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Tag Archives: Hargens (Charles Jr.)
Marian Jensen Barford
Interviewee: Marian Jensen Barford Date of birth: unknown Interviewer: Joan Stack (WBUX radio show host) Interview date: September 17, 1986 Interview location: Conti’s Cross Key Inn, Doylestown Interview length: 23 minutes Time span discussed: 1986 Summary: This radio interview is … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Baum (Walter), Bye (Ranulph), Garber (Daniel), Groenendahl (Anita), Hargens (Charles Jr.), Leith-Ross (Harry), Redfield (Edward), Renninger (Katherine Steele), Solowey (Ben)
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Ned Harrington – 3
Name of interviewee: Edwin (Ned) Harrington Date of birth/age at interview: April 12, 1920/85 Interviewer: Rhonda Heffern Interview date: Feb. 4, 2005 Interview location: Carversville Christian Church Interview length: 54 minutes Time span discussed: 1930s to 2005 Summary: Ned gives … Continue reading
Tags: Carversville, flood, Hargens (Charles Jr.), Hillside Orphanage, mills, Quakers, Solebury, 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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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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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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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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