Challenge Grants Offered to Historical Societies by National Endowment

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Challenge Grants Offered to Historical Societies by National Endowment The National Endowment for the Humanities has expanded its assistance to cultural institutions by launching a new program. Challenge Grants are intended to help humanistic institutions improve their- financial stability by stimulating new or increased support from the public. Unlike regular Endowment grants, which may support only projects in defined NEH program areas, Challenge Grants may be...
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Lehigh County Opens New Cement Museum

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Lehigh County Opens New Cement Museum The Saylor Park Cement Industry Museum, located in Coplay, Pennsylvania, is the fourth historical museum to be opened in recent months by Lehigh County as part of its Bicentennial celebration. It is the result of cooperation between the county government and the Coplay Cement Manufacturing Company, whose executives were convinced that the preservation of Coplay’s Schoefer kilns would...
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News and Notes

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on News and Notes Martin P. Snyder Honored Martin P. Snyder was honored February 7, 1977. as reci­pient of the Athenaeum Award of Philadelphia for 1975. Mr. Snyder received the distinguished award for the best book by a Philadelphia author. The book is City of Inde­pendence, published by Praeger.   New Tax Benefits for Preservationists The Tax Reform Act of 1976, signed Into law on October 4, 1976, contains...
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Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on News and Notes 1873 Constitution Dr. Roland M. Baumann, Chief, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, and Henry E. Bown, Associate Archivist in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, hold the 1873 Constitution which was recently accessioned by the State Archives. On display at the Department of State since 1954, this was transferred February 9, 1978, to the State Archives, which already had in its...
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Centre County Launches Oral History Survey

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Centre County Launches Oral History Survey “Recollections: The Oral History of Centre County” is a special project of the Centre County Library. It is designed to collect and preserve local history as experienced by the people who have lived and worked in the area. The primary sources of information are tape-recorded interviews with area residents who are willing to share their recollections of the past. Oral history is an...
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Terminology Clarified for Preservation Usage

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Terminology Clarified for Preservation Usage One of the most perplexing problems with such rela­tively new fields of endeavor as historic preservation is that it does not have a generally accepted or recognized vocabulary. There seems to be some confusion in describing cultural property by both professionals and laymen alike. Some people use the term properties or historic property to describe the historic house museum, but that does not...
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Hannas Town Reconstruction Recalls Frontier Events

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Hannas Town Reconstruction Recalls Frontier Events One of America’s most important historic sites – the first seat of British justice west of the Appalachian Mountains – has been brought to life through local, State and federal cooperation after being neglected for almost two centuries. Founded in the early 1700’s with the erection of West­moreland County, Pennsylvania, Hannas Town had been all but forgotten after being...
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News and Notes

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on News and Notes S. K. Stevens Award Presentation of the first S. K. Stevens Award, May 6, 1978, at Federation Meeting in Harrisburg. James Stevenson, Historical Foundation of Pennsylvania, presenting the award to Charles Crawford of McKean County Historical Society, the winner.   700 Pennsylvania Properties Listed on National Register Approximately 700 Pennsylvania properties have been entered on the...
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News and Notes

Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on News and Notes Regional Workshop at Beaver Falls Six participants in the program of the regional workshop sponsored by the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies at Beaver Falls, November 5, 1977, were, Edward A. Sahli, Bicentennial Chairman, Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation; Frank Carver, Beaver Heritage Society; Albert Goldsmith, Program Chairman, Pennsylvania Federation of...
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Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on News and Notes On the Cover Grey Towers, the former home of Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946), was designed by the famed American architect Richard Morris Hunt and built by Gifford’s father, James, in 1886. This French chateau­-like structure sits atop a hill overlooking the village of Milford in Pike County and was named for the three gray-colored stone towers which give the building its distinctive...
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