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Chester County Meet & Greet Monday, 5/13/13 Special Event Does your Chester County-based historical organization hold archival materials (such as papers, letters, maps, ledgers, and photographs)? Would you like your archival collections surveyed by professional archivists and descriptions of your collections made accessible online? Read More	Family Legacies: Genealogical Resources for Chinese Americans Monday, 5/6/13 Genealogy Workshop Learn how to verify family stories—from oral tradition to fact. Jeanie Chooey Low, author of China Connection: Finding Ancestral Roots for Chinese in America, will provide techniques for interviewing family members and deciphering gravestone inscriptions. She will discuss U.S. 20th-century immigration and naturalization case files, how to find and visit ancestral villages, and how to research war and census records. The presentation is for all levels of researchers and will be presented in English. Read More
Founder's Award Dinner Thursday, 4/25/13 Gala Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will be the honoree at this year’s Founder’s Award Dinner on April 25. Read More	All Hands on Deck: Assessing Your Volunteer Program and Planning for the Future Monday, 4/22/13 Workshop Are you having trouble finding, training and retaining volunteers? Join us on April 22 and May 13 at the Bucks County Historical Society's Mercer Museum as we look at the challenges of volunteerism today and discuss strategies for meeting those challenges. Read More
ArkHIVE Saturday, 4/13/13 Special Event Explore the archive at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania through the puppetry and theatrical performance of artist Sebastienne Mundheim. HSP has partnered with Mundheim to participate in the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA). This year the festival celebrates time travel...what better way to do that than through the magic of an archive—a paper time machine. Read More	Capital of the World: Philadelphia's Race to Host the United Nations Wednesday, 4/3/13 Lecture/Panel Discussion From the ashes of the Second World War came the idea of the United Nations—an organization that would serve as a center for international diplomacy. Charlene Mires, author of Capital of the World, will discuss the dramatic, surprising, and at times comic story of the hometown promoters in pursuit of an extraordinary prize and the diplomats who struggled with the balance of power at a pivotal moment in history. Read More
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy Thursday, 2/21/13 Lecture/Panel Discussion On November 22, 1963, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy set into motion a series of events that irrevocably changed American politics and culture. Read More	Establishing a Maintenance Program for Your House Museum or Historic Site Thursday, 2/21/13 Workshop This two-part workshop, sponsored by History Affiliates, will be held from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on January 17 and February 21. The workshops will outline the components of a maintenance program and provide you with the basic tools for preparing a maintenance plan for your house museum. Read More
Buon Giorno: Italian Records Research Wednesday, 2/20/13 Genealogy Workshop Have you exhausted research in the United States looking for your Italian ancestors and want to know what records in Italy might help you continue your search? Read More	Searching For Your Jewish Family Wednesday, 2/13/13 Genealogy Workshop Fred Blum, president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia, will share techniques to track down Jewish ancestors. Read More
Bucks County Meet & Greet Saturday, 2/2/13 Special Event Does your historical organization hold archival materials (such as papers, letters, maps, ledgers, and photographs)? Would you like descriptions of your archival collections to be accessible online? Read More	Thrift Week Luncheon Saturday, 1/26/13 Lecture/Panel Discussion Join us for a keynote lecture and lunch, featuring Dr. Andrew T. Hill, economic education advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Read More