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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: Delaware River
Willis Rivinus – 4
Name of interviewee: Willis Rivinus Date of birth/age at interview: 1928/86 Interviewer: Jack Donohue Interview date: December 9, 2014 Interview location: Rivinus home Interview length: 35 minutes Time span discussed: 1960 until present day, 2014 Summary: Will, a long time … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Centre Bridge, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, flood, New Hope
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Willis Rivinus – 3
Name of interviewee: Willis Rivinus Date of birth/age at interview: 1928/86 Interviewer: Jack Donohue Interview date: November 25, 2014 Interview location: Rivinus home Interview length: 23 minutes Time span discussed: 1960s to present day Summary: In 1964 Will published his … Continue reading
Tags: Bye (Ranulph), Centre Bridge, Cuttalossa, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, Lambertville, Lumberville, New Hope, Phillips Mill, Solebury, war
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Willis Rivinus – 2
Name of interviewee: Willis Rivinus Date of birth/age at interview: 1928/86 Interviewer: Jack Donohue Interview date: November 25, 2014 Interview location: Rivinus home Interview length: 19 minutes Time span discussed: flood years starting in 1841 thru 2006, but primarily 1955 … Continue reading
Tags: Centre Bridge, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, flood, Lumberville, New Hope, war
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Bucks County Documentary with Robert L. Green, 1977
Host: Robert. L. Green Topics/featured residents: Bucks County, Lumberville, Carversville, New Hope/Charles Hargens, Raymond Granville Barger, Tom Tinsman, George Nakashima, William Smith, David Burpee, James Hayden Smith, Pat and Richard Whitman, Marjorie Content Toomer, Mary and Patrick Fowles, and the … Continue reading
Tags: Burpee (David), Carversville, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, Doylestown, farming, Hargens (Charles Jr.), Lumberville, Nakashima (George), New Hope, Quakers, Solebury
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Rita Ann Vorhees Abbott
Interviewee: Rita Ann Vorhees Abbott Date of birth/age at interview: 1920/ 64 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: August 1, 1984 Interview location: Durrant home Interview length: 1 hour, 16 minutes Time span discussed: 1920 to 1940 Summary: Rita, one of … Continue reading
Tags: bridge trolley, Bucks County Playhouse, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, diseases, Lambertville, mills, Nakashima (George), New Hope, sledding, St. Martin's Church, Terrell (St. John), war
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James Magill – 1
Name of interviewee: James Magill Date of birth/age at interview: July 4, 1912/73 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: August 6, 1985 Interview location: New Hope Interview length: 45 minutes Time span discussed: 1920 to 1985 Summary: In this first of … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Bucks County Playhouse, Carversville, Cuttalossa, Delaware River, Garber (Daniel), Lambertville, New Hope, Phillips Mill, Redfield (Edward), Solebury, Terrell (St. John), war
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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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Nora Lathrop Grimison and Jill Lathrop Karhumaa – 1
Interviewees: Nora Lathrop Grimison and Jill Lathrop Karhumaa Date of birth/age at interview: Nora: 1931/82, Jill: 1934/79 Interviewer: Pamela J. Blake Interview date: June 20, 2013 Interview location: Lathrop family home in Phillips Mill Interview length: 1 hour, 7 minutes … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Buckingham Friends, Colt (Morgan), Delaware Canal, Delaware River, Holmquist School, Lathrop (William), Lumberville, Marshall (Dr. George), New Hope, Phillips Mill, Quakers, Rosen (Charles), Snell (Henry), Solebury, Solebury School, teacher, war
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Calvin Cooper – 1
Interviewee: Calvin Cooper Date of birth/age at interview: 1916/70 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: March 7, 1986 Interview location: Cooper home on Aquetong Road Interview length: 1 hour, 28 minutes Time span discussed: 1920s to 1986 Summary: Calvin’s family were … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Bucks County Playhouse, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, Depression, flood, Folinsbee (John), Lambertville, New Hope, one-room school, Parry Mansion, school, sledding, Solebury, Terrell (St. John), war
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Rachel Latta Franck
Interviewee: Rachel Latta Franck Date of birth/age at interview: 1892/92 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: August 15, 1984 Interview location: Franck home on Sugan Road, Solebury, PA Time span discussed: 1920s to 1984 Summary: Rachel’s very good memory touches on her … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Bye (Ranulph), Delaware River, Garber (Daniel), Lathrop (William), Leith-Ross (Harry), New Hope, Quakers, Redfield (Edward), Solebury, war
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