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  • December 11-13, 2009

Friday, December 11 -- 6-8 pm
Saturday, December 12 -- 10 am- 2 pm
Sunday, December 13 -- 12 noon - 2 pm
 

A Victorian Christmas Open House at the Clark House

Enjoy a Victorian Christmas at the Silas Clark House, 200 South Sixth Street, Indiana. The Parlors will be beautifully decorated for the season by garden clubs of Indiana. Light refreshments will be served in the Great Room. Music will be provided by the Indiana High School Madrigal Singers on Friday, December 11, at 6:30 pm and singers from the United High School will perform at 7:30 pm. Arrangements are still being made for performances by musicians from other schools. Free and open to the public.

  • November 11, 2009

    Veterans Day Observance at Historical Society

    The Historical and Genealogical Society, 621 Wayne Ave (Old Armory), will be open on Saturday, November 11th, 2009, for the observance of Veterans Day. The public is invited to tour the Memorial to the Veterans where new displays mark this observance. Refreshments will be served. Hours will be 9 am to 4 pm.  Please call 724-463-9600 with any questions.
     

  • Autumn Book Sale - 3 dates!

WHEN: 10 am ~ 12 noon
-- Saturday, October 31, 2009
-- Saturday, November 7, 2009
-- Saturday, November 14, 2009

WHERE: The Silas Clark House, 200 S. Sixth Street, Indiana, PA

Browse hundreds of titles.
All proceeds benefit the Historical & Genealogical Society

  • September 10 through mid November, 2009

World War I Exhibit

The Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County announces a new display in the Historical Museum. World War I—1914 to 1919—ended 90 years ago this year and the historical society is commemorating this event. Called the Great War or the War to End All Wars, World War I was the United States’ first involvement in a major war on the European continent. By use of story boards, artifacts and pictures, the Historical Museum presents a glimpse of how the PA 28th division was involved in the war as well as Indiana County’s participation. Enjoy this exhibit during business hours, 9am to 4pm on Tuesday through Friday and 10am to 3pm on Saturday at the Historical Museum, 621 Wayne Ave., Indiana, PA. The exhibit will run through mid November. Admission to the museum is free.
 

  • July 14, 2009

Visiting the Blairsville Underground Railroad Museum and
The Blairsville Historical Society Museum

The Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County is pleased to sponsor a field trip to the Blairsville Underground Railroad Museum, 214 East Lane, on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The museum is located at the site of the original Second Baptist Church, built in 1918. Participants will also visit the Blairsville Historical Society Museum, 116 East Campbell Street. This museum is housed in a home built by Nellie Stitt in 1909. Many of the furnishings in the home were gifts from Robert E. Litner, treasurer of the Westmoreland Mining Company and the great-great-grandson of former Pennsylvania governor Simon Snyder.

The program begins at 5:30 p.m. at the URR Museum. The evening will conclude with a Dutch-treat dinner at the Pie Cucina Restaurant, 181 E. Brown Street, Blairsville (open only to field trip participants).

Optional transportation by car pool will leave the parking lot of the Indiana County Historical Museum, 621 Wayne Avenue, Indiana, at 5 p.m. Please call 724-463-9600 by July 10 to make reservations for the field trip and a seat in the car pool.

The museum visits are free of charge and open to the public. The cost of dinner is not included in the program.

  • July 3, 2009

Ration Stamps from WWII

From the collection of the Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County. Regular business hours: Tuesdays-Fridays, 9 am to 4 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 3 pm at the Historical Museum, 621 Wayne Ave., Indiana, PA.
 

  • May 12, 2009

 

 

Seeing Your History Through the 21st Century

The Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County is pleased to host Valerie Metzler, a Commonwealth Speaker, in the Clark House, 200 South 6th St., Indiana on May 12, 2009 at 7pm. Ms. Metzler, an archivist and historian, will discuss how to preserve your family, organization or business history through proper appraisal and storage.

This presentation is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, supported in part by Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Humanities Council, a nonprofit organization, inspires individuals to enjoy and share a life of learning. The Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County promotes learning Indiana County history and exploring our genealogical past.

