Bear Creek Village: A Brief History  
7. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
 
 

PUBLISHED SOURCES

Anderson, Oscar Edward. Refrigeration in America: A History of a New Technology and Its Impact. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1972.

Appel, John C. History of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, 1725-1976. East Stroudsburg, PA: Pocono Hospital Auxiliary, 1976.

Beers, D. G. Atlas of Luzerne County, PA. Philadelphia: Pomeroy and Company, 1873.

Bomberger, Bruce and William Sisson. Made in Pennsylvania: An Overview of the Major Historical Industries of the Commonwealth. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, 1991.

Bradsby, H.C. History of Luzerne County. Chicago: S.B. Nelson and Company, 1893.

Bureau of Labor Statistics. Housing by Employers in the United States, Bulletin no. 263. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1920.

Campion, Joan. Smokestacks and Black Diamonds: A History of Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Easton, PA: Canal History and Technology Press, 1997.

Cunningham, John T. The New Jersey Shore. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1958.

"Death Claims Lumber King," The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 12/18/1923.

Funnell, Charles E. By the Beautiful Sea: The Rise and High Times of That Great American Resort, Atlantic City. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.

Innes, Donald F. and Charles L. Levy. The Residential Work of Innes and Levy Architects. Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1933.

Janosov, Robert A. "Concrete City: Garden Village of the Anthracite Region," Pennsylvania Heritage, Harrisburg: PHMC, Summer, 1997.

Kline, Benjamin F.G., Walter Casler, and Thomas T. Taber III. The Logging Railroad Era of Lumbering in Pennsylvania. 13 Volumes. Pennsylvania: Self-Published, 1970-1978.

Munsell, W.W. History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties. New York: WW Munsell and Company, 1880.

O'Bannon, Patrick, et al. Anthracite Coal in Pennsylvania: An Industry and a Region. Harrisburg: Bureau for Historic Preservation, 1997.

Petrillo, F. Charles. Ghost Towns of North Mountain: Ricketts, Mountain Springs, and Stull. Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wyoming Historical & Geological Society, 1991.

Petrillo, F. Charles. "The Bear Creek Ice Company," Proceedings of the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania Conference. Nanticoke, PA: Luzerne County Community College, 1996.

Petrillo, F. Charles. Harvey's Lake. Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wyoming Historical & Geological Society, 1991.

Petrillo, F. Charles. Albert Lewis: The Bear Creek Lumber and Ice King. Wilkes-Barre, PA: F. Charles Petrillo, 1998.

Sgromo, Vito J. and Michael Lewis. Wilkes-Barre Architecture, 1860-1960. Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wyoming Historical & Geological Society, 1983.

Spear, Sheldon. "King of the Mountain: Albert Lewis of Bear Creek," found in Chapters in Wyoming Valley History. Shavertown, PA: Jemags & Company, 1989.

Spear, Sheldon. "Glen Summit: Elite Retreat on the Mountain Top," found in Wyoming Valley History Revisited. Shavertown, PA: Jemags & Company, 1994.

Squeri, Lawrence. "The Pocono Resort Economy: Economic Growth and Social Conservatism, 1865-1940," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Volume CXV. No. 4. October, 1991.

Tyson, Carroll B. The Poconos. Philadelphia: Innes & Sons, 1929.


UNPUBLISHED SOURCES

Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museums. Delaware and Lehigh Canal National Heritage Corridor Historic Resources Study. Easton: Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museums, 1991.

Knapp, Vertie Blake. The Expanding Use of Ice in Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania: A Consumer Interest. Unpublished Master of Arts Thesis. East Stroudsburg, PA: East Stroudsburg State College, 1977. (WHGS)

Lewis, Albert and The Bear Creek Ice Company manuscript papers. 28 Boxes. Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wyoming Historical & Geological Society, 1880-1937. (WHGS)

McVarish, Douglas C. and Liz Sargent, preparers. Metz Ice Plant National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Harrisburg: Bureau for Historic Preservation, no date.

Petrillo, F. Charles, compiler. The Bear Creek Region. Charles D. Linskill. A Compilation of Articles in the Wilkes-Barre Telephone, Record of the Times, and Semi-Weekly Record by C. D. Linskill. Loose-leaf bound photocopies. 1995. (WHGS)

Phillips, Edward. History of Wilkes-Barre and Luzerne County. 10 Loose-leaf volumes. Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wyoming Historical & Geological Society. (WHGS)

Preliminary Plans for Dam at Bear Creek for Albert Lewis, Esq., December 16, 1913.(WHGS)

St. Augustine Historical Society. Albert Lewis Files. St. Augustine, Florida. (Photocopies of various newspaper articles available at WHGS.)

Thomas, George E., preparer. York Manufacturing Company (York Ice Machine Company). Historic American Buildings Survey, HABS No. PA-6011. Harrisburg, Bureau for Historic Preservation, 1994.

Thomas, George E., preparer. Stoddardsville Historic District National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Harrisburg: Bureau for Historic Preservation, 1998.

Warrantee Maps of the Townships in Luzerne County. Maps prepared by the Land Office of Pennsylvania, Department of the Interior. Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association, 1949. (WHGS)

Wasilewski, Ray. Bear Creek and From Fort Wyoming to the Lehigh. Unpublished manuscript, 1974. (WHGS)

Wolf, Jean K., preparer. Pocono Manor Historic District National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Harrisburg, Bureau for Historic Preservation, 1996.

 
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