Weigley Elected at PHA Conference

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Weigley Elected at PHA Conference Russell F. Weigley, Temple University history pro­fessor and noted authority on military history, is the new president of the Pennsylvania Historical Association. Dr. Weigley was elected at the association’s forty-fourth annual meeting October 10 and 11 [1975]. During its business session, the association passed four recommendations that dealt with the status of history in the public...
read more

News

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on News State Awards Announced One Award of Merit and seven Certificates of Commendation ­have been made to Pennsylvania persons and/or organizations. State Awards Chairman Harry E. Whipkey, director of the Bureau of Archives and History, The Pennsylvania His­torical and Museum Commission, has announced the state awards, made by the American Association for State and Local History. The Ephrata Cloister...
read more

William Penn Memorial Museum Events

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on William Penn Memorial Museum Events William Penn’s Birthday For the eighth successive year an historical festival is planned to commemorate the birthday of William Penn. The event will be held October 24, 1975 – the 331st annual celebration of William Penn’s Birthday. This year’s festival will include student groups from various schools as well as representatives of the Pennsyl­vania Federation of Junior...
read more

Commission Members’ Backgrounds Outlined

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Commission Members’ Backgrounds Outlined Fourteen persons with diverse and talented backgrounds comprise the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The Governor appoints nine members and designates the chairman. All are non-salaried in their positions as Com­missioners. Four members are legislators; two are senators, appointed by the Senate Pro Tempore; and two are repre­sentatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of...
read more

Historic Preservation

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Historic Preservation In the United States, more than in Europe, historic sites and structures are nearly always in danger of destruction. As land becomes increasingly valuable in America those who have an eye only on money and who are almost completely devoid of culture move in, obliter­ate the site or structure, and “develop” the area – for a huge profit to themselves. Had Independence Square in...
read more

News

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on News PHA to Hold Annual Meeting The Pennsylvania Historical Association will hold its annual meeting October 10 and 11 [1975] at St. Francis College, Loretto. Approximately 1,400 persons belong to the association. Donald H. Kent, PHA president, will speak on “Some Myths of Pennsylvania History” at the opening luncheon at the Friendship and Cottage Inn, Ebensburg. John F. Coleman, chairman...
read more

Pennsylvania’s County Records Program

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Pennsylvania’s County Records Program The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, as the agent for the Commonwealth’s County Records Committee, has played a significant role in solving some of the records management problems faced by county officials in Pennsylvania. Working through its Division of Archives and Manuscripts (State Archives), the PHMC has assisted the County Records Committee in carrying out its primary...
read more

Commission Assumes Active Role

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Commission Assumes Active Role The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission exists to promote the Commonwealth’s historical and cultural heritage and to see that the public recognizes its own achievements. It was for these reasons that the Commonwealth created the agency. The PHMC was born November 26, 1913, when Gov. John K. Tener appointed five members authorized by a law which he had signed in July. As Nicholas...
read more

New Year’s Customs Reviewed

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on New Year’s Customs Reviewed The practice of observing New Year’s festivities is rooted in antiquity. American custom apparently evolved from Dutch and Scottish practices. Young men in old Scotland were in the habit of going from house to house singing ditties in return for money or something to eat. The first evidence of the transference of this custom to America oc­curred in rural New York and Pennsylvania in the...
read more

Mourning Becomes America

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Mourning Becomes America The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission will sponsor a Bicentennial exhibit of mourning art beginning with the art of the fashionable people in the late eighteenth century and concluding with the naive expressions in watercolor, paper, and silhouette in the mid­-nineteenth century. The exhibit opens March 28 [1976] at the William Penn Memorial Museum and will continue through May 27...
read more