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PHMC Highlights

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off If disaster strikes, what happens to the Commonwealth’s irreplaceable public records and historic documents is of critical importance. Last fall, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) staged a “mini-disaster” at the State Records Center in Harrisburg. Several staff members of the PHMC’s Bureau of Archives and History staff attended a two-day NARA disaster preparedness and...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Society Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off Topics in the Winter 2008 Newsletter: Signature Series: Daniel K. Richter to Speak Original 1681 Charter Dr. Guion S. Bluford Jr. at the State Museum of Pennsylvania Calendar for January – March 2008 PHMC’s Washington Crossing Historic Park, October 11 Holiday Marketplace Gift Memberships Remember PHS in Your Year-End Giving ...
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A River Runs Through Penn’s Woods: Tracing the Mighty Schuylkill

Posted by Joan Wenner on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off Congress designates a National Heritage Area as “where a diversity of resources exist that combine to form a cohesive distinctive landscape.” The Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area was so named in 2000. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania announced the entire Schuylkill River watershed of two thousand square miles comprising the counties of Schuylkill, Berks, Chester,...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Society Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off Topics in the Winter 2009 Newsletter: New Deal Post Office Murals Exhibit Opening Signature Series Lecture: The Atom and American Life Calendar for January – March 2009 Dr. G. Terry Madonna: Pennsylvanians and Presidential Elections New Deal Post Office Murals Tour Welcome New PHS Members Environmental Heritage Summit Holiday Marketplace 2008 Annual Appeal 2008-2009 ...
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Pennsylvania History Goes Green

Posted by Barry Loveland on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off Sustainable, or “green” design is beginning to make its way into daily lives in ways that are both obvious and subtle. For the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), “going green” has become part of the philosophy of preserving and protecting treasured historic sites and museums, as well as conserving resources and improving sustainability. On December 15,...
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An Interview with Richard C. Saylor: The Impact of the Civil War Legacy in Pennsylvania

Posted by Ted Walke on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off Richard C. “Rich” Saylor, an archivist with the Pennsylvania State Archives, has been deep within the treasures that are the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) collections for nearly twenty years. He has become a highly respected expert on Pennsylvania Civil War history, research, and artifacts on behalf of the Commission. With a master’s degree in American Studies from Penn...
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Harnessing the Power of the Wind: A Contemporary Use for a Historic Energy Source

Posted by Donald Giles on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off Much like the oil farms of the last century were for drillers and riggers, Pennsylvania’s wind farms are proving grounds for engineers and technicians as they harness wind power. The long-standing use of wind power that for centuries propelled sailing vessels has been transformed throughout the world to produce electricity. Farmers used wind power in the late nineteenth and early twentieth...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Society Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off Topics in the Summer 2010 Newsletter: 2010 Teaching American History Project New State Museum Membership Initiative Buy-a-Bone Update Environmental Heritage Internship Calendar for July – September 2010 Welcome New PHS Members Welcome New State Museum Affiliate Members New Membership Rates ...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Society Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off Topics in the Winter 2011 Newsletter: Pennsylvania Civil War 150 Celebration State Museum Paleontology Gallery Opening Bus Trip Planned to Winterthur for Fall 2011 Calendar for January – March 2011 State Archives Closed New State Museum Store to Open Welcome New State Museum Affiliate Members Welcome New PHS Members Welcome New Staff Member Annual Appeal 2010-2011 Holiday Marketplace 2010...
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This Is a Beautiful, Bountiful Earth: Joseph Trimble Rothrock and the Preservation of Penn’s Woods

Posted by Rebecca Swanger on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off The lush, verdant woodlands characteristic of Pennsylvania’s landscape are almost entirely second-growth forests, in existence roughly for less than a century. Had it not been for the groundbreaking work of many conservationists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Keystone State’s present terrain would be dramatically different. One of the most important of those...
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