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The Pennsylvania Historical Association (PHA) annually bestows the William A. Pencak Award for the best undergraduate research paper about Pennsylvania and/or Mid-Atlantic history… Read On

Please note that we have passed the March 15, 2024 deadline. "Identity and Politics in the Mid-Atlantic" Individual and group identity has long played an important role in the region’s political culture… Read On

The Autumn 2023 edition of Pennsylvania History (90.4) opens with reflections upon 90 years of the Pennsylvania Historical Association. It also includes original scholarship and reviews spanning the Commonwealth. From this issue, Journal Editor Linda Ries has chosen for “Pennsylvania History Presents” an article by Dr. Steven Burg (Shippensburg University), “The Material Culture of Pennsylvania’s African American Cemeteries and Burial Grounds… Read On

Call for Papers Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies Special Issue: The African American Freedom Struggle from Abolition to Civil Rights and Beyond, Guest edited by Samuel W. Black, Senator John Heinz History Center… Read On

Camp Hill, PA – PCN’s celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Cable Television will recognize Pennsylvania’s deep connection to the founders of cable television. PCN will dedicate the month of October to special programming, including archival interviews with Cable Pioneers, and a look at the growth and future of the cable industry… Read On

The Summer 2023 edition of Pennsylvania History (90.3) is a special theme issue on “Exploring Catholic History in Pennsylvania”, Guest Edited by Kenneth Heineman of Angelo University. Dr. Heineman has chosen for “Pennsylvania History Presents” an article by Father David Endres of Mount St… Read On

The Pennsylvania Historical Association (PHA) annually bestows the William A. Pencak Award for the best undergraduate research paper about Pennsylvania and/or Mid-Atlantic history… Read On

The Arline Custer Memorial Award is presented by the MARAC Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee.  This award honors the memory of Arline Custer (1909-1975), MARAC member and editor of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections… 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. 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