VOLUME 23 • NO. 4 • SUMMER 2015 MAKING HISTORY The Newsletter of the Senator John History Center In Association with the Smithsonian Institution

Explore ’s Impact on World War II

Examine how Pittsburgh affected World War II – and how the war affected our region – IN THIS ISSUE as part of the History Center’s new major exhibition, We Can Do It! WWII.

Share Your History Online with As the nation commemorates the • Several artifacts and images We Can Do It! – which is open through Pittsburgh’s WWII Photo Album 75th anniversary of the start of on loan from the Smithsonian, Jan. 3, 2016 – is sponsored by Page 2 World War II, this 10,000-square- including “Gramps,” a 1940 MSA Safety, Richard King Mellon foot exhibit explores Western prototype Bantam Reconnaissance Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, ’s incredible impact on Car (BRC) that is the oldest The Bognar Family, Bob and Joan the home, industrial, and battle fronts. known jeep in existence and a Peirce, UPMC Health Plan, ABARTA, Coming Soon! Toys of Curtiss-Wright Airplane Propeller, Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation, the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s Visitors will learn about the courtesy of the Smithsonian’s Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., Page 3 development of the jeep, a uniquely National Air and Space ; Jendoco Construction Corp., Tricia and American invention produced by the • A U.S. Army Air Corps uniform Bill Kassling, Miryam and Bob Knutson, American Bantam Car Company in jacket worn by legendary Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation, 23rd Annual History Makers Butler, Pa., and will uncover the stories actor Jimmy Stewart, the KDKA-TV, , Inc., Award Dinner Recap behind “Rosie the Riveter” and the local Indiana, Pa. native who became Schneider Downs & Co., Catherine & Tuskegee Airmen whose contributions the first Hollywood star to Mark H. Loevner, Juergen Mross, and Page 4 helped to turn the tide of the war. enlist in the military; and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. • A special Veterans Voices Featuring more than 275 rare artifacts, room featuring recordings Please turn to page two for unique gifts Captured! New Exhibition three jeeps, stunning photography, from and a list of upcoming public programs Opens at the interactive displays, life-like museum World War II veterans and related to WWII. Please visit Page 5 figures, and immersive museum 7,000 recreated dog tags www.heinzhistorycenter.org/exhibits settings, We Can Do It! WWII helps suspended from the ceiling for photographs, videos, and much more. bring the 1940s to life. in honor of our veterans. Histor-E: The New Heinz Exhibition highlights include: The History Center partnered with History Center Blog The History Center • Four new life-like museum several organizations to develop the Page 6 figures of local heroes, including exhibit, including the Smithsonian is proud to celebrate Gen. George C. Marshall, Tuskegee Institution, Pennsylvania Historical 15 years as an affiliate of Airman Lt. Carl J. Woods, Iwo and Museum Commission, the Smithsonian Institution. Pittsburgh’s Hidden Treasures Jima legend Sgt. Michael Strank, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Appraisal Event and the Westinghouse Company- Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, Page 7 inspired Rosie the Riveter who help Veteran’s Voices, Bantam Jeep The History Center is open daily from to personalize the stories of WWII; Heritage Festival, Association of the 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $16 for • A powerful “Hall of Industry” Army (AUSA) adults, $14 for seniors (age 62+), $6.50 display featuring artifacts Fort Pitt Chapter, the Tuskegee for military, $6.50 for students and produced for the Allied forces Airmen of the Western Pennsylvania by a variety of Western Pa. Region, Zippo/Case Museum, youth (age 6-17), and free for children companies including Westinghouse, Butler County Historical Society, (age 5 and under) and History Center U.S. Steel, Dravo, , MSA, First Frontier Mechanized Cavalry, members. For more details, please visit Heinz, , and more. www.heinzhistorycenter.org. Zippo, and many more; Smithsonian Spotlight: Gramps

In 1940, just prior to our nation’s Share Your History participation in WWII, the U.S. Quartermaster General issued a Online with Pittsburgh’s request for proposals to 135 car WWII Photo Album makers in America for a motorized vehicle that would replace the horse. The We Can Do It! WWII exhibition can only display a fraction of the stories and photos from the World The big car companies laughed off the 49-day War II era in Pittsburgh. To supplement the exhibit, deadline for the production of a prototype vehicle Visitors to the new We Can Do It! WWII exhibit will the History Center has developed “Pittsburgh’s that would weigh less than 2,000 pounds, climb a 30 enjoy this 1940 prototype Bantam Reconnaissance WWII Photo Album,” a web gallery that allows local degree grade, pull a cannon, and go anywhere a horse Car (BRC) on loan from the Smithsonian Institution residents to share their family stories and images could go. Only one company met the Army’s deadline and showcase how the region helped to win WWII. and requirements: the tiny American Bantam Car that is the oldest known jeep in existence. Contribute today! If you have family photos from Company in Butler. After working day and night to WWII – either from overseas or on the home front – meet the Army’s 49-day deadline, the jeep was born – please take a moment to submit your images and the cobbled together with equal measures of spare parts, story behind them at www.heinzhistorycenter.org/ ingenuity, and “can-do” spirit. pittsburgh-wwii-photo-album. On July 25, 1940, Bantam was officially awarded a contract for 70 vehicles. But by 1941, the government feared that little Bantam could not meet wartime production demands and turned to Willys Overland and the Ford Motor Company for nearly 700,000 vehicles.

To mark the 75th anniversary of the car Gen. Dwight Eisenhower said helped to win the war, the

COPYRIGHT DAVID E. DALE History Center is recognizing the jeep’s key role in the Allies’ victory as part of the new exhibition, PHOTO COURTESY OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. We Can Do It! WWII.

For more information about the jeep and the The men who developed the jeep pause to Earl Dale, from Sharon, Pa., with B-24 bomber crew We Can Do It! WWII exhibit, please visit commemorate the event outside of the Bantam members in Italy in the early 1940s. www.heinzhistorycenter.org/exhibits. factory in Butler, Pa., 1940.

