Welcome to the Coroner Case File Documentation Wiki!

 

Introduction

Welcome to the Coroner Case File Documentation Wiki! The  Allegheny County Coroner Case files were preserved through a preservation project with support from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission  and are available to researchers and the public at the University of Pittsburgh's Archives Service Center. This extensive documentation of Pittsburgh history contains evidence of the industrial accidents, homicides, suicides, epidemics, and the myriad causes of Allegheny County citizen's suspicious, unusual, or sudden deaths between 1887 and 1973.  A student workforce, mainly comprised of history interns from the University of Pittsburgh, contributed to the task of preserving and identifying the records, and have transferred their knowledge of the records on this site.  Check in frequently for more news on future projects!

 

Search Requests

 

The files are maintained at the University of Pittsburgh's Archives Service Center.  Please contact the ASC's reference services for more information about file searches or obtaining copies. 

 

 

Allegheny County Coroner Case Files Project 2007-2008 

Project Members            

Retired Project Members and Admin. (January-December 2007)

 

 

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Chronology

1887-1893

1894-1899

1900-1902

1903-1904

1905-1906

1906-1910

1910-1915

1915-1920

1920-1925

1925-1930

1930-1935

1935-1940

1940-1945

1945-1950

1950-1955

1955-1960

1960-1965

1965-1970

1970-1973

 

Themes

 

File Arrangement

Causes of Death

 

 

Abortion deaths

Automobile Deaths

Cerebral Hemorrhage

Disease

Electrocution

Ethnicity

Fetal and Infant deaths

Fire

Heart Disease

Homicide

Industrial Accidents

Jail Deaths

Legal Execution

Lobar Pneumonia

Occupations

Particularly Unusual Deaths

Plane Crashes

Racism

Railroad Accidents 

Suicide

Surgery

Women's Suicide

 

 

Special Projects

 

The 1918 Project

 

Medical Examiner

 

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