The presentation is free of charge and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

 

  • February 16, 2009 through spring

The Old Schools of Indiana County

The Old Schools of Indiana County exhibit illustrates early types of elementary, secondary and higher education schools of Indiana County. Historical Museum, 621 Wayne Ave., Indiana, PA.

Art from Our Archives

An eclectic display of objets d'art from the collection of the Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County. Regular business hours: Tuesdays-Fridays, 9 am to 4 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 3 pm at the Historical Museum, 621 Wayne Ave., Indiana, PA.

  • December 15, 2008 through March 2009

Night Lights and “Midgets” made in Indiana, PA

The Historical Museum at the Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County announces Night Lights and “Midgets” made in Indiana, PA, a new exhibit of miniature lamps that will be on display until early March, 2009. Presented from the private collection of a Historical Society member, these small kerosene burning lamps were manufactured in the local glass plant from 1892, when it was The Indiana Glass Company, through the 1920s, when it was called Diamond Glass Company. These delicate and fragile looking lamps came in a variety of colors and designs. Used for a night light, perhaps in a sick room or on a hall table, they combined beauty and function. This display can be seen during regular business hours, Tuesdays-Fridays, 9 am to 4 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 3 pm at the Historical Museum, 621 Wayne Ave., Indiana, PA.

  • November, 2008 through January 9, 2009

Indiana County Open Arts Exhibit 2008

The Indiana Art Association is hosting the Indiana County Open Arts Exhibit 2008 through January 9 at the Indiana County Historical Museum. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

  • September 27, 2008

    Covered Bridge Festival

Blue Spruce Park, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

See more details here.

  • August 1, 2008 through mid-November

Indiana County's Greatest Generation

This exhibit is a display of over 100 photographs taken from 1940 to 1944 that show men leaving from the old Indiana County courthouse to serve in World War II military forces. From August 1 through the middle of November.

  • July 20, 2008 through August 30, 2008

Across the Blue

Robert Morris University senior Benjamin Loreno will display a selection of his photography titled Across the Blue, now through August 30. The photographs were taken by Loreno during a semester abroad in Europe.

  • May 30, 2008 through fall

Harry White, Civil War Hero

An exhibit about Harry White, Civil War Hero, who was also a member of a prominent Indiana County family, is now on display. This show was made possible with the help of the fifth grade classes at the Ben Franklin Elementary School in Indiana, whose annual donation is used for the preservation and display of Civil War artifacts and memorabilia.

  • Sunday, May 18, 2008
    "100 Years
    of Jimmy"

At 2 pm, the Historical Museum will host a reception sponsored by the Jimmy Stewart Museum to open a week of “100 Years of Jimmy,” which will celebrate what would have been Mr. Stewart’s 100th birthday.

 
 

  • May 10, 2008 to July 5, 2008
    The 67th Annual Spring Art Show of the Indiana Art Association

This exhibit will be on display at the Historical Museum. Opening reception will be on Saturday, May 10, 2008, 7 pm to 9 pm at the Museum. Prizes will be awarded and the reception is open to the public.

 

  • April 12, 2008, 11 am to noon
    Book signing, Denise Dusza Weber

Author Denise Dusza Weber will be at the Indiana County Historical Museum to sign copies of her book "Vintondale." The book was recently published by Arcadia Publishing Company as part of its Images of America series and includes 128 pages of historical photographs of Vintondale-from the first coal shipment in 1894 until the No. 6 mine closed in 1968. The event will be held on Saturday, April 12, from 11 am to noon at the Indiana County Historical Museum, 621 Wayne Avenue.

  • Through April 2008
    Indiana County’s Greatest Generation

This exhibit is a display of 110 photographs of Indiana County draftees taken before they left to serve in World War II military forces. Hours are 9 am to 4 pm Tuesday through Friday and 10 am to 3 pm Saturdays. (Exhibit will end April 29, 2008)

  • Through March 2008
    A display of glass made in Indiana.