WWII Events Calendar Stock Up on New We Can Do It! Gift Shop Items

American Flag Folding Ceremonies There’s no need to ration. After exploring the We Can Saturday, July 4 (Independence Day) • Noon Do It! WWII exhibit, stop by the History Center’s Tuesday, Aug. 25 (V-J Day) • Noon 3. We Can Do It! new pop-up Museum Shop near the exit of the gallery Monday, Dec. 7 (Pearl Harbor) • Noon 3 Logo Dog Tag ($1.75): to take home a memory of your own. The Museum Join U.S. veterans and fellow History Center visitors Featuring the full color Shop is open to the public seven days a week with to help ceremoniously unfurl and fold a giant 36-foot logo of the new We Can no admission fee. To shop online, visit our eStore at American flag in the museum’s first floor Great Hall. Do It! WWII exhibit, shop.heinzhistorycenter.org. Learn how to properly fold the American flag and this dog tag makes a help sing a stirring rendition of “The Star-Spangled great souvenir or gift. Banner.” Following the patriotic ceremony, visit the 1 1. Rosie T-Shirt History Center’s new We Can Do It! WWII exhibit. ($16.95): The flag folding ceremonies are included with Originally regular museum admission and free for History designed for Westinghouse Center members. 4. Western Pennsylvania by Pittsburgh artist 4 History Magazine: J. Howard Miller, Special WWII Issue Rosie the Riveter Innovating for Victory: How Pittsburgh Helped Win ($8.95): This special issue quickly became a WWII featuring the Smithsonian’s Dr. Jeremy Kinney is dedicated to WWII and symbol of America’s Saturday, July 25 • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. includes an in-depth look at “can-do” spirit during Learn how Pittsburgh’s industrial might played a key the We Can Do It! WWII WWII. Miller used a role in the Allied victory during World War II. Special exhibit, including articles on photograph of a Westinghouse Electric worker guest speaker Dr. Jeremy Kinney, curator at the Rosie the Riveter, the jeep, rolling up her sleeves to help lend muscle to the Allied Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, will and Japanese Americans. war effort. Cotton/poly blend. Colors red and graphite. discuss the exhibit’s Curtiss-Wright propeller along Paperback, 105 pages. with Pittsburgh’s connections to the development of Unisex sizes S-XL. propeller technology. Following Jeremy’s presentation, 5. Pittsburgh Remembers members of the First Frontier Mechanized Cavalry 5 WWII Book ($19.99): will be stationed throughout the WWII exhibit to talk Featuring the memories of 17 about their historic vehicles and discuss how people residents who lived through and companies from Western Pa. helped to innovate the war years, from GIs transportation solutions during WWII. The event is serving overseas to real-life included with regular museum admission. Rosie the Riveters, this book 2 includes stories from all theaters of combat, as well For more information about upcoming We Can 2. Toy, Jeep Willys Diecast ($11.00): Manufactured as hardships at home, and Do It! WWII public programs, please visit from 1941-1945, the Willys Jeep was a small, four-wheel recollections of scrap metal www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events or drive utility vehicle that helped to inspire today’s drives, USO dances, and contact Caroline Fitzgerald at 412-454-6373 SUVs. Constructed of die-cast metal, this authentically wartime sweethearts. 160 or [email protected]. detailed 1:32 scale replica is sure to please all jeep fans. pages, 55 images.

2 The Newsletter of the Senator John Heinz History Center 412-454-6000 | www.heinzhistorycenter.org Toys of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s Coming soon to the History Center: March 2016

Gumby. Barbie. Slinky. Hot Wheels. Atari. The Developed in partnership with the Minnesota History Center’s upcoming exhibition, Toys of Historical Society, this 8,000-square-foot exhibit the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, is all fun and games. The shares the stories behind more than 50 memorable exhibition will showcase some of the nation’s most toys, including how they were developed and used to popular toys and demonstrate how these toys teach and entertain children. As part of the exhibit, the reflected three decades of dynamic changes in History Center will add artifacts and stories behind American life. Set to open in March 2016, Toys of iconic local toys, including items from the Wolverine the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s will include the personal Toy Company and the Slinky. For more information, perspectives of children, parents, child-rearing please visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/exhibits experts, inventors, and advertisers that help to place or contact Emily Ruby at 412-454-6350 or the toys in context. [email protected].

“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” Display Won’t you be my neighbor? The History Center’s new long-term “Mister Rogers’ King Friday XIII’s Castle, Great Oak Tree, Picture Neighborhood” display features the largest collection Picture, Mr. McFeely’s “Speedy Delivery” tricycle, of original items from the set of the popular children’s a life-like figure of Mister Rogers, and much more. television show. The new display, located on the History Center’s fourth floor Special Collections This school group (pictured left) stopped by to Gallery in the Sigo Falk Collections Center, marks pose with the life-like museum figure of the first time these items are on long-term view. Mister Rogers sitting on his famous bench. For more information about the display, please visit This school group enjoyed learning about Mister Rogers’ Highlights from the “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” www.heinzhistorycenter.org/exhibits or innovative work in media as part of an education display include the entryway and living room set that contact Emily Ruby at 412-454-6350 or program at the History Center. Mister Rogers walked through to begin each show, [email protected].

Heinz Pour on the excitement. Experience 145 years of the H.J. Heinz Company as in this 2,700 square-foot exhibit. Eye-catching part of the History Center’s new Heinz exhibition. displays and innovative interactives transport the Discover how the Heinz family business began with visitor into the world of H. J. Heinz and the Heinz eight-year old Henry John Heinz selling produce Company, including a larger-than-life, 11-foot ketchup from his mother’s garden in Sharpsburg and grew to bottle comprised of more than 400 individual bottles a worldwide company with more than 5,700 products alongside a display of more than 100 historic bottles. in 200 countries around the globe. For more information about the Heinz exhibit, The History Center houses the largest collection of please visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/exhibits Heinz Company artifacts and archival material in the or contact Emily Ruby at 412-454-6350 or world. The collection is beautifully highlighted [email protected].

