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“Pennsylvania History Presents” is an online feature of the Pennsylvania Historical Association’s (PHA) website. Begun in 2019, we offer for free public access one article from the current issue of its quarterly award-winning journal, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. Donald E. Harpster For the Winter 2023 issue (90… Read On

Focusing on Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, this article considers the standard of living among 408 rural laboring men and their families, shedding light on the conditions of the rural working class in the Age of Jackson… Read On

The Pennsylvania State Archives and the Pennsylvania Historical Association invite applications for the 2023 Scholars in Residence Program. The Scholars in Residence Program provides support for up to four weeks of full-time research and study in manuscript and state record collections maintained by the Pennsylvania State Archives… Read On

It is with great joy that we launch the 90 for 90 Campaign: For the Future of the Pennsylvania Historical Association. What does 90 for 90 mean? Members and friends of the PHA celebrate the 90 years since the founding and first meeting by raising $90,000 by December 2023… Read On

How does the past inform Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic’s futures? What is the impact of (post-) extractive and (post-) industrial sites on our understanding of the region? How do the region’s historic sites and monuments shape our knowledge of the past and might be used to re-envision a more inclusive past and future? How did the region’s earliest residents inform later uses and perceptions of the landscape? Read On

Pennsylvania citizens who were residents of Pennhurst, a state institution opened in 1908 for the “feeble-minded” of society, had unique life experiences… Read On

The Pennsylvania Historical Association hopes you will join us for our Annual Meeting from October 13-15, 2022. Our colleagues at Lycoming College’s Department of History will host us in Williamsport, Pennsylvania… Read On

For the first time in three years, the Pennsylvania Historical Association will hold our annual meeting in-person from October 13-15, 2022 at Lycoming College! The conference on histories of health and resilience will feature experts from across the United States… Read On

“Pennsylvania History Presents” is an online feature of the Pennsylvania Historical Association’s (PHA) website. Begun in 2019, we offer for free public access one article from the current issue of its quarterly award-winning journal, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. For the Spring 2022 issue (89… Read On

The Pennsylvania Historical Association annually bestows the William A. Pencak Award for the best undergraduate research paper about Pennsylvania and/or Mid-Atlantic history. The award, named for Bill Pencak (1951–2013), a prolific scholar and much-loved Penn State University history professor and former Editor of Pennsylvania History, honors the academic year’s best written undergraduate paper in history… Read On