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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
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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