Summer 2016

From the Executive Director

From the Executive Director

By James M. Vaughan

Editor’s Letter

Editor’s Letter

By Kyle R. Weaver

Our Documentary Heritage

Native Philadelphian Cherokee Fisher: From Andersonville Prison to Major League Baseball

By Richard C. Saylor

Marking Time

Battle of Germantown

By Karen Galle

Features, Interview

Good Road Followed … From Metro Philly to Rock Hall: An Interview with John Oates

By Chris Epting

Features

Breaking the Color Line: The Trial That Led to the End of Legal Segregation in Pennsylvania’s Schools

By Todd M. Mealy

Features

The Formidable Chews of Cliveden Preserve a National Landmark

By Michael J. O'Malley III

Features

Historic Districts in Pennsylvania: An Evolving Sense of Place

By Pamela W. Reilly

A Place in Time

Calver Island

By Keith Heinrich

Book Review

The Parker Sisters by Lucy Maddox

By Chris Densmore

Book Review

Pennsylvania Dutch by Mark L. Louden

By Patrick J. Donmoyer

Trailheads

American Revolution Trails

By Amy Killpatrick Fox

PHMC Highlights

Pennsylvania State Archives Genealogy Records on Ancestry.com

By Sean Adkins

Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

By PA Heritage Staff

Wish You Were Here

Anthracite Mining and the Slavic Immigration

By Josh Stahlman

Sharing the Common Wealth

Ephrata’s Comet Book

By Kyle R. Weaver