    The exhibit is presented with the Rainbow Diamond Glass Club. In the Historical Museum on 621 Wayne Avenue. Hours are 9 am to 4 pm Tuesday through Friday and 10 am to 3 pm Saturdays (Exhibit will end March 29, 2008)

  • Through January 11, 2008
    The Fourth Annual Indiana County Open Arts Exhibit

    The exhibit is presented with the the Indiana Art Association. In the Historical Museum on 621 Wayne Avenue. Hours are 9 am to 4 pm Tuesday through Friday and 10 am to 3 pm Saturdays

  • December 1 & 2, 2007
    Rev. Charles Kennedy, Jr., internationally known singer and actor, will perform in concert:

  • Quiet Heroes of the Underground Railroad
    Saturday, December 1, 2007, 7 pm
    Hebron Lutheran Church, 125 North Liberty Street, Blairsville

  • A Tribute to Nat King Cole
    Sunday, December 2, 2007, 2 pm
    Indiana Theater, Philadelphia Street.

Tickets are available at the Indiana County Tourist Bureau (Indiana Mall), Indiana First Bank in Blairsville and the Blairsville Historical Society, adults, $7 and students, $5

  • November 10, 2007
    Veterans Day Observance at Historical Society

    The Historical and Genealogical Society, 621 Wayne Ave (Old Armory), will be open on Saturday, November 10th, 2007, for the observance of Veterans Day. The public is invited to tour the Memorial to the Veteran where new displays mark this observance. Refreshments will be served. Hours will be 10 am to 3 pm.  Please call 724-463-9600 with any questions.

  • October 25, 2007
    The Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County will hold its Annual Meeting

On Thursday, October 25th in the Historical Museum on 621 Wayne Ave. , Indiana, the Historical Society will hold its Annual Meeting. After a short business meeting, Arnold Wolfe of the Rainbow Diamond Club will speak about glass made in Indiana, PA. 

  • October 16, 2007
    Historical Marker to be Dedicated in Clymer

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County have announced plans for the dedication of a new state historical marker. The marker commemorates Dr. Robert Mitchell of Indiana, a leader of the Underground Railroad, and five fugitive slaves who were sleeping in a log cabin owned by Mitchell in what is now Clymer, then Green Township. Clarence Stephenson, renowned county historian, conducted the research and applied for the marker on behalf of the Historical Society. The public is invited to attend the dedication ceremony, which will take place on Tuesday, October 16, 2007, at 4:00 p.m. on Rt. 286, Highway East in Clymer.

  • August 17-18-19, 2007
    Rescue of Richard Newman, 1858, presented during Diamond Days

    Sponsored by the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Underground Railroad Network to Freedom and the Blairsville Passport to Freedom Underground Railroad Experience

    Sometime in the early 1850’s, an enslaved Virginian named Richard Newman struck a dangerous and courageous path north to freedom. He began a new life in Blairsville, Pennsylvania with the help of Underground Railroad conductor and African American community leader Lewis Johnson. In those days, a reign of terror permitted white men on their word alone to “claim” any African American as a fugitive slave and take him or her into slavery. Pennsylvania law attempted to thwart this by restricting local police power from aiding slave catchers. In 1858, a deputy United States Marshall and a Uniontown bounty hunter came to Blairsville with a warrant for Richard Newman. Led by Blairsville’s African American community, a howling mob chased them out of town.

    On August 18 and 19, 2007, at 2 PM, the Blairsville Passport to Freedom Underground Railroad Experience and Civil War era living historians from around the region will re-enact the Rescue of Richard Newman at the corner of Market and Spring Streets during Blairsville’s Diamond Days festival. This will be their first reenactment as an official program of the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Next year they will kick off the Indiana County Civil War Sesquicentennial at this annual reenactment.

    They invite you to participate in commemorating this important and dramatic Freedom Story. You will become part of the story as citizens of Blairsville and travelers via canal, stage and railroad who passed through Blairsville on the way west. Feel free to dress appropriately if you wish. LOOK FOR THEIR NEWSBOY FOR THE LATEST NEWS IN 1858.

    Mr. Seth Gibson of Blairsville plays Lewis Johnson, Black community leader, Underground Railroad agent, Presbyterian congregant, and coal miner/hauler. As always, funds, sponsors, actors, entertainers, people who sew, committee members and site volunteers for the UGRR museum are needed.