Close-Up: Photographs from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2014 The joy of graduation, the grief of personal loss, the Displayed on the History Center’s fourth floor, the determination needed to win – photographs from Close-Up: Photographs from the Pittsburgh Post- the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette framed the city and its Gazette 2014 exhibit features more than 70 photos people over the past year. from the past year, including the work of 16 photo journalists. As photographers captured the faces and feelings of the people in the region, they created an intimate For more information about the exhibit, please visit portrait of the moments that made news. www.heinzhistorycenter.org/exhibits.

Pictured left: (top) “PPG Moon” by Bob Donaldson, (left) “Marathon” by Andrew Rush, (right) “He’s Out!” by Peter Diana.

The Civil War in Pennsylvania On display through Oct. 27, 2015 at the Bedford County Historical Society The History Center’s traveling exhibit, The Civil The exhibit features four life-like museum figures, War in Pennsylvania, created in partnership with plus a companion “Dog Jack,” along with artifacts, Pennsylvania Civil War 150 and the Pennsylvania previously unseen photographs, and large museum Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), was panels describing Pennsylvania’s contributions to recently awarded the American Association for State the Civil War. The Civil War in Pennsylvania is and Local History’s Leadership in History Award. presented by Peoples Natural Gas and supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services The Civil War in Pennsylvania has visited more than (IMLS). For more information about the exhibit, The traveling exhibit features a life-like figure of Martin 20 History Center Affiliate Program sites over the past please visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/exhibits Delany, who was an abolitionist, newspaper editor, doctor, three years and is currently on view through Oct. 27, or contact Jaclyn Esposito at 412-454-6430 or military officer, and one of the nation’s most influential 2015 at the Bedford County Historical Society. [email protected]. African American leaders in the 19th century.

In association with the Smithsonian Institution Summer 2015 Making History 3 Get Your Roll On: Sixth Guests Enjoy “Unforgettable” Evening at the Annual Bocce Tourney 23rd Annual History Makers Award Dinner

Saturday, Aug. 15 • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Come throw out the pallino and throw down for a worthy cause at the History Center’s Sixth Annual Bocce Tournament and Festival.

Admission to the festival is free for all spectators and includes live entertainment, featuring headliner Pure Gold, and a front row seat to Pittsburgh’s most competitive bocce tournament. Delicious Italian food and beverages will be available for purchase from Common Plea Catering. The event, chaired by Jack Mascaro of Mascaro Construction, begins at 10 a.m. in the parking lot beneath the Veterans Bridge overpass on Waterfront Place between 13th and 14th Streets.

All proceeds from the event benefit the Italian American Program, which is dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Italian Americans in Pictured (left to right): History Makers Dr. William “Red” Whittaker, Joseph Hardy III, Suzie McConnell Serio, Western Pennsylvania. To join in the fun and sponsor Alma Speed Fox, and Margot Bingham; event co-chairs Donald J. Heberle and Daniel K. Fitzpatrick; and a team, please contact Angela G. Ford at History Center President and CEO Andy Masich. 412-454-6405 or [email protected].

The History Center’s 23rd Annual History Makers A lively crowd of nearly 400 attended the dinner Award Dinner, held on May 8 at the Westin honoring Margot Bingham (Arts & Entertainment); Convention Center, honored five distinguished Joseph Hardy III (Business & Industry); Pittsburghers for their exceptional contributions Alma Speed Fox (Community Service); to the history of Western Pennsylvania, the nation, Dr. William “Red” Whittaker (Science & Innovation); and the world. The annual black-tie benefit dinner, and Suzie McConnell Serio (Sports). Bingham, an chaired by Donald J. Heberle, president of BNY actress and singer who starred in the hit HBO series, Mellon of Pennsylvania, and Daniel K. Fitzpatrick, “Boardwalk Empire,” sang a stirring rendition of the Nat president and CEO, Citizens Bank for Pennsylvania, King Cole classic “Unforgettable” to close out the evening. New Jersey, and Delaware, and sponsored by BNY Mellon and Citizens Bank, raised more For more information about next year’s History than $300,000 for the History Center’s educational Makers Award Dinner, please contact Angela Ford at 2014 Bocce Tournament Winners – Team Jennmar Bolts. programs and exhibitions. 412-454-6405 or [email protected].

Swinging for a Cause: Museum Conservation Center Event Calendar

12th Annual Celebrity The History Center’s new Museum Conservation Center provides visitors with professional services Golf Tournament and expert advice on how to properly preserve and care for your family heirlooms. Whether Monday, Sept. 21 you want to preserve a family photo album or Allegheny Country Club your grandmother’s wedding dress, professional conservators with a variety of specialties—including Enjoy a fun-filled day at the golf course for a great cause documents, art, textiles, and objects—help ensure – it’s a hole-in-one! The History Center’s 12th Annual your precious artifacts last for years to come. Celebrity Golf Tournament tees off on Monday, Sept. 21 Treat Your Military Uniforms & Medals With Care* at the historic Allegheny Country Club in Sewickley. Visitors can meet with professionals informally to Saturday, Sept. 19 • 10 a.m. to noon learn more about the care, storage, and treatment of Learn about the care and conservation of military Each foursome will be paired with a local sports your heirlooms as well as enjoy hands-on programs uniforms and medals from expert Michael Kraus, curator celebrity for a scramble-style tournament benefiting on collections care, including these upcoming at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum. the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. Team and workshops: individual prizes for the longest putt, longest drive, and Museum Conservation Center Open House closest to the hole will be awarded at a cocktail reception Scrapbook Session* Tuesday, Oct. 6 • 3 – 7 p.m. later that evening. Tuesday, July 7 • 10 a.m. to noon Visit the Museum Conservation Center and learn Re-imagine your family’s story within a more about its programs, projects, and products. For more information or to secure your spot in this scrapbook. Archival materials and methods will be Learn about the care of textiles, painting, paper, and year’s tournament, please contact Angela Ford at demonstrated and explained. Experts will provide 3-D objects. Chat with staff and volunteers to gather 412-454-6405 or [email protected]. insider tips on album page layout and time-saving answers for your preservation questions. This event is shortcuts, including what materials to use or lose. free and open to the public. Registration is not required.

