Butler County Historical Society


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PITTSBURGH BUS TRIP TO TITANIC:

THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION AND

CLAYTON,

THE HOME OF HENRY CLAY FRICK

Join us on Thursday, July 31, 2008, as we travel to Pittsburgh to visit “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” at the Carnegie   Science Center and Clayton, the estate of Henry Clay Frick, at the Frick Art & Historical Center.

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PRESERVATION OF ANCESTORS’ ARTIFACTS TOP PRIORITY!

The Butler County Historical Society, the official historical society of Butler County, is always in search of artifacts and documented information so that all of Butler County’s rich heritage might be preserved.  The Butler County Heritage Center, owned and operated by the Historical Society, is Butler County’s only comprehensive museum showcasing the many industrial accomplishments of the last 200+ years, including the Austin and Bantam cars as well as the ‘jeep’, which was produced in the city of Butler.  Having successfully presented the Jay Bee Circus and a new, larger Pullman Standard exhibit in April, the Historical Society is now planning an extensive exhibit expansion at the Heritage Center in celebration of the 100th anniversary of steel production in Butler County at the site of the current AK Steel. 

At this time, the Society is seeking donations of artifacts to redevelop and expand the Steel and Armco exhibit at the Butler County Heritage Center in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the commencement of steel production at the plant.  Items may include, but are not limited to, safety awards; suggestion awards and suggestion boxes from the plant; Forged Steel Wheel Company, Columbia Steel Company, and AK Steel items; clothing worn by the mill workers; artifacts related to the employees; Armco Park and Golf Club items; and war-time artifacts relating to the company.  Information on the men and women who were employed at the steel companies and preserved the artifacts is also encouraged.

Arrangements for drop-off or pick-up of items can be made by calling the Historical Society office Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at 724-283-8116.

The Historical Society considers donations at any time, but for artifacts to be included in the newly expanded Steel and Armco exhibit, donations must be made by July 18, 2008.  Donations only will be accepted; no short-term or permanent loans, please.

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to contribute to the preservation of the steel industry in Butler County! 

 

MERRIE OLDE MIDDLESEX AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

Butler County Historical Society reprints popular book.

The Butler County Historical Society is pleased to announce the reprinting of the popular book Merrie Olde Middlesex by Caroljo Forsythe Lee, which has been out of print and unavailable for over 30 years.

No great battles were fought in Middlesex.  No Shining Luminaries over powered the scene.  Washington certainly never slept here – in fact, Lafayette’s horse didn’t even have the common courtesy to water over at the local trough.  But what did go on – and there was plenty – was the essence of pioneer life at the level where it was really lived and loved.  Mrs. Lee’s goal was to avoid the typical broadside, scattershot approach to history which covers a wide area and spends time, ad infinitum, on famous inhabitants.  She succeeded by turning a high-powered microscope on one small area and going down, down, down.  Homes and attics, albums and scrapbooks, dusty Courthouse records untouched for almost two centuries one by one became accessible to her.  The result: a delightful history crammed with valuable Americana such as the original minutes of an 1825 adultery trial in one of western Pennsylvania’s oldest churches.

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MAILING ADDRESS:

OFFICE LOCATION:

BCHS Lowrie/Shaw House
P O Box 414 123 West Diamond Street
Butler, PA  16003-0414 Butler, PA  16001
   
Telephone:  724-283-8116 Office Hours:
Fax:   724-283-2505    Monday - Friday
Email:  bchissoc@zoominternet.net 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
 

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