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Oral History Topics
Anthonisen (George) Aquetong artists Barger (Raymond) Baum (Walter) Beaver Wars bridge trolley Buckingham Friends Bucks County Bucks County Playhouse Burpee (David) Bye (Ranulph) canal Carversville Centre Bridge coal Colt (Morgan) covered bridge Cuttalossa Delaware Canal Delaware River Depression diseases Doylestown Dump the Pump farming feminism flood Folinsbee (John) Garber (Daniel) grange Greenhill School Groenendahl (Anita) Guttman Center Hargens (Charles Jr.) Hillside Orphanage Hoffman (Abbie) Holmquist School Honey Hollow Hotel du Village Ingham Lahaska Lambertville land preservation Lathrop (William) Leith-Ross (Harry) Lumberville Marshall (Dr. George) Matthews (Paul) Mercer (Henry) mills music Nakashima (George) Native Americans New Hope Ney (Lloyd) one-room school Parry Mansion Peddler's Pack Perry Mansion Phillips Mill Point Pleasant polio Presidents Prohibition Pt. Pleasant Quakers Redfield (Edward) Renninger (Katherine Steele) Rice's Market Rosen (Charles) Rosin (Harry) Schofield (Walter) school segregation sledding Snell (Henry) social life Solebury Solebury Farmers Club Solebury Friends Meeting Solebury School Solowey (Ben) Sotter (George) St. Martin's Church St. Phillip's Church teacher Terrell (St. John) tugboat Underground Railroad US President war Waring (Alston) Wells (Charles) writers
Tag Archives: Carversville
Nora Lathrop Grimison and Jill Lathrop Karhumaa – 2
Interviewee: Nora Grimison and Jill Karhumaa Date of birth/age at interview: Nora: 1931/82, Jill: 1934/79 Interviewer: Pamela J. Blake Interview date: June 27, 2013 Interview location: Lathrop family home in Phillips Mill Interview length: 1 hour, 17 minutes Time span … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Carversville, Colt (Morgan), Delaware Canal, Delaware River, flood, Folinsbee (John), Garber (Daniel), Lathrop (William), Marshall (Dr. George), New Hope, one-room school, Phillips Mill, polio, Prohibition, Snell (Henry), Terrell (St. John), war
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Rebecca Bailey
Interviewee: Becky Bailey Date of birth/age at interview: 1918/unknown Interviewer: unknown Interview date: unknown, probably early 1980s Interview location: unknown Interview length: 30 minutes Time span discussed: 1920s and 1930s. Summary: Becky Bailey, a former New Hope-Solebury elementary teacher, and … Continue reading
Tags: Carversville, New Hope, one-room school, Solebury, teacher
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Edward W. Redfield – 2
Name of interviewee: Edward W. Redfield Date of birth/age at interview: December 1869/93 Interviewers: Charles Hargens, Jr., Harry Leith-Ross, John Richardson Interview date: February 20, 1963 Interview location: Redfield home, Centre Bridge Interview length: 46 minutes Time span discussed: 1887 to … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Carversville, Centre Bridge, farming, Hargens (Charles Jr.), Lathrop (William), Leith-Ross (Harry), mills, Schofield (Walter), war
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Edward W. Redfield – 1
Name of Interviewee: Edward W. Redfield (Dorothy Redfield, his daughter-in-law, and Virginia Lippincott also present) Date of birth/age at interview: December 1869/93 Interviewer: Robert H. Lippincott, for Bucks County Realtor Magazine Interview date: March 4, 1963 Interview location: Redfield home, … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Carversville, Centre Bridge, Cuttalossa, Delaware River, Depression, Garber (Daniel), Ingham, Lambertville, Lathrop (William), Lumberville, Marshall (Dr. George), Mercer (Henry), mills, New Hope, Parry Mansion, Redfield (Edward), Schofield (Walter)
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Charles Hargens, Jr. – 1
Name of interviewee: Charles Hargens, Jr. Date of birth/age at interview: August 30, 1893/91 Interviewer: Glenna Lang Bye, Ranulph Bye Interview date: June 19, 1984 Interview location: Hargens studio in Carversville Interview length: 55 minutes Time span discussed: 1905 to … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Bucks County Playhouse, Carversville, Garber (Daniel), Hargens (Charles Jr.), Lahaska, Lumberville, New Hope, Ney (Lloyd), Redfield (Edward), Rosin (Harry), Solebury, Sotter (George)
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Ranulph Bye – 1
Interviewee: Ranulph Bye Date of birth/age at interview: June 17, 1916/69 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: January 26, 1986 Interview location: Bye home in Holicong Interview length: 1 hour Time span discussed: 1920s to 1980s Summary: This recording is not … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Bye (Ranulph), Carversville, Delaware Canal, Depression, farming, Folinsbee (John), Garber (Daniel), Leith-Ross (Harry), mills, New Hope, Quakers, Redfield (Edward), Rosen (Charles), Solebury, Sotter (George), war
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James Magill – 2
Interviewee: James Magill Date of birth/age at interview: 1912/74 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: January 27, 1986 Interview location: Magill home or office in New Hope Interview length: 43 minutes Time span discussed: 1915 to 1986 Summary: The interview covers Jim’s … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Buckingham Friends, Bucks County Playhouse, Carversville, Lambertville, mills, New Hope, Quakers, Redfield (Edward), school, Solebury, Solebury Friends Meeting, US President, war
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Leodora F. Davis
Interviewee: Leodora F. Davis Date of birth/age at interview: 1908/unknown Interviewer: Judy Creamer Interview date: July 16, 1984 Interview location: unknown Interview length: 30 minutes Time span discussed: 1920s through 1984 Summary: This is a quick-flowing, informative interview of a … Continue reading
Tags: Bucks County Playhouse, Carversville, Nakashima (George), New Hope, one-room school, sledding, Solebury
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Bucks County Documentary, 1977
Host: Robert L. Green Topic: Bucks County Date: 1977 Filming location: Lumberville and Carversville Film length: 14 minutes Summary: This is a 1977 video with strong voice over featuring Robert Lamont Green. Robert L. (as he was called by his … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Carversville, Hargens (Charles Jr.), Lumberville, mills
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Maude Cathers – 2
Presenter: Maude Cathers Date of Birth: 1904 Topic: A typical school day in a 1930s two-room schoolhouse Date of presentation: November 1, 2000 Presentation location: Thompson Memorial Church, Farmers Club Meeting Presentation length: 41 minutes Time span discussed: 1930s Summary: This … Continue reading
Tags: Carversville, one-room school, school, Solebury, teacher
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