Preserving Your Italian Heritage Program* Digitizing Your Photographs Workshop* Saturday, July 25 • 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 17 • 10 a.m. to noon Learn how to preserve your Italian heritage Join photography expert James Burke to learn about through care of family heirlooms and documents. digital photo preservation, including the fragility of Enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the History digital objects, selection of formats, metadata and Center’s Italian American collection and Sigo Falk backup systems, and storage of originals. Collections Center. Learn how to best handle and store paper, textiles, and objects. *Pre-registration is required. To register, please contact Barb Antel at 412-454-6450 Family Archives Workshop, Part II* or [email protected]. Each workshop Saturday, Aug. 1 • 10 a.m. to noon costs $30 for History Center members and $35 for As a follow up to June’s Family Archives Workshop, non-members. For some events, optional workshop participants will receive specific and personalized kits can be ordered in advance for $20. For more 2014 first place foursome – Mascaro Construction with guidance about how to identify, handle, and store information, visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/ event co-chairs Carol Semple Thompson and Mike Wagner. their own family documents and photographs. museum-conservation-center.

4 The Newsletter of the Senator John Heinz History Center 412-454-6000 | www.heinzhistorycenter.org Event Calendar Fourth at the Fort Saturday, July 4 • 11 a.m. to noon Join colonial re-enactors, elected officials, and museum visitors to help raise a 13-star, 36-foot American flag.

Living History: Artillery and Cannon Firings Captured! New Exhibit Now Open Saturdays: July 11 and Aug. 8 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Boom! The Fort Pitt Museum cannon crew will fire its Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald flexed his Explore the ancient, complex, and largely 18th century replica British six-pounder cannon at 11:30 misunderstood practice of American Indian captivity a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4 p.m., weather permitting. We Can Do It! spirit with a “Rosie the Riveter” re-enactor at as part of the thought-provoking new exhibition at the the first annual History Center Jeep Cruise earlier this spring. Fort Pitt Museum, Captured by Indians: Warfare & Living History: Cooking Assimilation on the 18th Century Frontier. Saturdays: July 11 and Aug. 15 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gather around Fort Pitt Museum staff as they prepare Using documentary evidence gleaned from 18th and 18th century foods and learn what early Pittsburghers ate. early 19th century primary sources, dozens of rare artifacts, three new life-like vignettes, and a wide Living History: Blacksmithing array of imagery, the exhibit examines the practice Saturday, July 25 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. of captivity from its prehistoric roots to its impact on Visit the reproduction traveling forge of blacksmith modern American Indians and other ethnicities. Jymm Hoffman and witness this unique artistry.

Told through the experiences of real-life captives, this Living History: Fife and Drum In conjunction with an ongoing partnership with the Western compelling look at the 18th century frontier will leave Saturday, Aug. 1 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL), the visitors of all ages with a new understanding of the Experience 18th century military music. Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum recently hosted a press complexity of our past and the diversity of our present. conference announcing its 2015 Hall of Fame class. Each Women’s History Conference WPIAL Hall of Fame inductee will be honored on a special Saturday, Aug. 15 • 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. plaque inside the Sports Museum’s Kaiser Trophy Room. The Fort Pitt Museum is the most affordable family- Learn about 18th and 19th century women, including friendly cultural experience in the region. Admission topics covering women camp followers, textiles and is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, $4 for military, and fabrics, and the women of the Daughters of the American $3.50 for students and youth ages 6-17. Children under Revolution, who helped to save the Fort Pitt Block House. 6 and History Center members get in free. For more Living History: Timber Framing information, visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/fort-pitt Saturday, Aug. 22 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or contact Alan Gutchess at 412-281-9284 or Watch carpentry demonstrations and learn about the tools [email protected]. and labor required for 18th century building structures.

As part of the team’s offseason training program, nearly 20 members of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2015 NFL Draft class recently visited the History Center to better understand the region’s incredible history. The players enjoyed insider tours of the new We Can Do It! Event Calendar WWII and Heinz exhibitions. Independence Day Celebration Friday, July 3 – Saturday, July 4 • Noon to 5 p.m. Participate in historical demonstrations and period games. All Aboard! Meadowcroft Opens History Center Member Picnic Saturday, Sept. 12 • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. New Trails to Trains Exhibit Enjoy a special day at Meadowcroft with a picnic.

Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village 44th Annual Covered Bridge Festival transports visitors through time and explores the Saturday, Sept. 19 – Sunday, Sept. 20 Former Steelers great Hines Ward honored 27 local high evolution of transportation in Southwestern Pa. as Visit Meadowcroft’s Pine Bank Covered Bridge. For part of the new Trails to Trains exhibit. Using five more information, please call 724-225-3010 or visit school student athletes at the Western Pennsylvania Sports vehicles from Meadowcroft’s collection, visitors can www.visitwashingtoncountypa.com. Tours of the Museum earlier this spring as part of the fourth annual travel through 16,000 years of transportation history, Rockshelter are available for $5 per person. Positive Athletes Award ceremony. Local male and female beginning with our prehistoric predecessors using foot student athletes representing a variety of interscholastic power to navigate the rugged terrain surrounding the Sixth Annual American Indian Heritage Weekend sports were recognized for their outstanding achievements . The new long-term exhibit Saturday, Sept. 26 – Sunday, Sept. 27 • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both on and off the playing field. MEGAN SALINETRO PHOTOGRAPHY explores the early days of the National Road where Explore Meadowcroft’s recreated Indian Village and Conestoga wagons dotted the landscape, to the use of encounter costumed reenactors as they demonstrate a stagecoach to satisfy settlers’ “need for speed” to the skills of everyday American Indian life. development of the railroad as train rails cut through many rural Pennsylvania farmsteads. Meadowcroft, Walk Through Prehistory a National Historic Landmark located in Avella, Pa. Saturday, Oct. 17 • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Washington County, is the oldest site of human Travel through time on a two-mile hike with Venture habitation in North America. Outdoors. Admission is included. Reservations are required: www.ventureoutdoors.org. Meadowcroft Summer Hours: Insider Tours with Dr. James Adovasio Wed. – Sat., Noon – 5 p.m. | Sundays, 1 – 5 p.m. This spring, History Center President and CEO Saturdays: Sept. 5, Oct. 10 • 10 a.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $11 for senior citizens, Andy Masich accepted a check for a $10,000 grant for Sunday, Nov. 8 • 1 p.m. educational programs courtesy of the Pittsburgh Penguins and $6 for students and youth ages 6-17. Children Enjoy a lecture and tour with James M. Adovasio, Ph.D., Foundation. Pictured left to right: Pittsburgh Penguins Head under 6 and History Center members get in free. who achieved international acclaim with his For more information, please visit archaeological excavation of the Rockshelter in 1973. Coach Mike Johnston; his wife, Myrna; Beth McMullen; www.heinzhistorycenter.org/meadowcroft or Reservations are required. Make your reservations at Andy Masich; Natalie Taylor; and Penguins Foundation call 724-587-3412. www.heinzhistorycenter.org or call 724-587-3412. President Dave Soltesz.

