About Pennsylvania
Welcome to the Centre County Historical Society museum store. CCHS has published several books that help preserve Centre County's heritage. We also carry dozens of other books, maps, prints, and gift items. Everything in the museum store is available for sale at the Centre Furnace Mansion or by mail using the order form in our publications catalog. To receive a 10% discount on all CCHS publications become a member.
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A Picture Journey Along the PA Main-Line Canal
Philip S. Hoffman,
1993
Graphically illustrates a trip back in time, when travelers made their way across Pennsylvania by boat. (The American Canal and Transportation Center)
Pages: 79
Size: 11 x 8 1/2
Extras: color illustrations
Paperback Price: $15.00
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Canal History & Technology Proceedings
Edited by Lance Metz,
Several volumes of this annual journal contain articles on Centre County industries and the Central Pennsylvania iron industry. Vol. XII (1993) includes a history of the ironworks at Greenwood Furnace; Vol. XIV (1995) contains an article on the iron and steel industry in nearby Burnham, as well as a fascinating look at locomotives in the mid-19th century; and Vol. XVI (1997) contains a lengthy article on the Mann Axe Company. (Canal History and Technology Press)
Pages: -
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $18.00
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Future Passages: Central Pennsylvania Icons Your Children May Never Know
Robert M. Kurtz, Jr.,
1998
Lifelong Central Pennsylvania resident, author, and photographer Robert Kurtz invites you on a journey of discovery through the disappearing landscape of history in Central Pennsylvania. More than 200 beautiful full-color, mostly full-page, photographs help provide a record of the rich historical and aesthetic assets of this part of the world. (Kurtz Brothers)
Pages: 202
Size: 9 1/4 x 12
Extras: color illustrations
Hardcover Price: $30.00
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Headwaters and Hardwoods
Patricia M. Macneal, Kenneth A. Thigpen, Bonelyn L. Kyofski,
1997
The Folklore, Cultural History and Traditional Arts of the Pennsylvanian Northern Tier - Potter, Tioga, Bradford, Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, and Sullivan Counties]. (Northern Tier Cultural Alliance)
Pages: 197
Size: 6 x 9
Paperback Price: $12.00
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Indian Paths of Pennsylvania
Paul A.W. Wallace,
1998
This informative text explains historical associations by tracing Indian routes for the motorists of today. (Pennsylvania Museum and Historical Commission)
Pages: 227
Size: 8 1/2 x 11
Extras: maps
Paperback Price: $14.95
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Irish in Pennsylvania: A People Share a Commonwealth
Dennis Clark,
1991
This book is number 22 in the Pennsylvania History Studies Series from the Pennsylvania Historical Association that is based at the Penn State University. This fascinating volume synthesizes the history and experiences of the Irish comunity in Pennsylvania. To do this, Clark explores the impacts that the Irish community have had on Pennsylvania as well as Pennsylvania's impact on its Irish community.
Pages: 56
Size: 9 x 6
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $7.95
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Jewish Life in Pennsylvania
Dianne Ashton,
1998
Another volume from the Pennsylvania History Series, this book explores the Jewish community in Pennsylvania. Dianne Ashton writes a thoughtful and probing examination of the Jewish life in Pennsylvania.
Pages: 76
Size: 9 x 6
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $7.95
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Native Americans' Pennsylvania
Daniel K. Richter,
2005
In this ambitious history, Daniel K. Richter recounts the story of Native Americans in the Keystone State. Recognizing that Native American history does not begin with the arrival of Europeans, and does not end with their relocation or their concentration on reservations, the author pays significant attention to the millennia before contact, as well as to the developments of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Well-written, carefully researched, and infused with concern for telling the Native American story in all its complexity, this volume provides a lively and thought-provoking survey of the history of the original people of Pennsylvania.
Pages: 100
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations, maps
Paperback Price: $12.95
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Pennsylvania and the Bill of Rights
Robert G. Crist,
1990
Number 22 in the Pennsylvania History Series, this focuses on the Antifederalists, the Harrisburg Convention, and Pennsylvania's contributions of the Bill of Rights. (Pennsylvania Historical Association)
Pages: 93
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $8.00
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Pennsylvania and the Federal Constitution
John M. Coleman, Robert G. Crist, and Phillip E. Stebbins,
1987
Number 17 in the Pennsylvania History Series, this focuses on Pennsylvania's creative role in the development of the Federal Constitution in 1787. (Pennsylvania Historical Association)
Pages: 80
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $8.00
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Pennsylvania Fireside Tales, Volumes I to VI
Jeffrey Frazier,
"Old-Time Legends and Folktales from the Pennsylvania Mountains" is the
subtitle of this series of books. The author has compiled a number of
stories from all over Central Pennsylvania. (Egg Hill Publications).
