Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Subject: School sports - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:: The annual Delaware County High Schools Track and Field Championships, co-sponsored by the Union Athletic Association of Lansdowne and Lansdowne-Aldan High School, began in 1924. Any high school in Delaware County, Pennsylvania was eligible to enter, and the event was usually held at Lansdowne-Aldan High School's Stewart Field. Delaware County High Schools Track and Field Championships records, 1947-1970, consist mostly of score sheets from the championships. Also included is some correspondence with participating high schools and event programs.

Held at: Delaware County Historical Society [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Pottstown High School is located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The Pottstown Trojans clippings scrapbooks, 1980-1997, are comprised of 16 newspaper clipping scrapbooks relating to the high school's basketball team, the Pottstown Trojans.

Held at: Pottstown Historical Society [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.0 linear feet
Abstract:: John Oexle Barth, nicknamed "Moose," was a coach at Quakertown High School in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Known as the "founding father" of Quakertown High School sports, he was inducted into the Quakertown Teacher's Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Pennridge-Quakertown Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. The John O. Barth Quakertown High School sports scrapbooks, 1920-1989, consist of newspaper clippings with some photographs and documents relating to Quakertown High School's sports teams and Barth's leadership as a coach. The collection also features one record book of "The Athletic Committee of Quakertown High School" (established 1920).

Held at: Quakertown Historical Society [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2.75 linear feet
Abstract:: As of 2013, the Bensalem Township School District in Bucks County, Pennsylvania has six elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. The Dorothy Call clippings scrapbooks on Bensalem School District, 1940-1989 (bulk 1950-1967), consist of 18 scrapbooks that largely document Bensalem High School. Of special interest is a scrapbook Call began to create while still a student at Bensalem High School about its girls' sports teams, 1940-1945.

Held at: Historical Society of Bensalem Township [Contact Us]

Extent:: 3.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Quakertown, Pennsylvania, incorporated in 1855, is a town located in the northeast portion of Upper Bucks County. The town remained quite small until the mid-nineteenth century, when the construction of the North Pennsylvania Railroad helped turn it into a significant commercial center. The Quakertown Historical Society scrapbook collection, circa 1900-2009, consists of scrapbooks compiled by various creators and collected by the Quakertown Historical Society. The scrapbooks contain primarily newspaper clippings, with some photographs, ephemera, and other materials. Most relate to local people, organizations, places, and events in Quakertown.

Held at: Quakertown Historical Society [Contact Us]

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