Perkasie Historical Society

513 W Walnut St Perkasie PA 18944-1345 http://www.perkasiehistory.org/index.htm (215) 453-1062

Summary:

The Perkasie Historical Society, founded in 1954, strives to help preserve the history of Perkasie Borough. Perkasie is located approximately 30 miles north of Philadelphia. This volunteer organization relies on the support of the community as it cares for the four historic venues: the South Perkasie Covered Bridge, the Perkasie Carousel, Perkasie Museum and the Stout Family Cemetery. Their Great War collections include significant resources documenting the community during the war years as well as the lives of returning veterans.

Notable Collections:

Perkaise Historical Society Digital Collection [http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Collection/vudl:345338]

Notable Individual Resources:

Perkasie World War I Tobacco Fund Book (This is a collection of biographies and images of each Perkasie World War I soldier). [http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:345016]

World War I Scrapbook. (World War I scrapbook as well as images from Paul Sine, a military photographer) [http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Collection/vudl:345338]

Photograph 7, Sine World War I Collection.

Photograph 22, Sine World War I Collection.

Page, 25: Charles D. Bartholomew, Perkasie World War I Tobacco Fund Book.

Other Institutions:

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

The description, collection summary, and notable resources for the Athenaeum of Philadelphia

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

The Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia is one of the world's premier research collections in the history of medicine. The unique holdings include over 400 incunables (books printed before 1500), an extensive collection of manuscripts and archives, and a comprehensive collection of 19th and early 20th-century medical journals.

Fort Mifflin on the Delaware

This museum preserves and maintains this Revolutionary War era fort and offers extensive programming to the public.

"Doing Her Best for Uncle Sam": WWI in Girls' Series Fiction

An overview of three girls' series books that had heroines who participated in the war effort at home and abroad.

Not Waiting for the Call: American Women Physicians and World War I

War has always upended women’s lives; left at the home front to care for their families and returning soldiers in a society where all of the usual economic and social structures have disappeared. But by the onset of World War I, women were poised to play a more active role than that of the homemaker struggling to hold families and some semblance of civil society together with diminished resources.

Prisoners Make Good at the Front

Eastern State Penitentiary—opened in 1829 and closed in 1970—operated throughout nearly every major conflict in modern American history: the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Vietnam War. The inmate population mirrored a typical military population—in large part made up of young working class men.

Mail Call Podcast, Episode 10

February 6th

Episode 10 of the Mail Call podcast takes a closer look at women’s contributions to the war efforts.. Mail Call is also available through iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

New exhibit: “Now far from home”: the ending of the Great War in Popular Imagination and Culture”

October 4th

Now on display from October 4, 2018 through February 20th, 2019, on the 1st floor of Falvey Memorial Library, Villanova University, the exhibit “Now far from home”: the ending of the Great War in Popular Imagination and Culture tells the story of American…

Mail Call podcast, Episode 9

March 16th

Episode 9 of the Mail Call podcast brings to life a selection of wartime correspondence. Mail Call is also available through iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

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