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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: Solebury School
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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Emily Leith-Ross
Name of interviewee: Emily Leith-Ross Date of birth/age at interview: March 18, 1901/85 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: December 10, 1986 Interview location: Leith-Ross home at Pennswood Village Interview length: 1 hour Time span discussed: 1914 to 1980s Summary: Emily … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Buckingham Friends, Bucks County Playhouse, Bye (Ranulph), Depression, Folinsbee (John), Garber (Daniel), Holmquist School, Lambertville, Leith-Ross (Harry), New Hope, Ney (Lloyd), one-room school, Phillips Mill, Solebury School, war
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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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Kyle St. Clair
Interviewee: Kyle St. Clair Date of birth/age at interview: unknown Interviewer: Sally Jagoe Interview date: February 2, 2005 Interview location: unknown Interview length: 42 minutes Time span discussed: 1980 to 2000 Summary: This interview is a short review of the … Continue reading
Tags: Beaver Wars, Holmquist School, one-room school, Solebury School, St. Phillip's Church
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Harold McDonald
Interviewee: Harold McDonald Date of birth/age at interview: approximately 1904/97 Interviewers: Sally Jagoe, David Benner Interview date: February 28, 2001 Interview location: McDonald residence Interview length: 47 minutes Time span discussed: 1933 to 2000 Summary: Harold was a Solebury farmer … Continue reading
Tags: Delaware River, farming, flood, grange, Lambertville, New Hope, Solebury, Solebury Farmers Club, Solebury School, war
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