Editing History of Pittsburgh (section)

===Primary sources===
* Lubove, Roy, ed.  ''Pittsburgh'' 1976. 294 pp. short excerpts covering main themes
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXcvAAAAYAAJ&q=intitle:Pittsburgh+intitle:Survey |editor=Kellogg, Paul Underwood |title=The Pittsburgh survey: findings in six volumes |publisher=Charities Publication Committee |year=1914 |quote=famous in-depth study of society and government |access-date=February 10, 2014}}
* Thomas, Clarke M. ed. ''Front-Page Pittsburgh: Two Hundred Years of the Post-Gazette.'' U. of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. 332 pp. readable copies of key front pages
* {{Citation |publisher = Printed for James M. Riddle, compiler and publisher |location = Pittsburgh |title = The Pittsburgh directory for 1815 |date = 1815 |oclc = 21956933 |ol = 24166640M }}
* {{Citation |publisher = Printed by Butler & Lambdin |location = Pittsburgh |title = The Pittsburgh directory for 1819 |date = 1819 |oclc = 30696960 |ol = 24467282M }}
* {{Citation |publisher = Jocelyn, Darling & Co. |location = New York |title = American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods |date = 1831 |oclc = 1018684 |chapter=Pittsburgh |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/americanadvertis00newy#page/110/mode/2up }}
* {{Citation |publisher = Printed by A.A. Anderson |location = Pittsburgh |title = Harris' Pittsburgh & Allegheny directory |date = 1839 |oclc = 22234968 |ol = 23302955M }}
* {{Citation |publisher = Printed by A.A. Anderson |location = Pittsburgh |title = Harris' business directory of the cities of Pittsburgh & Allegheny |date = 1844 |ol = 24349698M }}
* {{cite web |url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/p/pitttext/ |quote=Digital Library, 500 published works from the 19th and early 20th centuries that document Pittsburgh history. The scope of the collection includes poetry, fiction, genealogy and biography. Contains both primary and secondary sources. |title=Historic Pittsburgh General Text Collection |access-date=February 10, 2014}}