Pittsburgh History 1993 - 1994: Vol 76 Index

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THE OLMSTEDS IN PITTSBURGH
4 ubove, Twentieth Century Pittsburgh, Hancock, “Planners Planning( MIT Press, 1983); Stanley K. Schultz, Constructing
in the Changing American City;” Christine M. Boyer, Urban Culture: American Cities'and City Planning, 1800-
Dreaming the Rational City: The Myth of American City 1920 (Temple Univ. Press, 1989).
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
Pittsburgh’s Bettis Field Archives of Industrial Society
Page 156-167 Historical Society of Western Page 175-79 Historical Society, Scholter Collection
Pennsylvania, Kenneth W. Scholter Page 180 Archives of Industrial Society (top);
Collection Historical Society, Scholter Collection
Some A-B-Cs of Local Aviation (bottom)
Page 168 Courtesy Pittsburgh Institute of Page 181-82 Historical Society, Scholter Collection
Aeronautics (top); courtesy Edward Vance, Cambridge Springs Chess Congress
Pittsburgh (bottom) Photographs courtesy of author
Page 169 Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics The Olmsteds in Pittsburgh (Part IT)
Page 170 Historical Society, Scholter Collection Illustrations and period photos from Frederick Law
Remembrances of Bettis Field Olmsted, Jr., Pittsburgh, Main Thoroughfares and the
Page 171 Historical Society, Scholter Collection Down Town District: Improvements Necessary to Meet the
Page 172-73 Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics City’s Present and Future Needs (1911); photograph page
(large photo of PIA); others from 198 from Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania,
Historical Society, Scholter Collection Robert C. Alberts Papers, courtesy Allegheny Conference
Page 174 Courtesy University of Pittsburgh, on Community Development.
Index to Volume 76 — 1993
A America, by James B. No. 4 City,” 122-40; (co-
Aero Club of Pgh., 158, Whisker, rev. of, 188 Ball, Clifford, 159, 162, author), “The Olmsteds
159 Army Air Corps, 159, 168, 172-76 in Pittsburgh: (Part IT)
Agricultural Col. of Pa. 173 balloons, 158, 160 Shaping the Progressive
(now Pa. State Univ.), “Art Farrar: Little Start for a “Ballpark Figures: The City,” 191-205
24, 28-30 Big Band Stylist,” by Story of Forbes Field,” Beaver Falls, Pa., 72-74
Ailegheny City, 79-88 Paul Roberts, 5-8 by Daniel L. Bonk, Becker, Charles R., 100-15
Allegheny Co. Airport, The Art of American 52-70 Beltzhoover, Daniel, 117,
158, 168, 179 Livestock Breeding, pub. baseball, 52-70, 72-74, 119
The Allegheny River: by American Minor 76-78, 99: owner Benswanger, William E..,
Watershed of the Nation, Breeds Conservancy, cooperation in early 65-67, 99
by Jim Schafer and rev. of, 43 20th century, 54- Best, Elmer, “Pittsburgh’s
Mike Sanja, rev. Aspinwall Filtration Plant, 55; westward expan- Bettis Airport,” 156-
of, 189 85 sion, 66; radio broad- 168
Allen, William H., 29, 31 aviator pioneers, Western casting, 72-74; Best, Mildred, 158
Alliance Col., 187 Pa., 162; stories about, manipulation of Bettis Airport, 156-182
Along Interstate 80, by Dr. 156-168, 170-182 statistics in, 76-78; Bettis Atomic Power Lab,
Stephen C. Price, rev. academic journals, 76; 157, 169
of, 188 B social history, 76-78 Bettis, Lt. Cyrus, 157, 168
American Medical Assoc., Babcock, Edward Vose, The Battle for Homestead, Big Band music, 5-8
1] 143-45 1880-1892: Politics, bond issue of 1910, 200
American Osteopathic Babcock Lumber Co., Inc., Culture, and Steel, by Bonk, Daniel L., “Ballpark
