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American Archives Month at the History Center
Safely preserved behind the doors of the History Center’s Detre Library & Archives are countless stories of the past. The essence of these stories can be found in the historical…
A Different Kind of History
The Wah Hoo, Highlander, The Piper, The Flame. What are these names? Bygone dances? Restaurants? If you guessed local yearbook titles, you’re correct. Can you now guess which of the…
Mrs. Soffel and the Biddle Boys
It was a tale that reached legendary status well within its own time. With each newspaper edition, readers devoured reports that revealed the escape, capture, and ultimate death of the…
Cookbooks with a Cause
Title page of the Suffrage Cook Book, 1915. The Community Recipes of Western Pennsylvania Women Originating from churches, auxiliaries, athletic teams, neighborhoods, and civic organizations, the Library & Archives’ collection…
Arthur Buchman’s Cards Home
The following article originally appeared in the Spring 2010 edition of Western Pennsylvania History. Arthur Buchman, c. 1940 Among the more unique forms of correspondence in the collections at the Detre…
150 Years Ago: Lincoln’s Assassination
Portrait of Capt. William A.F. Stockton, History of the One hundred and fortieth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers On April 15, 1865, Capt. William A.F. Stockton took a moment to write his…
Helen MacCloskey, Pioneer Aviatrix
The following article was written by former Detre Library & Archives Archivist Theresa Rea and originally appeared in the Winter 2014-15 edition of Western Pennsylvania History magazine. The popularity of…