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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: sledding
W. Lester Trauch – 1
Interviewee: Lester Trauch Date of birth/age at interview: August 26, 1906/70 Interviewer: Florence Schaffhausen Interview date: September 2, 1976 Interview location: unknown, possibly the newspaper offices Interview length: 1 hour, 3 minutes Time span discussed: 1916 to 1945 Summary: This … Continue reading
Tags: Depression, Doylestown, sledding, teacher, war
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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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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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Laurent and Dorothy Redfield
Interviewee: Dorothy Hayman Redfield (sometimes interpreting for her husband Laurent) Date of birth/age at interview: Dorothy: August 27, 1901/85; Laurent: December 12, 1899/86 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: April 2, 1987 Interview location: Redfield home in Doylestown Interview length: 1 … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Centre Bridge, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, flood, Garber (Daniel), Lathrop (William), one-room school, Redfield (Edward), sledding, Solebury
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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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Erma Newhart
Interviewee: Erma Newhart Date of birth/age at interview: 1918/66 Interviewer: Judy Creamer Interview date: July 26, 1984 Interview location: Newhart house in Holicong Interview length: 34:22 Time span discussed: 1920s to present day (1984) Summary: A review of New Hope from a … Continue reading
Tags: Bucks County Playhouse, Delaware Canal, Lambertville, New Hope, one-room school, sledding, Solebury, Solebury School, teacher
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Maude Cathers – 1
Speaker: Maude Cathers Date of birth/age at time of recording: 1904/66 Occasion: an interview by New Hope-Solebury Elementary School children Speech date: 1981, estimated Speech location: New Hope-Solebury Elementary School classroom Speech length: 57 minutes (last 4 minutes corrupted by … Continue reading
Tags: Centre Bridge, Depression, farming, one-room school, sledding, teacher
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Betty Tease
Interviewee: Betty Tease Date of birth/age at interview: 1914/ 87 Interviewers: Sally Jagoe, David Benner Interview date: May 30, 2001 Interview location: Tease residence Interview Length: 55 minutes Time span discussed: 1920 to 2000 Summary: Betty moved to the area … Continue reading
