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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf The Fulton County Historical Society is publishing An Atlas and Map Collection of Fulton, Bedford and Somerset Counties in October [1977] and it may be purchased for $17.50. Most of the maps were originally published a century ago by F. W. Beers & Company, A. Pomeroy, and others.   An Architectural Study of the Ancient Borough of Huntingdon has been written and published by Nancy S....
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Lower Merion – A Portrait, written by Carl E. Doebly and edited by Phyllis C. Maier, is a publication of the Lower Merion Historical Society, Montgomery County. The book is 7″ x 9″, hard-back and sells for $12.50. The story analyzes the rich architectural history of Lower Merion from the time of the original Welsh tract to the present. The book contains 34 photographs and floor...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf A Guidebook to Historic Pennsylvania has been published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. The book was written by George Swetnam and Helene Smith. The book notes 1,300 of the most Important historical sites in the 26 counties of Western Pennsylvania. It gives a brief history of each county in western Pennsylvania along with specific historical information about the sites and careful travel...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Now available as part of the States and the Nation series is Pennsylvania: A Bicentennial History, by Thomas C. Cochran. Emphasis is placed on this State’s natural resources, business in­stitutions, and manufacturing, which the author regards as the areas of Pennsylvania’s most important contributions to the nation after the Revolution. The 207-page volume may be purchased for $8.95...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Recent additions to the Pennsylvania History bookshelf have made important contributions to our understanding of the past.   Donald R. Adams, Finance and Enterprise in Early America, A Study of Stephen Girard’s Bank, 1812-1831. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1978. $12.50. This is a valuable study not only of an influential man and his Philadelphia bank but also of the...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Interviewing the People of Pennsylvania: A Conceptual Guide to Oral History, by Carl Oblinger, focuses on oral history inter­viewing strategies. Use of the techniques are demonstrated in four subject areas: black migration to the state, European immigrants, life of WASP working class families and small town and community village life. Published by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum...
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Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Four new publications of the Pennsylvania Historical and Muse­um Commission should further research and study of Pennsylvania history. They are The Pennsylvania Line: Regimental Organization and Operations, 1775-1783, by John B. B. Trussell, Jr., $8.50; Bibliography of Pennsylvania History: A Supplement, edited by Carol Wall, which continues the present Bibliography from 1952 to 1966. $7;...
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Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf The Pennsylvania 1840 Census Index (746 pages}, edited by Ronald Vern Jackson and Gary Ronald Teeples, can be ordered from Accelerated Indexing Systems, 19 W. South Temple, Suite 600,Salt Lake City, UT 84101, for $95.   The Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 4338 Bigelow Blvd., Pittsburgh 15213, recently released A Bibliography of Sources for Civil War, Mexican War and Spanish...
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Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission announces two new publications: Dissertations on Pennsylvania History, 1886-1976: A Bibliography by Roland M. Baumann for $2.50 and Glimpses Into Our Lives: Memoirs of Harrisburg’s Black Senior Citizens by Amelia Davis, Carl Oblinger and David McBride for $1.25. Both can be ordered from the Commission at Box 1026, Harrisburg 17120.  ...
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Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf The American Association for Stale and Local History, 1400 Eighth Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37203 has announced the release of two new publications. Recreating the Historic House Interior is a handsome 260-page book with 108 photos including 12 color plates. William Seale is the author or the restoration guide which sells for $22 clothbound ($16 to AASLH members). Landscapes and Gardens for...
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