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Historical Society of Hilltown Township records
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Held at: Historical Society of Hilltown Township [Contact Us]P.O. Box 79, Hilltown, Pennsylvania, 18927-0079
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Historical Society of Hilltown Township. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
The Historical Society of Hilltown Township (Bucks County, Pennsylvania) was established in 1975 to "promote interest in the historical heritage of the township. By preserving buildings, documents and artifacts, and encouraging research, it is hoped to bring the past into perspective."
The Society's main focus is the restoration of two historic sites: the Hartzel-Strassburger Homestead (1772), and the Thomas Logan Barn (Welsh) (1727). "The Society houses a working library with local historical resources. Monthly meetings are held and feature interesting and knowledgeable speakers. Recognizing that people are the township's most valuable resources, a program of recording older residents has been started."
Bibliography:
Quoted text from: "The Historical Society of Hilltown Township." Historical Society brochure.
This collection includes records of the Historical Society of Hilltown Township as well as some subject files comprised of secondary materials relating to local history, families, and individuals of Hilltown Township and surrounding areas.
The Society's records include director's meeting minutes and general membership meeting minutes; financial reports, budgets, and tax records; the Society's newsletter; agendas; membership lists; annual reports; materials on the Hartzel-Strassburger Homestead reconstruction project; photographs; donor files; the president's records of Society business; newspaper clippings and ephemera; fliers from area historical societies; items relating to archaeological digs the Society was involved with (including the glass factory 1/2 mile east of Blooming Glen); and grant applications.
The collection also contains information and research relating to properties owned by the Historical Society, including the Hartzel-Strassburger Homestead and the Thomas Musselman Log Barn.
Materials created by or collected by the Historical Society of Hilltown Township.
Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2012-2014 as part of a project conducted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to make better known and more accessible the largely hidden collections of small, primarily volunteer run repositories in the Philadelphia area. The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was accomplished during the HCI-PSAR project.
In some cases, more detailed inventories or finding aids may be available on-site at the repository where this collection is held; please contact Historical Society of Hilltown Township directly for more information.
Organization
Subject
- Conservation and restoration
- Historic buildings
- Historic house museums
- Historic sites
- History--Societies, etc
- Local history
Place
- Publisher
- Historical Society of Hilltown Township
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Faith Charlton through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
- Sponsor
- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access Restrictions
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Contact Historical Society of Hilltown Township for information about accessing this collection.