Pennsylvania Legacies

Pennsylvania Legacies, our semi-annual illustrated history magazine, explores a variety of topics in Pennsylvania history for the curious reader. Legacies is available as a benefit of membership and also as a separate subscription.  For more information on subscriptions or on purchasing single issues, please contact the editor.

 

 

Latest Issue

The Irish in Pennsylvania
Volume: 14, Number: 2
Fall 2014

Despite the embrace of Irish culture on St. Patrick’s Day today, the history of the Irish in Pennsylvania and the US is marked as much by hardship, prejudice, and violence as it is by acceptance and celebration. The fall 2014 issue of Legacies explores that history.

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Recent Issues

Organizing Pennsylvania Workers
Spring 2014
Volume 14, Number 1
The Civil War in Pennsylvania
June 2013
Volume 13, Number
The Value of Thrift
November 2012
Volume 12, Number 2
Philadelphia, China, and Chinatown
May 2012
Volume 12, Number 1
Political Reform in Pennsylvania
November 2011
Volume 11, Number 2
Panic! Booms, Busts, and Hard Times
May 2011
Volume 11, Number 1
Pennsylvania, African Americans, and Civil Rights
November 2010
Volume 10, Number 2
Pennsylvanians and Their Environment
May 2010
Volume 10, Number 1