Western Pennsylvania History Magazine

Western Pennsylvania History has presented scholarship for a broad audience since 1918 as the region’s oldest continuously-published magazine. History Center members receive a free subscription to this award-winning quarterly publication.

Current Issue

The Fall 2024 issue of Western Pennsylvania History magazine includes feature articles on:

• Historic tribes of the Ohio Country and the modern connections being forged by the History Center’s American Indian Tribal Collaboration Program

• Divining the Virginia-Pennsylvania border and resolving the boundaries of southwestern PA

• Magic and occult beliefs of the early Irish Presbyterian settlers of the region

As well as columns about:

• Orrin Miller’s World War II service and sacrifice

• Penn-Trafford’s Jodie Polk and WPIAL football

• Amy Selders and her use of fiber arts in disability rights activism

• Architecture of railroad passenger stations

• Export Historical Society

• Cambridge Springs, a Jewish vacation hotspot in Crawford County

• Antonella DiIanni’s tombolo lacemaking tradition

• The Horsethief Day folk festival in Knox, Clarion County

Purchase the Magazine

Current issues of Western Pennsylvania History magazine are available for $7.95 in the Museum Shop and are mailed to all History Center members, who may choose between the print version and an e-version. For a sample of the e-mag that members can choose to receive, click here. A selection of back issues are available for $4.95 per magazine.

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Back Issues

Thanks to a unique partnership with Penn State University, every issue of Western Pennsylvania History from 1918 through 2018 is now available online as fully searchable PDFs.

Read back issues online