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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: Parry Mansion
Irene Mikita
Interviewee: Irene Mikita (not Arlene Kieta, as the announcer mispronounced the name) Date of birth/age at interview: unknown Interviewer: Phyllis Kessel, radio announcer WJLK and WFPG, Asbury Park and Redbank, NJ Interview date: on or before June 13 and 14, … Continue reading
Tags: Delaware Canal, New Hope, Parry Mansion
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Dr. Kenneth Leiby
Interviewee: Dr. Kenneth Leiby (second wife also in attendance) Date of birth/age at interview: estimate 1907/estimated 78 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: July 28, 1985 Interview location: Leiby home on Main Street, New Hope, PA (now the Mansion Inn) Interview … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Bucks County Playhouse, Bye (Ranulph), Delaware Canal, Depression, flood, Folinsbee (John), Garber (Daniel), Lambertville, Lathrop (William), Leith-Ross (Harry), Lumberville, New Hope, Parry Mansion, Phillips Mill, polio, Solebury, Sotter (George), war
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Jane Paxson Parry Maule Little
Interviewee: Jane Paxson Parry Maule Little Date of birth/age at interview: July 11, 1899/84 Interviewer: Joe Mikita Interview date: November 28, 1983 Interview location: unknown Interview length: 22 minutes Time span discussed: post—Civil War to the 1930s Summary: Jean, as … Continue reading
Tags: Lambertville, New Hope, Parry Mansion, Quakers, Solebury, Solebury Friends Meeting, 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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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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