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ARCHIVES McKain, Richard G. — Ben Avon Chrislip, Ron R. — Fairmont, The Abner McKain Family History West Virginia Minnesota Historical— Society Re- Photographs of Howard, Romola, search Center St. Paul, Minnesota Jacksonville, Greensboro, and West Middlesex Day Book, 1874- Curtin 1877 — Elliott,Miss Virginia A. — Moyer, Mrs. Carol Pittsburgh McMurray Pres. Taft's Pittsburgh speech, Photographs of the choir ofSt. June 20, 1912; photographs of July James Episcopal Church and the 4 Parade, 1918; Reunion pro- Birmingham railroad station grams, Central High School Class — of 1912 Gape, Mrs. Marguerite C. Patton, Alfred B. — Doylestown Meadville Map, County-Town Pennsylvania Scrapbook of clippings about the — 1936 Pittsburgh flood Schef fer, Earl M. Pittsburgh — Genealogy and history of William Gustave Associates Phoenix, Donaldson (1690-1757) Arizona — Photographs of furniture made by Tingley, Mr.and Mrs. Warren Joseph W. Woodwell & Sons, Deerfield Beach, Florida Pittsburgh American Manufacturer and Iron — World, Mar. 8, Apr. 5, May 31, Hahn, Edward Pittsburgh Aug. 16, Oct. 25, 1878 Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, University of Pittsburgh, Hillman July 4, 6, 27, 1898; Pittsburgh Library — Pittsburgh Dispatch, July 17, 1898 Photographs of and obituaries for Hodge, Edwin — Pittsburgh the Browne family Stamped envelopes from the Wilson, Mrs. Janet — Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Conference on Analyti- Calendar, 75th Anniversary (1911- cal Chemistry and Applied 1986), Pittsburgh Schools Spectroscopy, 1985, 1986; "Halley's Public Comet Highlighted/' by David F. Penstadler — LIBRARY Lang, Harold W. Pittsburgh — Voegtly Evangelical Church Balliard, Alice Gastonville records, 1833-1985 Mingo Presbyterian Church, — Finleyville, Pa., Bicentennial Anni- Linder, Richard Pittsburgh Celebration, Oil City Derrick, Sept. 4, 5, 1895; versary — 1982 Arner Center Chronicle, premier Beck, Elizabeth K. - Pittsburgh issue; Photograph, Pittsburgh 1936 Prologue, Fall &Winter 1984, flood; sheet music: "Pittsburgh" Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter 1985 and "College Days Waltz," Pitts- Becker, C. Richard — New York, burg, Holy Ghost College New York Mayer, Stanley — Pittsburgh Franklin Luther, The Hadley Chest, AlvinTheatre program, Mar. 2, 1935 1931; Correspondence and Stock Carlisle, Ronald C. — Pittsburgh Certificates of East Liberty Shop- E. J. Simeon III,R.C. Carlisle, ping News; East Liberty Shopping J. M. Adovasio, et al., Phase I News, Mar. 14, 1928, Apr. 1,15, Cultural Management Report on June 3, 10, 17, July 8, 22, Aug. 10, Proposed Construction of the Nov. 4, Dec. 30, 1936, Mar. 2, Midfield Terminal, Greater Pitts- 1944 burgh International Airport, 1986 288 Notes and Documents 289