In association with the Smithsonian Institution Summer 2015 Making History 5 Education Round-Up

This past school year, the History Center education department developed dynamic programs that allow students and teachers to experience history in new ways, including the launch of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) workshops, a new program model that engages ninth graders with their civics curriculum, sessions for homeschoolers, and workshops that provide teachers with engaging professional development. More than 250 teachers participated in professional Funding from the Grable Foundation made it development programs this school year, which possible to create school programs that incorporate included workshops offered in partnership with George

KIMBERLY REED PHOTOGRAPHY REED KIMBERLY history and STEM, introducing students to Washington’s Mount Vernon, Fort Necessity National Pittsburgh’s rich tradition of innovation and Battlefield, and Rivers of Steel. Throughout the year, providing hands-on activities to build STEM the museum’s educational team partnered with the From small meetings and intimate gatherings to skills. Students can explore the work of George Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s Social Studies Network wedding receptions and large corporate gatherings, Westinghouse through a game design workshop, to provide a series of workshops that introduced make your next event truly historic at the History collaborate with an exploratory microscope activity teachers to new instructional models using content from Center. With a variety of room options, a central based on Jonas Salk’s discovery of the polio vaccine, the History Center’s museum collection and the Detre location, and a top-notch events staff, the History or build spectroscopes to better understand the early Library & Archives. Center is eager to host your next event. An exclusive work of the Allegheny Observatory. agreement with Common Plea Catering provides The 2015-16 school year will be full of opportunities for The History Center’s long-standing partnership with students and teachers. The new We Can Do It! WWII nationally recognized food and beverage service, Pittsburgh Public Schools focuses on the ninth grade exhibition will be the focus of interactive programs perfectly catered to events of every size and style. civics curriculum and encourages students to “Be the along with new teaching resources based on the exhibit. Looking to really impress? Then encourage your Change” in their community. This year, the museum Students can participate in an Eyewitness to History guests to explore the museum’s six floors of award- partnered with Pittsburgh Cares to create Civics session that allows them to meet people who have seen winning exhibitions before, during, or after your Summits for over 1,600 ninth graders that examined history first hand, including a program devoted to those event for an experience they won’t soon forget. change makers in the city’s past and present, and who lived in Pittsburgh during WWII. encouraged students to become change makers To create your event, please visit in the future. This school year also included new For more information about education opportunities, www.heinzhistorycenter.org/rentals or programs designed for homeschool students, tailored please visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/learn contact Maura Minteer at 412-454-6435 or to reaching multiple ages through experiential or contact Mariruth Leftwich at 412-454-6390 or [email protected]. activities, primary sources, and literature. [email protected].

