Call Number:

32

Repository:

Germantown Historical Society

Extent:

6.5 linear feet

Language:

English

Date:

1980-2004 (bulk) and 1922-2004 (inclusive)

Creator:

Henning, Patricia, 1933-2005

Abstract:

Pat Henning (1933-2005) was a social activist and local historian who resided in the West Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pat Henning papers, 1922-2004, are comprised of newspaper clippings, copies of primary materials, articles, pamphlets, and brochures. There is also a small amount of primary material in the collection, of which the majority is correspondence of Mrs. Francis A. Wister (1920s-1930s) and records of the Mount Airy Express.

Pat Henning (1933-2005) was a local historian and social activist based in the West Mount Airy section of Philadelphia. She served on the board of the West Mt. Airy Neighbors, a local community association, and helped develop the Mt. Airy Learning Tree, a community service organization. She founded the Mt. Airy Historical Awareness Committee, and worked on many of the oral history projects conducted by the Germantown Historical Society in the early 1990s. Henning also founded and served as editor of the Mount Airy Express. The library of the Germantown Historical Society was dedicated in her name in 2007.

This collection is primarily comprised of newspaper clippings, copies of primary materials, articles, pamphlets, and brochures. There is also a small amount of primary material in the collection, of which the majority is correspondence of Mrs. Francis A. Wister (1920s-1930s) and records of the Mount Airy Express.

The first three boxes in this collection are dedicated to subject files, arranged alphabetically. They focus on topics of local interest, such as Germantown businesses, Germantown Historic District, Germantown Historical Society, education/schools, Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, and historic preservation.

The fourth box contains articles, arranged alphabetically by author.

The fifth box in this collection contains unprocessed materials.

The sixth and seventh boxes contain Mount Airy Express records, clippings, and related materials.

The last box relates to Vernon Park.