Assoc., 13 144 Paul Krause, rev. of, Figures: The Story of
American School of back page features: Convict 151-52 Forbes Field,” 52-70
Osteopathy, 11 Inn, No. 1; pre-radio Bauman, John F. (co- broadcasting, back page
anthropometric research, baseball reports, No. 2; author), “The Olmsteds feature, No. 2
18-23 Union City, No.3; Pgh. in Pittsburgh: (Part I) “Burning a Babcock
Arms Makers of Colonial Chemical Laboratory, Landscaping the Private Mansion — Historic
PITTSBURGH HISTORY WINTER 1993/94
Preservation and the Corrigan, “Wrong Way,” 64; inauguration, 56- Homestead, Pa., 164, 173
North Hills’s Future,” 163 57, 64-65; ticket Homestead: The Glory and
by Cynthia Johnson and Curtiss-Wright Co., 158, pricing (1909), 56; Tragedy of an American
Drew Ley, 143-45 162, 165, 168 structural changes, 65; Steel Town, by William
Butko, Brian (co-author), sale to Univ. of Pgh., Serrin, rev. of, 146-48
“Some A-B-Cs of Local D 66; final game, 66 Homewood Driving Park,
Aviation,” 168-170 Daily Bulletin, 185-87 Fraser, John, 24-34 124
Butler Co. Airport Davis, Andrew P., 10-13 Hotel Rider, 184-87
(Kenneth Scholter Denny, Ebenezer, 141 G
Field), 179 Denny, James O’Hara III, Garner, Erroll, 7 I
141-42 Gatty, Harold, 164-65 Iacone, Audrey (inter-
Cc dirigibles, 167 Geary, Pa. Gov. John, 83 viewer), “Charles
Calvinism, 26 “Discipline and Piety: Gibbons, Russell W., Becker’s Journey to
“The Cambridge Springs Professor, General, and “Skeletons in the Stalag Luft IV,” 100-15
International Chess College President John Medical Closet: Pioneer Illi, Frederick W., 14
Congress,” by James Fraser,” by Jim Weeks, Chiropractic and
Munro, 184-87 24-34 Osteopathic Schools in J
Carnegie, Andrew, 55-56, Drew, Frances L., M.D. Western Pennsylvania, “James O’Hara Denny III
123 (book reviewer), 1910-1944,” 9-17 — Historic Friend to
Cecil, Eugene, 175-76 150-51 Grant’s Hill hump cut, 195 HSWP,” Director’s
“Charles Becker’s Journey Dreyfuss, Barney, 55-57, Great Depression, 18-23 Gallery by John A.
to Stalag Luft IV,” 65-66, 99 Guide to Photographs at the Herbst, 141-42
interview by Audrey “Drowning By Numbers: Pennsylvania State Jefferson Col., 26-30
Iacone, 100-15 The State of Baseball Archives, by Linda A. Johnson, Cynthia (co-
chess, 184-87; champions History,” by Corey Ries, rev. of, 75 author), “Burning a
of, 185 Seeman, 76-78 Guthrie, Mayor George, Babcock Mansion —
Chestnut Ridge, 176 Duquesne Gardens, 6-8 192, 193, 199 Historic Preservation
chiropractic, 9-17 Duquesne, Pa., 156, 182 and the North Hills’s
Cities and Churches — An The Dutchman Died and H Future,” 143-45
International Bibliogra- Other Tales from Hahnemann, Samuel, 11
phy, compiled by Loyde Pittsburgh’s Southside, Harmony Society, 116-17 K
H. Hartley, rev. of, 75 by J. Fred Lissfelt, rev. Harmony Society for Young Kassmir, M.A., 13
City Beautiful movement, of, 75 Ladies, 116-20 Kelly, M. Clyde, 168, 170
123, 129, 132, 134 “Harmony Society for Kennywood Park, 157, 159,
Civic Center (Pgh.), 196, E Young Ladies,” by 173
197 “Early Aviation in Western Marianne Ruch, 116-20 Kins House, 36-38
Civic Club of Allegheny Pennsylvania Uncov- Harrisburg Industrializes: Kline, Mayor Charles, 181
Co., 132, 138, 192 ered: The Kenneth The Coming of Factories
Civil War, and Pa. regi Scholter Collection,” by to An American L
ments, 27-29, 31 Julia Pretti, 179 Community, by Gerry “Labor of Love, Labor for
Cleveland Air Races, 162, East End, 79-88 Eggert, rev. of, 148-50 History,” Director’s