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Klesch Mr. James Ridgeway Mr. & Mrs. Dean Byrom Mr. & Mrs. Scott Knight Mr. Ron Roudebush Mr. Thomas Cagle Mr. Ruslan Knobel Ms. Diane Runyon Ms. Charlotte G. Calderotte Mr. Joshua Kobrin & Ms. Rebecca H. Ryder As part of the 150th anniversary of Mr. Andrew T. Call Ms. Mari Webel Mr. Samuel Scanlon Experience even more Western Mr. Nicholas Callas Mr. John Koenig Mr. Alan A. Schneider Mr. Carlin Campbell Mr. Peter Koppenaal Ms. Valentina Scholar President Lincoln’s assassination, the blog Ms. Mari Carpenter Mr. Joe Kotarba Mr. & Mrs. Walter Schroth Ms. Christina A. Cassotis Mr. Keith J. Kovalic Mr. Peter Scupelli Ms. Melissa Cekus Ms. Laraine Kozlowski Ms. Lisa Sevcik Pennsylvania history with the showcased letters from Western Pa. locals Ms. Colleen Cenk Mr. Darwin Krajacic Mr. & Mrs. Mike Shaw Mr. Michael T. Chappie Dr. Rachel Kranson Mr. Matthew A. Shumiloff Cheng Chen Mr. William E. Kristoff Mr. George Johnson & who wrote about the President’s death. Mr. Michael Chilcoat Ms. Carolina Kuhn Mrs. Julie Sieger History Center’s new weekly blog. Ms. Mary Christian Mrs. Mary Ann Kurtz Mr. Kirk S. Simcik Loren Churchin-Lang Ms. Jennifer Kutlenios Mr. Jay D. Simpson • The Fort Pitt Museum’s Wilderness Ms. Regina Cibrone Mr. Steven Landucci Mr. Robert M. Sloss Jr. Ms. M. Karlene Clendenning Ms. Beth Lazzara Ms. Jessica Smith Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Coffey Ms. Jennifer S. Leck Mr. Martin Smith Go in-depth with History Center experts as they & Warfare blog section went behind- Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Concolino Sanghyun Lee Ms. Lois A. Smith Ms. Cheryl Conroy Mr. & Mrs. Steve Levine Mr. James M. Smith Ms. Abby Corbin Ms. Jean Libby Ms. Margaret L. Smith reveal the stories behind the exhibitions and dig the-scenes with the making of the Massy Mr. Sheldon Cotten Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Livsey Mr. Glenn Snowden Mr. Michael Crawmer Ms. Catherine Lloyd Mr. Chad Spencer Ms. Jackie Cromeans Abbey Love Mr. Chaim Steinberg deeper into Pittsburgh’s past, including: Harbison life-like museum figure as part of Ms. Mary Ann Cunningham Mr. Stuart Lovett Ms. Sarah Stewart Ms. Alicia Cuttonaro Ms. Christine S. Luttringer Mr. Douglas P. Stewart the new exhibition. Mr. David W. Davis Mr. George Magovern Mr. Robert Stoeckle Captured by Indians Mr. Matthew DeLallo Ms. Susan Majoris Mr. & Mrs. John Strachovsky Ms. Donnalee K. Dodson Ms. Maureen Mamula Ms. Mara Stypula • Monthly Collection Spotlights highlight • Recent Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Mr. Lawrence F. Domencic Ms. Vicki Marbut Ms. Tracey Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. James J. Downing Mr. & Mrs. Mark Marfisi Ms. Sharon Susi Mr. Keith Droz Ms. Marilyn Margolin Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Sweeny artifacts from the History Center’s vast Historic Village posts explore how the Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Duda Ms. Janet Masters Ms. Amanda Szenyeri Ms. Diana Duncombe & Ms. La Tasha D. Mayes Ms. Janice Talerico Ms. Caitlin McNulty Mr. & Mrs. Robert McCall Mr. Thomas Tallon collections, including the story of Bertha National Historic Landmark is preserved and Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Ebbert Ms. Susan McCarthy Reiko Tseng Mr. Raymond T. Farabaugh Ms. Michelle McCarthy Mr. Chad Vike Mr. Adrian Fedorco Mr. & Mrs. Scott McClain Mr. Kevin Wagner Lamme, one of the first female engineers operated. Readers can explore the new Trails Mr. Arnold Fero Mr. Tim McClean Ms. Erin Wall Ms. Amber Fitzgerald Ms. Betsy McConnell Mrs. Kristin Weaver Ms. Sarah Flaherty Ms. Sarah McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Brian Webster with Westinghouse, whose slide rule and to Trains exhibit, which examines hundreds of Nashaun L. Forney Mr. Gavin McKinnon Mr. James West Ms. Leanna Frey Mr. A.J. McQueen Ms. Susan Wilkes Mrs. Sheri Fullerton Ms. Jan Means & MSgt (Ret) Rob Wilkins T-square are on display inside the Pittsburgh: years of Western Pennsylvania transportation. Ms. Diane Galata Mr. Bernard Fredette Ms. Emily Munzert Mr. & Mrs. Roger Glover Mr. Joseph Michael Mr. Troy J. Wilson Mr. Arthur Goldberg Ms. Kelly Minder Mr. & Mrs. Bob Winfree A Tradition of Innovation exhibition. Ms. Elizabeth Gootzeit Mr. Mark Miskinis Ms. Melissa Wolfslayer Ms. Elyse Grasser Ms. Maura A. Mixter Ms. Patricia Woltjen Ms. Diane Grasser Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mokwa Mr. Mark Yarris • Posts from the Detre Library & Archives Visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog to read the Ms. Virginia Grimm Mr. Medio Monti Mr. Geff Young Ms. Lauren Grosecluse Mr. Ryan Moore Ms. Jennifer Zahron & stories today. 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6 The Newsletter of the Senator John Heinz History Center 412-454-6000 | www.heinzhistorycenter.org From Slavery to Freedom Film Series Wednesday, Aug. 19 • 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Join us for a screening of the film “Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance,” which examines the outpouring of creativity in the visual arts by African Americans during the 1920s and 30s, the period known as the Harlem Renaissance. The screening is free and will be held at the Homewood Beloved Volunteer Program Director and long-time Library Auditorium: 7101 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15208. The History Center’s From Slavery to History Center employee Sandra Baker peacefully Freedom Film Series is sponsored by Carnegie passed away earlier this spring. A friend to all, Sandra’s “Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Library of Pittsburgh. For more information, love for the History Center and its mission, her Renaissance” presents items from the 1990 exhibition please visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events colleagues, and volunteers was evident in everything Against the Odds, curated by the Newark Museum. or contact Samuel W. Black, at 412-454-6391 or that she did. [email protected].

Eighth Annual Pittsburgh’s Hidden Treasures Sunday, Aug. 30 • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Get ready to raid your attics and basements and join The most unique items will be featured as part of the History Center for the eighth annual Pittsburgh’s KDKA’s special seven-part television series this fall. Hidden Treasures appraisal event. Held in Don’t miss the final episode from last year’s event on partnership with KDKA-TV, the Pittsburgh’s Hidden KDKA-TV Monday, July 13, at 7:30 p.m. Treasures event encourages local residents to bring their family heirlooms to the History Center and Pittsburgh’s Hidden Treasures is free with museum meet with nearly 50 professional appraisers to learn admission and free for History Center members. Each about the monetary value or historic significance of visitor is allowed to bring in two items for appraisal, their items. as long as the items fit through a standard doorway. History Center members also receive special early In addition to the appraisers, expert conservators access to the event from 9 to 10 a.m. before the doors Hosted by KDKA-TV’s Ken Rice and History Center from the Smithsonian Institution and the open to the general public. For more information, History Center’s new Museum Conservation Center please visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events President and CEO Andy Masich, the monthly series will be on hand to provide tips on how to preserve or contact Caroline Fitzgerald at 412-454-6373 or will air on KDKA on select Monday evenings this fall. your treasures. [email protected].

