Jonnes, Jill, 1952-....

Jill Jonnes, a graduate of Barnard College, the Columbia School of Journalism, with Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins, wrote two works on the problems facing the South Bronx. Materials in this collection served as the source material for updating her work, We're still here, published as South Bronx rising.

From the description of Jill Jonnes collection, South Bronx rising, 1984-2002. (Lehman College Library). WorldCat record id: 57313737

Jill Jonnes, a graduate of Barnard College, the Columbia School of Journalism, with Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins, wrote two works on the problems facing the South Bronx. Materials in this collection served as the source material for her first work, We're still here. Because of the assistance given to her by Harry T. Johnson, Jonnes considered this collection as part of his.

From the description of Jill Jonnes papers, Harry T. Johnson collection, 1885-1984. (Lehman College Library). WorldCat record id: 57313396

Earned her Ph. D. in history from Johns Hopkins University writing on illegal drug use, expanding the dissertation into a book about illegal drugs in America.

From the guide to the Numerous reprints, magazine articles, books, Congressional hearings, and newspaper articles collected by Jill Jonnes for use in her dissertation, 1900-1996, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine)

Jill Jonnes is a freelance writer with a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University who has published a number of books on technology and society. In 2007, she published Conquering Gotham, an account of the design and construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad's New York Improvements, including the tunnels under the Hudson (North) and East Rivers and the original Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. This work was based upon extensive research in the company archives both at Hagley and the Pennsylvania State Archives, and in other collections of papers of the major figures in the story, including those of A. J. Cassatt, Charles F. McKim, Charles M. Jacobs, James Forgie, William H. Baldwin, Henry Clay Frick, and Theodore Roosevelt.

From the description of Research notes for Conquering Gotham, 2001-2006. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 164037833