Posted on October 17, 2016 by nphistory
The library that bears her name has been a center of community life for more than a century, but who was Helen Kate Furness?
Join us for a look at the life of Helen Kate through her portraits.
Our speaker is Harwood Johnson, a member and past President of the Furness Library Board of Directors.
Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 7:00 pm at The Helen Kate Furness Free Library, 100 North Providence Road, Wallingford
The program is free and open to the public.
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Posted on May 20, 2015 by nphistory
Elizabeth Beatty, Executive Director of National Historic Landmark Fort Mifflin will talk about the fort; one of the only intact Revolutionary War battlefields and the only fort in Philadelphia.
In the fall of 1777 approximately 200 men were garrisoned at what is now known as Fort Mifflin, charged with the duty of holding the British off “to the last extremity” so that Washington and his exhausted army could successfully move into winter quarters.
During the Civil War, Ft. Mifflin served as a military prison. During WW I and II, it was pressed into duty as a Naval Ammunition Depot.
Come, learn about the interesting history of the Fort That Saved America.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 7:30 pm at The Helen Kate Furness Free Library, 100 North Providence Road in Wallingford.
The program, sponsored by Nether Providence Historical Society, is free and open to the public.
Questions? Email us.
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Posted on March 31, 2015 by nphistory
Held in Fairmount Park, along the Schuylkill, the International Exhibition of 1876 was the first official World’s Fair in the United States. Historical researcher Mary Anne Eves will share photos of Memorial Hall and the many other buildings constructed for the fair. She’ll talk about this celebration of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence which also celebrated America’s growing industrial prowess.
Join us! The program is free and open to the public.
Thursday, April 23rd at 7:30 at
The Helen Kate Furness Free Library
100 North Providence Road, Wallingford
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Posted on November 3, 2014 by nphistory
At its annual meeting, the Delaware County Historical Society presented its A. Lewis Smith Award to Angela Hewett, president of the Nether Providence Historical Society and long-time president of The Friends of the Thomas Leiper House. The award is presented annually to an individual who has made “significant contributions to the preservation of the history of Delaware County.”
Angela has conducted extensive research into the Leiper family and has edited two booklets – a compilation of correspondence between Mr. Leiper and Thomas Jefferson and another of his correspondence with James Madison. She is also the curator of the Leiper House; organizing and training its volunteer docents and coordinating the many events and programs hosted there.
She was on the steering committee for our township’s tricentennial celebration in 1987 and helped found our historical society soon after. She is also a board member of the Delaware County Historic Preservation Network.
The honor bestowed is well deserved.
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Posted on July 28, 2014 by nphistory
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s “Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories” seeks to ferret out the hidden, but often important, archival collections held by the many small, primarily volunteer-run historical organizations in the five county Philadelphia area.
Project Surveyors recently visited the Leiper House to view the Nether Providence Historical Society’s collection.
They posted an account of what they found on the HSP’s blog, Archival Adventures in Small Repositories.
Today is the anniversary of the beginning of World War I, so they focused their post on the collection of materials we hold related to the Byre family. Von Byre served in WWI and kept a journal of his June 1918 voyage to Europe on a troop ship.
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Posted on December 11, 2013 by nphistory
Hot off the presses – a new reprint of A Brief History of Nether Providence, first published in 2010.
Pick up a copy (or two) at Furness Library, the Leiper House, or the Township Building.
At only $10, it makes a great stocking-stuffer or a thoughtful and unique hostess gift.
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Posted on May 18, 2013 by nphistory
As the 150th anniversary of the Battle approaches, the Society will present a lively lecture and discussion on the battle that ended Robert E. Lee’s invasion of the North.
Local Civil War buff and Gettysburg College alum, George Albany counts among his ancestors a soldier who was on the battlefield. Fought July 1st through 3rd, 1863, the battle of Gettysburg had the largest number of casualties in the Civil War and is considered to be the war’s turning point.
Join us Sunday, June 2nd at 2:00 pm at The Helen Kate Furness Free Library at 100 N. Providence Road in Wallingford. The program is free and open to the public. Bring a friend!
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Posted on December 12, 2012 by nphistory
This Sunday, December 16th marks the 30th annual Colonial Christmas Open House at Nether Providence’s Thomas Leiper House. Visit between 1:00 and 5:00 pm to tour rooms decorated for the holidays by local garden clubs: Swarthmore Garden Club, Country Gardeners, Rose Tree Gardeners, Springfield Garden Club, and Providence Garden Club.
Make a stop in the dining room for a piece of birthday cake in honor of Mr. Leiper’s 267th birthday. Additional refreshments will be served, and the repast will be enjoyed with a backdrop of classical guitar music provided by Strath Haven High School student Dean Maola.
The party is free and open to the public (donations for the upkeep of the historic house are always appreciated). After this weekend, the house, located at 521 Avondale Road in Wallingford, will close for the winter with tours resuming in spring.
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Posted on November 19, 2011 by nphistory
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In its February 12th issue, the Chester Times reported on Dick Clark’s new home and the Nether Providence School Board meeting.
The Clark family lived at the corner of Dogwood Lane and Plush Mill Road until 1964, when American Bandstand moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. It wasn’t to be the property’s last ‘brush with greatness’. In 1966, Ingrid Jacobson married singer-songwriter Jim Croce in the backyard. Rabbi Louis Kaplan of Ohev Shalom officiated. Ingrid Croce confirmed the location of their nuptials in her response to a 2010 email: “My family and I did live in Dick Clark’s home in Nether Providence and Jim and I were married there, on a little bridge over the creek. It was on Dogwood Lane.” Jim and Ingrid Croce were a folk duo Continue reading →
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Posted on November 19, 2010 by nphistory
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 Providence from its pre-colonial days, through its transition from farming community to suburb.
Join us for the book’s release on Monday, November 29th at 7:00 pm at the Helen Kate Furness Free Library.
Books will be available for purchase and Merv will be on hand to sign your copy.
If you can’t make it to the event, the books will be on sale at Furness Library and at Nether Providence Township Building.
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Nether Providence Historical Society 