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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is a historical society founded in 1824. Membership was regulated by the statutory of the association. Article IV of the statute states that, "the members of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania shall be deemed qualified voters at the meetings and elections, who have subscribed to the Constitution, and who have paid all their dues to the Society".
Pages in category "Historical societies in Pennsylvania" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of Pennsylvania. It has been published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania since 1877. [1] It is regarded as a prestigious historical journal in the US. [2]
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Pennsylvania on the National Register of Historic Places.These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Location of Franklin County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register ...
In 1931, historical society leaders recruited Solon Buck, director of the Minnesota Historical Society, to lead the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. He was also charged with heading up a five-year research project that was slated to document the history of the Pittsburgh region at an estimated cost of $95,000.
website, operated by the Erie County Historical Society; Museum site consists of two historic homes, the R.S. Battles Farmhouse and the Charlotte Elizabeth Battles Memorial Museum, on 50 acres (200,000 m 2) of farm land and 80 acres (320,000 m 2) of woods and hiking trails
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission, the predecessor to the PHMC, launched the program. The markers were redesigned in 1945–46 to make them easier to read from a passing car. Large cast aluminum markers were mounted on poles along a street or road, close to where a landmark was located, a person lived or worked, or an event occurred.