Introducing… Team Heritage

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Introducing… Team Heritage Behind every successful maga­zine, there’s a hard-working, dedicated staff – a team, really. All good publications demand teamwork, and Pennsylvania Heritage is no exception. There’s a deadline on every horizon, editorial calendars that seem to project endlessly into the future, and production schedules that resemble a multi-dimensional Rube Goldberg device. The individuals who...
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Currents

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Currents Capturing the Light Showcasing the work of local turn-of-the-century photographers, an ongoing exhibit at the Erie History Center features more than two hundred and fifty photographs made between 1890 and 1900, along with related documents, artifacts, and equipment. Entitled “Capturing the Light: Turn of the Century Photographs,” the exhibition offers a glimpse of work, amusements,...
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Life on Wheels: Camping in Pennsylvania

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Life on Wheels: Camping in Pennsylvania Does father crave to fish for trout and bass and pike and musky? Take him auto-touring. Does sister want to dip in the surf, or study art, or see the world? Toke her automobile vacationing. Has grand-dad the “hoof and mouth disease” so that he craves the green of far-away courses? Auto-comp him to a dozen golf courses. Does mother sigh for a rest from doily routines? Take her...
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PHMC Highlights

Posted by on Nov 24, 2013 in | Comments Off on PHMC Highlights The PHMC recently announced the Volunteers of the Year for 2005,awards which recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the more than two dozen historic sites and museums along the Pennsylvania Trail of History. This year’s recipients are: Anthracite Heritage Museum and Scranton Iron Furnaces Associates, Jim Justin; Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates, Harvey...
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Executive Director’s Letter

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Executive Director’s Letter Each year Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Survey Research conducts a statewide poll. This year’s survey asked a sampling of residents how important Pennsylvania fhistory is to them and in what ways do they experience or support it. Over the years, Pennsylvania Heritage Society members and readers of Pennsylvania Heritage have regularly expressed their deep appreciation for the history and...
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Welcome to Kuppy’s: A Central Pennsylvania Diner Turns 80!

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Welcome to Kuppy’s: A Central Pennsylvania Diner Turns 80! Charles Selcher was twenty years old when Kuppy’s Diner opened on August 5, 1933, at the corner of Brown and Poplar Streets in Middletown, Dauphin County. He was born in 1913 on a farm three miles west of the borough, along what is now state Route 230, and had known co-owner Karl Kupp since the seventh grade. The young men graduated in 1931 from Middletown High School. Selcher went on to...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Society Newsletter

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Pennsylvania Heritage Society Newsletter Topics in the Summer 2010 Newsletter: 2010 Teaching American History Project New State Museum Membership Initiative Buy-a-Bone Update Environmental Heritage Internship Calendar for July – September 2010 Welcome New PHS Members Welcome New State Museum Affiliate Members New Membership Rates  ...
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Executive Director’s Letter

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Executive Director’s Letter Change is in the air as we approach autumn. The dazzling colors on the trees in Penn’s Woods are no more dramatic than the changes that continue as the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) struggles to reorganize and refocus to meet its responsibilities as a steward of the Keystone State’s history and heritage. While many of these changes have been difficult and disruptive to...
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