167 Enright Theatre, 6 height, as index of socio- Gallery by John A.
Cocoanut Grove, 1, 8 Exposition Park, 55, 65 economic conditions, Herbst, 89-91
college, pre- and post-Civil 18-23 Lake Balaton, Austria, 108
War, 24-34 F Heinz, H(enry) J., 125-29 Langley, Samuel P., 169
Constructing Brotherhood: Falconer, William, 132 Herbst, John, 36, 89, 141 Lanphier, Maj. Thomas G.,
Class, Gender, and Farraro, Esterina, 6, 8 Historical Society of 177
Fraternalism, by Mary “Filling in the Gaps,” Western Pa., 36, 89, League of Boroughs,
Ann Clawson, rev. of, Director’s Gallery by 141,179 Townships, and Cities
39-42 John Herbst, 36-38 Hodges, Rev. George, 191 of the Third Class of
Convict Inn, back page Flexner, Abraham, 10-11 Holy Ghost Col. (now Allegheny Co., 85, 87
feature, No. | Forbes Field, 52-70, 73: as Duquesne Univ.), 196 Leavitt, Charles Wellford
Cook, Lawrence, 83-84 “classic” ballpark, 52, homeopathy, 11-12 Jr., 56-57, 64
A Country Between: The 54, 64, 66-67, 70; “Homestead Books Provide Ley, Drew (co-author),
Upper Ohio Valley and conception, 55; funding All But the Feeling of “Burning a Babcock
its Peoples, 1724-1774, and site development, Mon Valley Life,” book Mansion — Historic
by Michael McConnell, 55-56; design and review essay by David Preservation and the
rev. of, 44-46 construction, 56-57, Walton, 146-48 North Hills’s Future,”
INDEX
143-45 Genesis of Municipal Bauman, 122-40; Jr., 195, 196, 198-202
Lincoln Place, 157, 159, Anxiety in Allegheny “The Olmsteds in Pgh. Osteopathic Hospital,
167 County,” by David W. Pittsburgh: (Part IT) 13
Lindbergh, Charles A.., Lonich, 79-88 Shaping the Progressive Pgh. Pirates, 52, 55-57, 64-
178-181 Moltrup, Merle, 173 City,” by Edward K. 66, 68, 72-74
lithographic views, 92-96 Morrill Land-Grant Act Muller and John F. Pittsburgh Press, 181
Litzenberger, Al, 176-77 (1862), 28-30 Bauman, 191-205 Pgh. Survey, 192, 195, 201
Loban, Joy M., 10-11, Morris, Jack, 173, 174 osteopathy, 9-17 Pollock, Gary (book
13-15 Mt. Clemens Sanitarium, 13 Out of This Kitchen: A reviewer), 44-46
Logan, Vinton, 14 Muller, Edward K. (co- History of the Ethnic Post, Wiley, 164-65
Longfellow, Alden and author), “The Olmsteds Groups and Their Foods Presbyterian faith, 25
Harlow (architectural in Pittsburgh: (Part I) in the Steel Valley, ed. Pretti, Julia, “Early Aviation
film), 123, 128-30, Landscaping the Private by Larry Ciptak, rev. in Western Pennsylvania
133, 136 City,” 122-40; (co- of, 43 Uncovered: The
Lonich, David W., “Metro- author), “The Olmsteds Kenneth Scholter
politanism and the in Pittsburgh: (Part II) P Collection,” 179
Genesis of Municipal Shaping the Progressive Palmer, B.J., 13-14 Prince, Bob, 72-74
Anxiety in Allegheny City,”192-205 Palmer, Daniel D., 11-14 Progressive reform, people
County,” 79-88 Munro, James, “The parks, Allegheny Co.’s and organizations
Lovejoy, Curly, 162, 173 Cambridge Springs North and South, 144 involved in, 191, 192,
International Chess A Patch of Land Owned 193, 197, 200-03
M Congress,” 184-87 by the Company, by Pugh, Evan, 29-30
McClear Polish Co., 162 Stephen G. Warfel, rev. The Puzzle People: Memoirs
McConnell’s Mill — Echoes N of, 188 of a Transplant Surgeon,
of the Past, by Dale The New Crowd: The Peat, D. Barr, 159, 168, by Thomas Starzl, rev.
