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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: Sotter (George)
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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Charles Hargens, Jr. – 1
Name of interviewee: Charles Hargens, Jr. Date of birth/age at interview: August 30, 1893/91 Interviewer: Glenna Lang Bye, Ranulph Bye Interview date: June 19, 1984 Interview location: Hargens studio in Carversville Interview length: 55 minutes Time span discussed: 1905 to … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Bucks County Playhouse, Carversville, Garber (Daniel), Hargens (Charles Jr.), Lahaska, Lumberville, New Hope, Ney (Lloyd), Redfield (Edward), Rosin (Harry), Solebury, Sotter (George)
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Ranulph Bye – 1
Interviewee: Ranulph Bye Date of birth/age at interview: June 17, 1916/69 Interviewer: Rita Durrant Interview date: January 26, 1986 Interview location: Bye home in Holicong Interview length: 1 hour Time span discussed: 1920s to 1980s Summary: This recording is not … Continue reading
Tags: artists, Bye (Ranulph), Carversville, Delaware Canal, Depression, farming, Folinsbee (John), Garber (Daniel), Leith-Ross (Harry), mills, New Hope, Quakers, Redfield (Edward), Rosen (Charles), Solebury, Sotter (George), war
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Edward Fell
Interviewee: Edward Fell Date of birth/age at interview: April 2, 1917/90 Interviewers: Sally Jagoe, David Benner Interview date: October 19, 2007 Interview location: Fell residence Interview length: 84 minutes Time span discussed: Late 1920s through war, later years to 2000 … Continue reading
Tags: Aquetong, Buckingham Friends, farming, Ingham, Native Americans, Redfield (Edward), school, Sotter (George), war
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