Anthony C.F. Wallace (1923-2015) was an anthropology professor at the University of Pennsylvania between 1951 and 1988.

Wallace was born in Canada and grew up in Annville, Pennsylvania. He received his doctorate degree in anthropology from the University of Pennsyvlania in 1950. From 1955 to 1980, he served as senior research associate at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (EPPI).

Wallace bridged the gap between psychology and history, and was often referred to as a psychological anthropologist. His seminal work was Rockdale: The Growth of an American Village in the Early Industrial Revolution. He was the author of numerous books and articles.

The Eddystone Manufacturing Company operated a cotton prints factory in Eddystone, Pennsylvania. The firm was formed under the limited partnership laws of Pennsylvania in 1877 and incorporated in 1895. In 1929, it was absorbed by the textile manufactuer Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company as its Print Works Division.

The history of the company begins with the partnership of William Simpson (1812-1888) and John Halliday (1810-1875) in 1836 at mills on the Falls of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. By 1869, the firm was known as William Simpson & Sons, and it continued under that name until its dissolution in 1892. In 1874, a subsidiary company was established as the sales organization under the name of William Simpson & Sons & Co. In 1877, the Eddystone Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was formed for the production of Simpson cotton prints. In 1895, the aforenamed concern became the Eddystone Manufacturing Co., Inc., and continued to operate at Eddystone, Pennsylvania, until 1929, when it became the Print Works Division of Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co., Inc.