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  • A Brief History of Nether Providence

    Announcing…A Brief History of Nether Providence Compiled by Merv Harris and published by the Nether Providence Historical Society, the book traces the history of Nether…

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  • Do you live in Providence Village?

    The corner of Providence and Rose Valley Roads was known as Palmer’s Corner. It marked a corner of the Palmer-Ryan farm. In 1939, on 50…

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  • The Springhaven Club – Delaware County’s First Golf Club

    The Golf Association of Philadelphia’s website includes a brief history of Delaware County’s first golf club – the Springhaven Club, formed in 1896. Eleanor Reed…

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  • Founding of Furness Library recalled by one of its founders, A. B. Geary

    The Founding of Furness Library – the transcript of a local radio address from 1950 which was published in a leaflet recently discovered in the…

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  • Love is in the air! Love Letters of Thomas and Elizabeth Gray Leiper

    The Love Letter of Thomas and Elizabeth Grey Leiper – a program by Angela Hewett.

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  • Notorious and Colorful Characters of Delaware County

    Nancy Webster spoke to a standing-room only crowd at the Hedgerow Theater. The program was presented by the Nether Providence Historical Society in cooperation with…

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