Currie, rev. of, 189 Changing Face of the 171-72, 178 of, 150-51
McCullough, David, 141- Jewish Guard on Wall Penn Avenue Act, 85-86
42 Street, by Judith Pennypacker, Samuel, 84 R
McKennan, Art, 64Magee, R. Ehrlich and Barry J. “A Personal Debt to Rapp, Frederick, 117, 119
Christoper, 192 Rehfeld, rev. of, 42-44 the Pirates,” by James Rapp, George, 116, 119
Magee, William, 192, 195, Nicola, Franklin F., 55-56, C. Reynolds, 72-74 “Remembrances of Bettis
199 65 Philadelphia, consolidation Field: An Interview
Making Iron and Steel: Nicola, George, 191 of 1854, 80 with Kenneth W.
Independent Mills in Nicola, Oliver P., 56, 65 Phipps, L.C., 124 Scholter,” by William F.
Pittsburgh, 1820-1920, North American Society for Pickup, Chester, 162, 163 Trimble, 170-182
by John N. Ingham, Sports History, 76-77 Pierre Ravine, 56 Reynolds, James C., “A
rev. of, 46-48; as Noyes, Dewey, 162, 173- Pine Township, 143 Personal Debt to the
source, 191 —4/_9 Piper Aircraft, 169 Pirates,” 72-74
Manufactured by Hand, Pitt-Chem’s Fatsaver, back Richardson, H.H., 123
by various authors, rev. O page feature, No. 4 Richmond, William “Zip,”
of, 188 Oakland, development of, Pittsburgh Architecture: A 159, 168
marathon dancing, 6, 8 as site for baseball Guide to Research, Rider, W.D., 184
Mayer Field, 162, 176 stadium, 55-56 compiled by Martin ‘The River Ran Red’:
Meadowcroft Village, 89-91 O’Hara, General James, Aurand, rev. of, 43 Homestead 1892, edited
medical schools, early 20th 141 “Pittsburgh’s Bettis Field,” by David P. Demarest,
century, 9-17 Oliver, James B. and by Elmer Best, 156-168 Jr., rev. of, 146-48
Mellon, William Larimer, Amelia, 129 Pgh. Civic Commission, riverfronts, Olmsted’s plans
122, 125, 128, 130-31, Olmsted, Frederick Law, 193, 194, 199, 200 to improve, 197-99
133 Jr., 122-40, 191-205 Pgh. Col. of Chiropractic, Roberto Clemente Field, 52
metropolitanism, 79-88: Olmsted, Frederick Law, 12, 14-15 Roberts, Paul, “Art Farrar:
delivery of public Sr., 122-23, 125 Pgh. Institute of Aeronau- Little Start for a Big
services, 79, 83-86; Olmsted, John C., 122-40, tics, 169 Band Stylist,” 5-8; (co-
Pgh. newspapers’ views 19] Pgh.-McKeesport Airport, author) “Some A-B-Cs
of, 80-84; debt “The Olmsteds in Pitts- 157, 159, 172 of Local Aviation,”
consolidation, in burgh: (Part I) Land- Pittsburgh: Main Thorough- 168-170
municipalities, 81-83, scaping the Private fares and the Down Rodgers Field, 174
86 City,” by Edward Town District, by Roosevelt, Pres. Theodore,
“Metropolitanism and the K. Muller and John F. Frederick Law Olmsted, 184
PITTSBURGH HISTORY WINTER 1993/94
Roselli, Bart, “Search for in Western Pennsylva- brances of Bettis Field: Western Pa. Medical Col.,
