Executive Director’s Letter

Posted by Barbara Franco on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Executive Director’s Letter This issue of Pennsylvania Heritage includes an article about the development of historic preservation in Pennsylvania to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of our State Historic Preservation Board. With the appointment of James Biddle (1929-2005) in 1980 as its first chair­man, the board established a high standard and has attracted members of both state and national reputation. The...
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PHMC Highlights

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on PHMC Highlights The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, will host “Railway Heritage in the Heart of Penn­sylvania Dutch Country,” the forty-fifth annual conference of the Association of Railway Museums from Wednesday through Sunday, October 5-9. Conference topics include steel car preservation, oral history programs, historical writing, and linking railroading and the public school...
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PHMC Highlights

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 24, 2013 in | Comments Off on PHMC Highlights Beatrice Hulsberg, curator for The State Museum of Pennsylvania, is overseeing the conservation of a rare, circa 1790 creamware bowl bearing the portraits of Benjamin Franklin and George Washing­ton that will be featured in the landmark traveling exhibit, “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World.” Attributed to England’s legendary maker Josiah Wedg­wood, the bowl, which...
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PHMC Highlights

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on PHMC Highlights Pennsylvania State Archivist David A. Haury, Ph.D., director of PHMC’s Bureau of Archives and History, assisted President Barack Obama’s transition team as it relates to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Haury, president of the Council of State Archivists, Frank Boles, president of the Society of American Archivists, and Tracey Berezansky, president of the National...
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