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Exploring the Kennywood Park Collection
View of the entrance to the Racer, 1919. Kennywood Park Records, Detre Library & Archives at the History Center. History Center Launches NEH-Funded Kennywood Grant The Heinz History Center’s…
The Food of Fallingwater: A Look at the Elsie Henderson Papers and Photographs
Elsie Henderson stands alongside a portrait of Edgar Kaufmann, Sr. during a visit to Fallingwater. Elsie Henderson Papers and Photographs, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center. Food leaves…
The Last Letters
The following post is adapted from a talk given by Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives Director Eric Lidji on May 27, 2018 at the Homewood Cemetery as part…
A Remnant from the Final Days of Yiddish Theater in Pittsburgh
Yiddish theater had a peripatetic existence in Pittsburgh before the opening of Lando’s Theatre in October 1928. Visiting companies put on shows wherever they could find space to rent,…
At the Shirtwaist Ball
This notice advertising the ball as “the Most Democratic Fete ever attempted in Pittsburgh” was quoted often in the event’s press coverage. Winifred Meek Morris Papers and Photographs, Detre…
Jacob Evanson: Song Catcher
The following post originally appeared in the summer 2015 issue of Western Pennsylvania History Magazine. In the late 1930s, when Jacob A. Evanson joined the staff of the Pittsburgh…
Putting Faces to Names: Exploring Italian American Identity with Photo IDs
As the project archivist for the Italian American Program at the Heinz History Center, I spent the last 10 months organizing, preserving, and providing access to collections that document…
Local Families, Global Mysteries: Offering Hope and Haven to German Jews
The Eric Moses papers, while not quite as enigmatic as the Marcia Robbins papers (read part one), also speak to the difficulty in arranging Jewish emigration from Germany and…
Local Families, Global Mysteries: Tangled Family Ties, Linking Pittsburgh & Manchuria
Since September 2016, I have been working as the Pitt Partner intern in the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Detre Library & Archives. As an intern,…
Investigating the Ray Sprigle Papers and Photographs
A version of this article originally appeared in the Winter 2013 issue of Western Pennsylvania History. An image Ray Sprigle, most likely on his farm in Moon Township, with…