Carnegie Museum of Natural History Hoffmann, Fred—R., inmemory of — Pittsburgh Julius Murphy AllisonPark Henry Ford Museum and Green- Pennsylvania Agriculture and fieldHerald, vol. 14, no. 2, article Country Life,1640-1840, 1950; about Firestone Farm Digest of the Acts of Assembly — Relating to... The City of Cowin, Verna Butler Allegheny from 1840-April 1, 1897, Verna L. Cowin, Pittsburgh Ar- 1897 chaeological Resources and — National Register Survey, 1985 Karas, Stanley, Jr. Pittsburgh Steelabor, Nov./Dec. 1984-Sept. Elliott,Miss Virginia A.— 1985; Carnegie-Mellon Magazine, McMurray Fall1983; Robert F. Hopwood, Frances Warner Hersey, The History of the Methodist Episcopal Pittsburgh Owl, c. 1923 Church of Uniontown, Pa. ... — Now Known as the Asbury Metho- French, Robert Perkins Faribault, dist Episcopal Church, 1938 Minnesota — Robert Hughes French, The Family Lang, Harold W. Pittsburgh of David French, 1982 Voegtly Evangelical Church, 1833- — 1985,1985, by donor Garvey, Rev. James W. Pittsburgh — Saint Pamphilus Church: Twenty- Under, Richard Pittsburgh Anniversary, Photo Story of the Greatest Flood fifth Dec. 8, 1985; 17-19, 1936; "Mass of Thanksgiving on the Oc- in the Century, March Merchants and Manufacturers casion of the Golden Jubilee of Assn., Pittsburgh, Pitts- the Most Reverend Vincent Martin 1904; 6, burgh, presented to the delegates to Leonard/' June— 1985 the Fourth Annual Convention of Graff, John M. Cheswick the National Assn. of Corporation West Deer Township: A Century Schools, 1916; misc. pamphlets and a Half of Progress, 1836-1986, on PAT Transit 1986 Los Angeles— Westside Genealogical Gwyer, Mrs. Herbert L.—Pittsburgh Society Marina del Rey, California Clarence Edward Macartney, Right Members' Computerized Data Here in Pittsburgh, 1937; George Exchange, 1985 Swetnam, Where Else but Pitts- Moyer, Mrs. Carol — Pittsburgh burgh?, c. 1958 High School Journal, 1912 Hile,Mrs. E. T. — Pittsburgh Netting, Dr. M.Graham —Rector Early American Glass Club pro- Shady side Survival Manual, 1975; grams, 1963-64, 1972-73, 1973-74, The Crucible, Pittsburgh meeting 1978-79; Regional Industrial De- of the American Chemical Society, velopment Corp. of Southwestern 1943; Pennsylvania Junior Penn., The Southwestern Pennsyl- Academy of Science, Region 7, vania Region Is on the Move, Regional Meeting (May 1970) and 1964; Program, inaugural concert, Junior Regional Meeting (May Heinz Hall for the Performing 1970); Internal Affairs, Oct. 1967; Arts, Sept. 10, 1971; J. Spotts Mc- This Week, Aug. 16, 1963; Pitts- Dowell, The Vassar Letters, 1848- burgh Zoo News, Winter 1975, 1852, 1975; RIDC of Southwestern 1979; The Glades Star, Dec. 1972; Penn., GHQ for Corporate Action, Audubon Society of West. Pa., 1966; Equitable Gas, Builda Gate- Mar. 1971; The Central Pennsyl- way,1965 (2 copies); ALCOA, vania Outdoor Education Project, Aluminum on the Skyline, c. 1951; Nov. 1968; Cultural Committee for Gateway Center, AProfile of the Bicentennial, May 1975; Pa. Progress, 1969; The Westinghouse Roadside Council Newsletter, Oct. Building:Pittsburgh's Gateway 1975; Pa. Citizens Assn. for Health Center, n.d.; The Steel Triangle in and Welfare, Nov. 1961; Steel the Golden Triangle: The U.S. Facts, 1975, no. 3; Pittsburgh Steel Building,1969; misc. clip- Bulletin Index, var. issues, 1944, pings and pamphlets 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 290 Notes and Documents

Stewart, Rev. Reid W. —Latrobe Wilkinsburg Public Library — Rev. Basil G. McBee and Rev. Pittsburgh Reid VV.Stewart, History of the Your Family Tree, Mar./ Apr.1951- Associate Presbyterian Church of Mar./Apr. 1952 North America, 1983 — — Wudarczyk, James Pittsburgh Tomlinson, Patricia A. Pittsburgh A History of Point Breeze and the Yearbook, The Business and Pro- Homewood-Brushton Area of fessional Women's Club (Beaver Pittsburgh, by the donor Falls, 1978-79; Beaver County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Poetry Society, 1978-79; Beaver Valley Advertiser, 1938 THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — Officers William C. King, president; Earland I. Carlson, Rodney S. Gould, Mrs. William J. Titzel, Harley N. Trice, vice-presidents; Robert C. Alberts, secretary; James O'Hara Denny III,treasurer. Trustees —(terms expiring January 1987) Ralph H. Demmler, James A. Frank, David S. Ketchum, Thomas C. Pears III, Thomas D. Thomson, Edward G. Williams; (terms expiring January 1988) Robert C. Alberts, Rodney S. Gould, Corinne A. Krause, J. Paul Scheetz, Mrs. WilliamJ. Titzel, Harley N. Trice; (terms expiring January 1989) Mrs. Charles T. Campbell, Earland I. Carlson, William M. Henderson, Torrence M.Hunt, Jr., Rex Rowland, Mrs. Joseph G. Smith; (terms expiring January 1990) Van Beck Hall, Mrs. Thomas A. Harper, WilliamC. King, Mrs. F. Robert Michael, John S. Nordyke, Warren B. Dana; (terms expiring January 1991) Betty G. Bailey, William Block, James O'Hara Denny III, Mrs. Paul B. Ernst, Sanford B. Ferguson, Michael P. Weber; (Trustees Emeritus) Niles Anderson, James H. Beal, James K. Hess,— C. V. Starrett, Mrs. C. V. Starrett. Staff John A. Herbst, executive director; Ruth Salisbury Reid, archivist; Pamela H. Oestreicher, editor; Francine Rose, director, development and public relations; Helen Wilson, librarian; Michele Miles-Tibbs, office manager.

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