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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…
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…
Becoming American: The Rajcan Story
A version of this article originally appeared in the Special Edition #Pixburgh Issue of Western Pennsylvania History Magazine. George and Mary in their wedding clothes, 1904. From the Rajcan…
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…
Advocacy on Record: The Collection of the ACC-PARC
A version of this article originally appeared in the Winter 2016 issue of Western Pennsylvania History. In powerful and profound ways, the archival records of human rights advocates stand…
Could this be the oldest photograph of a Pittsburgher? … Maybe.
The original photo of the Rodman daguerreotype taken with a flash that helped bring out detail in the damaged plate. It is a “sixth plate” daguerreotype and measures 2.75…