Pages: -
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations, priced per volume
Hardcover Price: $12.00
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Pennsylvania Folk Art of Samuel L. Plank
James Bonson, Vivian Bonson, Jeannine Boring, Robert Conrad, Joan Conrad, and William Dancy,
1994
This book presents the art of folk artist and Amishman Samuel Plank. Includes beautiful color photographs of Plank's fratkur and woodworking. (Kishacoquillas Valley Historical Society)
Pages: 67
Size: 11 x 8 1/2
Paperback Price: $27.00
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Pennsylvania Kingmakers
Robert G. Crist,
1985
Number 15 in the Pennsylvania History series. Matthew Quay 1833-1904, Simon Cameron 1799-1889, Boies Penrose 1860-1921, David Leo Lawrence 1889-1966. (Pennsylvania Historical Association)
Pages: 71
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $8.00
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Pennsylvania Prints
John C. O'Connor & Ralph M. Yeager,
1980
A catalog of lithographs, engravings, aquatints, and watercolors from The Tavern restaurant in State College, compiled by Judith L. Hansen. (The Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art)
Pages: 88
Size: 12 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $22.00
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Pennsylvania Reformers: from Penn to Pinchot
Ira V. Brown,
1966
Nineteenth century and social reform movements. The two roots of reform crusades recognized - Judeo-Christian tradition and the Quakers, both played significant roles in the history of Pennsylvania and social reform. (Pennsylvania Historical Association)
Pages: 68
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $8.00
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Polish Presence in Pennsylvania
Matthew S. Magda,
1992
Number 24 in the Pennsylvania History Series, Polish Presence gives fascinating insights into life among the Polish people in Pennsylvania. The book addresses significant issues such as community building, Polish American institutions, Polish Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, labor and politics, and ethics decline and revival.
Pages: 65
Size: 9 x 6
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $7.95
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Scotch-Irish Presence in Pennsylvania
James H. Smylie,
1990
Another title in the popular Pennsylvania History series, Smylie's book is already in its second printing. It traces a relatively small group of Scottish Presbyterians who spent a century in northern Ireland before making their way to the New World. That group of people helped "shape the earliest social life, religious faith, and political covenants so important to the history of Pennsylvania." (Pennsylvania Historical Association)
Pages: 37
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $8.95
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The Black Presence in Pennsylvania: “Making It Home”
Emma Lapsansky,
2001
Enter into the centuries-long debate about justice for the African and African American inhabitants of Pennsylvania with this history, which spans from William Penn’s colony to the twentieth-century political achievements of black political leaders. Learn about the growth of African American communities through the experiences of James Forten, Richard Allen, Octavius Catto, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, and many others. This is the ongoing story of "making a home" in Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Historical Association).
Pages: 46
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $7.95
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The Blacksmith: Artisan Within the Early Community
W. Cerfin,
"An Exhibition of His Work at the Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley, 1972-1973." The official exhibition catalog, with over 100 photographs. (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission)
Pages: 64
Size: 8 1/2 x 11
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $5.95
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The Crowther Letters: Family, Companions, and Rebels
Bob Hileman, Jr.,
2003
The letters written home during the American Civil Way by Colonel James E. Crowther reveal the experiences of a comman man living in uncommon times. (Word Association Publishers)
Pages: 268
Size: 5 1/2x 8 1/2
Extras: illustrations, maps
Paperback Price: $19.95
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The Early Architecture of Pennsylvania
A. Lawrence Kocher,
1920-22, reprinted 1994
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Alfred Lawrence Kocher - educator, architect, and architectural historian was educated at Penn State and served as professor and head of the Department of Architecture from 1918 to 1926. This volume is a reprint of a fourteen-part series for The Architectural Record, 1920-1922. The articles elaborated on many themes of early Pennsylvania housebuilding. This reprint comes complete with numerous photographs and drawings of some of Pennsylvania's earliest buildings.
Pages: 220
Size: 8 1/2 x 11
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $10.00
* Paperback Member Price: $9.00
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The Iron Industry in Pennsylvania
Gerald Eggert,
1994
Not only was Centre County built on the iron industry but so were the economies of much of early Pennsylvania. This small book is a useful and interesting overview of the history and technology of this vital industry, and includes ". . . a Listing of National, State, and Private Sites Related to the Pennsylvania Iron Industry and Open to the Public." No. 25 in the PHA's Pennsylvania History Series. (Pennsylvania Historical Association).
Pages: 98
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $7.95
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The Pennsylvania Germans
Charles Glatfelter,
1990
A Brief Account of Their Influence in Pennsylvania. Covers the entire period of the Germans in Pennsylvania with emphasis on their religion, schooling and craftsmanship. (Pennsylvania Historical Association)
Pages: 80
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $8.95
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The Quakers: A Brief Account of Their Influence on Pennsylvania
William Wistar Comfort,
2000 (reissue)
Comfort originally published this little book in 1986. It was so popular that it was revised and reissued with additions by Edwin B. Bronner in 2000. This "brief examination" explores how the state's Quaker population, including William Penn, influenced life here, particularly government and social institutions. (Pennsylvania Historical Association)
Pages: 54
Size: 6 x 9
Extras: illustrations
Paperback Price: $5.95
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