Research
Researchers are welcome to use the collections available for study at Joseph Priestley House. All research visits are by appointment and must be scheduled with the Historic Site Administrator. Call Andrea Bashore at 570-473-9474 or send your request via email to mbashore@state.pa.us.
Research materials available:
| Books by Joseph Priestley | |
| Introduction to the Theory & Practice of Perspective, 1770 | PH93.1.6 |
| Experiments & Observations on Different Kind of Airs Vol. 1-3 | PH93.1.8A-C |
| Experiments & Observations on Different Kind of Airs Vol. 2 | PH93.1.9 |
| History of Corruptions of Christianity Vol. 2,1782 | PH93.1.12 |
| History – Vision, Light, Colors Vol. 1-2, 1772 | PH93.1.13A-B |
| History of Electricity Vol. 1-3, 1771 | PH93.1.29A-C |
| Experiences & Observations of Air Vol. 1-2, 1777 | PH93.1.30A-B |
| Lectures on History and General Policy Vol. 1-2, 1803 | PH93.1.49 |
| The History of Electricity, 1794 | PH93.1.50 |
| A Comparison of the Institution of Moses, 1799 | PH93.1.51 |
| Discourses on Various Subjects, 1805 | PH93.1.52 |
| The Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy, 1804 | PH93.1.53 |
| Lectures on History & General Policy Vol. 2, 1793 | PH93.1.56 |
| Lectures on History & General Policy Vol. 1-2, 1803 | PH93.1.58A-B |
| An History of the Corruptions of Christianity Vol. 1,1782 | PH93.1.68 |
| Observations on the Increase of Infidelity, 1797 | PH93.1.69 |
| Experiments & Observations on Different Kind of Airs Vol. 1 | PH93.1.70A |
| Experiments & Observations on Different Kind of Airs Vol. 3 | PH93.1.70B |
| Lectures on History and General Policy Vol. 1 | PH93.1.77 |
| Experiments & Observations Var. Branches Nat. Philosophy | PH96.1.9 |
| History – Vision, Light, Colors, 1772 (complete) | PH96.1.79 |
| Comparison of the Institution of Moses, 1799 | PH96.1.80 |
| Lectures on History & General Policy, 1803 | PH96.1.81 |
| Lectures on History & General Policy, 1803 | PH96.1.82 |
| Essay on a Course of Liberal Education, 1765 | PH96.1.84 |
| History of Electricity | PH96.1.94 |
| Lectures on History & General Policy, 1788 | PH96.1.99 |
| Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland, 1796 | PH96.1.101 |
| Letters to Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, 1791 | PH96.1.102 |
| Sermon from Gravel Pit Meeting, 1791 | PH96.1.103 |
| Letter to Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, 1791 | PH96.1.104 |
| Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity, 1777 | PH96.1.105 |
| Hartley's Theory of the Human Mind, 1775 | PH96.1.106 |
| History & Present State of Electricity, 1794 | PH96.1.107 |
| Answer to Mr. Payne's Age of Reason, 1795 | PH96.1.109 |
| Discourse on the Riots, 1791 | PH96.1.110 |
| Appeal – The Riots in Birmingham, 1792 | PH96.1.111 |
| Institutes of Natural & Revealed Religion Vol. 1-2, 1772 | PH96.114A-B |
| Sermons (Price and Priestley) | PH96.1.116 |
| Lectures on History & General Policy Vol. 1-2 | PH96.1.117A-B |
| Examination of Inquiries, Essays & Appeals, 1774 | PH96.1.118 |
| Free Discussion of Doctrines of Materialism, 1778 | PH96.1.119 |
| Letters to Edmund Burke, 1791 | PH96.1.120 |
| Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever Pt. 1, 1787 | PH96.1.121 |
| Discourses Evidences of Revealed Religion, 1796 | PH96.1.122 |
| Sermon to Congregations of Old & New Meeting, 1789 | PH96.1.123 |
| Appeal to the Professors of Christianity, 1794 | PH96.1.124 |
| Comparison of the Institution of Moses, 1799 | PH96.1.126 |
| Early Opinions Concerning Jesus, 1786 | PH96.1.127A-D |
| Memoirs of J. Priestley, 1806 | PH96.1.128 |
| History of Vision, Light, Colors Vol. 1-2, 1772 | PH96.1.129A-B |
| Copies of Original Letters to Dr. Priestley, 1798 | PH96.1.131 |
| Discourse on Death of Dr. Price, 1791 | PH96.1.137 |
| Letters Concerning the Person of Christ, 1790 | PH96.1.144 |
| Letters to a Young Man, 1792 | PH96.1.146 |
| Essay on the First Principles of Government, 1768 | PH96.1.148 |
| Original Letters Rev. John Wesley, 1791 | PH96.1.151 |
| Lectures on History & General Policy, 1788 | PH96.1.152 |
| Corruptions of Christianity Vol. 1-2, 1782 | PH96.1.153A-B |
| Letters to Dr. Horsley, 1783 | PH96.1.154 |
| Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit, 1777 | PH96.1.155 |
| Lectures on History & General Policy, 1791 | PH96.1.157 |
| Lectures on Oratory & Criticism, 1777 | PH96.1.158 |
| Letters to Inhabitants of Northumberland, 1801 | PH96.7.1 |
| History of Corruptions of Christianity, 1838 | PH96.12.1 |
| Discourses on Revealed Religion Vol. 2, 1797 | PH2001.1.2 |
| Theological & Miscellaneous Works of Priestley, edited with notes by John Towill Rutt | |
| Volumes 1-2 | PH93.1.11A-B |
| Volume 3 | PH93.1.11C |
| Volumes 2, 4 through 20, 24 | PH93.1.57A-S |
| Volume 25 | PH93.1.66 |
| Volume 1 | PH96.1.78 |
| Volumes 21 through 25 | PH96.1.83A-E |
| Volume 20 | PH96.1.90 |