Press about the New Philadelphia Project and Field School

• New Philadelphia on Chicago's ABC 7 News 

• A Land of Racial Harmony? by P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2006

•  Illinois radio WUIS interview with Dr. Paul Shackel, July 12, 2006



• "Standing in Illinois' past" by Deborah Gertz Husar, Quincy Herald-Whig, June 17, 2006
   

• "Earliest U.S. Black-Founded Town Designated National Historic Site" blackenterprise.com, October 8, 2005
   

• "Integrating the Frontier" by Jennifer Pinkowski, Archaeology, Volume 58 Number 5, September/October 2005
   

•  "Illinois town gets it spot in history" by Kelly Kennedy, Chicago Tribune, August 16, 2005
   

• "Research answers, raises questions" and "Putting the pieces together: Research on the New Philadelphia settlement moves from the field to the lab" by Deborah Gertz Husar, Quincy Herald-Whig, July 16, 2005
   

•  "Uncovering History" by Deborah Gertz Husar, Quincy Herald-Whig, June 24, 2005
   

• "Free Frank leaves descendants a legacy of freedom" by Deborah Gertz Husar, Quincy Herald-Whig, June 24, 2005
   

•  "Digging into town's history" by David Grimes, Burlington Hawk Eye, June 27, 2005.
    

• "Portion of I-72 named after 'Free Frank' McWhorter" by Deborah Gertz Husar, Quincy Herald-Whig, February 25, 2005
   

•  "Ahead of its time?" by Dana Mackenzie, Smithsonian Magazine, January 2005
   

• "Researchers Want Ill. Town Named Historic" Jan Dennis Associated Press (printed on 6/26/04 in Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Bucks County Courier Times, Chicago Sun Times, Seattle Post Intelligencer, San Diego Union Tribune and MSNBC
   

•  "Anthropology Students Boost Skills at New Philadelphia Site" Quincy Herald Whig. June 27, 2004.
   

•  "Illinois Farm Field is Mined for Treasures of Racial History: Team Excavates First U.S. Town Incorporated by African American."  St. Louis Post-Dispatch. June 29, 2004, 1,8.
   

•  "Evidence of First Black Planned Community in Ill."  BlackAmericaWeb.com (host – Wayne Gaukins)
   

•  "Digging Up Answers" By Deborah Gertz Husar, Quincy Herald-Whig. July 26, 2004. (posted with permission of author)
   
•  "Family Involvement Gives Life to History in New Philadelphia" By Deborah Gertz Husar, Quincy Herald-Whig, October 4, 2004. (posted with permission of author)