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Suggested Reading

A selective bibliographic sampler of Bethlehem history titles available for circulation from the Bethlehem Area Public Library, many local area libraries and elsewhere, through interlibrary loan.
To explore the full range of materials available in our collections, be sure to search our catalog.

Bethlehem Area Chamber of Commerce
Bethlehem of Pennsylvania: the first one hundred years, 1741 to 1841.
Bethlehem, PA: Bethlehem Book Committee, 1968

Bethlehem Area Chamber of Commerce. Yates, Ross (editor).
Bethlehem of Pennsylvania: the golden years, 1841-1920.
Bethlehem, PA: Bethlehem Book Committee, 1976

Companion volumes that provide a good overall survey of Bethlehem history. Well illustrated.

Levering, Joseph Mortimer.
A history of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1741-1892.
Bethlehem, PA: Times Publishing Co., 1903.
An extremely detailed history of Bethlehem, concentrating on what was the Borough of Bethlehem.

 

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