. 31, 1962
• Heacock, Mary E. — 1970 Chain of Title, Area between Second and Third Streets and between Chestnut and Dock Streets Excepting Easternmost Portion, Philadelphia, P.A. 1684-1970
• Herman, Bernard — 1976 Sycamore Mills, An Industrial Village
• Hinderliter, Edward T. — 1969 Report on Archaeological Surface Collection conducted May 1969 at Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Holst, Susanne — 1975 Archaeological Photography at Ridley Creek State Park 1975 Am. Civ. 572: Pipeline Investigation
• Hood, Deborah — 1971 Development of the Dock Creek Area, 1682-1784: A Study in the Cultural Use of Natural Space
• Huey, Paul R. — 1968 Papers on the Bonnin and Morris Porcelain Factory {Includes the following}:
  • Description and Analysis of Saggers from the Bonnin and Morris China Factory Box 18 Folder 10
  • Stratigraphic Evolution of the Bonnin and Morris Factory Site, Past to Present Box 18 Folder 10
  • Part II The Old China Factory Neighborhood in Southwark, Philadelphia after 1777 Box 18 Folder 11
• Huey, Paul R. — 1968 Industry and Technology in Revolutionary Philadelphia {Includes the following}:
  • II The China Factory9 Bonnin and Morris) in Southwark, 1769-1774 Box 18 Folder 10
  • IV The Continental Congress Foundry, 1777
  • V Foundry Technology in Revolutionary Philadelphia
• Huey, Paul R — 1968
  • Description and Analysis of Saggers from the Bonnin and Morris China Factory Box 18 Folder 9
• Hunter, Charles E. and Levy, Herbert W. — 1976 Report on the Salvage Excavations on the Southwest Side of Market and Front Streets. Philadelphia, P.A. Winter, 1976 for PenDot
• Kim, Jiyul — 1977 A Paper Concerning the Applicability of South’s Theories as Tested on Walnut Street Prison Site
• King, Mary E. and Hancock , Mary — 1970 A Feasibility Study for possible future excavations in search of evidence of Governor Johan Printz’s settlement on Tinicum Island
• King, Robert E. — 1970 A Brief Preliminary Report on the Area Between Fourth and Fifth Streets on the North Side of Market Box 19 Folder 8
• King, Robert E. — 1970 A Brief Preliminary Report on the Area Between Fourth and Fifth Streets on the North Side of Market Street, Philadelphia, P.A.
• King, Robert E and Ulrich, Lillian — 1971 A Brief History of 228-230 South Front Street, Philadelphia, P.A.
• Kogen, Elizabeth Gray — Inventory: Bonnin and Morris Shards at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Box 18 Folder 13
• Krasnow, Karen — 1977 Harriton House: The Archaeologists Guide of Documentary Data Am. Civ. 572, Summer 1977
• Lapsansky, Emma J. and Zakas, James R. — 1968 Site Report: Excavations of July and August, 1968 at the Bonnin and Morris Porcelain Factory Site, 124 Alter Street, Southwark, Phila. P.A. Box 18 Folder 12
• Lassen, Coryl — 1976 Preliminary Report, Basement Site at 310 Cypress Street, Phila.
• Liggett, Barbara — 1978 Final Report on the Excavations of the North Salient, Fort Mifflin
• Loeb, Nancy — 1971 The Process of Restoration for 521 Spruce St., Philadelphia
• MAAR Associates, Inc. — 1991 Historical Documentation and Archaeological Investigations Conducted at Governor Printz Park, Essington, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania
• Mallory, Peter — 1970 Franklin Court as Art History Box 15 Folder 24
• McCarthy, John P. and George, Roberta-1977 Report on Test Excavations in the Mill Village — Edgemont House #109 Pit
• McCarthy, John P. — 1978 Introduction: Archaeology Lab Manual
• McCarthy, John P. — 1978 Report on the Excavations, Edgemont House Site 125
• McCarthy, John P. and Moffet, James — 1980 Sycamore Mills: A Rural Industrial Village at the Beginning of the 19th Century
• McCourcey, Bonnie Jo — 1977 A Search of Philadelphia Directories Regarding the Frankford Creek Site (Search for “Glass House”)
• Ohno, Mark — 1973 Sample Plan and Profile, Walnut Street Prison Workshop and Documentation Cards
• Parrington, Michael — 1980 Archaeology at Wyck, Germantown, P.A.
• Parrington, Michael-1979 Report on the Excavation of Part of the Virginia Brigade Encampment, Valley Forge 1972-1973
• Parrington, Michael and Ralph, Elizabeth, Eds.-1979 Patterns of the Past: Geophysical and Aerial Reconnaissance at Valley Forge {Includes the following}:
  • MASCA Contract CX 4000-0022 for NPS
  • Appendix (Separate Folder)
• Pencek, William — 1971 The Philadelphia Arcade
• Peterson, Karin E. — 1974 The First Water Supply System in Philadelphia
• Schneider, Michael — 1970 A Condensed Summary of the History of Fort Mifflin
• Smith, Helen — 1975 Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation Basic Maps and Reports of Plantation Site
• Staman, Margery and Heinz, Roy R. (Students Am. Civ. 572) — 1975 Field Notes on Ridley Creek State Park Farm pipeline tests
• Stewart, Frank H. — (1924) 1974 History of the First United States Mint, Its People and Its Operations
• Stokes, Charlotte — 1981 Documentation of Victorian Gardens at Maxwell Mansion and Misc. Reports
• Stone, Gary Wheeler — 1965 Notebook: Log of Duportail House and Lafayette House Investigations by U. of Penn. Am. Civ. Class July-Aug. 1965 led by John L. Cotter
• Stone, Gary Wheeler — 1967 The Mount Joy Forge on Valley Creek Am. Civ. 770, 1966-7 paper used for Report to Valley Forge State Park Commission May 1, 1969
• Students of Am. Civ. 572 — 1972 Summer Field Course Research and Final Exams (1/2)
• Students of Am. Civ. 572 — 1972 Summer Field Course Research and Final Exams (2/2)
• Uhle, Marsha — 1971 234 South Front Street: Owner Biographies and Property History with Emphasis on 1685-1860
• Verderame, Lorraine — 1975 Research on the Franklin Court Collection of Staffordshire Blue
• Waldbaner, Richard G.-1976 310 Cypress Street, an Interim Report on History and Privy Pit Artifacts {Includes the following}:
  • Foreword by Ellen Miller
  • Basement Site, by Coryl Lassen
  • Reconstruction and Description of Spanish Oil Jar, by Karen Butler.
• Webster, Richard J. — 1965 Historical and Archaeological Report of Lafayette Kitchen Excavation, Valley Forge, P.A., August, 1965