Past Begins with You,” nia, 1910-1944,” by An Interview with 10
Director’s Gallery, 182 Russell W. Gibbons, Kenneth W. Scholter,” Western Univ. of Pa. (now
Rowswell, Rosey, 72 9-17 170-182 Univ. of Pgh.), 32
Ruch, Marianne, “ Harmony Smith, George Warren, Turner, Roscoe, 162, 165 Weyant, Romer, 159, 162,
Society for Young 92-96 168
Ladies,” 116-20 “Some A-B-Cs of Local U “What Human Stature Has
Aviation,” by Brian Union City, Pa., chair, back Told Us About the
S Butko and Paul page feature, No. 3 Great Depression in the
Savoy Ballroom, 7 Roberts, 168-170 Union Col. of Osteopathy, Pittsburgh Region,” by
Schenley Hotel, 124-25 South Side, 79-88 13 Jialu Wu, 18-23
Schenley Park, 132, 136 Spirit of St. Louis, 178, 181 United Cigar Stores, 162, Whitefield, Edwin, 92-96
Schenley, Mary, 55 Stalag Luft IV, 100-15 165 Wilkinsburg, Pa., 51
Schnee, the Rev. Jacob, Standard Propeller Co., 163 Univ. of Kansas, 24, 30-31 Wilson, Chuck, 72
116-20 Still, Andrew Taylor, 11 Universal Chiropractic Col., The Wine Regions of
Scholter, Ken, 160, 163, The Story of Crafton, 14 America: Geographical
170-182 1740-1992, by Besty urban planning, 122-40 Reflections and
Seabreaze, Tro, 162, 163 Martin, rev. of, 189 U.S. Air Force, 100-15 Appraisals, by John J.
“Search for Past Begins Baxevanis, rev. of, 189
with You,” Director’s T V Winnie Mae, 164-65
Gallery by Bart Roselli, “A Tale of Two City Vandergrift, Pa., 123-24, Woods, Jim, 74
190 Views,” by Rina C. 137 World War II, and POW
Secret Ritual and Manhood Youngner, 92-96 Vandergrift, J.J., 123-24 experience, 100-15
in Victorian America, Tener, John K., 144 Vosemary Farm, 143-45 Wu, Jialu, “What Human
by Mark C. Carnes, rev. Thaw, Elizabeth D., 125, Stature Has Told Us
of, 39-42 128-29, 132-35 W About the Great
Seeman, Corey, “Drowning Three Rivers Stadium, 52, Warren, Kenneth (book Depression in the
By Numbers: The State 54-55, 66-69: inade- reviewer), 46-48 Pittsburgh Region,”
of Baseball History,” quacies for baseball, 52, Warren, Wilson J. (book 18-23
76-78 54, 66; design, 68-69; reviewer), 151-52
Seibert, Peter Swift (book ticket pricing (1993), 54 Weeks, Jim, “Discipline and Zz
reviewer), 148-50 Trader, Bob, 162, 165 Piety: Professor, Youngner, Rina C., “A Tale
Semi-Weekly Enterprise, Transcontinental & Western General, and College of Two City Views,”
184, 187 Air (TWA), 165, 176 President John Fraser,” 92-96
“Skeletons in the Medical traffic congestion, Olmst- 24-34
Closet: Pioneer ed’s plans to reduce, Weisberger William (book Z
Chiropractic and 197 reviewer), 39-44 Zenith Flyers, 159, 170
Osteopathic Schools Trimble, William, “Remem- West Mifflin, Pa., 157-182 Ziegler, Abraham, 117, 119