Annual Meeting and Holiday Party
Sunday, Dec 4th, 2022
1PM to 4PM
At the Historic Solebury One-Room Schoolhouse
Special Note: Are you interested in joining the STHS Board of Directors? There are vacancies due to term limits & personal reasons (moving, family commitments). We always need new perspectives. If you want to help STHS, please email info@soleburyhistory.org or VM (215) 297-5091.
Tag Archives: Solebury
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 – 1
Name of interviewee: Willis Rivinus Date of birth/age at interview: 1928/86 Interviewer: Jack Donohue Interview date: November 21, 2014 Interview location: Rivinus home Interview length: 39 minutes Time span discussed: 1950s until 2014 Summary: Will gives us the story of … Continue reading
Tags: Lambertville, New Hope, Solebury
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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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Robert Ranieri
Interviewee: Robert Ranieri Date of birth/age at interview: 1931/47 Interviewer: Ivy Silver Interview date: July 28, 1978 Interview location: Robert’s home in Kintersville, PA Interview length: 33 minutes Time span discussed: 1969 to 1978 Summary: Topics of a wide range … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Solebury
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Eleanor Levy
Interviewee: Eleanor Levy Date of birth/age at interview: unknown Interviewer: Jeremy Esche Interview date: August 8, 1978 Interview location: Eleanor’s home Interview length: 25 minutes Time span discussed: 1970s Summary: Eleanor was a talented artist who mainly illustrated books for … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Bucks County Playhouse, Phillips Mill, Solebury
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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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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 – 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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Emma Fell Tinsman
Interviewee: Emma Fell Tinsman Date of birth/age at interview: June 13, 1876/99 Interviewer: Linda Ricker Interview date: estimated 1975 Interview location: unknown Interview length: 58 minutes Time span discussed: 1880s – 1890s Summary: Emma talks at length on farm life, … Continue reading
Tags: farming, Native Americans, New Hope, one-room school, Quakers, Solebury, war
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