Fall 2018

From the Executive Director

From the Executive Director

By Andrea W. Lowery

Editor’s Letter

Editor’s Letter

By Kyle R. Weaver

Marking Time

Stephanie Kwolek, Inventor of Kevlar

By Karen Galle

Our Documentary Heritage

Readco and the Transition to Military Manufacturing in World War II

By Richard C. Saylor

Features

From the Anonymous Lady to the Peales and the Sullys: Philadelphia’s Professional Women Artists of the Early Republic

By Cynthia Haveson Veloric

Features

Stockings, Cap Braids and Bomber Turrets: Wyomissing Industries Mobilizes for World War II

By Robert D. Hill

Features

1918’s Deadliest Killer: The Flu Pandemic Hits Pennsylvania

By Thomas J. McGuire

Features

“Keeping with the Dignity of the Commonwealth”: 50 Years of the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence

By David J. Morrison

A Place in Time

Loleta Recreation Area

By Keith Heinrich

Trailheads

World War II Trails

By Amy Killpatrick Fox

PHMC Highlights

A British Lord in the Pennsylvania State Archives / Art of the State 2018

By Sean Adkins

Book Review

Smoketown by Mark Whitaker

By Imani D. Owens

Book Review

Branch Line Empires by Michael Bezilla with Luther Gette

By Dan Cupper

Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

By PA Heritage Staff

Wish You Were Here

The Old Stone Arch Bridge over Jack’s Creek

By Pamela W. Reilly

Sharing the Common Wealth

Helen Behal’s Jewish Welfare Board Uniform

By Kyle R. Weaver