New Library & Archives Accessions Erika Beras: Erika Beras Oral Histories. Dave Boreland: Stephen Foster, Democrat. Ed Deenihan: Irish Pittsburgh. Italian Heritage Day Lu Donnelly: Montefiore Hospital Records and Research. Ian Heiss: Congregation Adath Israel Records. Joyce J. Johnson: Dave and Edward Jackson Photographs. Jean Ann Jones: Buzila Family Papers. Sunday, Oct. 4 • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mary Jones: The Cup Stops Here. Norman Karp: Karp’s Jewelry Store Records. Ronald Lotz: The Pendulum. Enjoy a fun and educational day celebrating the Peter McCormick: Marjorie Thoma McCormick Michaux Papers. Michael Melnick: Pittsburgh Conference of Jewish Women’s Organizations Jewish Nationality region’s rich Italian roots at the History Center’s Room correspondence. John Miller (on behalf of Florence Chiodo): Chiodo’s Tavern Records and Photographs. Jim Rebel: August Rebel Papers and Photographs. second annual Italian Heritage Day, organized by the Lisa Skeers: Ward E. Gage Papers and Photographs.

History Center’s Italian American Program. Dave Borland: History of the Johnstown flood. Field gathered: Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail; Native Americans’ Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania’s Forbes Trail; Rediscovering Lewis and Clark; Life and Art of Ruth Caldwell; Historic Bridges of Crawford County; and City of Steel. An Italian American bazaar will celebrate italianità Grove City Area Historical Society: Cooper Industries 1833-1983. Sarah Law: Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze. with entertainment, vendors, and local Italian Ronald Lotz: The Pendulum (St. Joseph High School). Susan Melnick: Educating the Jewish adolescent in the teachings of the religion and culture. heritage groups. Thanks to the generous sponsorship Jacob Sherman: The Lebanon Log (Mt. Lebanon High School). Interactive activities designed for the entire family to of Mascaro Construction, admission for all children New Museum Collections ages 17 and under is free for this special event. Robert Aloe: Original pizza peel and two pans from Frank’s Pizzeria, two uniform shirts, enjoy together will fill six floors of the History Center promotional giveaways (temporary tattoos, keychain, slice server), “The Cat’s Meow” miniature Frank’s Pizzeria, “Calzone baking instructions” stickers, and 30th anniversary cup. and feature traditional Italian American foods, Italian For more information, please visit Leland Anderson: Collection of items related to Nikola Tesla. Beth Brletich: AM radio collected to enhance collection of Pittsburgh Pirates vocabulary, bocce, and genealogy sessions at the www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events or fan memorabilia and giveaways. contact Melissa Marinaro at 412-454-6426 or Carl Brown Jr.: Donna Atwood figurine and Bryce glass decanter. second annual Italian Heritage Day. Gregg Ficery: 12 baseball cards, a Topps Baseball Coin, and a Tommy Leach cut-index card [email protected]. signature, all of Pittsburgh Pirates. Ellen Fogle: St. Gabriel Archangel eight grade basketball letter. Susan Gaca: United Steelworkers of America honorary membership card for Leo M. Gaca. Alan A. Glaser: Collection of items related to the Glaser’s Bakery and Ice Cream store on Crafton Boulevard in Crafton, Pa. C. Talbot Heppenstall Jr.: Portrait of C.W. Heppenstall Sr., owner of Heppenstall Company in Lawrenceville. Treasures in the High Knoll Development: Partial contents of Klavon’s, including a wooden exam table. Tyna Kaltenbaugh: Two cabbage cutters, cutting board, cabbage masher, crib and hammer from the Pazzynski/Onyshko families. Fred Klehm: Steamer trunk from Boyd, Boyd and Boyd Trunk Company. Archives: WWII Edition Ken Kornick: Trunk used by Michael Korenic to emigrate from Ogulin, Croatia sometime between 1900 and 1905. Donald Lankiewicz: Dog tags belonging to Joseph Hovanec. Saturday, Oct. 17 • 10:30 a.m. to noon Audrey Lazar: Blazer, patches, tag, slide rule, and blazer from ArtCraft. Safely preserved behind the doors of the History Center’s Mike Lorinc: Slovak Civic Federation cast bronze sign. Colleen McKay Dingo: Three paintings by Donna Hollen-Bolmgren, including a portrait of artist Detre Library & Archives are countless stories of the Jerry Caplan. Dorothy Miller: Pittsburgh Water Babies patch and sign as well as King Neptune prop used in past. Many and varied, these collections are like unique Pittsburgh Water Babies performances. Muriel Moreland: Political button for Allegheny Co. Sheriff Robert J. Corbett and plastic thimble time capsules, preserved to shed light on our region’s advertising Acme Window Shade Company. rich history. In celebration of American Archives Month Barbara Neal: Two souvenir spoons, one featured the Monongahela house and the other the entrance to Highland Park, along with a U.S. armed forces blue star “son in service” ring. and the We Can Do It! WWII exhibit, uncover and Ray Outlaw: A collection of basketballs, one football, and a banner from Fifth Avenue High School, a Pittsburgh City Schools Basketball Championship plaque, and a sterilizing jar from Ray Outlaw’s explore some local WWII stories from our collections. Barber Shop on Fifth Avenue in the Hill District. Attendees will be treated to a close encounter with Chris Popovich: Ice skates, patch pin, and a Russian girl’s outfit. Fred Porsche: Hanger from the Roosevelt Hotel. the original historic photographs and documents that Kay Gimbus Bogovich posing with leading man Robert Ted Rimmel: Beaver skin hat and box, beaver skin muff, and a Double X stamp. preserve these unexpected and fascinating tales from Patricia Rodzay: radio shaped like an oil can collected to enhance the Gulf collection. Young alongside her fellow Women’s Army Auxiliary Charlotte Schindler: Long underwear used by the donor’s father, William Kreuzer, during his our war-era collections. For more information, please time in the Navy. Corps members, 1943. Image courtesy of the Catherine Judith Steel: Fireman’s helmet of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire belonging to First Assistant Fire visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events or Chief of the Fire Department John Steel, c. 1889. Bogovich Papers and Photographs, MSS 599, Detre contact Sierra Green at 412-454-6361 or Joan Sutt: Old Shay Beer salt and pepper shakers. Dianne Tighe: “Cinderella” stove made by the Stove and Range Company. Library & Archives, Heinz History Center. [email protected]. Byron and Nadine Woodson: Two posters celebrating the 13th and 15th amendments.

In association with the Smithsonian Institution Summer 2015 Making History 7 Senator John Heinz History Center Board of Trustees

William M. Lambert Sandy Mellon Chairman, Board of Trustees Daniel Onorato Beverlynn Elliott The Honorable William Peduto Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Robert N. Peirce, Jr., Esq. Joe W. Trotter, Jr., Ph.D. Jack B. Piatt A Program of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Robert P. Randall Alvaro Garcia-Tunon Art Rooney II Treasurer, Board of Trustees Dan D. Sandman Paul O’Neill, Jr., Lynne Schmidt 1212 Smallman Street Secretary, Board of Trustees The Honorable Matthew Smith Andrew E. Masich, Margaret Snavely Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4200 President & CEO, Carol Semple Thompson Senator John Heinz History Center Stephen R. Tritch H. Woodruff Turner, Esq. Arthur L. Baldwin Mike Wagner Susie Barbour The Honorable Kim Ward David E. Barensfeld Dennis A. Watson Charles W. Bitzer Bruce Wiegand Nadine E. Bognar Dennis Yablonsky J. Bracken Burns, Sr. Anne Zacharias Robert Cindrich Steven H. Cohen Dr. Verna Corey, ScD Emeritus Trustees The Honorable Jay Costa, Jr. & Honorary Trustees The Honorable Frank Dermody Robert Barensfeld The Honorable Brian L. Ellis John F. Bitzer, Jr. Laura Ellsworth Frank V. Cahouet The Honorable D. Mike Fisher Joseph Calihan The Honorable Rich Fitzgerald John P. Davis, Jr. Daniel Fitzpatrick Sigo Falk Shawn Fox Franco Harris Floyd “Chip” Ganassi, Jr. * Stan Geier Torrence Hunt Laurence Glasco, Ph.D. Maxwell King Chuck Hammel William C. King Donald J. Heberle Robert B. Knutson* Diane Holder The Honorable Frank J. Lucchino Judy Linaburg David McCullough Catherine Loevner Martin G. McGuinn Gerald F. MacCleary The Honorable Tim Murphy James C. Martin, Esq. Ambassador Dan Rooney Tom McMillan * Honorary Trustee

Making History is the newsletter of the Senator John Heinz History Center. Associates of the History Center include the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, the Thomas & Katherine Detre Library & Archives, Meadowcroft Boom! WWII Sherman Rockshelter and Historic Village, and Fort Pitt Museum. The History Center operates legally as the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. The History Center is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and funded in Tank at History Center part by the Allegheny Regional Asset District and the Pennsylvania The History Center recently installed a 38-ton, Historical and Museum Commission. World War II Sherman tank in front of the museum’s Phone: 412-454-6000 • Fax: 412-454-6031 Smithsonian wing to complement the new We Can www.heinzhistorycenter.org Do It! WWII exhibition. The 1944 M4A3 Sherman Ned Schano, Director of Communications tank, nicknamed the “Easy Eight,” will be displayed Brady Smith, Senior Communications Manager outside of the History Center through January 2016. Rachellynn Schoen, Senior Graphic Design Manager More than 60,000 Sherman tanks saw service during Sarah Reck, Web & Social Media Content Manager The tank participated in the “Battle of the Bulge,” WWII, serving as the main battle tank of the U.S. the historic march to relieve surrounded American Army and Marine Corps. Many Pennsylvania foundries soldiers in the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of produced Sherman tank parts. the 8th Tank Battalion, Fourth Armored Division in December 1944.

Calendar of Events Exhibitions

Meadowcroft’s Independence Day Celebration Preserving Your Italian Heritage Program FIRST FLOOR Friday, July 3 – Saturday, July 4 Saturday, July 25 • 10 a.m. to noon NEW! We Can Do It! WWII See page 5 for details. See Page 4 for details. UPMC SmartSteps Senator John Heinz: A Western Pennsylvania Legacy Fourth at the Fort Living History: Blacksmithing Kidsburgh (mezzanine) Saturday, July 4 • 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 25 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vintage Vehicles See page 5 for details. See page 5 for details. SECOND FLOOR American Flag Folding Ceremony Family Archives Workshop, Part II Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation Saturday, July 4 • Noon Saturday, Aug. 1 • 10 a.m. to noon Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum See page 2 for details. See page 4 for details. THIRD FLOOR Scrapbook Session Living History: Fife and Drum Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum Tuesday, July 7 • 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 1 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Discovery Place See Page 4 for details. See page 5 for details. Rediscovering Lewis & Clark: A Journey with the Rooney Family Hop into History: Pittsburgh’s Pastimes Living History: Artillery and Cannon Firings Prine Collection of Woodworking Planes Wednesday, July 8 • 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Outdoor Advertising Visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events See page 5 for details. FOURTH FLOOR Living History: Artillery and Cannon Firings Hop into History: Across the Seas is a Part of Me NEW! Special Collections Gallery Saturday, July 11 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12 • 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. (featuring “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”) See page 5 for details. Visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events NEW! Heinz NEW! Close-Up: Photographs of the “Pittsburgh’s Hidden Treasures” on KDKA-TV Bocce Tournament & Festival Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2014 Monday, July 13 • 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. From Slavery to Freedom See page 7 for details. See page 4 for details. Glass: Shattering Notions

Living History: Cooking Living History: Cooking FIFTH FLOOR Saturday, July 18 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clash of Empires: The British, French, See page 5 for details. See page 5 for details. & Indian War, 1754-1763

Innovating for Victory Women’s History Conference SIXTH FLOOR Saturday, July 25 • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 • 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wrought Metal Treasures from the Blum Collection See page 2 for details. See page 5 for details.

Please visit our website at www.heinzhistorycenter.org for a complete list of upcoming events and detailed exhibition information.